Municipal Solid Waste Collection
Haulers providing residential trash and recycling collection.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Solid Waste Collection & Disposal (7.2.8), the segment that Municipal Solid Waste Collection sits within — not Municipal Solid Waste Collection on its own.
- Market size
- ~$89B
- Growth
- ~7.1%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~15,900
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 562111/562119 (waste collection) + 562212/562213/562219 (landfills/combustors/other disposal) + 562998 (other waste). Septic services (562991) are profiled under Consumer (Residential Plumbing).
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Recurring collection fees plus landfill disposal (tipping)
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring, contracted collection
landfill-backed, pricing-power economics
Characteristics
- Consolidated oligopoly owning the landfills.
- Recurring, non-discretionary, recession-resistant demand.
- Landfills the scarce, high-barrier, valuable assets.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Solid-waste majors
- PE-backed waste platforms
- Regional-hauler consolidators
What’s driving deals
- Continuous roll-up of regional haulers.
- Landfill scarcity and pricing power.
- Recurring, cash-generative economics.
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