NAICS 562111 · Administrative and Support and Waste Management
Solid Waste Collection: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 10,761 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous solid waste (i.e., garbage) within a local area; (2) operating nonhazardous solid waste transfer stations; and (3) collecting and/or hauling mixed recyclable materials within a local area.
Businesses classified here include
- Ash collection services
- Ash hauling, local
- Garbage collection services
- Garbage hauling, local
- Garbage pick-up services
- Recyclable material collection services
- Recyclable material hauling, local
- Refuse collection services
- Refuse hauling, local
- Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local
- Rubbish collection services
- Trash collection services
- Trash hauling, local
- Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 562111), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for solid waste collection
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for solid waste collection
- California 875 locations
- Texas 744 locations
- New York 573 locations
- Pennsylvania 546 locations
- Florida 534 locations
- Ohio 419 locations
- Illinois 390 locations
- North Carolina 387 locations
- Georgia 345 locations
- New Jersey 310 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (131)
- Alaska (32)
- Arizona (204)
- Arkansas (121)
- California (875)
- Colorado (245)
- Connecticut (156)
- Delaware (35)
- District of Columbia (10)
- Florida (534)
- Georgia (345)
- Hawaii (43)
- Idaho (63)
- Illinois (390)
- Indiana (252)
- Iowa (181)
- Kansas (134)
- Kentucky (148)
- Louisiana (152)
- Maine (89)
- Maryland (207)
- Massachusetts (268)
- Michigan (297)
- Minnesota (284)
- Mississippi (97)
- Missouri (250)
- Montana (41)
- Nebraska (127)
- Nevada (78)
- New Hampshire (101)
- New Jersey (310)
- New Mexico (70)
- New York (573)
- North Carolina (387)
- North Dakota (54)
- Ohio (419)
- Oklahoma (139)
- Oregon (172)
- Pennsylvania (546)
- Rhode Island (66)
- South Carolina (183)
- South Dakota (65)
- Tennessee (241)
- Texas (744)
- Utah (104)
- Vermont (44)
- Virginia (227)
- Washington (226)
- West Virginia (77)
- Wisconsin (194)
- Wyoming (30)