Junk Removal Video Statistics

Key takeaways

1. Channels that say they run a junk removal, hauling or cleanout business posted 58.2% of YouTube’s 486 most-viewed junk removal videos and drew 31.2% of their views; businesses placed in the U.S. drew 23.4% (our read, Nov 2026). (Mark Studios) See details
2. On the ‘hoarder cleanout’ search, junk removal businesses drew 0.8% of the views; and 133 of the 200 most-viewed ‘junk removal business’ videos are about starting a business or earnings. (Mark Studios) See details
3. Seven junk removal franchisors had 773 franchised U.S. outlets at the end of 2025, and Florida had 8.0% of them (our count of their disclosure documents). (Mark Studios) See details
4. U.S. employers had 147,240 refuse and recyclable material collectors in May 2025 at a $49,690 median wage; the occupation’s fatal injury rate was 37.4 per 100,000 full-time workers in 2024. (BLS) See details
5. Private establishments in NAICS 562119, the code that holds debris removal, rose 57.3% from 2019 to 2025, to 2,534. (BLS) See details
6. Angi put a junk removal job at $241 on average in 2026 and a full truckload at $600–$800. (Angi) See details
7. The “$10 billion industry” figure credited to BLS has no BLS original; EPA’s 12.1 million tons of furniture in 2018 counts all furniture discarded, not what went to landfill. (Junk King, EPA) See details

Who makes the most-viewed junk removal videos on YouTube?

Channels that say they run a junk removal, hauling or cleanout business drew 31.2% of the views of the most-viewed 'junk removal', 'junk removal business' and 'hoarder cleanout' videos on YouTube on November 6, 2026, while posting 58.2% of the videos (our count). We read YouTube's own view-sorted search results, the top 200 for each of the three searches, through the YouTube Data API, with no country filter. The three lists held 486 unique videos from 196 channels, with 105.7 million lifetime views (our count). We sorted every channel by hand from its own title, description and video text. A junk removal business here is any channel whose own text says or shows that its owner hauls junk, clears out properties or runs a junk-and-dumpster firm for paying customers, anywhere in the world; 76 channels qualified, and we did not check any of them against a business or licence register.

Dropping 14 business channels with little text beyond a name and titles leaves 62 businesses with 30.0% of the views (our count). A few channels carry the trade's share: the three most-viewed business channels, Junk Teens Junk Removal, 505-Junk and Jack of Haul Trades, held 69.2% of all junk-business views, and Junk Teens alone held 40.1%. Its 28-second short 'They Doubted us when Starting Our Business' had 11,897,139 views, 11.3% of every view in the sample (our count). The median business video had 20,727 views, against 24,965 for the whole sample; 21 videos had 1 million views or more and 2 had 10 million or more. The median business channel had 2,175 subscribers, against 102,000 for media, TV and entertainment channels (our count).

Cleaners, not haulers, drew the most views. Cleaning businesses, cleaning creators and biohazard cleaning firms posted 32 videos, 6.6% of the sample, and drew 31.5% of the views (our count). Five creators who clean hoarded homes for free as content, such as Not the Worst Cleaner and Midwest Magic Cleaning, posted 12 videos and drew 22.8%. Four biohazard, trauma and crime-scene cleaning firms drew 8.1% from 14 videos. TV networks, shows and TV news channels posted 14 videos and drew 16.6% of the views, and A&E's Hoarders videos alone drew 13.2% (our count). The 10 most-viewed channels held 70.7% of all views; 4 of them are junk removal businesses and 4 are cleaning creators or biohazard firms.

Coaching runs through the trade's own channels. 16 junk removal businesses also sell or offer coaching, a course, a community or a guide; their 126 videos drew 17.2% of the views (our count). Separate coaching and business-interview creators with no junk business of their own posted 39 videos and drew 3.5%. Resellers and auction houses that pick through cleanouts for things to sell posted 21 videos with 0.9% of the views, and brands, franchisors and software sellers such as Jobber, Docket and Bin There Dump That posted 7 videos with 0.3% (our count).

What does each junk removal search return?

The 'junk removal' and 'junk removal business' searches return the trade itself; 'hoarder cleanout' returns cleaners and TV. 109 of the 486 videos appeared in two or more lists on November 6, 2026, 108 of them in both junk removal lists, and only 3 crossed into 'hoarder cleanout' (our count).

• 'Junk removal': junk removal businesses posted 166 of the 198 videos and drew 73.6% of the views (our count). Two videos about deleting phone 'junk files' drew 5.8% of that list's views.
• 'Junk removal business': junk removal businesses drew 76.6% of the views and coaching and business-interview creators 11.4% (our count).
• 'Hoarder cleanout': junk removal businesses posted 53 of the 198 videos but drew only 0.8% of the views. Cleaning businesses, cleaning creators and biohazard firms drew 51.6% and media and TV channels 39.5% (our count).

How many 'junk removal business' videos are about starting a business or promise income?

133 of the 200 most-viewed 'junk removal business' videos on YouTube on November 6, 2026, or 66.5%, have titles about starting a business or about earnings, and they drew 78.8% of that list's views (our count from the titles, with hashtags removed, read by hand). 72 titles are about starting a business, such as 'How To Start a Junk Removal Business' and 'Day 9 of Starting a Junk Removal Company in NYC'. 66 put a money figure for earnings, a job's pay or a business's revenue in the title, such as '$1,000,000 Junk Removal Business' or '$900 an hour'; we counted them and did not check any. Those 66 videos drew 22.5% of the list's views (our count).

• Start-up cost: 10 titles promise a business can be started for a stated sum, from '$0', 'no money' and 'nothing' to under $1,000 (our count).
• Pretend businesses: 5 videos in the list are Roblox games in which players start a junk removal business; they drew 1.3% of its views (our count).
• Across all three searches, 67 videos from junk removal businesses carry a money figure in the title, 23.7% of the businesses' videos (our count).

How many U.S. and Florida junk removal businesses appear in YouTube's top results?

Junk removal businesses placed in the United States by their own text or by their country setting drew 23.4% of the views of the 486 videos on November 6, 2026, from 251 videos (our count). That is 55 of the 76 business channels; 41 name a U.S. place or phone area code in their own text, and their 183 videos drew 18.8% of the views (our count). 5 business channels are placed outside the U.S., 4 in Canada and 1 in Australia, and drew 6.2%, most of it from one Vancouver company video; 16 more state no place at all (our count). Across all channels, those set to the United States posted 61.5% of the videos and drew 49.9% of the views; Canada-set channels drew 16.7% and channels with no country set 25.4% (our count).

6 junk removal businesses tie themselves to Florida: Clutter Reduction Junk Removal and JunkHustle in Palm Beach County, South Florida Junk Removal in Broward and Palm Beach, FreedomSeeking Junk Removal in Port St. Lucie, Remove It Pros in Southwest Florida and Extreme Junk Removal in Flagler and Volusia. Their 9 videos had 186,578 views in all, 0.2% of the sample (our count). 3 of them say they serve Palm Beach or Broward County, and their 6 videos had 164,255 views; none names Martin County. Only 8 channels of any kind tie themselves to Florida; the other two are a house cleaning firm near Orlando and a business-interview channel based in South and Central Florida.

Do junk removal franchises appear in YouTube's top results?

Only 2 of the 196 channels behind the most-viewed junk removal videos on November 6, 2026 belong to a franchise system: a Junk King franchise location in Cincinnati and the dumpster franchisor Bin There Dump That. Their 2 videos had 40,925 views in all (our count). 75 of the 76 junk removal business channels are independents with no franchise named, and none is a channel of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, College HUNKS, JDog or The Junkluggers. The brands come up in other people's videos instead: 7 videos name a junk removal franchise, a dumpster franchisor or a hauling marketplace such as LoadUp somewhere in the title, description or tags, among them business-interview videos about College HUNKS (our count).

How long and how new are the most-viewed junk removal videos?

Videos of 60 seconds or less were 26.1% of the 486 videos on November 6, 2026 and drew 41.4% of their views (our count). The median short video had 27,900 views; the median longer video had 23,481. Long videos hold their own here: videos longer than 20 minutes were 30.5% of the sample and drew 30.6% of the views, and the median video ran 11.8 minutes (our count). Junk removal businesses post fewer shorts than the cleaners who outdraw them: 27.9% of business videos ran 60 seconds or less, against 43.8% for cleaning, biohazard and other trade channels.

The list is recent. 64.4% of the videos were published in 2024 or later, 98 of them in 2026, and they drew 50.4% of the views (our count).

What do the most-viewed junk removal titles promise?

Hoarding draws most of the views. 195 of the 486 most-viewed videos on November 6, 2026 had 'hoard' in the title, 40.1% of the sample, and they drew 55.2% of the views (our count). Before-and-after labels are rare: only 5 titles said 'before and after', 4 of them from cleaning channels, and 30 videos said it anywhere in the title, description or tags. No title used the word 'satisfying'; 23 videos used it in the description or tags. Counting 'satisfying', 'before and after' and 'transformation' together, 9 titles drew 7.0% of the views (our count).

• Trucks and loads: 55 titles name a truck, trailer, dumpster, load or weight, such as '3/4 TRUCK LOAD' or '10,000 lbs 55 cubic yards', and they drew 13.9% of the views (our count).
• Free work: 17 titles say 'free' and drew 17.7% of the views; the 7 of them from cleaners doing hoarder cleanups for free drew almost all of it (our count).
• One's own mess: 27 titles are about clearing one's own closet or room, such as 'CLOSET CLEAN-OUT *I'm a hoarder*', and they drew 6.0% of the views (our count).
• Found money: 19 titles promise money or treasure found in a cleanout, such as 'Hoarder HID CASH in closet!', and they drew 3.6% of the views (our count).
• Estates and evictions: 27 titles are about estate, eviction, foreclosure, abandoned-property or storage-unit cleanouts, and they drew 1.5% of the views (our count).
• Pricing: 27 titles are about pricing, charging or estimating jobs, and they drew 1.2% of the views (our count).
• Day in the life: 19 titles are day-in-the-life or POV videos, all but one from junk removal businesses (our count).
• Items: only 5 titles name a piece of furniture, a mattress, an appliance, a hot tub, a piano or tires, though 73 videos name one somewhere in the text (our count).

None of the 486 videos carried YouTube's altered or synthetic content flag in the API, although one New York junk removal channel says in its descriptions that some scenes are 'AI-generated' (our count). 0 videos were marked made for kids. 3 junk removal businesses post in Spanish; their 3 videos had 45,177 views. View counts are lifetime snapshots and include ad views, and the sample is YouTube's own ranking on one day, not a count of all junk removal videos.

How many people work as refuse collectors and haulers in the United States?

U.S. employers had 147,240 wage and salary refuse and recyclable material collectors on their payrolls in May 2025, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employer survey (BLS OEWS). Junk removal has no occupation code of its own, so this is the closest BLS count: SOC 53-7081 takes in municipal garbage and recycling crews and private curbside collectors as well as the crews who load couches, appliances and cleanout debris onto junk trucks. The survey leaves out owners who work for themselves.

BLS's Employment Projections, which add the self-employed, counted 156.4 thousand jobs in the occupation in 2025 (BLS Employment Projections). Only 3.8 percent of those workers were self-employed (BLS Employment Projections), about 5.9 thousand people (our calculation). BLS projects the occupation to grow 2.1 percent from 2025 to 2035 (BLS Employment Projections), with an average of 15.5 thousand openings a year, mostly to replace workers who leave (BLS Employment Projections).

Many junk removal helpers are counted in a much larger occupation instead. Across all U.S. industries, an estimated 2,950,280 people worked as hand laborers and freight, stock and material movers (SOC 53-7062) in May 2025 (BLS OEWS). That code also holds warehouse loaders and moving crews; our moving company video statistics break it down for movers.

Who employs refuse and recyclable material collectors?

About half work for private waste collection companies and close to a third for local governments. Private waste collection employers (NAICS 5621) employed 76,410 of the occupation's wage and salary workers in May 2025 (BLS OEWS), 51.9% of the total (our calculation). Local governments employed 43,690 (BLS OEWS), 29.7% (our calculation), most of them in city sanitation departments. BLS does not split private haulers into garbage, recycling and junk removal companies.

Inside the waste collection industry, which is shared with municipal-contract garbage haulers, BLS counted 222,030 wage and salary jobs in May 2025 (BLS OEWS). Refuse collectors held 34.4% of them (our calculation). The industry also employed 43,490 heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (BLS OEWS), 19.6% of its jobs, and 14,960 hand laborers and material movers (BLS OEWS), 6.7% (our calculations).

What do refuse collectors and junk haulers earn?

The median wage and salary refuse and recyclable material collector in the United States earned $49,690 a year in May 2025, by BLS's employer survey (BLS OEWS). Collectors working for private waste collection employers had a median of $50,600 (BLS OEWS). These wages cover garbage and recycling crews as well as junk removal crews, and leave out self-employed owners. Hand laborers and material movers, the code that holds many junk removal helpers, earn less than refuse collectors; their wages are on our moving company page.

How many refuse collectors work in Florida and in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties?

Florida employers had 11,650 wage and salary refuse and recyclable material collectors in May 2025 (BLS OEWS), 7.9% of the U.S. total (our calculation). Their median wage was $47,820 a year (BLS OEWS), 3.8% below the national median (our calculation).

BLS publishes these figures by metro area, not by county. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, which takes in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, had 3,370 collectors (BLS OEWS) with a median wage of $49,770 (BLS OEWS). The Port St. Lucie metro area, Martin and St. Lucie counties, had 170 (BLS OEWS).

Which industry code covers junk removal businesses?

None by name. Our search of the 20,398 entries in the Census Bureau's 2022 NAICS index file found no entry for junk removal (our search). The only entry with the word "junk" is auto junk yards, NAICS 423140 (2022 NAICS Manual). The closest entries sit in waste collection: the index assigns "debris removal services" to NAICS 562119 (2022 NAICS Manual). The manual defines that code, Other Waste Collection (562119), as collecting and hauling waste other than garbage and hazardous waste within a local area, brush and rubble removal included (2022 NAICS Manual). Rubbish collection and trash hauling go to NAICS 562111, Solid Waste Collection.

So Census and BLS count junk haulers inside the same two codes as municipal-contract garbage haulers and national waste companies. Every figure in this section is shared context for the whole of NAICS 562111 or 562119 (or the wider 5621 or 562), not a count of junk removal businesses.

How many waste collection businesses are there?

The United States had 11,148 private solid waste collection establishments (NAICS 562111) and 2,534 private other waste collection establishments (NAICS 562119) in 2025, by BLS's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which counts businesses with employees covered by unemployment insurance (BLS QCEW; BLS QCEW). The smaller code, which holds debris and rubble removal, grew faster: from 1,611 establishments in 2019 (BLS QCEW), a rise of 57.3% (our calculation), while NAICS 562111 grew from 9,274 (BLS QCEW), up 20.2% (our calculation).

Private NAICS 562111 establishments employed an average of 190,291 workers in 2025 (BLS QCEW) at an average annual pay of $74,223 (BLS QCEW). NAICS 562119 establishments employed 18,126 (BLS QCEW).

Most of these businesses are small. Census's County Business Patterns counted 10,982 solid waste collection establishments with paid employees in 2023 (Census County Business Patterns), 4,785 of them with fewer than five employees (Census County Business Patterns): 43.6% (our calculation). Of 1,571 other waste collection establishments (Census County Business Patterns), 1,012 had fewer than five employees (Census County Business Patterns), 64.4% (our calculation).

How many hauling businesses have no employees?

Census counted 28,508 U.S. waste management and remediation businesses with no paid employees in 2024 (Census Nonemployer Statistics). Census publishes these one-person businesses only for the whole of NAICS 562, which also holds landfills, remediation and septic pumping, so this is the closest count of owner-operator haulers, not a junk removal count. The figure was 25,787 in 2023 (Census Nonemployer Statistics), a rise of 10.6% in a year (our calculation). Set beside the 29,237 NAICS 562 establishments with employees in 2023 (Census County Business Patterns), there were 0.88 businesses without employees for every one with employees (our calculation).

How many waste collection businesses are in Florida and in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties?

Florida had 662 private solid waste collection establishments in 2025 (BLS QCEW), 5.9% of the U.S. total (our calculation), and 290 other waste collection establishments. Palm Beach County had 38 and 17 (BLS QCEW; BLS QCEW), Broward County 42 and 28 (BLS QCEW; BLS QCEW), and Martin County 4 and 3 (BLS QCEW; BLS QCEW). Together the three counties had 13.9% of Florida's establishments in the two codes (our calculation). BLS withholds employment for the smallest county cells to protect confidentiality.

Florida had 2,570 waste management and remediation businesses with no employees in 2024 (Census Nonemployer Statistics): 149 in Palm Beach County (Census Nonemployer Statistics), 270 in Broward County (Census Nonemployer Statistics) and 16 in Martin County (Census Nonemployer Statistics), 16.9% of the state's total (our calculation).

How much revenue do waste collection businesses take in?

U.S. solid waste collection establishments with employees (NAICS 562111) had $65,755,987 thousand in receipts in 2022, by the Economic Census (2022 Economic Census). Other waste collection establishments (NAICS 562119) had $3,632,494 thousand (2022 Economic Census), up 88.6% from $1,925,982 thousand in 2017 in current dollars (2017 Economic Census; our calculation). The largest companies dominate NAICS 562111: the four largest firms took 45.8 percent of its receipts (2022 Economic Census). Census's newer Annual Integrated Economic Survey puts 2024 receipts of all U.S. waste collection employer firms (NAICS 5621) at $84,790,725 thousand (Census AIES). The survey does not publish advertising spending for any waste collection code.

Who pays waste collection businesses, and for what?

Households paid 32.0 percent of the 2022 receipts of U.S. solid waste collection establishments (2022 Economic Census) and 27.5 percent of the receipts of other waste collection establishments (2022 Economic Census); business firms and farms paid most of the rest. By service, residential collection was 32.6 percent of NAICS 562111 receipts (2022 Economic Census) and 19.8 percent of NAICS 562119 receipts (2022 Economic Census). Construction and demolition debris collection was 19.7 percent of NAICS 562119 receipts (2022 Economic Census). Census publishes no separate product line for junk, bulky-item or cleanout removal, so it is folded into these residential and nonresidential collection lines.

What rules apply when a junk hauler takes away an old refrigerator or air conditioner?

Federal Clean Air Act Section 608 rules, current in November 2026, put the refrigerant check on whoever does the last step. EPA defines a small appliance as one sealed at the factory with five (5) pounds or less of refrigerant, which covers home refrigerators, freezers, window units and dehumidifiers (EPA, 40 CFR 82.152). No one disposing of an appliance may knowingly vent its refrigerant (EPA, 40 CFR 82.154). The final processor, such as a scrap recycler or landfill, must recover any refrigerant left or verify with a signed statement or contract that it was already recovered (EPA, 40 CFR 82.155). A signed statement must give the name and address of the person who recovered the refrigerant and the date (EPA, 40 CFR 82.155), and the final processor keeps those papers for three years (EPA, 40 CFR 82.155).

EPA's own disposal guidance, last updated March 23, 2026, says the same thing in plain words. The final person in the disposal chain is responsible for making sure refrigerant comes out before final disposal (EPA). The contract shortcut is for regular business suppliers, not for individuals and peddlers (EPA), and EPA does not accept a sticker as proof of recovery (EPA). The person who pulls the refrigerant from a small appliance before disposal is not required to be certified technicians under Section 608, though the recovery equipment must meet the servicing standards (EPA). If a fridge arrives empty, the final processor needs a signed statement that the charge leaked out, and refrigerant lost by cutting refrigerant lines does not count as a leak (EPA, 40 CFR 82.155). For a Clean Air Act violation, the inflation-adjusted maximum civil penalty is $124,426 per day for penalties assessed on or after January 8, 2025 (EPA, 40 CFR 19.4).

The volume is large. EPA estimates that 11 – 13 million refrigerated household appliances reach the end of their life in the U.S. each year; the page gives no year or method for the estimate (EPA). EPA's voluntary Responsible Appliance Disposal program, which ran from 2006 to 2025, says its partners processed over 9 million refrigerated appliances in that time (EPA).

Does Florida ban appliances and other junk from its landfills?

Yes. The 2026 Florida Statutes bar anyone who knows what they are carrying from putting White goods in a landfill, alongside lead-acid batteries and used oil (Florida Statutes, s. 403.708). Florida defines white goods as discarded air conditioners, heaters, refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances (Florida Statutes, s. 403.703). Construction and demolition debris covers drywall, lumber, roofing, concrete and similar waste from building, demolition or the renovation of a structure (Florida Statutes, s. 403.703), and to the extent economically feasible it must be processed before disposal at a permitted facility (Florida Statutes, s. 403.707). Tires have their own rule: a business that hires a tire collector to haul more than 25 waste tires per month from one location must keep a record of each load (Florida Statutes, s. 403.717).

What are the penalties for illegal dumping in Florida?

They run from a civil fine to a felony, and the line is weight and purpose. Florida's Litter Law, as printed in the 2026 Florida Statutes, names a household item; shed; appliance and building material among the things that count as litter (Florida Statutes, s. 403.413). Dumping 15 pounds or less, not for commercial purposes, is a noncriminal infraction with a civil penalty of $150 (Florida Statutes). Above 15 pounds and up to 500 pounds (or 100 cubic feet), still not commercial, it is a first-degree misdemeanor (Florida Statutes).

Above 500 pounds, or in any quantity for commercial purposes, it is a third-degree felony (Florida Statutes). Anyone dumping from a commercial vehicle is presumed to be dumping for commercial purposes (Florida Statutes), so a hauler's truck puts a load of any size in the felony tier (our reading of the two subsections together). A truck, trailer or container used to dump more than 500 pounds is contraband subject to forfeiture (Florida Statutes). A third-degree felony carries up to 5 years in prison (Florida Statutes, s. 775.082) and a fine of up to $5,000 (Florida Statutes, s. 775.083).

Do junk haulers need a county permit in South Florida?

In Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, yes, if they haul waste for pay. Since October 1, 2014, the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County has required every commercial solid waste hauler, meaning any business that collects and hauls solid waste for a fee, to hold an SWA permit, with a $500.00 non-refundable annual registration fee (SWA Rule V). Rule V bars taking county waste outside the county or to any site other than a Designated Disposal Facility (SWA Rule V), and violations can cost up to $500 per day per violation (SWA Rule V). Property owners and contractors hauling waste from their own work are exempt.

Miami-Dade County requires a General Hauler Permit for anyone moving solid waste or recyclables over county streets: $630 to apply or renew, plus $74 per vehicle (Miami-Dade County). A one-truck business can take a Small Hauler Permit at $315 a year plus a $74 decal (Miami-Dade County). Private haulers serving accounts in the county's Disposal Facility Fee area also pay the county 15 percent of their monthly collection and disposal receipts (Miami-Dade County). Broward County's website disallows ClaudeBot in robots.txt, so we did not read its hauler rules. Martin County's free curbside bulk pickup, run by its franchise hauler, takes do-it-yourself construction debris only up to 2 cubic yards per week, and contractors must dispose of their own debris (Martin County).

What does it cost to dump a load in Palm Beach and Martin counties?

From October 1, 2026, the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority charges $42.00 a ton for trash, the category that covers furniture, appliances and garage-type household waste (SWA), $10.00 a ton for white goods (SWA), and a $10.00 surcharge for each load not tied down or tarped (SWA). Martin County's Solid Waste Transfer & Recycling Facility charges $55.70 a ton for Class III bulky waste and construction debris from the same date (Martin County).

When does a junk removal truck fall under federal truck rules?

Once it is heavy enough and crosses state lines. Under FMCSA rules read on eCFR in November 2026, a truck used across state lines is a commercial motor vehicle once its weight rating reaches 10,001 pounds (FMCSA, 49 CFR 390.5), which takes in many box trucks (our gloss). An interstate carrier must file its USDOT identification report before it starts operating and update it Every 24 months (FMCSA, 49 CFR 390.19T). It must mark its name and USDOT number on both sides of each truck, readable in daylight from 50 feet (FMCSA, 49 CFR 390.21T); that is the lettering viewers see on a wrapped truck in a load-reveal clip. A commercial driver's license starts at 26,001 pounds for a single truck (FMCSA, 49 CFR 383.5), so most junk-hauling box trucks under that rating need no CDL. FMCSA's own site refuses automated requests, so these rows cite the eCFR text.

What safety rules cover hoarder, biohazard and demolition cleanouts?

OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard applies when workers can reasonably expect contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials, as in some hoarder and biohazard cleanouts (our reading; OSHA does not name the trade). An employer with such workers needs a written Exposure Control Plan (OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1030), must offer hepatitis B vaccination within 10 working days of first assignment (OSHA), and must repeat training within one year of the last session (OSHA). For penalties proposed after January 15, 2025, a serious OSHA violation can cost up to $16,550 (OSHA, 29 CFR 1903.15).

Light demolition brings in asbestos. EPA's asbestos NESHAP applies its full work-practice rules to a covered demolition with at least 260 linear feet of regulated asbestos material on pipes or 160 square feet on other parts (EPA, 40 CFR 61.145), and any covered demolition needs written notice 10 working days before it begins (EPA, 40 CFR 61.145). In Florida, asbestos waste may not go into a construction and demolition debris disposal unit (Florida DEP, Rule 62-701.730).

Which states have mattress and e-waste recycling laws?

Florida has neither kind of law. The industry-formed Mattress Recycling Council, which collects the fees, says it operates statewide in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island (MRC). California's Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act dates from 2013 (CalRecycle). The fee on each mattress sold rose to $18.00 in California on April 1, 2026 (MRC) and to $19.50 in Connecticut on October 1, 2026 (MRC). Oregon's 2022 law requires a permanent drop-off site in every county of 10,000 people or more plus 25 more sites (Oregon Revised Statutes, ORS 459A.162), and free bulk pickup of at least 100 mattresses at a time from retailers, disposal sites, hotels and institutions (ORS 459A.162). The Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse, a forum of the state agencies that run these programs, counts 25 states plus the District of Columbia with e-waste laws, starting with California in 2003; Florida is not on its list (ERCC).

How much does junk removal cost?

A typical U.S. junk removal job cost about $241 in 2026, according to Angi, which says its national average of $241 is based on 44,583 verified projects booked through Angi pros (Angi). Angi says most people spent between $133 and $372 (Angi). Angi, Thumbtack, HomeGuide, Fixr and LawnStarter all sell leads or bookings to junk haulers, so every figure below is a seller's figure. Only Angi prints how many jobs sit behind its number.

The guides disagree on the average job. Fixr's national average is 42.9% higher than HomeGuide's, and the median of the four national averages is $233 (our calculation from the table below). Thumbtack does not print one average; it prints a national average range of $138–$308 from its own marketplace data (Thumbtack).

The full-truck price is where the guides drift furthest apart. HomeGuide contradicts itself: its summary prices a full-size truck at $550, while its own load table prices a full load at $400 – $450 (420 to 480 cubic feet) (HomeGuide). Angi's top full-truckload price is 2.0 times the bottom of HomeGuide's full-load range (our calculation). Truck sizes differ too: Angi prices loads in a dump truck, Thumbtack prices pickup-truck loads, and Fixr and HomeGuide use cubic feet.

Smaller jobs are closer together. Angi says the minimum charge for one bulky item is $60 to $150 (Angi). Thumbtack data put one pickup truck of junk at $132-$273 (Thumbtack), and found that removing furniture, appliances and electronics typically costs around $169, less than yard waste, construction debris and scrap metal (Thumbtack). Stairs add a little: Thumbtack's averages were $197 with stairs and $176 with an elevator (Thumbtack).

What does junk removal cost in Florida?

Thumbtack is the only one of these guides that prints Florida city prices. Its data put the average junk removal job in Miami at $150-$398 (Thumbtack) and in Tampa at $130-$425 (Thumbtack), both above the low end of its national range. Thumbtack does not print a Palm Beach, Broward or Martin County figure.

What do the big junk removal franchises charge?

The franchises do not post dollar prices, so the figures in circulation are other sellers' estimates. Fixr says 1-800-Got-Junk? jobs cost $129 to $600 (Fixr), College Hunks $110 to $590 (Fixr) and Junk King $125 to $650 (Fixr). These are Fixr's numbers, not prices published by the franchisors. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? itself says it prices by truck space, in 1/8 increments of the truck (1-800-GOT-JUNK?).

When is junk removal busiest?

LawnStarter says the busiest months are March through October, peaking in April through June (LawnStarter). It does not say how it measured this. Angi says spring and early summer renovation season can push prices a touch higher (Angi).

How many Americans move each year?

Every move-out is a potential cleanout. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey found that 11.6 percent of people age 1 and over lived at a different address a year earlier in 2025, down from 11.8 percent in 2024 (Census ACS). In 2025, 9.0 percent moved within their state (Census ACS). The rate has fallen 5.2 percentage points since 16.8 percent in 2006, the first year of the ACS series (Census; our calculation). The moving company page covers movers in more detail.

Are older homeowners downsizing?

Older owners hold most of the homes that change hands. Baby Boomers were 55% of all U.S. home sellers in NAR's 2026 Generational Trends report, a survey of 6,103 recent buyers mailed in July 2025 (NAR). Sellers typically stayed 11 years before selling; Older Boomers stayed longer (NAR). Sellers over 60 downsized by 100 square feet in 2025, and 11% of buyers over 60 said downsizing was their main reason to buy (NAR; NAR).

Most older adults would rather stay put. In AARP's summer 2024 survey of 3,090 adults, 75 percent of those 50 and over wanted to stay in their current home as long as possible (AARP), yet 44 percent expect to relocate at some point (AARP), and about two-thirds of all adults would consider downsizing (AARP).

How many households rent self storage?

A record share. The Self Storage Association's 2025 Demand Study, an online survey of 3,456 renter households fielded February to March 2025, counted 16,681,383 U.S. households renting storage in 2024 (Self Storage Association). That was 12.6% of households, the highest in the series (Self Storage Association). The count rose 66.3% from 10,032,740 in 2005 (Self Storage Association; our calculation). The SSA represents storage operators, who sell into this market.

How much clutter do Americans have?

Surveys by companies that sell storage say a lot. In SelfStorage.com's survey of 1,000 U.S. adults on May 7, 2025 (unweighted), 67% said lack of storage space contributes to clutter (SelfStorage.com), and 53% had found dead bugs, moldy food or expired items while decluttering (SelfStorage.com). Interest in decluttering spikes with culture: Pinterest said searches for the KonMari method rose 710% globally year over year in early 2019 (Pinterest).

How much trash do Americans throw away?

Americans generated 292.4 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates (EPA Facts and Figures). That is EPA’s newest national count: its Facts and Figures series has not been updated past calendar year 2018, and it is modelled from production, sales and industry data rather than weighed at landfills. Municipal solid waste (MSW) in EPA’s count is household and business trash; it leaves out construction and demolition debris.

Of that 2018 total, almost 94 million tons were recycled or composted, a 32.1 percent rate (EPA), and more than 146 million tons, half of all MSW, went to landfills (EPA).

How much of that trash is the bulky stuff junk haulers take?

EPA estimates Americans discarded 57.1 million tons of durable goods in 2018, 19.5 percent of all MSW, and recycled 10.6 million tons of them (EPA Durable Goods data). Durable goods include appliances, furniture, carpets, tires and electronics. EPA notes that managers of waste facilities often call them “oversized and bulky” and that they are often picked up separately from other trash (EPA). Durable goods generation grew from 9,920 thousand tons to 57,100 thousand tons in 2018 (EPA table). Furniture and mattress tonnage is covered in the myths section of this page.

• Major appliances. Americans discarded 5.3 million tons of refrigerators, washers, water heaters and other white goods in 2018, 1.8 percent of MSW (EPA). Scrap recovery from shredded appliances came to 3.1 million tons, leaving 2.1 million tons landfilled (EPA, from a Steel Recycling Institute survey). Appliance discards grew from 1,630 thousand tons in 1960 to 5,250 thousand tons in 2018 (EPA table).
• Carpets and rugs. EPA estimates 3.4 million tons were discarded in 2018, 1.2 percent of MSW (EPA).
• Electronics. EPA estimates 2.7 million tons of TVs, computers, phones, stereos and similar electronics were discarded in 2018, less than 1 percent of MSW (EPA).

How much construction and demolition debris does the U.S. produce?

EPA estimates the United States generated 600 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) debris in 2018, more than twice its MSW tonnage (EPA C&D data). Most of that is concrete and asphalt from roads, bridges and buildings, not the drywall, cabinets and flooring a junk hauler takes out of a remodel. EPA estimates 143,780 thousand tons of C&D debris went to landfills in 2018 (EPA table), about 24.0% of the amount generated (our calculation). The rest went to aggregate, manufactured products, fuel, mulch and soil uses.

How much waste does Florida report, and how much is construction debris?

Florida’s counties reported 54,527,944 tons of municipal solid waste collected in 2025, Florida DEP’s newest annual report shows (Florida DEP, 2025 Solid Waste Management Annual Report). Florida counts C&D debris inside its MSW totals, unlike EPA, and its counts are county reports of tons landfilled, burned and recycled. That works out to 12.76 pounds per resident per day in 2025 (Florida DEP), a figure that includes construction debris and commercial waste and cannot be compared with EPA’s national per-person number.

Construction and demolition debris is the largest single material in Florida’s count: 19,374,066 tons in 2025, 35.5 percent of all MSW collected, with 64 percent recycled (Florida DEP). DEP’s own C&D program page still says C&D accounts for almost 25 percent of the state’s MSW stream (Florida DEP C&D page), an older statement that the 2025 tables no longer support. Reported C&D tonnage rose from 15,302,675 tons in 2019 (Florida DEP, 2019 report) to 19,997,489 tons in 2024 (Florida DEP, 2024 report); from 2019 to 2025 it grew 26.6% (our calculation).

Florida counties also reported 463,589 tons of white goods, discarded major appliances, in 2025, 42 percent of them recycled (Florida DEP). The state’s 2008 climate and energy act set a weight-based recycling goal of 75% by 2020; DEP says Florida missed the 2016 interim goal and its rate has held just below 50% (Florida DEP).

How much C&D debris and appliance waste do Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties report?

Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties together reported 3,057,985 tons of C&D debris in 2025, 15.8% of Florida’s total (our calculation from Florida DEP county rows), and recycled 69.6% of it (our calculation). They reported 86,595 tons of white goods, 18.7% of the state total (our calculation). A zero in DEP’s recycled column can mean a county reported no recycling for that material, not that none happened.

Counting everything, Palm Beach County collected 3,940,465 tons of MSW in 2025 and recycled 57 percent before credits; only 14 percent was landfilled, because 29 percent was burned for energy (Florida DEP). Broward collected 4,518,634 tons and recycled 30 percent, with 59 percent landfilled (Florida DEP). Martin collected 593,666 tons, half recycled and half landfilled (Florida DEP). Palm Beach ranked first in Florida on DEP’s adjusted recycling rate, at 91% once renewable-energy credits for its waste-to-energy plants are added (Florida DEP). Palm Beach County collected 13.87 pounds of MSW per resident per day in 2025 (Florida DEP).

What does it cost to dump a load in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties?

Palm Beach County’s Solid Waste Authority charges $42.00 per ton for “trash”, the category its fee schedule defines as furniture, appliances, textiles and other household garage contents, from October 1, 2026 (SWA tipping fee schedule). Construction debris costs $95.00 per ton (SWA), and the schedule says mixed loads are charged at the “higher waste category rate” (SWA), so a junk load with remodel debris in it pays the C&D rate. The authority’s FY 2026 budget assumes each single-family home produces 1.07 tons of garbage and trash a year (SWA FY 2026 budget).

The fees in the table are what counties reported to Florida DEP for 2025; Palm Beach’s rate has since risen to $95.00.

What will county bulk pickup take for free?

Curbside bulk pickup is limited, which leaves room for paid haulers. In unincorporated Palm Beach County, bulk pickup comes once a week and is limited to three items (SWA pickup guidelines), and C&D debris from minor home repairs is limited to two cubic yards a week (SWA). Cities in the county set their own rules. Martin County’s curbside bulk service takes appliances, furniture, mattresses and carpet, and DIY construction debris up to 2 cubic yards per week (Martin County). Broward County’s website bars AI agents in its robots file, so we did not read its bulk rules.

How many mattresses do state recycling programs collect, and how many come from junk haulers?

The Mattress Recycling Council, a nonprofit created and funded by the mattress industry through a fee on each mattress sold, runs the state recycling programs in California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon and reports to each state’s regulator. It says it has recycled over 17 million mattresses in its first ten years (MRC impact report).

• California. MRC collected 1,639,511 mattresses and foundations in 2025, a 5.1% increase on 2024 (MRC California annual report), and its recyclers diverted 67.3% of outbound material by weight from landfill (MRC). Participants in its illegal-dumping initiative, covering 33 counties, reported 56,717 illegally dumped mattresses (MRC). Residents who drop mattresses at a participating recycler get $3 per unit, up to five a day (MRC).
• Connecticut. MRC collected 219,675 units in the year to June 30, 2026, at a 69% recycling rate (MRC Connecticut annual report), including over 7,000 mattresses from small solid waste haulers and similar entities (MRC).
• Rhode Island. MRC collected 97,561 units in the same year, at a 61% recycling rate (MRC Rhode Island annual report). Units delivered by small junk haulers, property managers and other small generators rose 14% (MRC).
• Oregon. In its first year, 2025, the program collected 134,121 units (MRC Oregon annual report). Institutional and commercial sources, a group that includes junk haulers along with schools, hospitals and military bases, supplied 4,750 of them (MRC), 3.5% of program units (our calculation).

MRC runs no program in Florida.

How many states have e-waste laws, and how much do donation stores take?

The Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse counts 25 states plus the District of Columbia with e-waste laws, passed between 2003 and 2014; Florida is not on the list (ERCC). Habitat for Humanity says its ReStores divert “hundreds of tons” from landfills each year and that most offer free pickup of furniture, appliances and building materials (Habitat for Humanity), but it publishes no national tonnage. We could not read Goodwill Industries International’s site, which refuses automated requests.

How common is hoarding disorder?

About 1 adult in 40 has hoarding disorder. A 2019 meta-analysis of 11 general-population studies with 53,378 working-age adults, all from developed countries, put the pooled prevalence at 2.5%, with similar rates for men and women (Postlethwaite, Kellett and Mataix-Cols (Journal of Affective Disorders)). Before that review, single studies had ranged from 1.5% to 6% of the general population (Journal of Affective Disorders). The American Psychiatric Association now puts the overall prevalence at approximately 2.6%, higher for people over 60 and for people with anxiety or depression (APA). The International OCD Foundation, an association for patients and clinicians, gives a range of 2% – 6% (IOCDF).

The spread comes from how each study counted. Studies that used self-report questionnaires and pre-DSM-5 definitions tend to land higher than studies that diagnosed people in person:

The London study was the first to use the DSM-5 definition, and its authors call 1.5% a lower bound. In the female twins of the U.K. study (published 2009), genetic factors accounted for approximately 50% of the variance in hoarding (American Journal of Psychiatry). A U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging staff report (July 2024) says hoarding disorder affects as many as 14 million people in the United States; the report's footnote cites a 2013 Scientific American article and the 2019 meta-analysis, not a U.S. count (Senate Aging Committee). No national U.S. prevalence survey of hoarding disorder has been published.

When did hoarding become its own diagnosis?

Hoarding disorder became its own diagnosis in 2013, when the American Psychiatric Association published DSM-5 after a 14-year revision; APA's Board of Trustees approved the final criteria in December 2012 (APA DSM-5 fact sheet). The new Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders chapter added two new disorders: hoarding disorder and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder (APA). Before 2013, people with severe hoarding could be diagnosed with OCD, a personality disorder, an anxiety disorder, or nothing at all. APA's 2013 fact sheet estimated prevalence at approximately two to five percent of the population (APA).

Hoarding is often not OCD. In a 2011 study of 217 people with hoarding disorder, fewer than 20% met criteria for OCD, while inattentive ADHD was diagnosed in 28%, against 3% of a comparison group with OCD (Frost, Steketee and Tolin (Depression and Anxiety)). The International OCD Foundation says around 75% of people with hoarding disorder have another mental health condition, most often major depression, social anxiety or generalized anxiety, and around 20% also have OCD (IOCDF). In the London study (published 2013), 58% of people with hoarding disorder were impaired by another mental disorder (British Journal of Psychiatry).

At what age does hoarding start, and why does it show up late in life?

Hoarding usually starts in the teenage years. A meta-analysis of 25 studies found a mean age of onset of 16.7 years, with two peaks (Zaboski et al. (Depression and Anxiety)), and APA says most studies report onset between 15 and 19 years of age (APA). It then tends to get worse. In a 2016 study of 82 older adults with hoarding disorder in San Diego, symptoms began at a median age of 10 to 20, and 23% reported onset of a possible diagnosis after age 40 (Aging & Mental Health). In a smaller 2010 study of 18 adults aged 60 or older, onset was in childhood or adolescence, severity rose with each decade, most lived alone and only 16% met OCD criteria once hoarding symptoms were set aside (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry).

This is why cleanout crews meet hoarding mostly in older people's homes. In the Dutch register study, the share with provisional hoarding disorder rose by 20% with every 5 years of age (2.12% overall). The IOCDF says hoarding symptoms appear almost three times more common in adults aged 55-94 than in adults aged 34-44 (IOCDF), and the Senate Aging Committee report puts the rate at roughly six percent of adults over 70, citing the Dutch study rather than a U.S. count (Senate Aging Committee). A 2001 study of 62 elderly clients described by Massachusetts elder-services providers found most were female, unmarried and lived alone (Kim, Steketee and Frost (Health & Social Work)): 62 clients is a small sample.

How often do hoarded homes catch fire?

U.S. fire departments reported 5,242 residential structure fires connected to cluttered environments from 2014 to 2022, which injured 1,367 firefighters and 1,119 civilians, according to National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data the U.S. Fire Administration sent to the Senate Aging Committee (Senate Aging Committee). Those fires caused over $396 million in losses (Senate Aging Committee). The yearly count rose over 26 percent between 2014 and 2022, but the committee says it cannot tell whether fires increased or reporting changed (Senate Aging Committee). NFIRS is voluntary and covers roughly 70 percent of U.S. fires, and the committee's table gives no death count. The U.S. Fire Administration's own hoarding fire safety page repeats APA's 2.6% prevalence estimate (USFA).

The widely repeated claim that hoarding causes a quarter of fire deaths comes from one Australian source. A 2009 Worcester Polytechnic Institute student project for Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade found 48 hoarding fires in ten years in the Melbourne fire district: about 0.25% of residential fires but 24% of preventable fire fatalities (WPI Melbourne Project Center). That is a small base and the report was not peer reviewed. South Australia's Metropolitan Fire Service now repeats it as 24% of fire fatalities in Victoria, without the word "preventable" (SA MFS). In Vancouver, a joint fire prevention and public health team handled 82 severe or high-risk hoarding cases in 2016-2018 and closed most within six home visits (Kysow et al. (Health & Social Care in the Community)).

What does hoarding cost in housing, work and public services?

Hoarding often puts people at risk of losing their homes. In a 2008 internet survey of 864 people who identified as hoarding, 8% to 12% had been evicted or threatened with eviction because of hoarding, and hoarding was linked to an average 7.0 work impairment days in the past month (Tolin et al. (Psychiatry Research)). In a study published in 2012, among 115 clients screened at a New York City eviction-prevention nonprofit, 22% met clinician-rated criteria for hoarding disorder (Rodriguez et al. (Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)). In San Francisco, Legal Assistance to the Elderly estimated that roughly five percent of its pro-bono eviction work in 2022 involved hoarding (Senate Aging Committee), and landlord data gathered by the city's hoarding task force put the cost of one eviction at $2,000 to just under $100,000 (Senate Aging Committee).

Public agencies pay too. A survey published in 2000 of 88 Massachusetts health officers serving 1.79 million people counted 471 hoarding complaints over five years (Frost, Steketee and Williams (Health & Social Care in the Community)). One state told the Senate Aging Committee that each Adult Protective Services hoarding case can cost up to $5,000, and the same clients often come back (Senate Aging Committee). The committee's report also warns that rapid or forced cleanouts without mental health treatment tend not to last, and can cause strong feelings of loss and distress. Treatment helps some people: a meta-analysis of 232 patients found cognitive behavioral therapy reduced hoarding severity with a large effect, but only 24 to 43 percent of patients reached clinically significant change (Depression and Anxiety).

How many deaths and older people living alone drive estate cleanouts?

Every death leaves a household of belongings behind. The National Center for Health Statistics registered 3,072,666 U.S. resident deaths in 2024 (CDC/NCHS), and Florida recorded 228,537 resident deaths that year, down 0.2 percent from 2023, according to the Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research using Department of Health counts (Florida EDR). Of those Florida deaths, 70,824 were residents aged 85 and older (Florida EDR). Florida's natural change, births minus deaths, turned negative in 2020 (Florida EDR).

Many estates are homes where one person lived. The Census Bureau found that nearly 3 in 10 U.S. adults 65 or older lived alone in 2022, including 43% of women 75 or older (Census Bureau). In 2025 the United States had 39.7 million one-person households, 29% of all households (Census Bureau). Florida had the second-highest share of residents 65 and older of any state in the 2020 Census, 21.2% (Census Bureau). Census Vintage 2025 estimates count 410,721 residents 65 and older in Palm Beach County, 393,083 in Broward County and 55,871 in Martin County on July 1, 2025 Census Bureau. These counts describe the people whose homes are emptied after a death or a move to care; neither the Census Bureau nor NCHS counts estate cleanouts.

How dangerous is refuse and junk collection work?

Refuse and recyclable material collectors died on the job at a rate of 37.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in 2024, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (BLS CFOI), against 3.3 for all U.S. workers (BLS CFOI): 11.3 times the all-worker rate (our calculation). 36 collectors died from work injuries that year (BLS CFOI). BLS counts the occupation as a whole, so these deaths include municipal and private garbage and recycling crews as well as junk haulers; the census counts every fatal work injury, self-employed workers included.

The occupation ranked 5th among the occupations in BLS's 2024 chart of selected occupations, after logging workers, fishing and hunting workers, roofers and structural iron and steel workers (our ranking of the BLS chart table), and 4th in BLS's 2023 chart of high-rate occupations (our ranking). BLS selects the occupations in these charts, so the rank is among the occupations listed, not every occupation.

The worst recent year was 2023, when 41 collectors died (BLS CFOI). Counts this small swing from year to year, so a single year's rate says little on its own.

How do waste collection workers die on the job?

Mostly in vehicle incidents. 41 workers died from work injuries at private waste collection employers (NAICS 5621) in 2024, and most of those deaths were transportation incidents, by BLS's table of fatal injuries by industry and event (BLS CFOI). NAICS 5621 is shared with municipal-contract garbage haulers and national waste companies; BLS publishes no junk removal figure.

How often are waste collection workers injured?

Private waste collection employers (NAICS 5621) reported 4.7 recordable injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024, by BLS's Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (BLS SOII), against 2.3 for all private employers (BLS SOII): 2.0 times the private-industry rate (our calculation). The rate was 3.8 in 2021 (BLS SOII). These are employer-reported OSHA-recordable cases for the whole waste collection industry, garbage haulers included, and employer reports are known to undercount some injuries.

How many junk removal franchise outlets are there?

Seven junk removal franchisors reported 773 franchised U.S. outlets at the end of 2025 in their newest franchise disclosure documents, six filed with Minnesota's Department of Commerce and JDog's with Wisconsin's Department of Financial Institutions, our count from each document's Item 20 (our calculation). JDog's count is at May 31, 2026, the end of its fiscal year. The figures leave out outlets the franchisors' own affiliates run, and the franchisors define an outlet differently: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? counts franchised businesses that each hold several subterritories, The Junkluggers counts territories, and College HUNKS outlets sell moving as well as junk removal.

Junk King had the most franchised outlets, 171 (Junk King FDD 2026). The Junkluggers had 163 franchised territories run by 70 franchisees (Junkluggers FDD 2026), and College HUNKS had 159 franchised outlets (College HUNKS FDD 2026). JDog had 84 (JDog FDD), and 1-800-GOT-JUNK? had 92 franchised businesses (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026). It had 138 U.S. outlets once the 46 owned by its affiliate are added (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026). Two Men and a Junk Truck, the junk brand of the Two Men and a Truck moving system, had 68 (Two Men and a Junk Truck FDD 2026). Junk Shot had 36 franchised and 4 affiliate-owned outlets (Junk Shot FDD 2026).

Three dumpster rental franchisors sit beside them. Bin There Dump That had 244 U.S. franchised outlets and owns none (Bin There Dump That FDD 2026). Dumpster Dudez had 54 (Dumpster Dudez FDD 2026) and Mobiledumps 26 (Mobiledumps FDD 2026). The franchisors count their own outlets and sell franchises; state franchise law makes them file these counts, but nobody audits them.

Outlet and Florida columns are franchised outlets from Item 20 Tables 1 and 3 of each franchise disclosure document (FDD) on Minnesota's public CARDS database (JDog's newest is on Wisconsin DFI's franchise search; Minnesota cancelled its registration on November 2, 2026); affiliate-owned outlets are in brackets where a franchisor has them. Investment is the range on each document's cover page, which the franchisor estimates. The median low end across the seven junk removal brands is $121,200, from Two Men and a Junk Truck's $88,210 to 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s $182,300 (our calculation).

Are junk removal franchises growing or shrinking?

Slightly down overall: the seven junk removal franchisors' franchised U.S. outlets changed by -2.5% over their three latest fiscal years (2023 to 2025; JDog's fiscal 2024 to 2026, June 2023 to May 2026), from 793 to 773, our calculation from their Item 20 tables (our calculation). The total hides big moves at single brands. JDog's franchised outlets fell 56.3% in three fiscal years, from 192 to 84, with 83 terminations in fiscal 2024 alone (our calculation). College HUNKS went from 202 franchised outlets at the end of 2023 to 159 at the end of 2025; it says 11 of the 27 it lost in 2025 were territories folded into other franchisees' territories that kept operating.

At 1-800-GOT-JUNK? the change is in who owns the trucks. Its affiliate owned 33.3% of the brand's U.S. outlets at the end of 2025 (46 of 138), up from 8 of 141 at the start of 2023, as it bought back franchises (our calculation). The growers were younger systems: Two Men and a Junk Truck went from none to 68 franchised businesses in three years, Junk Shot from 10 to 36, The Junkluggers from 115 to 163 territories, and Dumpster Dudez from 8 to 54.

How many junk removal franchise outlets are in Florida?

Florida had 62 of the seven junk removal franchisors' 773 franchised outlets at the end of 2025, or 8.0%, our calculation from their state-by-state Item 20 tables (our calculation). Junk King and College HUNKS had 14 each in the state, The Junkluggers 11 and 1-800-GOT-JUNK? 9 franchised businesses. 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s affiliate owned 4 more Florida outlets (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026), and all 4 of Junk Shot's affiliate-owned outlets are in Florida, so 10 of its 40 outlets were in the state (Junk Shot FDD 2026). JDog's Florida count fell from 23 to 7 in fiscal 2024 and 2025 after 20 terminations and held there in fiscal 2026, and Two Men and a Junk Truck was down to 1 after 2 of the 3 Florida businesses it opened in 2024 stopped operating.

Dumpster rental franchises lean further toward Florida. The state had 43 of the three dumpster franchisors' 324 franchised outlets, 13.3% (our calculation), led by Bin There Dump That's 31.

How much do junk removal franchises sell a year?

1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchised businesses in the U.S. reported $588.7 million ($588,680,112) in 2025 gross revenue, in Item 19 of the franchisor's 2026 disclosure document (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026). Each business holds many subterritories: the 72 unaffiliated franchisees open more than six years averaged $3,700,612 (median $2,620,872) (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026). With Canada and Australia, system-wide revenue rose 23.0% in 2025 to $660.8 million ($660,827,609) (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026).

Other franchisors report smaller units. The 160 Junk King franchises open all of 2025 averaged $551,635 in gross sales, median $449,606 (Junk King FDD 2026); 80 of them also rented dumpsters (Junk King FDD 2026). The 82 College HUNKS franchised stores open five years or more averaged $1,999,230 in junk removal and moving sales combined (College HUNKS FDD 2026) and $238,178 in EBITDA, before truck payments and owner pay (College HUNKS FDD 2026). The 8 single-territory Junk Shot franchisees averaged $373,974 (Junk Shot FDD 2026). Junkluggers system-wide sales fell 5% in 2025 to $61.3 million ($61,280,573) (Junkluggers FDD 2026).

Three franchisors publish a per-job figure, and they land close together: $462 per Bin There Dump That dumpster job, $464 per Two Men and a Junk Truck haul and $615 per Junkluggers job in 2025 (our calculation). Bin There Dump That's U.S. franchisees did 225,927 jobs for $104.4 million ($104,410,708) (Bin There Dump That FDD 2026). Two Men and a Junk Truck's 27 operating units averaged $464 a haul (Two Men and a Junk Truck FDD 2026), and the average Junkluggers job was $615 (Junkluggers FDD 2026). 8 of the 10 disclosure documents reviewed here include an Item 19 with past sales; JDog and Mobiledumps make no financial performance representation (our calculation). Every Item 19 figure comes from franchisees' own reports to the franchisor and is unaudited; the averages cover only units open the whole year.

How much do junk removal franchisees pay for advertising, and does it go to video?

Several of these franchisors take a share of sales for a brand or marketing fund and require local ad spending on top; 1-800-GOT-JUNK? takes the most. Its franchisees pay a Sales, Marketing and Technology Fee of 8% of gross revenue on top of an 8% royalty (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026), plus a $25,000 Initial Marketing Expense at signing (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026). In 2025 most of that fund paid for its central sales center: 15.6% went on media, production and design and 1% on social media (1-800-GOT-JUNK? FDD 2026).

The Junkluggers takes 2% of junk removal revenue for its brand fund (Junkluggers FDD 2026) and spent 59% of it on national advertising in 2025 and 1% on creative design and production (Junkluggers FDD 2026). Junk King's fund fee is 2% of gross sales with a minimum of $625 a month (Junk King FDD 2026); in 2025 the fund put 59% into digital and other media placement and 28.6% into production, and its fund rules list film, television and video among what it may make (Junk King FDD 2026). College HUNKS requires at least 8% of gross sales a month on local advertising (College HUNKS FDD 2026), and its brand fund spent 69% on marketing and advertising (College HUNKS FDD 2026). Bin There Dump That charges per truck, rising to $3,347 per vehicle a year (Bin There Dump That FDD 2026), and its fund spent 42% on producing and placing ads (Bin There Dump That FDD 2026). Junk Shot carried 38% of its 2025 brand fees over as surplus (Junk Shot FDD 2026). JDog's marketing fund fee is $0 for now, capped at $300 a month (JDog FDD).

Two documents name video outright. Two Men and a Junk Truck's franchisor makes television spots, radio scripts and social videos for franchisees and must approve every script and storyboard a franchisee's own vendor shoots (Two Men and a Junk Truck FDD 2026). College HUNKS lists YouTube and TikTok among the networks where franchisees must follow its social media policy, and says it may train them to make their own content (College HUNKS FDD 2026). None of the documents says how much of a fund goes to video alone.

How often does junk removal come up in SEC annual reports?

Rarely: only 13 Form 10-K annual reports filed from 2001 to 2025 contained the phrase "junk removal", none before 2011, our count from the SEC's EDGAR full-text search (our calculation). The junk removal franchisors are private companies, and the 2025 annual reports of Waste Management and Republic Services do not use the phrase or break out bulky-item pickup. Yelp's 10-K used it in 5 straight filing years, 2021-2025, as an example of a search it might suggest to someone who has just looked for movers; the other filers were two small start-ups planning junk hauling businesses (2011-2012), a small-business lender listing a loan to a junk removal company (2020-2023) and a fund describing a home-services franchisor it lends to (2025) (our calculation). The yearly counts are in our EDGAR count file.

How do junk haulers price a job?

By the space a load takes in the truck, with flat fees for single items. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? says it charges in eighths of a truck (1/8 increments), and that whole-home or estate cleanouts and hoarding situations usually need a second truck, a full load being 400 cubic feet or more (1-800-GOT-JUNK?). HomeGuide says some companies will quote a price from a texted or uploaded photo of the items (HomeGuide), and Fixr says customers can email or text pictures for a quote (Fixr). That makes a clear photo or short video of the pile part of the sale before the truck arrives.

Can junk removal companies run Google Local Services Ads?

Yes. Google lists Junk removal services among the U.S. categories eligible for Local Services Ads, its pay-per-lead ads (Google). Google describes the category as professionals who "remove and dispose or donate appliances, waste, furniture, or other items," and says some advertisers must show General liability insurance along with business and owner checks (Google). Google sells these ads.

Where do home service leads come from?

Mostly referrals, then Facebook and Google. In Jobber's survey of 1,050 U.S. home service business owners, conducted in December 2025, referrals dominated lead volume at 59%; high performers also won work from Facebook (32%), Google (20%) and Local Services Ads (19%) (Jobber). Junk removal was not broken out. The same survey found over 70% of customers expect a same-day response (Jobber). Jobber sells software to these businesses.

Neighbors' word carries weight on Nextdoor. In a 2022 Nextdoor survey of its own users (sample size not published), 89% said they value neighbor recommendations for products and services, and 72% had been influenced by a business recommendation on Nextdoor (Nextdoor). Nextdoor sells local ads to service businesses.

Do customers expect photo or video proof of the job?

Most do. In Housecall Pro's online survey of 1,040 U.S. homeowners on October 23, 2025, 68% said they expect photo or video proof of completed work, and another 28% said it would be nice to receive (Housecall Pro). The survey covered all home services, not junk removal alone, and Housecall Pro sells software to home service pros. For a hauler, the before-and-after clip of an emptied garage is that proof.

What do software sellers claim for junk haulers?

Large gains, with no method behind them. Housecall Pro's junk removal page claims businesses using its software increase revenue by 35%, "based on average monthly revenue after one year on the platform," with no sample size or comparison group (Housecall Pro). Workiz claims junk removal teams using Workiz report an average revenue increase of 22%, with no sample, period or method (Workiz). Jobber promotes one customer, Camo Crew Junk Removal, whose close rate it says rose from 66% to 83% in six months (Jobber). Treat all three as advertising, not measurement.

What do the popular junk removal numbers really say?

Four numbers that junk removal pages repeat come from narrower or different sources than the repeats suggest: a "$10 billion industry" credited to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which publishes no such figure; furniture tonnage from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that swaps what is thrown away for what is landfilled; a founder story that rests on the founder's own telling; and a video vendor's client tests. Each claim below gives the claim as repeated, where it came from, what the original measured, and what to use instead. Earlier editions and removed pages were read in Internet Archive captures.

"Junk removal is a $10 billion industry"

The claim as repeated. Junk King, a junk removal franchisor, wrote on its franchise site in January 2023 that "the junk removal industry generates $10 billion and employs over 481,400 people in the U.S., according to a study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics" (Junk King) (Junk King). A press release from Chicago Orange Crew, a junk removal company, repeated both figures on January 25, 2023, but called the $10 billion an "annual payroll" (EIN Presswire). The figure is now everywhere: CT Acquisitions, a business broker, says "roughly $10 billion" (CT Acquisitions); FieldCamp, a software seller, says "a $10 billion industry" (FieldCamp); Crestmont Capital, a lender, says "roughly $10 billion" in 2026 (Crestmont Capital); and Jiffy Junk, a junk removal company, says junk removal made up $10 billion of the waste industry in 2023 (Jiffy Junk). Gitnux, a statistics aggregator, gives $10.7 billion for 2023 (Gitnux).

Where it came from. We found no original. The oldest form we found is on LoadUp, an online junk removal marketplace, whose recruiting page was first captured in September 2020: "According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the waste management and junk removal sector brings in over $10 billion annually" (LoadUp, 2020 capture). The same page put the world market at over $1 trillion (LoadUp, 2020 capture) and said LoadUp itself made around $3 million in 2019 (LoadUp, 2020 capture). BLS does not publish industry revenue. The page the Chicago Orange Crew release links is BLS's summary of the whole waste management and remediation services subsector, NAICS 562, which includes garbage haulers, landfills, cleanup contractors and septic pumpers. It prints employment, not revenue or payroll: 480.7 thousand employees in October 2022 (BLS, 2022 capture). That is the size of the 481,400 "junk removal" workers. Junk King also credits IBISWorld with an average revenue of "roughly $1.4 million" per junk removal business (Junk King); we found no IBISWorld page with that figure.

What the original measured. IBISWorld, a research seller, has no public report on junk removal. Its nearest industry is Waste Collection Services, which it files under NAICS code 56211 and describes as firms that collect hazardous and nonhazardous waste and recyclables, led by Waste Management, Republic Services and Waste Connections (IBISWorld). It sizes that industry at $85.4bn in 2026 (IBISWorld) with 19,879 businesses (IBISWorld). Junk removal pages relabel figures of that kind: UpFlip, a small-business media site, credits IBISWorld with companies "in the junk removal and waste industries" making a combined $73.7 billion (UpFlip); JUNKCO+, a junk removal franchisor, quotes IBISWorld's waste collection total of $77.1 billion (JUNKCO+); and Rubbish Works, another franchise, was quoted in a sponsored December 2022 article calling junk removal a "$51.6 billion" industry, with no source (1851 Franchise). The paid market reports disagree with each other. For the same named market and year, the global junk removal franchise market, WiseGuy Reports says USD 7.37 Billion in 2025 (WiseGuy Reports) and Dataintelo says $14.8 billion (Dataintelo). Mordor Intelligence puts U.S. bulky waste collection, including city curbside programs, at USD 8.26 Billion in 2025 (Mordor Intelligence). CurbWaste, a hauling software seller, cites $0.86 billion for U.S. junk removal in 2024 (CurbWaste). Jiffy Junk's figure for the world market, $530 billion by 2025, matches none of them (Jiffy Junk).

What to use instead. No published count measures junk removal revenue on its own. Use the Census and BLS counts in the industry and workers sections of this page, labelled as waste collection (NAICS 562111 and 562119), which also hold garbage and recycling haulers. If a market figure is needed, name the seller, its definition and its year, and say that the estimates above run from $0.86 billion to $14.8 billion.

"Americans throw away 12 million tons of furniture a year"

The claim as repeated. Junk King's blog says that in 2015 "Americans tossed out over 12,000,000 tons of furniture" and that "almost three quarters" ended up in landfills (Junk King). Jiffy Junk wrote in October 2022 that EPA "reports that furniture amounts to 9.8 million tons of household waste every year" (Jiffy Junk), and in another post that "12,100,000 tons" of furniture reach U.S. landfills (Jiffy Junk). The two posts give different numbers for the same thing.

Where it came from. The numbers are EPA's, from its Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures series. EPA estimated that furniture and furnishings (sofas, tables, chairs and mattresses) made up 12.1 million tons of U.S. municipal solid waste in 2018, up from 2.2 million tons in 1960 (EPA) (EPA). Earlier editions of the same page gave 12.1 million tons for 2015 (EPA, 2019 capture) and 12.2 million tons for 2017 (EPA, 2020 capture). EPA has published no newer year than 2018.

What the original measured. EPA's 12 million tons is generation: all furniture discarded, estimated from Commerce Department sales data and product lifetimes, not weighed at landfills. Of the 2018 total, EPA put 80.1 percent in landfills (EPA) and 19.5 percent in waste-to-energy plants (EPA). The earlier editions gave 80.4 percent landfilled for 2015 (EPA, 2019 capture) and 80.2 percent for 2017 (EPA, 2020 capture), not "almost three quarters". EPA's table puts the tonnage landfilled at 9.68 million tons (9,680 thousand) in 2018 (EPA). Jiffy Junk's 9.8 million tons is the 2017 landfilled figure given as all furniture waste, and its 12,100,000 tons is the generation figure given as the landfilled amount. Contract Furnishings News, a furniture trade publication, got it right in 2019: landfilled furniture rose "from 7.6 million tons in 2005 to 9.69 million tons in 2015" (Contract Furnishings News). EPA's table shows 40,000 tons of furniture recycled in 2018 (EPA), and EPA says mattresses are the only furniture with measurable recycling data. That is a share of all furniture generated, not of what was landfilled. An Ohio State student thesis page turns it into "only 0.3% of the f-waste that was sent to landfill was recovered for recycling" (Ohio State DESIS thesis site), which mixes up the two measures.

What to use instead. Say "EPA estimated that Americans discarded 12.1 million tons of furniture and furnishings in 2018, and about 9.68 million tons of it went to landfills", with the year. Do not call 2018 "every year", and do not use the 12.1 million tons as a landfill count.

"1-800-GOT-JUNK? started with $700 and a pickup truck"

The claim as repeated. 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s own blog sums up a 2014 interview as "How Brian Scudamore built the world's largest junk removal company with $700 and a pickup truck" (1-800-GOT-JUNK?). The interview itself, on Mixergy, was titled "How Brian Scudamore built a $150M empire with $700 and a pickup truck" (Mixergy).

Where it came from. The number comes from the founder. In a first-person essay for The Hustle in March 2024 Scudamore wrote: "The next day, I bought my first truck for $700" (The Hustle), and "That first summer, I made $1,700" (The Hustle). The company's about page dates the start to 1989, when the business was called The Rubbish Boys (1-800-GOT-JUNK?).

What the original measured. This one holds up as a story: every telling we read gives $700, and all of them trace to Scudamore. It is his own account, not a record. The tellings differ on his age: the company page says he was 19, the essay calls him an 18-year-old. The revenue figures attached to the story are the company's own statements, like the 2014 release saying the company expected to reach $1 billion in revenue added up over the 15 years since it began franchising in 1999 (1-800-GOT-JUNK? release). That is a total over 15 years for one company, not an annual figure or an industry size.

What to use instead. Credit the $700 to Scudamore ("he says he bought his first truck for $700") and use the franchise disclosure documents in the companies section of this page for outlet counts and investment ranges.

"Video lifts conversions 80%"

The claim as repeated. WordStream, a pay-per-click software seller, wrote in March 2016 that a landing-page video "can increase your conversion rate by 80%", "according to EyeWideDigital", a misspelling of EyeView Digital (WordStream). Marketing pages aimed at junk removal companies repeat the figure without any source.

Where it came from. The trail starts with EyeView, which made and tested videos for its clients. A blog post of December 4, 2008 said visitors to eToro's site who viewed EyeView's video were 20% more likely to download the product. That compared viewers with non-viewers, who chose for themselves whether to watch (EyeView, 2009 capture). The first 80% figure we found is in a post of February 10, 2009: viewers of EyeView's videos for UMOO were 80% more likely to become depositing users, the same kind of comparison (EyeView). In November 2009 a TutorVista manager said the first test on one landing page "boosted conversion by over 80 percent" (EyeView). EyeView's case study gave that one A/B test, with the video playing automatically for first-time visitors, as an 86 percent increase (EyeView).

How it changed. EyeView's 2010 white paper said that "in some cases" the boost was over 80% (EyeView white paper). It reported the eToro split test, earlier told as 20%, as almost 32 percent (EyeView white paper). By August 2010 Unbounce, a landing-page software seller, wrote that "a study by eyeviewdigital.com shows that using video on landing pages can increase conversion by 80%" (Unbounce, 2010 capture). That dropped "in some cases" and the single-client scope. Later repeats dropped EyeView's name, or misspelled it.

What to use instead. Unbounce's own August 2021 look at about 35,000 customer landing pages in each of three periods from late 2020 to early 2021 (Unbounce) found that video had a minimal or negative effect on landing page conversion, whatever the page's goal (Unbounce). Its ten industries did not include junk removal. A junk removal company that wants a number for its own site needs its own test: the same page with and without the before-and-after video, shown to visitors at random.

Every popular claim our research pages trace, 789 in all, is on one page: popular video statistics, fact-checked.

How we built this page

We started from the questions people search for about junk removal video statistics and looked for the organization that actually produced each answer. Every figure on this page sits in an evidence ledger with its source, the exact table or paragraph it came from, the measurement period, the population measured, and the date we checked it. This edition holds 509 figures from 83 publishers.

On November 6, 2026, each sourced figure on this page was re-fetched with the fetch cache cleared and matched against the recorded wording: BLS occupation wage and staffing estimates (through the BLS data API), the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, and Employment Projections, fatal and nonfatal injury tables (through Internet Archive copies, because bls.gov refuses automated requests); Census County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census and the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (through the Census data API) and the 2022 NAICS Manual; federal rules on eCFR and EPA’s own pages, Florida statutes on Online Sunshine, Florida DEP reports and rules, the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority, Martin County, Miami-Dade County, CalRecycle, the Oregon Legislature, the Mattress Recycling Council and ERCC; franchise disclosure documents from Minnesota’s CARDS database and EDGAR full-text search; Angi’s, Thumbtack’s, HomeGuide’s, Fixr’s, LawnStarter’s, Jobber’s, Housecall Pro’s and Workiz’s own pages; Google’s, Nextdoor’s and Pinterest’s own posts; Census, NAR, AARP and Self Storage Association pages; peer-reviewed hoarding studies (PubMed abstracts, re-read through NCBI’s E-utilities because the abstract pages answer scripts with a bot check), APA, the International OCD Foundation, the Senate Aging Committee and fire services; and the pages behind each popular claim. Our franchise counts come from Item 20 of each disclosure document, our 10-K counts from EDGAR full-text search, and our YouTube figures from the YouTube Data API. We left out HomeAdvisor, Yelp, Forbes, NCSL, Broward County’s site, Municode and Allied Market Research (robots rules that bar AI agents), NAR’s report PDFs and AARP’s PDFs (robots rules), Goodwill (no figures on a readable page), the Census NAICS search pages (they refuse automated requests) and Australian fire-death studies we could not open.

We only cite the producer: government agencies, regulators, company filings and official posts, and the survey owner's own report. We do not cite statistics roundups, Statista-style aggregators, or salary sites without a public method. We did not bypass paywalls or sign-up forms; where a full report was gated, we used only the figures its publisher states publicly.

Figures marked "our calculation" are arithmetic on the cited numbers, and anyone can reproduce them:

This edition contains no Mark Studios customer data.

Limitations

• Junk removal has no industry code of its own. Census files haulers in NAICS 562111 (solid waste collection) and 562119 (other waste collection), together with municipal-contract garbage haulers and the largest waste companies, and BLS has no junk hauler occupation. None of the 20,398 entries in the 2022 NAICS index names junk removal. Every industry and worker figure here is shared context, not a count of junk haulers.
• Our YouTube read follows YouTube’s ranking. The 486 videos are what YouTube’s search returned for ‘junk removal’, ‘junk removal business’ and ‘hoarder cleanout’ (the top 200 results of each, sorted by views, with no country filter) on November 6, 2026. It is not a census of junk removal video, view counts are lifetime snapshots, and we sorted 196 channels by hand from their public text.
• Prices are sellers’ figures. Angi, Thumbtack, HomeGuide, Fixr and LawnStarter sell leads or jobs, and Jobber, Housecall Pro and Workiz sell software to haulers. Their averages do not agree and none is a survey of all jobs.
• Franchise figures cover franchises only. Most junk haulers are independent, and Item 19 figures are what franchisees reported to their franchisor, unaudited, each measured its own way.
• EPA’s national waste figures stop at 2018. EPA has published no newer Facts and Figures data; Florida DEP’s county tables run to 2025.
• Hoarding prevalence varies by method. Single studies range from about 1.5% to 6% depending on country, age band and diagnostic criteria; the pooled 2.5% comes from 11 studies in developed countries.

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102. American Psychiatric Association, What is Hoarding Disorder? (2024-09). Accessed 2026-11-06.
103. International OCD Foundation, Who gets Hoarding Disorder? (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
104. Behaviour Research and Therapy (Samuels et al., Johns Hopkins University), Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in a community-based sample (2008-07). Accessed 2026-11-06.
105. American Journal of Psychiatry (Iervolino et al., King's College London), Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: a twin study (2009-10). Accessed 2026-11-06.
106. Behaviour Research and Therapy (Mueller et al., University Hospital of Erlangen), The prevalence of compulsive hoarding and its association with compulsive buying in a German population-based sample (2009-08). Accessed 2026-11-06.
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111. U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging (Majority Staff), The Consequences of Clutter: How Hoarding Disorder Affects America's Older Adults, First Responders, and Their Communities (2024-07). Accessed 2026-11-06.
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113. Depression and Anxiety (Frost, Steketee & Tolin), Comorbidity in hoarding disorder (2011-10). Accessed 2026-11-06.
114. Depression and Anxiety (Zaboski et al., University of Florida), Hoarding: A meta-analysis of age of onset (2019-06). Accessed 2026-11-06.
115. Aging & Mental Health (Dozier, Porter & Ayers, VA San Diego), Age of onset and progression of hoarding symptoms in older adults with hoarding disorder (2016-07). Accessed 2026-11-06.
116. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Ayers et al., University of California San Diego), Age at onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding (2010-02). Accessed 2026-11-06.
117. Health & Social Work (Kim, Steketee & Frost, Boston University), Hoarding by elderly people (2001-08). Accessed 2026-11-06.
118. U.S. Fire Administration (FEMA), Hoarding and Fire Safety (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
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121. Health & Social Care in the Community (Kysow, Bratiotis, Lauster & Woody, University of British Columbia), How can cities tackle hoarding? Examining an intervention program bringing together fire and health authorities in Vancouver (2020-07). Accessed 2026-11-06.
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140. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, TABLE 1. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by industry and case types, 2021 (2022-11). Accessed 2026-11-06.
141. Junk King SPV LLC (Junk King, a Premium Service Brands company; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Junk King SPV LLC (Junk King) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10619 (document 36171-202604-02) (2026-04-23). Accessed 2026-11-06.
142. Junkluggers Franchising SPE LLC (The Junkluggers; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Junkluggers Franchising SPE LLC (The Junkluggers) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10624 (document 36460-202604-10) (2026-05-01). Accessed 2026-11-06.
143. CHHJ Franchising, LLC (College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), CHHJ Franchising, LLC (College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026 (issued April 30, 2026, as amended August 26, 2026), Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 5874 (document 37194-202608-03) (2026-08-26). Accessed 2026-11-06.
144. JDog Franchises, LLC (JDog Junk Removal & Hauling; franchise disclosure document registered with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions), JDog Franchises, LLC (JDog Junk Removal & Hauling) Franchise Disclosure Document issued September 25, 2026 (cover footer 'JDog Junk Removal FDD 2027 A'), Wisconsin DFI franchise file 642420 (2026-09-25). Accessed 2026-11-06.
145. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? LLC (an O2E Brands company; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), 1-800-GOT-JUNK? LLC Franchise Disclosure Document 2026 (registration package with clean and marked FDD), Minnesota CARDS file 10324 (document 36694-202605-01) (2026-05-21). Accessed 2026-11-06.
146. Two Men and a Truck SPE LLC (Two Men and a Junk Truck; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Two Men and a Truck SPE LLC (Two Men and a Junk Truck) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10955 (document 36801-202606-09) (2026-06-02). Accessed 2026-11-06.
147. Accelerated Services Franchise, LLC (Junk Shot; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Accelerated Services Franchise, LLC (Junk Shot) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10764 (document 36445-202604-01) (2026-04-30). Accessed 2026-11-06.
148. Bin There USA LLC (Bin There Dump That; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Bin There USA LLC (Bin There Dump That) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 6905 (document 36357-202604-06) (2026-04-30). Accessed 2026-11-06.
149. Dumpster Dudez Franchising, LLC (Dumpster Dudez; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Dumpster Dudez Franchising, LLC (Dumpster Dudez) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10278 (document 35428-202602-07) (2026-02-25). Accessed 2026-11-06.
150. Mobiledumps Franchising, LLC (Mobiledumps; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Mobiledumps Franchising, LLC (Mobiledumps) Franchise Disclosure Document 2026, Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10683 (document 36691-202605-09) (2026-05-21). Accessed 2026-11-06.
151. Google (Local Services Ads Help), Getting started with Local Services Ads - United States (undated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
152. Google (Local Services Ads Help), Local Services Ads requirements by business category (United States) (undated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
153. Jobber (field service software seller), 2026 Home Service Trends Report (2026-01-01). Accessed 2026-11-06.
154. Nextdoor, Nextdoor releases new insights report revealing the power of neighbor recommendations (2022-05-05). Accessed 2026-11-06.
155. Housecall Pro (field service software seller), Home Service Customer Service Report: Trends & Statistics (2026-08-01). Accessed 2026-11-06.
156. Housecall Pro (field service software seller), Junk Removal Software (undated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
157. Workiz (field service software seller), Junk Removal Software (undated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
158. Jobber (field service software seller), Junk Removal Software (undated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
159. Junk King (junk removal franchisor, Neighborly; sells franchises), Perks of Franchising in the Junk Removal Industry (2023-01-08). Accessed 2026-11-06.
160. Chicago Orange Crew via EIN Presswire (junk removal company's paid press release), Figures show an increased demand for professional junk removal services in the US (2023-01-25). Accessed 2026-11-06.
161. CT Acquisitions (business broker; sells advisory services to owners), Junk Removal Business Valuation: What's Your Junk Removal Business Worth in 2026? (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
162. FieldCamp (field-service software seller), How to Price a Junk Removal Job (2026-11-03). Accessed 2026-11-06.
163. Crestmont Capital (business lender; sells equipment and working-capital financing), Junk Removal Business Financing Statistics 2026 (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
164. Jiffy Junk (junk removal company and franchisor), Junk Removal Industry Statistics: Everything You Need to Know (2024-11-23). Accessed 2026-11-06.
165. Gitnux (statistics aggregator site), Junk Removal Industry Statistics (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
166. LoadUp (junk removal marketplace; recruits haulers), How Big is the Junk Removal Industry? (LoadUp drivers page) (2020). Accessed 2026-11-06.
167. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Current Employment Statistics), Industries at a Glance: Waste Management and Remediation Services: NAICS 562 (2022-11). Accessed 2026-11-06.
168. IBISWorld (market research seller; paid reports), Waste Collection Services in the US Industry Analysis (2026-10). Accessed 2026-11-06.
169. IBISWorld (market research seller; paid reports), Waste Collection Services in the US - Market Size (2021-2031) (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
170. IBISWorld (market research seller; paid reports), Waste Collection Services in the US Number of Businesses Statistics (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
171. UpFlip (small-business media site), How to Start a $3 Million Junk Removal Business (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
172. JUNKCO+ (junk removal franchisor; sells franchises), The Junk Hauling Industry Sees Strong Demand (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
173. 1851 Franchise (franchise trade publication; sponsored article quoting Premium Service Brands, franchisor of Rubbish Works), Rubbish Works Continues to Sweep Competition in the $51.6 Billion Junk Removal Industry (2022-12-06). Accessed 2026-11-06.
174. WiseGuy Reports (market research seller; paid report), Global Junk Removal Franchise Market Research Report (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
175. Dataintelo (market research seller; paid report), Junk Removal Franchise Market Size, Share & Forecast Report (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
176. Mordor Intelligence (market research seller; paid report), United States Bulky Waste Collection Services Market (2026). Accessed 2026-11-06.
177. CurbWaste (waste hauling software seller), How to Price a Junk Removal Job? (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
178. Junk King (junk removal franchisor, Neighborly), Recycling Old Furniture: What You Need to Know (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
179. Jiffy Junk (junk removal company and franchisor), Furniture Removal: What Happens to Old Furniture After Collection? (2022-10-21). Accessed 2026-11-06.
180. Jiffy Junk (junk removal company and franchisor), More Sustainable Junk Removal: USA Recycling and Disposal Statistics (2022-10-26). Accessed 2026-11-06.
181. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods: Product-Specific Data (2015 data edition) (2018). Accessed 2026-11-06.
182. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods: Product-Specific Data (2017 data edition) (2019-11). Accessed 2026-11-06.
183. Contract Furnishings News (furniture trade press), Nine million tons of furniture go to landfills every year. This company has a better plan (2019-04-11). Accessed 2026-11-06.
184. Ohio State University DESIS Lab senior thesis site (student work), Furniture waste - The forgotten waste stream (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
185. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (O2E Brands; junk removal franchisor), Mixergy Podcast (2014): How Brian Scudamore built the world's largest junk removal company with $700 and a pickup truck (2026-09-24). Accessed 2026-11-06.
186. Mixergy (business interview podcast), How Brian Scudamore built a $150M empire with $700 and a pickup truck (2014). Accessed 2026-11-06.
187. The Hustle (HubSpot media; first-person essay by Brian Scudamore), How the World's Biggest Junk Empire Nearly Went Bankrupt (2024-03-21). Accessed 2026-11-06.
188. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (O2E Brands; junk removal franchisor), About 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (Not stated). Accessed 2026-11-06.
189. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (press release via PRWeb, republished by Franchising.com), 1-800-GOT-JUNK? about to Celebrate a Milestone: $1 Billion in Cumulative Revenue (2014-05-31). Accessed 2026-11-06.
190. WordStream (PPC advertising software seller), 6 Ways to Use Video to Increase Conversion Rates (2016-03-30). Accessed 2026-11-06.
191. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), EyeView - The new "Conversion" game (2008-12-04). Accessed 2026-11-06.
192. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), UMOO - a prime beef example of EyeView's success (2009-02-10). Accessed 2026-11-06.
193. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Another video conversion success story (2009-11-10). Accessed 2026-11-06.
194. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Case study: TutorVista (2009). Accessed 2026-11-06.
195. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Making Video Accountable (EyeView white paper) (2010). Accessed 2026-11-06.
196. Unbounce (landing-page software seller), The benefits of using video on landing pages (2010-08). Accessed 2026-11-06.
197. Unbounce (landing-page software seller; analysis of its own customers' pages), Video on landing pages means more conversions, right? Wrong. Here's why (2021-08-26). Accessed 2026-11-06.

Update policy and change log

We re-verify every figure quarterly and when a major source publishes a new edition. The next scheduled review is February 2027. Corrections go to contact@markstudios.com.

• Nov 6, 2026: First published with 509 figures from 83 publishers, each checked against its original source.
• Nov 6, 2026: JDog figures moved to its newest franchise disclosure document (issued September 25, 2026, registered in Wisconsin; Minnesota cancelled its registration on November 2): 84 franchised outlets at May 31, 2026, not 94, and a $99,750 to $366,000 investment, not $30,000 to $187,250. The seven brands now total 773 outlets (Florida 8.0%), down 2.5% over three years, and the lowest low-end investment is Two Men and a Junk Truck's $88,210.
• Nov 6, 2026: YouTube title counts re-read by hand: 55 truck or load titles, not 60 ('ton' had matched Houston, Arlington and Wheaton), 5 furniture or appliance titles, not 8, and 27 pricing and 27 estate titles, not 28 each (matches inside longer words such as 'Entire', 'underestimated' and '#realestate').
• Nov 6, 2026: College HUNKS figures now cite its disclosure document as amended August 26, 2026, which lowered the junk-removal-only investment to $138,100 to $232,000 (from $158,100 to $252,000); its outlet, sales and fund figures are unchanged.