Porta Potty Rental for a Corporate Event
Company events are judged on the details, and the restrooms are the detail people mention afterwards.
How many porta potties a corporate event needs
The working figure is one unit per 50 guests over four hours, from ANSI/PSAI Z4.3. Worked through for a typical corporate event: 250 guests over 6 hours comes to 6 units, of which at least 1 should be accessible.
Count staff, guests and the crew running the event. A company function is usually shorter than a wedding and lighter on drinks, so the standard ratio holds, but the expectation of the unit itself is higher.
What a corporate event costs to cover
A flushing unit runs $349 to $424 a week, measured from the 8 companies who publish a rate for one (median $349), rather than the number the trade repeats without checking.
Single-day rentals are usually delivered the day before and collected the next working day. For a multi-day conference or a hospitality build, agree a servicing slot outside event hours. What each unit type really costs, measured from 1,976 operator websites.
Which units a corporate event wants
Flushing units or a restroom trailer rather than standard cabins, hand-wash provision where food is served, and at least one accessible unit because the event is open to staff and guests alike.
- Flushing unit 43% of companies
- Restroom trailer 57% of companies
- ADA accessible unit 55% of companies
- Hand-wash station 55% of companies
Where to put them
Near the tent or the catering, out of the sightline from wherever the photographs get taken. If the venue has a building, the portable units should read as the overflow rather than the main provision.
When to book
Corporate dates cluster around the end of the quarter and the run-up to the holidays, which is also when trailers are scarce. Book the unit type you want early and the placement can be settled later.
Corporate event: what catches people out
Accessibility is not optional at a company function. An event your employer invites people to should have an accessible unit whatever the headcount says.
An employer hosting an event carries the same access expectations it carries in the office, so the accessible unit is a floor rather than a nice-to-have, and it needs a firm level approach rather than a spot at the end of a gravel run. Ask what the trailer includes as standard: climate control, running water, interior lighting and mains or generator feed all vary between yards, and the difference shows up in the quote rather than in the description.
What to ask the company
What does the trailer include as standard, and can it be sited where the catering and the power already are? If the answer to any of those is that they will have to find out, that is worth knowing before you have paid a deposit.
Find companies who cover a corporate event near you
Corporate event work goes to yards that already own the right units. 856 of the independents we list rent flushing units. Free to use, and nobody can buy their way up the list.