Porta Potty Coverage by State: Where the Market Is Thin
One independent operator serves a median of 150,716 people in the US. In the thinnest state it is 268,099. If you rent, thin coverage means book early. If you run a yard, it is a map of where the competition is not.
| State | People per operator | Operators |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 268,099 | 73 operators |
| Illinois | 267,015 | 47 operators |
| Virginia | 256,344 | 34 operators |
| West Virginia | 252,867 | 7 operators |
| Nevada | 245,706 | 13 operators |
| New Jersey | 244,496 | 38 operators |
| Louisiana | 207,898 | 22 operators |
| Missouri | 206,539 | 30 operators |
| Florida | 201,881 | 112 operators |
| Alabama | 196,480 | 26 operators |
| Mississippi | 195,979 | 15 operators |
| California | 193,857 | 201 operators |
What thin coverage means for you
Renting? In a thin market the ADA unit and the restroom trailer are the two bookings most likely to be gone. Book those first and give yourself more lead time than the job seems to need. Every company on this site is independently owned, so you are calling the yard rather than a broker who will hand your job to one of them anyway.
Running a yard? These are the markets where a customer struggles to find anybody. Claim your listing free, put your own details on it, and you will show up on every town page inside your radius.
Best-served states
| State | People per operator | Operators |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 113,672 | 52 operators |
| Oregon | 111,404 | 38 operators |
| New Mexico | 105,719 | 20 operators |
| Nebraska | 104,125 | 19 operators |
| Colorado | 99,621 | 59 operators |
| New Hampshire | 87,628 | 16 operators |
| North Dakota | 87,103 | 9 operators |
| Idaho | 63,378 | 31 operators |
| Vermont | 49,805 | 13 operators |
| Montana | 40,458 | 28 operators |
Full table
| State | Operators | People per operator |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 73 | 268,099 |
| Illinois | 47 | 267,015 |
| Virginia | 34 | 256,344 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 252,867 |
| Nevada | 13 | 245,706 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 244,496 |
| Louisiana | 22 | 207,898 |
| Missouri | 30 | 206,539 |
| Florida | 112 | 201,881 |
| Alabama | 26 | 196,480 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 195,979 |
| California | 201 | 193,857 |
| Ohio | 63 | 187,078 |
| Minnesota | 31 | 185,094 |
| Maryland | 34 | 181,772 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 180,455 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | 179,523 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | 166,175 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 156,566 |
| Indiana | 44 | 155,959 |
| Georgia | 71 | 155,341 |
| Maine | 9 | 155,080 |
| Kentucky | 30 | 150,872 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 150,716 |
| Texas | 206 | 148,074 |
| Delaware | 7 | 147,413 |
| Utah | 24 | 142,406 |
| Iowa | 23 | 139,435 |
| North Carolina | 79 | 137,158 |
| Tennessee | 53 | 134,462 |
| Kansas | 22 | 133,661 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 131,331 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 130,769 |
| Washington | 62 | 126,014 |
| Arizona | 61 | 121,825 |
| South Carolina | 45 | 119,412 |
| Michigan | 87 | 115,371 |
| Wisconsin | 52 | 113,672 |
| Oregon | 38 | 111,404 |
| New Mexico | 20 | 105,719 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 104,125 |
| Colorado | 59 | 99,621 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 87,628 |
| North Dakota | 9 | 87,103 |
| Idaho | 31 | 63,378 |
| Vermont | 13 | 49,805 |
| Montana | 28 | 40,458 |
Operator counts are independently owned companies listed on this site, which excludes national carriers, brokers and multi-state marketing networks. Population is US Census 2023 estimates. Free to quote with attribution.