How much does hand-wash rental cost?

$92 to $199 a week (8 companies), and $146 to $218 a month (6 companies), plus $50 to $150 delivery. Those are measured from the operators who publish a rate, which is a small minority of the trade, so call two yards and compare what each includes.

How many companies rent hand-wash stations?

1,079 of the 1,976 independent companies we checked name hand-wash stations on their own website, which is 55%. A blank means the website does not say, not that the yard has not got one.

What should I ask before booking?

1. How many uses does the freshwater tank cover? 2. Is soap and paper stocked and restocked, or supplied once? 3. Is gray water collected on the service visit?

Hand-Wash Station Rental: Which Companies Have Them

1,079 of the 1,976 independent porta potty companies we checked say they rent hand-wash stations, or 55%. Updated regularly.

A freestanding sink station, ordered alongside the units rather than built into them. Food service on site usually makes these non-optional.

States with the most companies renting hand-wash stations
State	Companies	Share of state
Texas	143	79% of 182
California	113	64% of 176
Florida	60	64% of 94
Georgia	47	70% of 67
Michigan	39	49% of 80
North Carolina	38	54% of 71
New York	36	57% of 63
Ohio	36	68% of 53
Arizona	34	65% of 52
Wisconsin	34	81% of 42
Pennsylvania	33	46% of 71
Colorado	31	61% of 51
Illinois	25	69% of 36
South Carolina	25	64% of 39
Washington	25	49% of 51
Indiana	23	64% of 36
Tennessee	23	53% of 43
Massachusetts	19	53% of 36
New Jersey	19	53% of 36
Oregon	19	54% of 35
Missouri	18	62% of 29
Kansas	17	89% of 19
Louisiana	16	80% of 20
Minnesota	15	58% of 26
Oklahoma	14	58% of 24

What a hand-wash station is

A hand-wash station is a freestanding sink unit ordered alongside the toilets rather than built into them: a basin or two, a foot pump, a freshwater tank and a gray water tank, soap and towels. It needs no plumbing and no power.

Who rents hand-wash stations

Anywhere food is served, and increasingly the default on any public event. Caterers, food trucks and market organizers usually require them, and on many job sites they are the practical answer to washing before eating.

What hand-wash station rental costs

Measured rates for hand-wash stations run $92 to $199 a week (8 companies), and $146 to $218 a month (6 companies), before delivery. Delivery is usually $50 to $150 on top and is priced off the distance from the yard to your site, rather than from you to them. Those counts are companies, not quotes, and they are small on purpose: they are every operator we found publishing a rate at all, which is the point made on the methodology page. Two calls will still beat any national figure. Every unit type priced side by side.

What to ask before you book hand-wash stations

How many uses does the freshwater tank cover?
Is soap and paper stocked and restocked, or supplied once?
Is gray water collected on the service visit?
How many stations for my headcount, and where should they sit relative to the food?

Worth settling before you book. They are ordered late and run out first, because the toilets get booked and the sinks get remembered afterwards. If food is being served, put them on the same order as the units rather than as an afterthought.

Where hand-wash stations are easy to find, and where they are not

Coverage is not even. In Wisconsin, 81% of the independent companies we checked name hand-wash stations on their own website. In Connecticut it is 43%. In a thin market that is one or two yards inside driving distance, and on a summer weekend they are committed early. See coverage across every state.

How many hand-wash stations do you need?

For an event the starting point is one unit per 50 guests over four hours, from the ANSI/PSAI Z4.3 guidance, with more added for longer days and where alcohol is served. On a job site it is law rather than guidance: 29 CFR 1926.51(c) sets one toilet for up to 20 workers. Hand-wash stations are counted against the same headcount, and wherever food is served they are effectively required rather than optional. Work it out for your headcount.

Finding hand-wash stations near you

Pick your state below, then your town. Every company page shows which units that company publishes, with the sentence we read it from, so you can check it before you call rather than after.

The other unit types

Questions about hand-wash stations

How much does hand-wash rental cost?: $92 to $199 a week (8 companies), and $146 to $218 a month (6 companies), plus $50 to $150 delivery. Those are measured from the operators who publish a rate, which is a small minority of the trade, so call two yards and compare what each includes.
How many companies rent hand-wash stations?: 1,079 of the 1,976 independent companies we checked name hand-wash stations on their own website, which is 55%. A blank means the website does not say, not that the yard has not got one.
What is included in hand-wash rental?: Delivery, collection and servicing on the agreed schedule. They are ordered late and run out first, because the toilets get booked and the sinks get remembered afterwards. If food is being served, put them on the same order as the units rather than as an afterthought.
What should I ask before booking?: 1. How many uses does the freshwater tank cover? 2. Is soap and paper stocked and restocked, or supplied once? 3. Is gray water collected on the service visit?
Who usually rents hand-wash stations?: Anywhere food is served, and increasingly the default on any public event. Caterers, food trucks and market organizers usually require them, and on many job sites they are the practical answer to washing before eating.

Counted from what companies publish themselves, not from what they told us. A company with no hand-wash station listed may still have one. How this is collected.