How much does standard rental cost?

$185 to $199 for a weekend (7 companies), and $110 to $170 a month (17 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 standard units?

1,714 of the 1,976 independent companies we checked name standard units on their own website, which is 87%. A blank means the website does not say, not that the yard has not got one.

What should I ask before booking?

1. How often is it serviced, and is the first service included in the quote? 2. Is delivery and collection in the price, or added? 3. How far is your yard from my site? Distance is usually priced in even when it is not itemized.

Standard Porta Potty Rental: Which Companies Have Them

1,714 of the 1,976 independent porta potty companies we checked say they rent standard units, or 87%. Updated regularly.

The basic unit almost every yard carries. Serviced weekly on a long rental, dropped and collected for a one-day event.

States with the most companies renting standard units
State	Companies	Share of state
Texas	179	98% of 182
California	168	95% of 176
Florida	87	93% of 94
Michigan	76	95% of 80
North Carolina	71	100% of 71
Pennsylvania	68	96% of 71
Georgia	66	99% of 67
New York	60	95% of 63
Ohio	52	98% of 53
Arizona	51	98% of 52
Colorado	49	96% of 51
Washington	49	96% of 51
Tennessee	43	100% of 43
Wisconsin	42	100% of 42
South Carolina	38	97% of 39
Indiana	35	97% of 36
Massachusetts	35	97% of 36
Illinois	34	94% of 36
New Jersey	34	94% of 36
Oregon	33	94% of 35
Missouri	28	97% of 29
Virginia	28	97% of 29
Maryland	27	100% of 27
Minnesota	24	92% of 26
Montana	24	100% of 24

What a standard portable toilet is

A standard portable toilet is the unit everyone pictures: a moulded cabin about four feet square and seven and a half tall, with a holding tank under the seat, a urinal, a paper holder and a vent stack running up one corner. There is no running water. Sanitiser is a dispenser by the door, and the tank is emptied on a service visit rather than plumbed to anything.

Who rents standard units

Job sites and general event use. On a construction site it is the unit OSHA counts, and for most events it is what the bulk of the order is made of, with a couple of ADA units and a hand-wash station alongside.

What standard portable toilet rental costs

Measured rates for standard units run $185 to $199 for a weekend (7 companies), and $110 to $170 a month (17 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 standard units

How often is it serviced, and is the first service included in the quote?
Is delivery and collection in the price, or added?
How far is your yard from my site? Distance is usually priced in even when it is not itemized.
What happens if it is blocked in on collection day?

Worth settling before you book. Servicing catches people out far more often than the price does. A unit on a month-long job needs pumping weekly, and a quote that looks cheap can be quoting a bare rental with each visit billed on top.

Where standard units are easy to find, and where they are not

Coverage is not even. In Maryland, 100% of the independent companies we checked name standard units on their own website. In Idaho it is 88%. 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 standard units 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. Work it out for your headcount.

Finding standard units 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 standard units

How much does standard rental cost?: $185 to $199 for a weekend (7 companies), and $110 to $170 a month (17 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 standard units?: 1,714 of the 1,976 independent companies we checked name standard units on their own website, which is 87%. A blank means the website does not say, not that the yard has not got one.
What is included in standard rental?: Delivery, collection and servicing on the agreed schedule. Servicing catches people out far more often than the price does. A unit on a month-long job needs pumping weekly, and a quote that looks cheap can be quoting a bare rental with each visit billed on top.
What should I ask before booking?: 1. How often is it serviced, and is the first service included in the quote? 2. Is delivery and collection in the price, or added? 3. How far is your yard from my site? Distance is usually priced in even when it is not itemized.
Who usually rents standard units?: Job sites and general event use. On a construction site it is the unit OSHA counts, and for most events it is what the bulk of the order is made of, with a couple of ADA units and a hand-wash station alongside.

Counted from what companies publish themselves, not from what they told us. A company with no standard portable toilet listed may still have one. How this is collected.