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Where the federal waste and trash hauling work is, and who already has it

Federal spending in fiscal year 2025, the share set aside for small businesses, the top buying agencies, contracts ending in the next 12 months, and how many companies hold the work now. Green states have big spending but few companies holding it. Source: USAspending.gov, by state.

JanitorialSecurity guardTrucking and haulingLandscapingConstructionHVAC and plumbingElectricalIT servicesCybersecurityWaste and trash hauling

Federal waste and trash hauling spending

$240M

Contracts ending in 12 months

765

Openings (green states)

13

Alabama: Crowded, $2.8M federal spendingAlaska: Opening, $5.2M federal spendingArizona: Crowded, $7.2M federal spendingArkansas: Small market, $2.3M federal spendingCalifornia: Crowded, $30.5M federal spendingColorado: Crowded, $5.8M federal spendingConnecticut: Small market, $953K federal spendingDelaware: Small market, $799K federal spendingFlorida: Opening, $11.5M federal spendingGeorgia: Opening, $5.9M federal spendingHawaii: Opening, $10.3M federal spendingIdaho: Small market, $839K federal spendingIllinois: Crowded, $6.0M federal spendingIndiana: Small market, $990K federal spendingIowa: Small market, $608K federal spendingKansas: Crowded, $4.2M federal spendingKentucky: Opening, $4.1M federal spendingLouisiana: Small market, $1.8M federal spendingMaine: Small market, $2.5M federal spendingMaryland: Opening, $14.1M federal spendingMassachusetts: Crowded, $4.6M federal spendingMichigan: Small market, $1.4M federal spendingMinnesota: Small market, $970K federal spendingMississippi: Opening, $3.5M federal spendingMissouri: Small market, $2.1M federal spendingMontana: Small market, $1.1M federal spendingNebraska: Small market, $1.0M federal spendingNevada: Small market, $1.6M federal spendingNew Hampshire: Small market, $308K federal spendingNew Jersey: Opening, $4.4M federal spendingNew Mexico: Crowded, $3.5M federal spendingNew York: Crowded, $5.9M federal spendingNorth Carolina: Opening, $7.6M federal spendingNorth Dakota: Small market, $1.2M federal spendingOhio: Small market, $2.1M federal spendingOklahoma: Crowded, $4.0M federal spendingOregon: Small market, $1.2M federal spendingPennsylvania: Crowded, $4.7M federal spendingRhode Island: Small market, $1.5M federal spendingSouth Carolina: Opening, $4.7M federal spendingSouth Dakota: Small market, $1.6M federal spendingTennessee: Small market, $1.3M federal spendingTexas: Opening, $20.0M federal spendingUtah: Crowded, $2.6M federal spendingVermont: Small market, $134K federal spendingVirginia: Opening, $13.1M federal spendingWashington: Opening, $13.1M federal spendingWest Virginia: Small market, $939K federal spendingWisconsin: Small market, $1.9M federal spendingWyoming: Small market, $1.3M federal spendingDistrict of Columbia: Crowded, $8.2M federal spending
Opening: Big spending, few companies holding the workCrowded: Big spending, many companies already inSmall market: Less federal spending in this trade

Best openings for waste and trash hauling

Big federal spending, few companies holding the work, ranked with the small-business share and contracts coming up.

StateSpendingSmall-business shareCompanies holding workEnding in 12 monthsRating
Texas$20.0M30%2236Opening
Alaska$5.2M71%68Opening
Kentucky$4.1M88%57Opening
Georgia$5.9M65%33Opening
New York$5.9M100%2427Crowded
Maryland$14.1M18%1726Opening
District of Columbia$8.2M55%1624Crowded
Mississippi$3.5M58%44Opening
Virginia$13.1M22%1931Opening
North Carolina$7.6M31%910Opening
Florida$11.5M29%1924Opening
Massachusetts$4.6M54%1122Crowded
Wisconsin$1.9M85%69Small market
Hawaii$10.3M6%917Opening
Oklahoma$4.0M76%1821Crowded

"Companies holding work" counts the companies whose federal waste and trash hauling contracts in the state end in the next 18 months. Figures are by place of performance and state; county figures are not available from this source.