Ankeny Sanitation

What Ankeny Sanitation does

Ankeny Sanitation, Inc. (ASI) is a privately held, locally owned waste collection company founded in 1986 and headquartered at 7002 SE Delaware Ave., Ankeny, Iowa. The company provides residential curbside trash and recycling collection using 95-gallon carts with weekly pickup, seasonal yard waste collection (April through November) available as a $180-per-season subscription, commercial waste services ranging from 96-gallon containers to 40-yard compactors, and roll-off container rentals in six sizes (12-40 cubic yards) for construction, demolition, and clean-up projects. It also operates a year-round drop-off site at its Ankeny office for residential trash, appliances, and yard waste on a volume-based fee structure. Service requests are accepted via an online form, email, or a live-answer call center; billing is handled through a Soft-Pak-hosted online portal with credit/debit card convenience fees.

The company serves residential, commercial, contractor, and municipal customers across the greater Des Moines/Ankeny metro area, with coverage spanning roughly 20+ municipalities including Altoona, Bondurant, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Polk City, Urbandale, West Des Moines, and Windsor Heights, plus parts of Dallas County. Its core operational partnership is with the Metro Waste Authority (MWA), the regional regulatory and disposal authority, whose landfill rate increases are passed through to customers as uncontrollable costs. The underlying technology is conventional refuse collection infrastructure — collection vehicles, compaction equipment, roll-off containers, and standard cart-based residential service — with no proprietary software platform, app, or technology product. Reported headcount is 1-10 (likely reflecting office/administrative staff), revenue is not publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors are evidenced.

ASI's revenue model is predominantly subscription-recurring across residential trash, yard waste, and commercial accounts, supplemented by one-time roll-off rentals and transaction-fee drop-off services. Pricing for residential service is quote-based by location; commercial is contract-based on container size and frequency; roll-offs are project-based; and a variable fuel surcharge is applied to all customers to reflect diesel cost fluctuations. The company maintains a community-engagement posture, hosting events such as Halloween Trick-or-Treat at its office and recognizing Global Garbage Workers' Day, with marketing handled through its website, a Facebook page, and traditional phone/email channels.

Name

Ankeny Sanitation

Legal name

Ankeny Sanitation, Inc.

Website

https://ankenysanitation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ankeny Sanitation is a privately held, locally owned waste collection company founded in 1986 in Ankeny, Iowa, providing residential curbside trash and recycling, commercial dumpster service, and roll-off rentals to households, businesses, contractors, and municipalities across the greater Des Moines metro area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Missed Pickup, On-Call & Supplemental Route Services (BPALAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Curbside Organics Programs (Municipal/Franchise) (BPALAEAF), Eco-Friendly Disposal, Recycling & Donation Hauling (HSAIAOAJ)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Residential trash collection
• Commercial waste hauling
• Roll-off container rental
• Recycling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankeny

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Residential Trash Collection: Weekly residential trash collection services providing 95-gallon cart capacity with once-weekly pickup. Direct billed customers allowed two 30-gallon bags next to the cart.
2. Yard Waste Services: Seasonal curbside yard waste collection from April through November, available as subscription ($180/season) or on-call service. Year-round drop-off available at the Ankeny office.
3. Commercial Trash Services: Commercial waste collection ranging from 96-gallon containers to 40-yard compactors. Includes extra pickups and recycling services for cans, bottles, construction materials, metal, newspaper, and paper.
4. Roll-Off Containers: Construction, demolition, and clean-up container rentals in multiple sizes (12YD to 40YD) for contractors and businesses. Accepted materials include construction/demolition debris, trash, wood, scrap metal, and cardboard.
5. Drop-off Services: Residential trash, appliances, and yard waste drop-off at the Ankeny location. Charges based on volume rather than weight.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ankeny Sanitation provides waste collection and disposal services for residential, commercial, and contractor customers in the greater Des Moines/Ankeny metro area. Core offerings include weekly curbside residential trash and recycling pickup using 95-gallon carts, seasonal yard waste collection, commercial waste services ranging from 96-gallon containers to 40-yard compactors, and temporary roll-off dumpster rentals (12YD to 40YD) for construction, demolition, and clean-up projects. The company also provides in-person drop-off services for residential trash, appliances, and yard waste at its Ankeny facility.

Product overview

Ankeny Sanitation (ASI) operates as a waste management services provider offering three core service lines: Residential services (weekly trash/recycling/yard waste collection using 95-gallon carts with add-on bulky item pickup), Commercial services (dumpster and compactor rentals from 96-gallon to 40-yard capacity), and Roll-Off container rentals (temporary dumpsters in six sizes for construction/demolition projects). The company also offers seasonal yard waste subscription services. All services are delivered through traditional refuse collection operations with no technology platform or software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Trash and Recycling Service

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Metro Waste Authority (MWA)coreOthersMetro Waste Authority is referenced as the regulatory and disposal partner. MWA sets guidelines for recycling and disposal, and their landfill rate increases (effective April 1, 2024) are passed through to customers as uncontrollable costs. MWA provides the Recycling & Disposal Guide that Ankeny Sanitation directs customers to follow for proper waste sorting.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Connections, Inc. Major U.S. and Canadian solid waste operator with a strong franchise-network model of localized hauling subsidiaries. Comparable in product mix (residential, commercial, roll-off) and in the way it relies on route-based, local-market execution — Ankeny Sanitation mirrors the subsidiary unit it might integrate with.
• Rumpke Consolidated Companies: Family-owned regional hauler based in the Midwest (Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana) with integrated collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal. Closely comparable as a multi-generational, privately held regional refuse operator with municipal and commercial contracts — a likely strategic or cultural model peer.
• Republic Services, Inc. Second-largest U.S. solid waste hauler offering residential curbside, commercial front-load, and roll-off services across the Midwest. Same core service lines (residential subscription, commercial compactors, roll-off rentals) and same municipal-contract-driven model as Ankeny Sanitation.
• FCC Environmental Services: Global waste management and environmental services provider expanding in North America through acquisitions of mid-sized haulers. Comparable service portfolio (residential, commercial, industrial, recycling) and a relevant buyer profile for regional franchise operations like Ankeny Sanitation.
• GFL Environmental Inc. Diversified North American environmental services company with residential, commercial, and industrial waste collection plus disposal assets. Directly comparable service set and active acquirer of sub-scale haulers — relevant both as a competitor and as a potential acquirer profile for Ankeny Sanitation.
• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American waste collection, transfer, and disposal operator. Directly comparable as a full-service residential, commercial, and roll-off hauler with disposal infrastructure — Ankeny Sanitation operates in the same category but at metro scale vs. WM's national footprint.

Emerging players

• Priority Waste: Growth-focused hauler concentrated in suburban and secondary-market residential, commercial, and roll-off routes. Comparable as a similarly mid-sized, multi-service operation competing for the same type of franchise and municipal-style contracts that Ankeny Sanitation holds.

Regional players

• Winters Bros. Waste Systems: Regional solid waste and recycling hauler serving the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable mix of residential, commercial, and roll-off collection routed through transfer stations — a useful comparable for what a scaled-up regional version of Ankeny Sanitation could look like.
• Texas Disposal Systems: Family-owned Texas hauler offering residential curbside, commercial, roll-off, and landfill/recycling services. Comparable as a privately held, multi-line regional waste operator where the local-owner operating model mirrors Ankeny Sanitation's structure.

Others

• SCS Engineers: Environmental engineering and consulting firm specializing in solid waste management, landfill design, and compliance. Comparable as an ecosystem participant that supports the regulatory and disposal framework Ankeny Sanitation depends on through Metro Waste Authority, rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Ankeny-Sanitation-193225937367063/?ref=page_internal
• Xx.com/anksanitation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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