Bagster

What Bagster does

Bagster is a consumer waste-disposal brand and wholly-owned subsidiary of WM (Waste Management), operating under the legal entity WM Bagco, LLC in the United States. The company's product is a single-use, woven-material dumpster bag (3 cubic yards / 606 gallons, 3,300 lb capacity) sold under the trademarked "Dumpster in a Bag" and "BUY. FILL. GONE." positioning. Customers purchase the bag at home improvement retailers or online, fill it on-site with construction debris or household waste at their own pace, and schedule pickup through a toll-free number or online account portal. Collection is executed within five business days by WM's local operating subsidiaries using crane-mounted trucks, with disposal handled at licensed facilities.

The business model is a two-step transactional structure. The bag is sold at retail as a one-time purchase, and collection is billed separately as a location-dependent fee paid directly to WM at the time of scheduling. Target segments include DIY homeowners and professional contractors (general contractors, roofers, landscapers, renovation specialists), with secondary use cases among movers, apartment and condo dwellers, and event-cleanup users. The value proposition is built around flexibility, portability, and avoidance of traditional dumpster-rental friction (no fixed rental periods, no container usage fees, no on-site dumpster footprint).

Commercially, Bagster relies on a hybrid go-to-market: physical distribution through major home improvement retail chains across the U.S. and Canada, supported by an online storefront and a self-serve customer portal. Marketing is primarily top-of-funnel via social channels (Facebook, X, YouTube) and content on thebagster.com, with retail placement and customer reviews serving as mid-to-bottom-funnel conversion drivers. Canadian operations are executed through WM of Canada Corporation and WM Quebec, Inc., with French-language trademarks registered for the Quebec market. Revenue and unit economics are not publicly disclosed; collection economics accrue primarily to WM's regulated-hauler subsidiaries, while Bagster's own brand-level P&L is small (1–10 employees) and operationally embedded within the parent.

Name

Bagster

Legal name

WM Bagco, LLC

Website

https://thebagster.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Products

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Other Waste Collection (562119)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Item Pickup & Hauling (Outdoor/Residential) (HSAIAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dumpster Rental & Roll-Off Container Services (HSAKALAL), Industrial Sacks & Bags (Paper/Plastic/Woven) (IMALAGAD), Bulk Item & White Goods Collection (Bulky Waste) (BPALAAAD)

Keywords

• Waste disposal bags
• Debris collection services
• Construction cleanup products
• Residential waste management
• Dumpster rental alternative

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Bag Product Sales: Bagster bags are sold at home improvement retail stores and online. The customer purchases the physical bag first, then separately pays for collection services.
2. Collection and Disposal Services: After filling the bag, customers schedule pickup through WM. Payment for collection and disposal is made to WM at the time of scheduling. Fees vary by ZIP code/area. The collection fee covers pickup via WM's crane-mounted trucks and responsible disposal at licensed facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bagster provides a single-use, woven-material disposable dumpster bag (the 'Bagster® Dumpster Bag') that holds up to 3,300 lb / 3 cubic yards (606 gallons) of debris. Customers buy the bag at home improvement retail stores or online, fill it at their own pace, then schedule pickup through Waste Management's collection service, which removes the bag via crane-mounted trucks and disposes of contents at licensed facilities. The offering is targeted at DIY homeowners and contractors running small-to-medium cleanup, renovation, and landscaping projects.

Product overview

Bagster is a single-product offering—a disposable dumpster bag marketed as a 'dumpster in a bag' for residential and light commercial cleanup projects. The Bagster® Dumpster Bag is the core product, a woven-material bag purchased at home improvement retailers, filled by the customer with up to 3,300 lb of debris, and collected by WM's crane-mounted service trucks. The service is supported by the Bagster® Collection Service (WM's pickup and disposal service) and the Bagster® Online Account portal for scheduling and payment. The three-step process is BUY. FILL. GONE.®.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bagster® Dumpster Bag A single-use, woven-material disposable dumpster bag with a 3,300 lb weight capacity and 3 cubic yards / 606 gallon volume (8 ft x 4 ft x 2 ft 6 in). Customers purchase the bag at home improvement retailers or online, fill it with construction debris or household junk, and schedule WM collection. Designed for DIY homeowners and contractors running small-to-medium cleanup, renovation, or landscaping projects.
• Bagster® Collection Service Waste Management pickup service that collects filled Bagster bags from customers' properties using crane-mounted trucks. Collection is scheduled Monday through Friday (5 a.m. to 7 p.m.) within five business days, with payment processed via major credit cards at the time of scheduling. The fee covers pickup and responsible disposal at licensed facilities, and varies by ZIP/postal code.
• Bagster® Online Account Online customer portal for managing Bagster purchases and scheduling collections. Supports account login, new customer registration, online scheduling of pickups, payment processing, and damage waiver submission for the Bagster collection service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Holds up to 3,300 lb of debris
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• 1-800-GOT-JUNK: North America's largest on-demand junk removal service for residential and commercial customers. Directly comparable to Bagster because both serve homeowners and contractors seeking convenient alternatives to traditional dumpster rental for cleanup and renovation debris.
• Dumpsters.com: National roll-off dumpster rental marketplace serving DIY homeowners and contractors. Competes head-to-head with Bagster on the small-to-medium residential and contractor debris-disposal use case, with the trade-off of larger capacity and longer rental terms.
• Junk King: Franchised junk removal service focused on residential and light commercial customers. Directly comparable to Bagster on the homeowner and small contractor cleanup use case, offering full-service pickup as an alternative to the customer-fill-bag model.
• Bin There Dump That: Franchised roll-off dumpster rental specialist catering to residential customers and small contractors. Directly comparable to Bagster on the small-project homeowner use case, with a different delivery model (rental vs. bag purchase + collection).

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management: Parent company of Bagster and the largest waste services provider in North America. Comparable as the operator of the collection network behind Bagster's pickup service and a competitor in residential and commercial waste hauling more broadly.
• Republic Services: Second-largest US waste services company, offering residential, commercial, and industrial collection plus recycling and disposal. Comparable to Bagster as a broad incumbent in the same collection-and-disposal space that anchors Bagster's service.

Emerging players

• LoadUp: Technology-enabled junk removal and hauling startup serving US households. Comparable as an emerging on-demand alternative to Bagster's DIY-fill model, offering app-based booking and same-day pickup for the same customer persona.
• Rubicon Technologies: Waste and recycling software and services provider serving haulers and municipalities. Comparable as an emerging player shaping digital booking, routing, and customer experience across the same waste-services value chain in which Bagster participates.

Regional players

• Waste Connections: Major North American waste services operator with strong regional density across the US and Canada. Comparable to Bagster via overlapping collection-and-disposal infrastructure that could support or compete with Bagster's service in shared markets.
• Casella Waste Systems: Northeast-US-focused solid waste, recycling, and resource management operator. Comparable as a regional incumbent offering residential and commercial collection that competes for the same debris-disposal wallet share as Bagster in its core geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bagsterbag
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BagsterBag
• Facebookfacebook.com/bagsterbag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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