What Junk Removal Actually Costs in Denver
By Darius Schultz, owner · Updated
Real Numbers, Published Right Here.
Most junk removal websites make you call before they will say a single dollar figure. This page does the opposite. In 2026, Denver Junk Solutions charges $149 for the first 2 cubic yards and a flat $75 for each additional yard, with no travel, fuel or dump fees. Below is the yard table, every extra we charge, what is included, and how you get an exact quote before anything gets loaded.
- $149 for the first 2 cubic yards, then $75 a yard
- Exact price quoted on site before any work starts
- You approve the price on site before we start.
Junk Removal Cost in Denver: One Rate, No Guessing.
$149 for the first 2 cubic yards, then $75 a yard. No travel fee, no fuel fee, no dump fee. Stairs, long carries and heavy material are the only extras, and you approve the price on site before we start.
The First 2 Yards
The minimum, even for one item. Why there is one
Up to 2 cubic yards: one couch, a mattress and box spring, or a few small items.
- Couch, recliner, or mattress pickup
- A small pile after a move
- Curbside grabs and single items
Each Yard After That
Flat, per cubic yard, quoted to the nearest half yard
A cubic yard is 3 x 3 x 3 ft, about a washer and dryer side by side. There are no tiers and no price jumps, so one more box never bumps you into a bigger bracket.
- Price = $149 + $75 for each yard past 2
- A half yard is $37.50
- Measured on site before anything is loaded
Big Jobs
Truck + 6x10 dump trailer · about 9 packed yards a trip
Multiple rooms, an estate, or a renovation tear-out. Bigger jobs take two trips, and you still pay only by the yard. Extra trips are never charged.
- Whole-house or multi-room cleanout
- Renovation and demo debris
- Book 24 to 48 hours ahead
The Yard Table
| Cubic yards | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 2 | $149 |
| 3 | $224 |
| 4 | $299 |
| 5 | $374 |
| 6 | $449 |
| 7 | $524 |
| 8 | $599 |
| 10 | $749 |
| 12 | $899 |
| 15 | $1,124 |
| 20 | $1,499 |
Typical Jobs
A rule of thumb. Every job is priced by the yard and confirmed on site.
- Couch: 2 to 3 yd, $149 to $224. Sectional: 3 to 4 yd, $224 to $299.
- Mattress set: about 2 yd, $149.
- Fridge or freezer: $149 plus $50 for the refrigerant.
- Full 1-car garage: 6 to 8 yd, $449 to $599. Full 2-car garage: often 10 to 15 yd, $749 to $1,124 (two trips).
- Basement cleanout: commonly 4 to 10 yd, $299 to $749.
- Estate or whole-house cleanout: commonly 10 to 20+ yd, $749 to $1,499 and up.
- Move-out or rental turnover: commonly 4 to 10 yd, $299 to $749.
- Storage unit: priced by what is in it; a half-full 10x10 is often 6 to 10 yd.
Upright pianos are $349 to $449 on the ground floor, not priced by the yard. Hot tubs start at $349. Shed tear-down and haul starts at $349. Each has its own cost guide below.
Your exact number gets quoted on site before anything moves, and the full breakdown lives on our pricing page. Our junk removal in Denver page walks through how a pickup works.
Why Junk Removal Pricing Is Usually a Mystery.
To be fair to the industry, there is a real reason most companies will not put a number on their website. Junk removal is priced by volume, and no two loads are the same. A garage in Lakewood and a garage in Arvada can look identical from the street and fill a completely different amount of trailer. Add in access, stairs, and dump fees that vary by material, and an honest flat price is genuinely hard to print.
The problem is what most companies do with that uncertainty: they hide every number until someone is standing in your driveway. By then you have taken time off, moved your day around, and saying no feels like starting over. That is not a pricing model, that is leverage.
We handle the same uncertainty differently. We publish our rate and the yard table right here, so you know the shape of the cost before you ever reach out. Text us a photo of the pile and you get a price back by text, usually within 10 minutes during business hours. Then, when we arrive, you get one exact number before anything gets loaded. You approve the price on site before we start.
Same uncertainty as everyone else. We just put the risk on our side of the table instead of yours.
What Makes a Job Cost More.
Volume sets the price. These are the only extras we charge, and we tell you exactly which ones apply before you say go.
How many cubic yards your stuff fills in the truck or trailer. This is the biggest factor by far: $149 for the first 2 yards, then $75 a yard.
Concrete, tile, brick, and roofing shingles are heavy for their size and cost more at the dump, so they add $25 a yard. We don't take dirt or sod.
Stairs are $25 a flight. An elevator or a single step at the door is not a flight. A carry of more than 100 ft from where the truck can park adds $40.
A fridge, freezer, or AC unit adds $50 each for the refrigerant. Tires add $15 each. Hot tubs and pianos have their own pricing, covered in their guides.
Whichever of these apply, every extra is written down before we start and rolled into one on-site number. Nothing gets added after.
Why Is There a Minimum Charge?
Because every trip costs money before the first item is loaded. Our minimum charge is $149, and it covers the first 2 cubic yards: one couch, a mattress and box spring, or a few small items. One armchair and a small pile both land at $149, because the costs below are the same for both.
The Dump Run
Most of our loads go to an STS transfer station. Its posted rate is $75 a ton at the North station and $85 a ton at the South station, each with a 1-ton minimum. So even one couch costs $75 to $85 at the gate, the same as a ton of junk.
The Drive
From our Golden office to you, then to the station. We don't charge a travel fee, so the drive has to live inside the minimum, whether you are in Wheat Ridge or west Denver.
The Load Time
Carrying it out from wherever it sits, loading it, strapping it down, unloading at the gate, and the sweep-up before we leave.
Past the first 2 yards you pay only for what you add, at $75 a yard, so it is worth pointing at everything while we are there. Some haulers advertise a lower starting price. That can be honest for one small item that shares a dump run with other jobs, or for curbside-only pickup. It can't cover a real load, because the gate fee alone eats most of it. We laid out that math with the 2026 gate rates in what a $99 junk removal quote actually covers.
What Your Price Already Includes.
The number we quote is the whole job. No hidden fees: every extra is written down before we start, and nothing shows up at the end.
Labor & Loading
All the lifting, carrying, and loading, from wherever the stuff sits to the truck. You point, it moves.
Sweep-Out
The space gets swept before we go. A cleared garage with a dusty floor is only half the job.
Where It Goes
Most loads go to an STS transfer station. Good-condition items sometimes go to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, and big loads of scrap metal get recycled. Dump fees are in the price.
No Travel Fee
No travel fee. The only extra is for a very long drive or a hard-to-reach property, and you hear about it before we come out.
Travel, a mountain or foothills surcharge, fuel, dump fees as a line item, sweep-up, extra trips, and the quote itself. A very remote or hard-to-reach property is the one exception, and it is quoted as access before we drive out.
Cost Guides for Specific Jobs.
Know what kind of job you have? These guides break down the numbers for the most common ones.
What a full garage cleanout runs in Denver: most 1-car garages are 6 to 8 yards, $449 to $599.
From $349. The tub's yards plus a removal fee set by access, with a real $500 job.
When hiring a hauler beats renting a dumpster in Denver, and when it does not.
Uprights are $349 to $449, plus stairs and breakdown, with a real $600 basement job.
Why a basement prices differently from a garage. Most run 4 to 10 yards, $299 to $749.
Safes, pool tables, sheds, and anything else that needs more than two hands.
One couch to a whole house of furniture, with the number for each.
What a one, two, or three trailer-load house runs, in real dollars.
Tear-down and haul from $349, by the yard of debris, slab not included.
Why remodel debris prices above furniture: heavy material adds $25 a yard, with real dump receipts.
A mattress set is about 2 yards: $149 on its own, or just its yards on a bigger load.
What is left after the movers, priced by volume with no deadline fee.
Branches, leaves, and fencing by the pile, plus the one yard job we pass on.
Cost Questions, Answered.
How much does junk removal cost in Denver?
What is the minimum charge for junk removal?
How much does it cost to remove a single item like a couch or mattress?
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Do you charge to come out and look at the job?
Can I get an exact price before you drive out?
Do you do junk removal on weekends in Denver?
You've Seen the Numbers. Now Get Yours.
Snap a photo of the pile and text it over. We will text back a quote range fast, then lock in your exact price on site before anything moves.
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