12% of Texas Dumpster Rental Listings Have No Reviews. Here's Where They Cluster.

12% of Texas Dumpster Rental Listings Have No Reviews

Corrected October 2026. The original version of this post put the Texas "ghost listing" rate at 16.9%. That figure included companies rated under 3 stars, while the 9.5% national average it was compared with did not. Measured the same way, 12.1% of Texas listings have no reviews. The rest of this post uses that definition.

Texas is the biggest dumpster rental market in America. Google showed 728 listings for the state in April 2026, nearly 1 in 9 of all the listings we track.

Most of them are fine. But 88 Texas listings have no reviews and no rating at all, and 51 of those 88 have no website either. That leaves a name, a phone number and a pin on a map.

Texas ranks eighth of 37 states for empty listings. On low-rated companies it's close to average.

Where the empty listings are

San Antonio stands out: 18% of its listings are empty. Midland is worth a note too. It's a mid-size oil town with 25 listings, and 7 of them are empty or rated under 3 stars.

Three listings we removed

Three Texas listings, two in Houston and one in Austin, use one-word, first-name-plus-"dumpster" names like "evandumpsterllc", with no reviews. The same pattern appears in dozens of listings in Arizona, California and New York. Many of those link to a single shared website. We've taken them out of our directory. Our [methodology](/methodology#excluded-listings) lists the rules.

The top of the market is strong

Texas also has a deep bench of well-reviewed companies: 240 combine 4.5 stars or better with at least 25 reviews. The highest DCS Scores:

The median Texas listing has just 15 reviews, though. The top is excellent, but much of the middle is thin.

Checking a listing with no reviews

1. Search the phone number. If it shows up under several company names, you're probably calling a broker, not a hauler. 2. Look for a yard address. A real hauler has somewhere to park roll-off trucks. A suite number or a house is a warning sign. 3. Ask who will deliver. "Our partner in your area" means a broker. That isn't always bad, but it's worth knowing, because the price includes their cut. 4. Check the city page. Our pages for [Houston](/dumpster-rental/texas/houston), [San Antonio](/dumpster-rental/texas/san-antonio), [Austin](/dumpster-rental/texas/austin) and [Dallas](/dumpster-rental/texas/dallas) rank every local company by DCS Score.

Method

Google Places data, April 2026, 6,304 listings nationwide. "No reviews" means zero reviews or no star rating. "Under 3 stars" means at least one review and an average below 3.0. State rankings cover the 37 states with 40 or more listings. The [DCS Score](/methodology) is a 100-point rating from public data. No company pays for placement.