Collection — Revenue
Waste Management Collection — Revenue decreased by 0.6% to $4.45B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 3.9%, from $4.28B to $4.45B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Collection — Revenue shows an upward trend with a 10.8% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase typically signals successful price realization, volume growth in service subscriptions, or expansion into new service territories. A decrease may indicate competitive pricing pressure, loss of municipal contracts, or a decline in economic activity affecting waste generation.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the total gross revenue generated from core waste collection services provided to residential, co...
Peer comparison
This is highly comparable to 'Service Revenue' or 'Collection Revenue' reported by other waste management and environmental services firms, which typically track core hauling operations separately from landfill tipping fees or recycling commodity sales.
wm_segment_collection_revenue_from_contract_with_customer_excluding_assessed_taxHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $2.92B | $2.98B | $3.01B | $3.08B | $3.31B | $3.39B | $3.39B | $3.37B | $3.46B | $3.51B | $5.78B | $4.06B | $4.17B | $4.29B | $4.28B | $4.25B | $4.39B | $4.48B | $4.45B |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.1% | +1.0% | +2.5% | +7.4% | +2.4% | -0.1% | -0.5% | +2.5% | +1.7% | +64.4% | -29.7% | +2.7% | +2.8% | -0.1% | -0.7% | +3.2% | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +13.4% | +13.9% | +12.6% | +9.4% | +4.4% | +3.6% | +70.6% | +20.5% | +20.7% | +22.0% | -25.9% | +4.7% | +5.2% | +4.5% | +3.9% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Management's collection — revenue?
- Waste Management (WM) reported collection — revenue of $4.45B in Q4 2025.
- How has Waste Management's collection — revenue changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's collection — revenue increased by 3.9% year-over-year, from $4.28B to $4.45B.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's collection — revenue?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's collection — revenue has grown at a 10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $11.68B to $17.57B.
- What does collection — revenue mean?
- The total revenue earned from providing waste collection services to customers, excluding taxes.