Refuse Truck (Garbage Handling Trucks) Market Report 2025

This Refuse Truck (Garbage Handling Trucks) market report delivers an in-depth analysis of the market’s key characteristics, including size, growth potential, and segmentation. It provides a detailed breakdown of the market across major regions and leading countries, highlighting historical data and future growth projections. The report also examines the competitive landscape, market share insights, emerging trends, and strategic developments shaping the market.

The refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $1.62 billion in 2024 to $2.05 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to the burgeoning pace of urbanization, rising awareness of waste management, increasing automation in commercial vehicles, rising environmental concerns, rising population, and stringent environmental regulations.

The refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $5.07 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.4%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to the increasing adoption of electric garbage trucks, rising demand for sustainable waste management, demand for compact and maneuverable vehicles, rising awareness of worker safety, and growing trend of public-private partnerships (PPPs). Major trends in the forecast period include innovative technologies, advanced engineering solutions, innovation in diesel technology, innovations in cleaner technologies, and advanced charging systems, and advancements in automation and telematics.

The growing awareness of waste management is expected to drive the expansion of the refuse truck market in the future. Waste management encompasses the entire process of handling waste, from its initial generation to final disposal, including collection, transportation, treatment, and recycling. This increased awareness is driven by concerns about environmental and health impacts, educational and outreach efforts, social responsibility, and corporate involvement. Refuse trucks play a crucial role in waste management by efficiently collecting and transporting large quantities of waste to disposal or recycling facilities, thus reducing the time and labor involved in waste removal. For example, a report from the United Nations Environment Programme in February 2024 predicted that municipal solid waste generation would rise from 2.1 billion tons in 2023 to 3.8 billion tons by 2050. This heightened awareness of waste management is fueling the growth of the refuse truck market.

Key players in the refuse truck market are concentrating on developing fully electric trash trucks to cut carbon emissions, reduce operating costs, and boost sustainability in waste management. Electric trash trucks are refuse collection vehicles powered by electric batteries, designed to minimize emissions and noise while enhancing fuel efficiency. For instance, in December 2023, WIN Waste Innovations Holdings Inc., a US-based waste management company, introduced Mack LR Electric vehicles and fully electric trash trucks in Boston. These trucks are powered entirely by the energy generated from the waste they collect, representing a novel approach to both waste collection and renewable energy. The use of electric trucks is expected to eliminate the consumption of about 12,000 gallons of diesel fuel and cut carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 122 metric tons annually. This shift aligns with broader environmental objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

In April 2022, Dover, a US-based company, acquired Electric Refuse Collection Vehicle (ERCV) for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition aims to enhance Dover's position in the sustainable waste management sector by expanding its portfolio of eco-friendly technologies and solutions. Electric Refuse Collection Vehicle, a US-based manufacturer, specializes in producing refuse trucks.

Major companies operating in the refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market are Daimler Truck Holding AG, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Oshkosh Corporation, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Crane Carrier Company, Volvo Trucks North America Inc, Autocar LLC, Takuma Co. Ltd., Mack Trucks Inc., Peterbilt Motors Company, Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc., McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc., Stellar Industries Inc., Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc., Labrie Enviroquip Group, New Way Ltd., Loadmaster Industries Inc, The Curbtender Inc., Scranton Manufacturing Company Inc., Spartan Motors Inc., Workhorse Group.

Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market in 2024. The regions covered in the refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

A refuse truck, also known as a garbage truck or waste collection vehicle, is a specialized vehicle designed for the collection and transportation of solid waste to treatment facilities, landfills, or recycling centers. It features mechanisms for lifting and emptying waste containers, compacting the refuse, and securely transporting it.

The main types of refuse trucks include front loaders, rear loaders, and side loaders. Front loaders are equipped with hydraulic arms at the front for picking up waste containers and bins. Refuse trucks can run on various types of fuel, including electric, gasoline, and diesel, and feature different technologies such as manual, automatic, and semi-automatic systems. These trucks are used by a range of end-users, including municipal waste services, industrial waste management, and others.

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The refuse truck (garbage handling trucks) market consists of sales of roll-off garbage trucks, grapple trucks, compact garbage trucks, mini compactor trucks, and small garbage trucks. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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