Portable Sanitation · Seattle, WA

Portable Sanitation Market in
Seattle, WA

$55M TAM · Market Score 65/100 · Ranked #9 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Seattle, WA MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$55M
rank #9 of 925
Market Score
65/100
rank #236 of 921 · 74th percentile
Operators
37
663 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
8.7%
rank #149 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Seattle scored 65/100 for Portable Sanitation

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Seattle ranks in the 74th percentile nationally for Portable Sanitation.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
New Single-Family Permits (Annual)40%6,48997
Fragmentation Score35%12.25
Total Population25%4,061,92098

TAM by segment

$55M in Seattle broken down by segment

Sanitation_porta Construction
$11M
20% of total TAM
Sanitation_porta Events
$24M
45% of total TAM
Sanitation_porta Commercial Longterm
$19M
35% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Seattle

Population
4,061,920
8.7% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$115,177
37.6% HHs $150K+
Housing units
1,704,523
14.4% age 65+
GDP per capita
$148,714

Frequently asked questions

Portable Sanitation market in Seattle: common questions

How big is the portable sanitation market in Seattle, WA?

The portable sanitation market in Seattle, WA has a total addressable market of $55M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Seattle the #9 largest portable sanitation market of 921 U.S. MSAs.

How many portable sanitation companies are in Seattle?

PinpointIQ tracks 37 portable sanitation establishments in the Seattle MSA, employing approximately 663 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Seattle rank nationally for portable sanitation?

Seattle scores 65/100 on PinpointIQ's Portable Sanitation Market Score, ranking #236 of 921 U.S. metros — the 74th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for portable sanitation operators and investors.

What drives portable sanitation demand in Seattle?

PinpointIQ scores Seattle's portable sanitation market on 3 components: New Single-Family Permits (Annual) (40% weight, 97th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 5th percentile); Total Population (25% weight, 98th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the portable sanitation vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest portable sanitation sub-segments in Seattle?

Seattle's $55M portable sanitation TAM breaks down into: Sanitation_porta Construction ($11M, 20% of TAM); Sanitation_porta Events ($24M, 45% of TAM); Sanitation_porta Commercial Longterm ($19M, 35% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Seattle growing? How does population affect the portable sanitation market?

Seattle has a population of 4,061,920 and has grown 8.7% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of portable sanitation demand and factors into PinpointIQ's Market Score alongside vertical-specific attractiveness metrics.

TAM figures reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up market size model built from U.S. Census, BLS, IRS County Business Patterns, and other public + commercial sources at the census-tract level. Market Score is PinpointIQ's percentile-weighted composite; the components and weights are set per vertical and shown above. Data refreshed monthly.

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