SBA size standard
$47 million
Measured by average annual receipts over the last 5 fiscal years
SBA table effective March 2023
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting and/or hauling waste (except nonhazardous solid waste and hazardous waste) within a local area. Establishments engaged in brush or rubble removal services are included in this industry.
FY2025 federal spending
The Department of Defense bought 99.8% of the $4.0B obligated under 562119 in FY2025.
- Contract awards
- 442
- Contract vehicles (IDVs)
- 63
Top buying agencies
- Department of Defense$4.0B
- Department of Veterans Affairs$4.2M
- Department of the Interior$2.4M
- Department of the Treasury$650.3K
- Department of Homeland Security$620.1K
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
NAICS 562119 obligated $4 billion in FY2025 across 442 contract awards. That is an average of $9.1 million per award, several times larger than any other waste code we track, and it tells you these are not truck-route contracts. DoD is $4.02 billion, or 99.8 percent. VA, Interior, Treasury, and DHS together obligated under $10 million.
What belongs here
Collecting and hauling waste within a local area, specifically excluding nonhazardous solid waste and hazardous waste. Brush and rubble removal are named inside the industry. In federal practice the code absorbs installation-scale waste streams that do not fit the two named categories, which is why the awards are so large.
- Ordinary refuse and recycling collection is 562111.
- Hazardous waste collection paired with treatment or disposal is 562211.
- Waste management services that are neither collection nor disposal are 562998.
Competing in this code
63 IDVs against 442 awards and $4 billion means a small number of very large positions. Winning here is a base operating support competition in everything but name: multi-year, installation-wide, priced on labor and equipment fleet rather than on tonnage. The realistic path for a regional hauler is subcontracting to the incumbent operations contractor for the collection scope, then using that past performance to prime at a smaller installation. Bidding the prime position without an installation-scale reference does not survive past performance evaluation.
NAICS 562119 FAQ
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 562119?
SBA sets it at $47 million in average annual receipts, averaged over your last five completed fiscal years. Come in at or under that and you are small on every NAICS 562119 solicitation, including the set-asides.
Which agencies buy under NAICS 562119?
FY2025 obligations: DoD ($4 billion), VA ($4 million), Interior ($2 million). At 99.8 percent DoD, and at $9.1 million per award, this code is installation-scale waste services, not routine collection.
Why are NAICS 562119 awards so much larger than other waste codes?
Because the code is picking up installation-scale waste streams. 442 awards carried $4 billion in FY2025, an average of $9.1 million each. Ordinary nonhazardous solid waste collection is excluded from the definition and lands in 562111, where the average award is under $100,000.
How does a regional hauler break into NAICS 562119?
By subcontracting the collection scope under an incumbent installation operations contractor first. These are multi-year, installation-wide requirements priced on labor and fleet, and past performance evaluation at that scale filters out bidders whose references are municipal routes. Use the subcontract record to prime at a smaller installation.