30 skip hire firms are based within about 15 miles of Poole. 7 are on the Environment Agency waste carrier register, 10 say they arrange the council permit and 18 offer same- or next-day delivery.
Skip sizes, prices and services are as each firm describes them on its own website. Waste carrier status is matched against the Environment Agency register on the date shown; claims marked "stated" have not yet been checked; how we check. Listings last refreshed 6 Oct 2026.
4.8★★★★★(20 Google reviews)·Based in BH12 (about 2 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Stated on their website: Environmental permit (waste site)
Runs its own lorries
W&S Waste Management Ltd is a Dorset-based recycling and waste management company offering skip hire, scrap metal recycling, hazardous waste disposal and clearance services across Dorset and Oxfordshire.
4.6★★★★★(119 Google reviews)·Based in BH21 (about 9 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
From £120 (2 yard) · Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Quick Skips is a family-run business based in Wimborne, Dorset, supplying skip hire, grab hire, grab bags and man-with-van waste removal to residential, commercial and industrial customers across Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex, including Bournemouth and Poole.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Grab hire
Roll-on roll-off
Skip bags
Rubbish removal
Commercial waste
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
5.0★★★★★(21 Google reviews)·Based in BH31 (about 17 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Runs its own lorries
T&L Transport Ltd is a family-run grab hire, muck away and aggregate haulage company based in Verwood, serving residential and commercial clients across Dorset and Hampshire since 2018.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH21 (about 9 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Runs its own lorries
Quick Skips Grab Hire is a local company based in Ferndown, Wimborne, offering grab hire services using 8-wheeler lorries capable of holding up to 16 tonnes, for site clearance and waste removal.
4.0★★★★☆(6 Google reviews)·Based in DT11 (about 21 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
From £228 (2 yard) · Runs its own lorries
Clive Smith Skip Hire Ltd is a family-run skip hire and scrap metal collection business based in Child Okeford near Blandford Forum, Dorset, established for over 35 years. They offer skip sizes from 2 to 12 yards and serve domestic and trade customers within approximately 15 to 20 miles of Sturminster Newton.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
4.9★★★★★(100 Google reviews)·Based in BH2 (about 6 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Next-day delivery
Reliable Skip Hire Bournemouth provides domestic and commercial skip hire across Bournemouth and nearby areas including Westbourne, Winton, Branksome, Boscombe, Christchurch, Hurn, Parkstone and Poole, with skip sizes from 4 to 12 yards and next-day delivery.
5.0★★★★★(31 Google reviews)·Based in BH21 (about 9 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
AYS Skip Hire is a Dorset-based, family-run skip hire company offering skips from a 1-yard skip bag up to 40-yard roll-on roll-off containers, plus hazardous and asbestos waste disposal and demolition services, covering Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne, Blandford, Wareham and Ringwood.
4.9★★★★★(76 Google reviews)·Based in BH22 (about 9 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £306 (4 yard) · Same-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Runs its own lorries
The Waste Group is a directly operated skip hire company based in Ferndown, Dorset, offering 4 to 12 yard skips with published pricing to homeowners, builders and commercial customers across Ferndown, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and the surrounding Dorset area, with same-day and next-day delivery.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
5.0★★★★★(6 Google reviews)·Based in BH10 (about 6 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Millers Skips provides mini, midi and builder skips from 2 to 6 yards with same-day delivery to homeowners, tradespeople and businesses across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and surrounding Dorset areas.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
5.0★★★★★(5 Google reviews)·Based in BH11 (about 4 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
Mike Toon Limited provides a grab-truck muckaway and aggregate delivery service, along with grab-bags and landscaping, to domestic and commercial customers across Bournemouth, Poole, Wareham, Wimborne, Christchurch and Ringwood.
4.8★★★★★(122 Google reviews)·Based in BH20 (about 14 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £222 (4 yard) · Same-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Runs its own lorries
The Waste Group provides skip hire for domestic and commercial customers from a depot in Wareham, covering Wareham, Purbeck and the wider Dorset area, with a second core area in South London.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Skip bags
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH1 (about 7 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Booking agent (uses local suppliers)
Skip Hire Bournemouth supplies domestic skips from 4 to 14 yards and commercial 20 and 40 yard roll-on roll-off skips, drawing on a network of depots to cover the Bournemouth area.
4.5★★★★★(15 Google reviews)·Based in BH12 (about 2 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery
Howard Skip Hire is a Poole-based skip hire company offering a range of skip sizes and a same-day skip hire service for domestic and commercial waste disposal.
4.2★★★★☆(20 Google reviews)·Based in BH12 (about 2 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
FDS Waste Services operates from its own Poole facility offering skip hire, RoRo hire, wait and load, weighbridge and trade waste services for domestic and commercial clients across Dorset and the South of England.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH1 (about 7 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £120 (4 yard) · Same-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Runs its own lorries
Circle Skip Hire (trading as Skip Hire Bournemouth) is a family-run skip hire company offering 4, 6 and 8 yard skips with same-day delivery to homeowners, landlords, tradespeople and businesses across Bournemouth and Dorset.
5.0★★★★★(21 Google reviews)·Based in BH31 (about 17 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
TJ Willis Grab Hire provides grab lorry hire, muck away, tipper hire, haulage, site clearance, and aggregate supply and delivery across Dorset and Hampshire, operating from Verwood. The company runs its own fleet of grab lorries and tippers for domestic, commercial, and construction customers.
Grab hire
Rubbish removal
Commercial waste
Aggregates & muck-away
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH8 (about 8 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
Grab & Plant Hire Limited provides grab hire with 7m and 11m trucks and plant hire equipment to domestic and commercial customers across Bournemouth, Poole, Wareham, Wimborne, Christchurch and Ringwood.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH23 (about 15 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Booking agent (uses local suppliers)
OnTime Skip Rental Christchurch offers skip hire from 4 to 40 yards including roll-on-roll-off, with same or next-day delivery and up to 85% of waste recycled, operating as part of a nationwide network of depots and partners.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BH23 (about 15 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Booking agent (uses local suppliers)
Grab Hire Christchurch provides grab lorry and tipper hire services in Christchurch and across the UK via a network of depots. The company specialises in the removal of inert waste materials such as soil, muck, aggregates, concrete and topsoil, with same-day or next-day service available.
Thirty skip hire firms are listed for Poole and the surrounding area, offering mini, midi, builders and maxi skips, plus grab hire and wait-and-load collections. Seven say they are on the Environment Agency waste carrier register, checked on 6 October 2026. Six publish a starting price, from £100 to £306, and eighteen say they offer same or next-day delivery. Ten say they arrange the permit for customers, eighteen run their own lorries, and three work as booking agents. Firms say they work mainly for homeowners and commercial customers, with some serving builders, trades, farms, landlords and letting agents.
If a skip needs to stand on the road in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council charges £78 per week for the licence, and your registered skip operator applies for it on your behalf rather than you applying yourself. Under the Highways Act 1980, a skip can't go on the highway without the council's permission, which can come with conditions on siting, lighting and removal. Householders must also check that whoever takes their waste is a registered carrier, or risk a council fixed penalty of £150 to £600 for failing in this duty of care.
Common questions
Do I need a permit for a skip in Poole?
Yes, if the skip will stand on the road. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council charges £78 per week for the licence, and your skip hire firm applies for it, since only a registered skip operator can apply, not the resident. Section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 sets out that a builder's skip can't go on the highway without the council's permission, which can include conditions on siting, size, lighting and removal. If you're not sure whether your situation needs a licence, ask your skip firm or contact the council directly.
How do I check a skip hire firm in Poole is a registered waste carrier?
Search the Environment Agency's public register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers, since a skip company handling other people's waste needs upper-tier registration. Seven of the 30 firms listed for Poole say they are on that register, checked on 6 October 2026; for any other firm, it's worth checking the register yourself before booking. If you pay someone to take your waste and they turn out not to be registered, your council can issue a fixed penalty of £150 to £600 for failing in your duty of care.
Hazardous waste such as asbestos needs specialist disposal, and equipment with ozone-depleting substances, like fridges, also counts as hazardous, so it shouldn't go in an ordinary skip. Plasterboard and other gypsum waste can't go to landfill mixed with biodegradable waste, and whole or shredded tyres are banned from landfill too, so skip firms usually ask for these to be kept separate or left out altogether. Always check with your chosen firm, since individual firms may also have their own extra restrictions on what they'll accept in a skip.
Six of the 30 firms listed for Poole publish a starting price, ranging from £100 to £306, which is what those firms publish on their own websites; actual cost depends on skip size and how long you need it. On top of the hire cost, a skip on the road also needs the council's £78 per week licence, which your skip firm applies for. For an accurate price, contact firms directly and ask whether their quote includes delivery, collection and the permit.