How we choose and list companies

Twin Cities Junk Finder currently lists 40 junk removal companies across 19 of the 22 Twin Cities–area suburbs it covers. Here's where that data comes from and how a company ends up on this site.

Where the data comes from

Listings start from public Google Maps business data for the Twin Cities metro, pulled in bulk rather than typed in by hand. Each business's name, address, phone number, website, star rating, review count, and category come from that public listing at the time it was pulled — we don't independently verify every detail, and a business's own current hours, pricing, or contact info may have changed since.

How we decide what counts as "junk removal"

Not every business Google categorizes near a term like "junk" or "waste" actually does junk removal — a junk car buyer or a hazardous-waste disposal service is a different business entirely. We keep a business only if its Google category is a genuine junk-removal category (junk removal, waste management, garbage collection, debris removal, hauling) or its name specifically says junk removal or hauling. We also confirm the address is actually in Minnesota and in one of the suburbs this site covers, since a same-named city exists in other states too.

Who gets listed, and what a paid tier changes

Every business that passes that check gets a free listing by default — being listed doesn't cost anything, and we don't charge companies to appear in the directory at all. Paid tiers (see for businesses) add things like a clickable website link, top placement on a company's city page, or a featured badge — they change how prominently a listing shows up, not whether it's included.

A company that finds its own listing here, wants something corrected, or would rather not be listed can reach us at hello@twincitiesjunkfinder.com.

Ratings

Star ratings and review counts shown on a listing are that business's own public rating on Google at the time of the data pull, not a rating we generate ourselves.