WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management an American company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas.
Basic company information
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- Ticker / security symbols
- WM [1]
- Listing exchanges
- NYSE [1]
- SEC industry
- Refuse Systems [1]
- Business sectors
- waste management industry [2]
- Company / filing name
- WASTE MANAGEMENT INC [1]
- Headquarters location
- Houston [2]
- Business address
- 800 CAPITOL STREET, STE 3000, HOUSTON, TX, 77002 [1]
- Founded
- 1968 [2]
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation [2]
- Incorporation jurisdiction
- Delaware, United States [1]
- Founders
- Wayne Huizenga; Dean Buntrock [2]
- Official website
- www.wm.com ↗ [2]
- Employees
- 43,000 · reported year 2015 [2]
- Annual revenue
- USD 19,698,000,000 · reported year 2022 [2]
- Fiscal year end
- December 31 (SEC record) [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US94106L1098 [2]
- CIK
- 0000823768 [1]
- SIC code
- 4953 [1]
- Country in background record
- United States [2]
Company positioning and business
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management an American company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas. [3]
The company's network includes 337 transfer stations, 254 active landfills, 97 recycling plants, 135 landfill gas utilization projects, and six power plants. WM serves approximately 21 million residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial customers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company operates the industry's largest trucking fleet, with 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles. WM and its largest competitor, Republic Services, Inc., manage more than half of the garbage collection in the United States. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Waste Management, Inc.. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Understanding company scale
Employees: 43,000 · reported year 2015. [2]
Annual revenue: USD 19,698,000,000 · reported year 2022. [2]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
The SEC submissions record gives WASTE MANAGEMENT INC a fiscal year end of 1231 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]
Listed securities: WM (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [4]
History and key events
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Source-verified relationships
Companies in the same industry
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was WASTE MANAGEMENT INC founded?
Founded: 1968. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Where is the headquarters of WASTE MANAGEMENT INC?
Headquarters location: Houston. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Which business sectors are recorded for WASTE MANAGEMENT INC?
Business sectors: waste management industry. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC relationship map
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Sources and review dates
- SEC — WASTE MANAGEMENT INC filing identity and securities ↗
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Waste Management, Inc. (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.