Hennepin County · Minnesota
Porta Potty Rental in Maple Grove, MN
Standard portable restroom units delivered anywhere in Minnesota, with a weekly pump-out, restock and sanitize included in the rental rate. Best for job sites, backyard projects, and any event where guests need a simple, clean, no-frills restroom.

Porta Potty Rental in Maple Grove
Porta Potty Rental in Maple Grove, Hennepin County: about $135 to $225 for a short-term placement and $175 to $325 per 28-day rental with weekly service. Weekly service is included in every rate on this page. One standard unit covers up to 10 workers for a 40-hour week, or roughly 50 guests for a four-hour event. Written quote by email or text within 4 business hours.
- County
- Hennepin County
- Population
- 70,253 (2020 Census)
- ZIP codes
- 55311, 55369
- From our base
- about 22 minutes from downtown Minneapolis
Unit and service detail
Porta Potty Rental: specification and sizing
A standard porta potty rental is a self-contained, non-plumbed portable restroom delivered to your site on a set service schedule, typically a unit measuring roughly 44 by 48 inches at the base and about 7.5 feet tall with a 60 to 70 gallon holding tank.
| Footprint | 44 in x 48 in base, 90 to 93 in tall |
|---|---|
| Holding tank | 60 to 70 gallon usable capacity |
| Service interval | Once weekly included; twice weekly available |
| Standard inclusions | Toilet paper, hand sanitizer dispenser, urinal, vent stack, lockable door |
| Placement need | Level ground, 4 ft clearance on the door side, truck access within 25 ft |
Lead time at a Maple Grove address
Next business day delivery is typical; same-day is often possible on orders placed before 10:00am Central. Maple Grove sits about 22 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and falls in our twin cities suburban ring service band. Dense route coverage keeps suburban delivery charges low or bundled into the rental rate.
Sizing
One standard unit covers up to 10 workers for a 40-hour week, or roughly 50 guests for a four-hour event. The full cost-driver breakdown, the service schedule and the statewide specification live on the porta potty rental hub page rather than being repeated on every city page.
Maple Grove specifics
A suburb with a genuine winter calendar
Most Twin Cities suburbs go quiet outdoors after October. Maple Grove does not, and the reason is Elm Creek Park Reserve.
Elm Creek runs cross-country skiing, winter trail events and cold-weather programming through February, which gives this city a January and February event demand profile closer to Saint Paul's than to its suburban neighbours'. Those placements need methanol-based antifreeze rather than rock salt, wind-sheltered positioning, and a service window that accounts for slower winter routes.
In the warmer half of the year the demand is conventional and concentrated. Central Park and the Town Green next to the Community Center host the summer concert and festival programme, Maple Grove Days in July is the largest community event on the local calendar, and the city's athletic complexes run tournament weekends from May through August. Rush Creek Golf Club adds a corporate outing stream that generally wants better than a standard unit.
For ordinary residential use - a remodel, a graduation party, a driveway placement during a roof replacement - Maple Grove is about as simple as it gets in Minnesota. Bundled delivery on a dense shared route, next business day, no permit, level pads almost everywhere. The only two things worth checking before you book are the association rule and, in winter, whether the placement sits in the plow windrow.
Before you book
Maple Grove is one of the few Twin Cities suburbs where a January outdoor booking is routine rather than unusual, because Elm Creek Park Reserve keeps a real winter calendar.
If your placement is for a cold-weather trail event rather than a construction site, say so when you call: the unit needs wind-sheltered positioning and a methanol charge, and the service window has to account for a route that runs slower in the cold than it does in July.
Local conditions
Placing a standard portable restroom in Maple Grove
Elm Creek Park Reserve keeps Maple Grove's winter recreation calendar unusually busy for a suburb, with cross-country and winter trail events running through February. Antifreeze service applies November through March. New-construction sites in the northwest quadrant are open and wind-exposed, so winter units need to be anchored or sandbagged rather than simply set.
Placement here is easier than almost anywhere in Hennepin County, but two things matter. First, association covenants in the newer subdivisions restrict visible placement duration, so long-term residential units usually get set behind the garage line. Second, the Elm Creek Park Reserve boundary and the wetland systems along Rush Creek limit staging on the northwest edge, and that ground stays soft into early summer.
Access is excellent - I-94, Highway 610 and County Road 81 all feed the city, and Maple Grove typically shares a route day with Plymouth, Brooklyn Park and Rogers.
For porta potty rental specifically, the working constraint in Maple Grove is usually matching the unit to the pad, since a specialty unit has a larger footprint and a narrower set of surfaces it can practically sit on. The full Maple Grove site-conditions write-up is on the Maple Grove location page.
Local detail
What is specific to Maple Grove
- Permits are filed through the shared LOGIS ePermits portal used by several Hennepin County cities
- The inspections scheduling line is answered 8:00am to 4:00pm with the office open until 4:30pm
- Homeowners association covenants, not city permits, are the usual constraint on residential placement duration
- Most of the city was built after 1990, so there is effectively no alley service anywhere in Maple Grove
- Elm Creek Park Reserve drives a winter trail and race calendar most suburbs do not have
Compiled from City of Maple Grove Building Inspection Services and other published city sources, last checked 2026-08-21. Confirm with the city before you file.
Example scenario
Worked example: 2 units for 3 days in Fish Lake
2 standard portable restroom placements for 3 days at a site in Fish Lake, Maple Grove, within reach of The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes.
| Units | 2 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 days |
| Rate basis | short-term placement rate |
| Delivery band | Twin Cities suburban ring |
| Sizing rule applied | One standard unit covers up to 10 workers for a 40-hour week, or roughly 50 guests for a four-hour event. |
$270 to $450
for the placement, weekly service included
In Maple Grove the practical constraint on this unit type is placement here is easier than almost anywhere in hennepin county, but two things matter, which is worth confirming before the delivery date.

Permits and compliance
Maple Grove permit rules that affect this placement
Maple Grove runs building permits through Building Inspection Services at City Hall on Arbor Lakes Parkway, with the inspections line answered weekday mornings and afternoons until 4:00pm and the office open until 4:30pm. Permits are filed through the LOGIS ePermits portal shared by several Hennepin County cities, which is worth knowing if your contractor already has a login from another job.
The full Maple Grove permitting write-up, including the parts that apply only to street and park-land placements, is on the Maple Grove location page.
| Office | City of Maple Grove Building Inspection Services |
|---|---|
| Address | Maple Grove City Hall, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway N, Maple Grove, MN 55369 |
| Phone | 763-494-6060 |
| Online | epermits.logis.org |
| Lead time | Inspections line staffed Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm; office open to 4:30pm |
Where this unit is used by a work crew, the OSHA toilet ratio applies. See the requirements.
Simple pricing, no surprises
What porta potty rental costs in Maple Grove
Every line is quoted separately, so you can see what you are paying for before you book.
| Line item | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Standard unit, 28-day cycle with weekly service | $175 to $325 |
| Standard unit, weekend event placement (Fri drop, Mon pickup) | $135 to $225 |
| Second weekly service visit | $55 to $95 |
| Delivery and pickup beyond 30 miles, per mile each way | $2.50 to $4.50 |
| Move-around on the same site | $45 to $95 |
Delivery to Maple Grove: this address sits in our twin cities suburban ring band, $0 to $35. Dense route coverage keeps suburban delivery charges low or bundled into the rental rate.
Where these numbers come from
These ranges are compiled from published Minnesota portable-restroom rental quotes and national rental cost guides current as of August 2026, cross-checked against the delivery, service and winterization line items that Minnesota haulers actually bill. They are planning ranges, not a price list. Every quote we issue is itemized and specific to your address, dates and unit count, and it is the quote - not this page - that we honor.
- homeyou - Porta Potty Rental in Minneapolis, MN cost data, Minnesota daily and weekly rental averages
- BigRentz - How Much Does It Cost to Rent a Porta-Potty, National unit-class pricing and cost-driver breakdown
- OSHA 29 CFR 1926.51(c) - Sanitation, toilets at construction jobsites, Federal toilet-count ratios for construction sites
- U.S. Access Board - 2010 ADA Standards guidance on toilet rooms, 5 percent accessible-unit requirement for clustered single-user portable toilets
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Septage and Restaurant Grease Trap Waste Management Guidelines, Minnesota Rules chapter 7041 governs disposal of waste pumped from portable toilets
- Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office - Twin Cities climate normals, Winter temperature data behind the antifreeze selection guidance
How it works
Booking a Maple Grove placement
- 1
Send the Maple Grove address, the dates and the headcount
Nothing is charged and no card is collected.
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Step 2
We size the order against the OSHA ratio, check whether City of Maple Grove Building Inspection Services needs to be involved, and send an itemised written quote.
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Step 3
On approval an independent hauler already running the Maple Grove route delivers, levels and stocks the unit; weekly service then runs on a fixed route day until you call for pickup.
Want to run different numbers? The Maple Grove cost guide has an interactive sizing calculator, or call (763) 297-5164 and we will size it with you.
Answers
Porta Potty Rental in Maple Grove: questions we get
The questions we get asked most, answered directly. Call if yours is not here.
Call (763) 297-5164Is alley service ever needed in Maple Grove?
Effectively never. Most of Maple Grove was built after 1990, and outside the old Territorial Road area there is almost no pre-1980 housing stock, which means no alleys anywhere in the city. Streets are wide, driveways are deep three-car aprons and side yards are generous. It is one of the easiest cities in Hennepin County to service, and that shows up in the quote as bundled delivery rather than a separate access charge.
What does a porta potty rental cost in Maple Grove?
Roughly 135 to 225 dollars for a weekend placement and 175 to 325 dollars for a 28-day rental with weekly service. Maple Grove sits on a dense suburban route shared with Plymouth, Brooklyn Park and Rogers, so delivery is normally bundled rather than billed. The line items that do move a Maple Grove quote are winter anchoring on the open northwest construction sites and any association-driven move-around.
Do I need a permit for a standard portable restroom in Maple Grove?
Not on private property, which covers most porta potty rental jobs here. It matters when the unit sits in the public right of way or on park land. In Maple Grove that means City of Maple Grove Building Inspection Services, on 763-494-6060. Inspections line staffed Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm; office open to 4:30pm. Because a standard portable restroom needs standard inclusions of toilet paper, hand sanitizer dispenser, urinal, vent stack, lockable door, settle the permit question before the delivery date rather than after.
How fast can you get a standard portable restroom to a Maple Grove address?
Next business day delivery is typical; same-day is often possible on orders placed before 10:00am Central. Maple Grove is about 22 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and sits in our twin cities suburban ring band, where dense route coverage keeps suburban delivery charges low or bundled into the rental rate. Next business day is standard here. Call (763) 297-5164 and we will give you the actual route day for your street rather than a generic promise.
What should I check before a standard portable restroom is delivered in Maple Grove?
Start with the unit itself: a standard portable restroom is 44 in x 48 in base, 90 to 93 in tall, so the pad has to suit that footprint and the truck needs to reach within about 25 feet with 4 feet of clearance on the door side. Then check the Maple Grove factor most people miss: most of the city was built after 1990, so there is effectively no alley service anywhere in Maple Grove. A photograph of the intended spot sent with your enquiry prevents more failed deliveries than any amount of description.
What does porta potty rental cost in Maple Grove?
Plan on $135 to $225 for a short-term placement and $175 to $325 per 28-day rental with weekly service, weekly service included. The line that moves it most on a Maple Grove job is rental length, since a weekend rate carries the delivery and pickup cost across 2 to 3 days instead of 28. Local delivery sits in our twin cities suburban ring band at $0 to $35, and winter placements from November through March add $15 to $45 per unit per service for antifreeze. Every quote itemises those separately rather than folding them into one rate.
Why book with us
What you get, every time
Pricing published up front
Every service page shows line-item ranges with the sources named. You can price the job before anyone answers the phone.
Written quote in 4 business hours
Written quotes are honored for 14 days from the date issued. No deposit is collected before you approve it.
We name the servicing hauler
Ask on any quote and we will tell you which independent Minnesota contractor is delivering and servicing your units.
Sized against a published standard
Job sites follow the OSHA 29 CFR 1926.51(c) ratio. Events follow the PSAI ratios and the 2010 ADA 5 percent cluster rule.
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Get a Maple Grove quote you can hand to someone
Send us the Maple Grove address, the dates and the headcount. We will size the order against the governing standard, flag anything local that affects placement, and itemize every line so nothing shows up later.
Written quote by email or text within 4 business hours; same-day callback on every voicemail left before 4:00pm Central. Serving Maple Grove and the surrounding area.
Reviewed and updated , Maple Grove data checked against city sources