This page lists every Lancashire town with skip hire and waste clearance firms in this guide, from Blackpool and the Fylde coast to Preston, the East Lancashire towns and Lancaster and Morecambe in the north. Each town page ranks its firms by Google rating weighted by review count, and shows which of them we matched on the Environment Agency's register of waste carriers.
Lancashire County Council issues skip permits for most of the county. Blackpool Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council issue their own. In every case the skip company applies for the permit, not the householder.
Before you book, ask the firm for its waste carrier registration number and check it on the Environment Agency's public register. A householder has a legal duty to make sure their rubbish goes only to someone authorised to take it, and a council can issue a fixed penalty if it does not. If you only have a car boot of household waste, Lancashire County Council's recycling centres take it, though they turn away trade waste and ask vans and trailers to book.
Featured skip hire and waste firms in Lancashire
What a featured listing costs · from £25 a month
All towns
- Accrington 9
- Bacup 6
- Blackburn 10
- Blackpool 23
- Burnley 11
- Chorley 15
- Colne 3
- Darwen 9
- Haslingden 4
- Kirkham 3
- Lancaster 7
- Leyland 8
- Lytham St Annes 13
- Morecambe 9
- Ormskirk 11
- Poulton-le-Fylde 6
- Preston 31
- Rawtenstall 4
- Skelmersdale 11
- Thornton-Cleveleys 7
Smaller towns
These towns have fewer than 3 listed skip hire and waste firms and are too far from a larger town to share its page.
Frequently asked questions
How many skip hire and waste firms are listed in Lancashire?
210 at the last update on 2026-11-06, across 20 towns. Towns with fewer than 3 listed businesses are folded into the nearest town page.
Which Lancashire town has the most skip hire and waste firms?
Preston, with 31 listed. Blackpool is next with 23.
Can I be listed here?
If you run a skip hire firm business in Lancashire and are not listed, use the claim form and we will check the details and add you. Basic listings are free.