Standard Portable Toilet Rental
Single-stall portable toilets for Houston job sites, yard parties and block events, delivered, serviced and removed by an independent local provider.
Downtown, Montrose, the Heights, Pasadena, Bellaire, Pearland, Humble and Alief
Portable restrooms for your Houston event or job site, one call away
A parade route with a permit still to file, a build site where the crew keeps growing, a wedding on a big lawn with nowhere for the guests to go in August. Call (888) 351-0294, say what the occasion is and where it will be, and you are put through to an independent provider that delivers, services and removes the units.
- Portable restroom rental
- Connected to an independent local provider
- Event, construction and festival ready
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Portable restroom placement and unit type choice in Houston depend on summer heat, humidity, flooding risk and tropical storms.
Houston & Harris County
Local portable restroom rental you can reach by phone
Houston Porta Potty Rental at a glance
Houston Porta Potty Rental is a call line for portable restroom rental in Houston and 26 more neighborhoods and nearby cities around Harris County. You describe the event or site, and the call is connected to an independent local provider, who sets the quote, delivers the units, services them and takes them away. Units are supplied when a provider has them free.
Houston runs on a calendar of crowds. The Chevron Houston Marathon starts on Congress Avenue in January, and a Houstonia magazine report says about 400 portable restrooms are brought in for race weekend. The Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Park drew 2,735,695 people in 2025, a record, and it has moved toward flushable, climate-controlled restroom trailers in its busiest spots. In between come the Art Car Parade, Pride Houston and a July 4 fireworks night at Eleanor Tinsley Park that averages about 50,000.
Away from the stadiums, the work is quieter and longer. Crews build in Uptown and the Medical Center, plants and terminals line the Ship Channel, and a hurricane or a freeze can leave a neighborhood needing temporary facilities in a hurry. Houston Porta Potty Rental owns no trucks. It puts you through to an independent portable-sanitation provider, and that provider quotes the job, brings the units, services them while they are on site and collects them afterward.
- How it works
- A call line that connects you with an independent local portable-sanitation provider, who delivers, services and removes the units.
- Service area
- Houston and nearby areas within 25 km
- Address
- Houston, TX 77002
- Unit types
- Standard, ADA accessible, flushable restroom trailer, handwash station
- Pricing
- Set by the provider; ask for a written quote
- Service
- A provider delivers, services and removes the units to your site and schedule
Services
Portable restroom services for events, builds and film sets around Harris County
Pick a service for symptoms, process and typical cost, or call and describe what you hear and see.
ADA Accessible Portable Toilets
Larger, wheelchair-accessible portable toilets for Houston events, festivals and work sites, supplied by an independent local provider.
Flushable Restroom Trailers
Climate-controlled trailers with flushing toilets and running-water sinks for Houston events, from a local provider reached through one call.
Restroom Trailers for Weddings and Parties
Flushing, cooled restroom trailers for Houston weddings, quinceaneras and garden parties, arranged through a local provider.
Handwash Station Rental
Standalone handwashing stations for Houston events, food service areas and job sites, delivered and serviced by a local provider.
Street Festival and Parade Restrooms
Banks of portable toilets, accessible units and handwash stations for Houston street functions, festivals and parades.
Marathon and Race Restrooms
Portable toilet banks for Houston marathons, park runs and charity walks, planned around start lines, finishes and early mornings.
Stadium and Arena Event Restrooms
Portable toilets and handwash stations for tailgates, fan zones and pop-up events around Houston's stadiums and arenas.
Rodeo, Fair and Livestock Show Restrooms
Portable toilets, handwash stations and restroom trailers for rodeos, livestock shows and fair-style festivals around Houston.
Park and Fireworks Event Restrooms
Portable toilets and handwash stations for July 4 fireworks nights, park gatherings and big outdoor days in Houston.
Construction Site Portable Toilets
Job-site portable toilets and handwash stations for Houston remodels, tower fit-outs and suburban builds.
Long-Term Portable Toilet Rental
Multi-month portable toilet rental for Houston builds, plant work and long outdoor projects, with a servicing schedule that fits.
Industrial and Ship Channel Site Restrooms
Portable toilets and handwash stations for plant yards, turnarounds and port work along the Houston Ship Channel.
Flood and Hurricane Recovery Restrooms
Portable toilets and handwash stations for Houston flood cleanup, gut-and-rebuild jobs and sites running without power or water.
Film and Production Set Restrooms
Portable toilets, handwash stations and trailers for Houston location shoots, from a one-day commercial to a multi-week feature.
Farmers Market and Community Event Restrooms
Small banks of portable toilets and handwash stations for Houston markets, block parties and neighborhood festivals.
Portable Toilet Delivery and Setup
How delivery, placement and removal work for portable toilets in Houston, and what to prepare before the truck arrives.
Portable Toilet Servicing and Pumping
What a servicing visit covers, how often units are serviced and what to do when a unit fills, smells or runs out of supplies.
Restroom Supplies and Sanitizer
Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, soap and paper towels for portable restrooms, and how to plan them for long Houston event days.
Why homeowners call us
Why Houston Porta Potty Rental
Written for the city's rules
The City of Houston special-event sheets say what an event producer must supply, and OSHA sets a floor for job sites. The guides here quote those figures as the sources word them.
Heat is part of the plan
Houston has logged repeated heat advisories with a heat index near 112. The pages talk about shade, handwashing and servicing on a hot weekend, not just how many toilets to order.
Standard, accessible, trailer, handwash
A basic unit, a wheelchair-accessible unit, a flushable trailer and a handwash station are ordinary parts of a rental. Each has its own page on what it is and when to ask for it.
A call that finds your part of the metro
A garden party in River Oaks, a food block in the East End and a crew in Channelview are different orders. The call goes to a provider that works in your corner of Harris County and beyond.
No price list, on purpose
Published Houston figures disagree widely, so none is printed here. The provider who takes your order gives you the number, and you should have it in writing before anything is sent.
Plain about what this is
It is a call line. It does not own units, drive a route, issue permits or promise a delivery time. What it does is save you a morning of calls when the date is already fixed.
How it works
From phone call to fixed, in four steps
Pin down the occasion and the crowd
Write down the date, the address or ZIP, roughly how many people will be there, how many hours, and whether food is served. Note whether the ground is grass, pavement or a closed street.
Describe it to the line
Say what the event or site is, where it is and how long you need units. That is enough to connect you with a provider that works in your part of the metro.
The provider quotes the order
An independent provider asks about access, handwashing and servicing, then sends a written quote. Whether units are free for your date depends on that provider, and no delivery time is promised on the call.
You confirm; the provider delivers and services
Check what the quote includes, confirm any permit with the office that issues it, then agree. The provider places the units, services them during the rental and removes them after.
How many portable toilets does a Houston event need?
The City of Houston special-event paperwork says the event producer obtains portable toilets by projected attendance: 1 unit per 300 persons, 10 percent of them wheelchair accessible, plus 1 handwashing station per 300 persons. Confirm the count for your own event with the office handling the permit.
That is a starting figure from the city's sheet, not a promise of short queues. A long afternoon with food and drink, or a crowd that arrives all at once, uses toilets differently from a quiet gathering, and a provider that has served similar events can talk through what has worked.
The how many portable toilets for a Houston event guide goes through the sheet, and handwash station rental covers the sinks that go alongside.
Do I need a permit to put portable toilets on an event site?
For a street function or festival inside Houston, the Mayor's Office of Special Events issues the permit, and the portable toilets are part of what the application covers. Minor street functions are filed at least 40 days ahead and major ones at least 120. Events in the independent cities answer to those cities.
The permit, its fee and its conditions come from the city, not from this line or from a provider. Applications go to City Hall at 901 Bagby Street, and the Houston Health Department takes permit questions on 832.393.5100.
The permit guide for Houston events lays out what the sheets say, and street festival and parade restrooms covers the order for a closed block.
How many toilets does a Houston construction crew need?
The common summary of OSHA 1926.51 is one toilet per 20 workers up to 200 workers and one per 40 after that, with handwashing facilities provided near the toilets and the toilets kept sanitary. That comes from secondary guides, so treat it as a guide and confirm the figure for your site.
One guide also says a unit left unserviced for three weeks is a citable violation, which is why servicing matters as much as the delivery. A long build in Uptown, the Medical Center or the suburbs needs a schedule, not just a count.
The construction site toilet requirements guide goes through it, and construction site portable toilets covers the order itself.
What do Houston summers and storms do to a rental?
Heat, humidity and tropical weather change how units are placed, serviced and used. Houston has issued repeated heat advisories with a heat index near 112, Hurricane Beryl in 2024 left more than 2.2 million CenterPoint customers without power, and Harvey in 2017 brought record rainfall to the region. Ask your provider how it plans for your dates.
We found no Houston rule on anchoring units before a storm or on shade for a unit in the sun, so this site makes no claim about how any one provider copes. It is a question to put to the provider when you order, and again if an event straddles hurricane season.
The heat guide and the hurricane and flood guide cover what to ask, and flood and hurricane recovery restrooms covers the order after a storm.
Service areas
Serving Houston and all of Harris County
Downtown Houston
ZIP 77002, 77010
EaDo
ZIP 77003
Montrose
ZIP 77006
Houston Heights
ZIP 77008
Third Ward
ZIP 77004
Texas Medical Center
ZIP 77030
River Oaks
ZIP 77019
West University Place
ZIP 77005
Bellaire
ZIP 77401
Uptown / Galleria
ZIP 77056
Memorial
ZIP 77024
Spring Branch
ZIP 77055, 77080
Sharpstown
ZIP 77036
Meyerland
ZIP 77096
Fifth Ward
ZIP 77020
East End
ZIP 77011, 77012
Pasadena
ZIP 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506
South Houston
ZIP 77587
Galena Park
ZIP 77547
Channelview
ZIP 77530
Alief
ZIP 77411, 77072, 77099
Humble
ZIP 77396
Missouri City
ZIP 77489
Stafford
ZIP 77477, 77497
Pearland
ZIP 77581, 77584
South Main / NRG Park
ZIP 77054
Hobby Airport Area
ZIP 77017, 77061
Houston, TX 77002 · 25 km service radiusCall (888) 351-0294
Not on the list?
We also cover many smaller communities across Harris County. Check your ZIP.
Job stories
Typical jobs around Harris County
An organizer planning a downtown street function asks how many toilets to put on the block
- What homeowners notice
- A group organizing a street function near City Hall has an application going to the Mayor's Office of Special Events and no idea how many units to order. Food vendors will line the closed block, and the crowd will arrive in waves.
- What we do
- A provider asks for the date, the closed stretch, the expected attendance and how a truck can get in. Working from the city's sheet of 1 unit per 300 persons, with 10 percent wheelchair accessible and 1 handwashing station per 300, it suggests a mix and quotes servicing for the day.
- What to expect
- The organizer has a written quote that names the unit mix, the servicing and the pickup, and a count that can be checked against what the permit office asks for.
A supporters group near Shell Energy Stadium wants restrooms for a pre-match gathering
- What homeowners notice
- A supporters group plans to gather on a private lot in EaDo before a match. The stadium's own facilities are inside the gates, and the lot has none, so the group is unsure how many units a few thousand people would need.
- What we do
- A provider asks who owns the lot, where a truck can reach, what time people begin to arrive and whether food will be served. It proposes standard units, an accessible unit and handwash stations, and says when units would be placed and collected.
- What to expect
- The group gets a written plan tied to the lot owner's permission and the kickoff time, and a plain answer on what the provider can and cannot promise for a busy match day.
A garden wedding on a large River Oaks lot with no suitable restroom for the guests
- What homeowners notice
- A family plans an evening wedding on a large lawn for a few hundred guests in summer. The house bathrooms cannot cope, and the family would rather not line guests in formal clothes up at single plastic stalls in the heat.
- What we do
- A provider asks about the guest count, the hours, the ground and the route a trailer would take along the drive. It quotes a flushable restroom trailer with sinks and cooling, and notes where it would stand and how it would be serviced.
- What to expect
- The family has a written quote that says what the trailer includes, where it will stand and when it will be collected, so the decision is made well before the day.
Skip the guesswork. Call for a straight answer.
Tell us what's happening and we'll tell you honestly whether it's a quick fix, and what portable restroom rental should cost.
Guides
Answers before you call
How Much Does Portable Toilet Rental Cost in Houston? What Moves the Quote
A Houston portable toilet quote depends on the unit type, how many units you need, how long they stay, how often a provider services them, and how hard the site is to reach.
How Many Portable Toilets Does a Houston Event Need?
Houston's special-event paperwork asks the event producer to provide portable toilets by projected attendance: 1 unit per 300 persons, 10 percent of them wheelchair accessible, and 1 handwashing station per 300 persons.
Do You Need a Permit for Portable Toilets at a Houston Event?
The Houston paperwork we found ties portable toilets to the event, not to the toilets themselves.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Who actually delivers and services the units when I call this number?
An independent local portable-sanitation provider. Houston Porta Potty Rental is a call line that connects you with one that covers your area, and that provider quotes the order, delivers and services the units and removes them. The arrangement is explained on the About page.
Can I get a toilet to my event this weekend?
Possibly, when a provider has units free, but no delivery time or same-day arrival is promised on the call. Rodeo season and race weekends are busy for every provider, so the safe move is to call as soon as the date and location are fixed.
Do I need an accessible unit?
For a public event, an accessible unit belongs in the order. The City of Houston sheet asks that 10 percent of event units be wheelchair accessible. Ask the permit office whether your event has its own condition, and see the page on ADA accessible portable toilets.
What is the difference between a portable toilet and a restroom trailer?
A portable toilet is a single self-contained stall. A flushable restroom trailer is a towed unit with several stalls, sinks and climate control, usually chosen for weddings, corporate events and hot festival days. The trailer page explains the trade-offs without quoting sizes or prices.
Does the call cost anything?
The line is simply how you reach a provider. Any charge for the rental, delivery, servicing and pickup comes from the provider, and you should ask what the quote covers and get the price in writing before you agree.
Is my town covered if it is not a Houston neighborhood?
Bellaire, West University Place, Pasadena, South Houston, Galena Park, Humble, Missouri City, Stafford and Pearland are on the list, as is Channelview. Each is its own city or community, so event rules there come from the local city or the property owner.