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Waste Management, Inc

American waste management company
Organization business Q2552219
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$25.20B
▲ 14.2% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$2.71B
▼ 1.4% YoY FY2025
Assets
$45.84B
▲ 2.8% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$6.70
▼ 1.6% YoY FY2025
$0.00$6.93B$13.86B$20.79B$27.72B FY2007: $13.31B · NI $1.16B (8.7% margin)FY2008: $13.39B · NI $1.09B (8.1% margin)FY2009: $11.79B · NI $994.00M (8.4% margin)FY2010: $12.52B · NI $953.00M (7.6% margin)FY2011: $13.38B · NI $961.00M (7.2% margin)FY2012: $13.65B · NI $817.00M (6.0% margin)FY2013: $13.98B · NI $98.00M (0.7% margin)FY2014: $14.00B · NI $1.30B (9.3% margin)FY2015: $12.96B · NI $753.00M (5.8% margin)FY2016: $13.61B · NI $1.18B (8.7% margin)FY2017: $14.48B · NI $1.95B (13.5% margin)FY2018: $14.91B · NI $1.93B (12.9% margin)FY2019: $15.46B · NI $1.67B (10.8% margin)FY2020: $15.22B · NI $1.50B (9.8% margin)FY2021: $17.93B · NI $1.82B (10.1% margin)FY2022: $19.70B · NI $2.24B (11.4% margin)FY2023: $20.43B · NI $2.30B (11.3% margin)FY2024: $22.06B · NI $2.75B (12.4% margin)FY2025: $25.20B · NI $2.71B (10.7% margin) '07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-012049

Summary

Waste Management, Inc is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,623 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: public company[4]
  • Founder: Wayne Huizenga[5], Dean Buntrock[6]
  • Headquarters location: Houston[7]
  • Part of: S&P 500[8]
  • Commons category: Waste Management (corporation)[9]
  • Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[10]
  • Industry: waste management industry[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1968[12]
  • Official website: https://www.wm.com/[13]
  • Employees: 43,000[14]
  • Legal form: Delaware corporation[15]
  • Short name: WM[16]
  • Total revenue: 13,310,000,000 US dollars[17], 13,388,000,000 US dollars[18], 11,791,000,000 US dollars[19], 12,515,000,000 US dollars[20], 13,378,000,000 US dollars[21], 13,996,000,000 US dollars[22], 12,961,000,000 US dollars[23], 13,609,000,000 US dollars[24], 14,485,000,000 US dollars[25], 14,914,000,000 US dollars[26], 15,455,000,000 US dollars[27], 15,218,000,000 US dollars[28], 17,931,000,000 US dollars[29], 19,698,000,000 US dollars[30]
  • Net profit: 1,163,000,000 US dollars[31], 1,087,000,000 US dollars[32], 994,000,000 US dollars[33], 953,000,000 US dollars[34], 961,000,000 US dollars[35], 817,000,000 US dollars[36], 98,000,000 US dollars[37], 1,298,000,000 US dollars[38], 753,000,000 US dollars[39], 1,182,000,000 US dollars[40], 1,949,000,000 US dollars[41], 1,925,000,000 US dollars[42], 1,670,000,000 US dollars[43], 1,496,000,000 US dollars[44]
  • Operating income: 2,254,000,000 US dollars[45], 2,234,000,000 US dollars[46], 1,887,000,000 US dollars[47], 2,116,000,000 US dollars[48], 2,028,000,000 US dollars[49], 1,851,000,000 US dollars[50], 1,079,000,000 US dollars[51], 2,299,000,000 US dollars[52], 2,045,000,000 US dollars[53], 2,296,000,000 US dollars[54], 2,636,000,000 US dollars[55], 2,789,000,000 US dollars[56], 2,706,000,000 US dollars[57], 2,434,000,000 US dollars[58]

Why It Matters

Waste Management, Inc has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
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  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · The Bushranger · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 213184-5
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  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Facebook username → WasteManagement
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  4. 23w ago · Hwierzbicki · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Employees → {'amount': '+43000'}
    Industry → waste management industry
    Operating income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+2254000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+2234000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1887000000'} +13
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