How Much Is Portaloo Hire? UK Portable Toilet Hire Prices
A straight answer on portaloo hire cost per week, event portable toilet cost, luxury toilet hire prices and what delivery actually adds. No vague ranges, no surprises at the end.
The short answer on portaloo hire cost
Site portaloo hire starts at £36 per toilet per week on a two week minimum, plus £80 per unit delivery. Event portable toilet cost is £140 per unit with delivery included. Luxury toilet hire prices run from £780 for a 1+1 trailer to £1,050 for a 4+2. Welfare unit hire starts at £200 per week and urinal hire at £150 per week.
What you are actually paying for
Portaloo hire prices UK, at a glance
| Portable toilet type | Our price | Delivery | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard site portaloo Chemical toilet, weekly service |
£36 per week | £80 per unit | Construction sites, long term toilet hire, two week minimum |
| Event portaloo Fresh water flush, event ready |
£140 per unit | Included | Weddings, parties, festivals, cheap toilet hire for events |
| Disabled toilet hire, event Wheelchair accessible |
£135 per unit | Included | Accessible provision at public events |
| Disabled toilet hire, site | £100 per week | £80 per unit | Sites needing accessible welfare |
| Urinal unit Multi bay |
From £150 per week | Charged separately | High footfall events, reducing queues |
| Welfare unit hire Toilet, canteen, drying area, hot water |
From £200 per week | Charged separately | CDM 2015 compliant site welfare |
| Luxury toilet hire Luxury portable restrooms |
£780 to £1,050 | Included | Weddings, corporate, posh toilet hire |
Prices shown are our standard rates for Southern England and Wales. Delivery is dependent on location. Get an exact figure in about 60 seconds with the instant quote tool.
How much to hire a portaloo for a day in the UK?
How much to hire a portable toilet for a single day is the question we get asked most, and the honest answer is that almost nobody in the UK hires a portable toilet by the day. Portaloo hire is charged by the week, because the cost is driven by the lorry that drops the unit off and picks it up again, not by the hours it sits on your ground.
The UK market average works out at roughly £18 per day once you divide a typical weekly rate down, and the average event portable toilet cost across the industry is about £60 per week per unit. What that headline figure usually hides is delivery and collection, which is often added afterwards at £60 to £120 a trip. Our event price of £140 per unit already has the transport in it, so the number you are quoted is the number you pay.
One day event
£140 per toilet, deliveredA single day booking is charged as one event hire. Drop off the day before, collection the day after, at no extra cost.
Weekend hire
£140 per toilet, deliveredFriday to Monday costs the same as a single day, so a weekend wedding or festival is the best value booking we do.
Two weeks on site
£152 per toilet, all inTwo weeks of hire at £36 plus £80 delivery. Weekly servicing and waste disposal are included in the weekly rate.
Real portaloo hire cost examples
Rather than quoting a range and leaving you to guess, here is exactly how the maths lands on three typical bookings.
A 120 guest wedding, two event toilets for the weekend
Two standard event portaloos at £140 each. Delivered Friday, collected Monday, serviced and stocked before you arrive. Nothing added for transport.
Total: £280A construction site, two site toilets for four weeks
Hire is 2 units x £36 x 4 weeks, which is £288. Delivery is 2 units x £80, which is £160. Weekly servicing and waste disposal are already in the weekly rate, so there is no separate service charge.
Total: £448A 200 guest marquee wedding, one 2+1 luxury trailer
A 2+1 luxury toilet trailer at a fixed £850, with delivery, setup and collection included. Mains or tank fed depending on your site, with interior lighting, mirrors and vanity units as standard.
Total: £850Luxury toilet hire prices
Luxury toilet hire price depends on the trailer size you need and your location. Toilet Hire Near Me run luxury portable restrooms from compact 1+1 units right up to 4+2 trailers, and every price below includes delivery, siting and collection.
| Luxury trailer | Price | Suits roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 1+1 unit | £780 | Up to 75 guests |
| 2+1 unit | £850 | Up to 150 guests |
| 3+1 unit | £875 | Up to 200 guests |
| 3+2 unit | £950 | Up to 250 guests |
| 4+2 unit | £1,050 | Up to 350 guests |
Guest figures assume a full day event with a bar. Read more on our luxury toilet hire page, or compare the two options in our luxury trailer vs portaloo guide.
What changes the price of portable toilet hire
- Hire length. A six month site contract earns a better weekly rate than a two week hire, because the delivery cost is spread across more weeks of use. Long term toilet hire is always the cheapest way to buy per week.
- Delivery distance. Delivery is dependent on location. Henley on Thames and the Home Counties, the South Coast through East Sussex, and London are our cheapest toilet hire areas because access is straightforward and our vehicles are already out there.
- Type of unit. A basic chemical toilet costs less than a hot wash portaloo, which costs less than a mains connected toilet, which in turn costs less than a full welfare unit with a canteen and drying room.
- Servicing frequency. Weekly servicing is included as standard. Busy sites and long events sometimes need twice weekly visits, which adds to the temporary toilet hire cost.
- How many units. Multi unit orders share one delivery, so the per unit price falls. Our site toilet ratio guide covers how many you actually need under the 1:7 worker ratio.
- Access on the day. A gate a lorry can reach keeps costs down. Long carries, soft ground and restricted access sites can add handling time.
Can mains connected toilets cut your costs?
Often, yes. Mains connected toilets are a wise choice for site portable loo hire because they do not use waste tanks and do not need manual emptying. They do need plumbing in, but once connected they remove the servicing visits entirely, which brings the overall mobile toilet hire cost down considerably on a long project.
If you have no mains access, hot wash portaloo hire is the next best thing. For long events or ongoing projects it works out cheaper than repeatedly servicing standard porta loos, and far cheaper than posh toilet hire with waste tanks. Whether you are scanning portable toilet hire prices, weighing up portable bathroom hire, or comparing portaloo hire prices UK against each other, mains connected units keep the running cost low and still give you a proper flush.
Worth knowing. Portable toilets on rent that are mains connected suit sites with a water supply and a drain within reach. If neither is available, ask us about hot wash units instead. Full detail on the mains connected loo hire page.
Cheap toilet hire for events, without the nasty surprises
Cheap portable restroom rental cost usually means one of two things. Either the quote is genuinely competitive, or the headline number leaves out delivery, collection, servicing and a weekend surcharge that all appear later. From portable bathroom rental to porta loo rentals, the trap is the same one.
Our event price is deliberately one number. £140 per unit covers the toilet, the delivery, the collection and the servicing before it arrives. Across our full range of mobile toilet solutions, from a single loo for a garden party to a bank of units and urinals for a festival, our team will tell you what you need rather than what makes the biggest invoice. If you want the fuller planning picture, the event toilet hire guide covers unit counts, placement and timings.
Where we deliver
Toilet Hire Near Me covers Southern England and Wales, so if you have searched for toilet hire near me and landed here, there is a good chance we already run past you. Our strongest coverage, and therefore our lowest delivery prices, sits across Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Bristol, Wiltshire, Cardiff and Swansea. The full list is on our locations page.
Portaloo hire cost, frequently asked questions
How much is a portaloo to hire in the UK?
A site portaloo costs £36 per toilet per week with us, on a two week minimum, plus £80 per unit for delivery. An event portaloo is £140 per unit with delivery included. The UK market average sits nearer £30 to £60 per week before transport is added.
How much to hire a portaloo for a day in the UK?
Portable toilet hire is charged by the booking rather than by the day, because the cost is driven by delivery and collection. Divided down, the UK average is roughly £18 per day. Our one day event hire is £140 per unit fully delivered, and a Friday to Monday weekend costs the same, so a single day and a full weekend are priced identically.
Is delivery included in your portaloo prices?
For event toilets and luxury trailers, yes. Delivery, siting and collection are all inside the quoted price. For site toilets, delivery is £80 per unit on top of the weekly hire, and it covers both the drop off and the collection.
What is the minimum hire period for site toilet hire?
Two weeks. Below that, the delivery and collection cost outweighs the hire, so a short site booking would end up costing you more per week than it should. Event bookings have no minimum period.
How much does portable toilet hire cost per week for a construction site?
£36 per toilet per week including weekly servicing and waste disposal, with £80 per unit delivery. Disabled site toilets are £100 per week. A self contained welfare unit with a toilet, canteen area, drying room and hot water starts at £200 per week. Our construction toilet hire cost guide breaks this down further.
How much is luxury toilet hire?
Luxury toilet hire prices run from £780 for a 1+1 trailer to £1,050 for a 4+2, with 2+1 at £850, 3+1 at £875 and 3+2 at £950. Delivery, siting and collection are included in every one of those figures.
Is servicing an extra charge?
No. Weekly servicing and waste disposal are built into the weekly hire rate on site toilets, and event units arrive freshly serviced and fully stocked. Sites that need more than one visit a week can be quoted for that separately.
Do longer hires get a cheaper weekly rate?
Yes. The single delivery charge is spread over more weeks, so the effective cost per week falls the longer the unit stays. Ongoing contracts and multi unit orders are quoted individually, so talk to us if you are running a site for several months.
How many portable toilets do I need?
For construction, the guide is one toilet per seven workers. For events, roughly one unit per 75 to 100 guests over a full day, and more if there is a bar. Our site toilet ratio guide and event toilet hire guide give the full numbers.
Why do portable toilet hire prices vary so much between suppliers?
Mostly because of what is bundled in. Some quotes are hire only, with delivery, collection, servicing and weekend surcharges added afterwards. Distance from the depot, unit type and hire length do the rest. Always compare a fully delivered, fully serviced total rather than a weekly headline rate.
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