Family-owned since 2014 · 4.99 ★ × 463 reviews · 16,000+ jobs
Office & Retail Cleanouts in Connecticut
Office downsizes, retail closings, restaurant closeouts, tenant move-outs across CT. Coordinated landlord-walkthrough timing. Same up-front pricing as residential. Honest disclosure: we don't do certified data destruction (use a certified service before we arrive).
16,000+
jobs completed
4.99 ★
463 reviews
Family-owned
since 2014 (12 years)
Licensed & insured
in Connecticut & New York
When a business closes a location — office downsize, retail store-closing, restaurant lease-end, tenant move-out — somebody has to clear the space before the landlord's walkthrough. That somebody usually has a tight timeline (lease ends Friday) and a lot of stuff (desks, fixtures, kitchen equipment, fitting-room chairs, retail shelving).
Twelve years working with closing businesses across Fairfield County and the New Haven area means we run on lease-end deadlines: backward-planned cleanouts that finish before walkthrough, coordinated timing with landlords' final inspections, and honest disclosure on what we don't do (certified data destruction, certified records destruction). Same up-front pricing as residential — no commercial-decom surcharge.
What we clear out
The recurring scope from twelve years of office and retail decom work:
- Office furniture — desks, chairs, file cabinets, conference tables, lobby seating, cubicle partitions
- IT equipment (declared end-of-life) — workstations, monitors, printers, networking gear. We don't refurbish or resell. Important: data-bearing media must have certified destruction first (see FAQ below)
- Retail fixtures and shelving — gondolas, end-caps, fitting-room walls, register counters, display cases
- Kitchen equipment from closing restaurants — refrigerators, ovens, walk-in coolers, dishwashing equipment, prep tables. Refrigerated units need refrigerant removed by a certified tech first
- Inventory disposal — when the business owner has approved disposal of remaining stock
- Carpet, tile, flooring removal — where leases require restoration to bare-floor condition. We haul the debris; we don't do the demo
- Whiteboards, signage, branded materials — the visible business identity that needs to leave the space before the next tenant arrives
Coordination with landlord walkthroughs
Commercial leases usually require the space to be "broom clean" before the landlord's walkthrough — empty, swept, no holes in walls beyond normal wear. If your lease ends Friday at 5 PM, we work backward: cleanout finishes Thursday, sweeping Friday morning, you do the walkthrough at noon. We coordinate timing tightly because landlord disputes over move-out condition cost real money — security deposits get withheld, restoration fees get assessed, future-business-credit relationships strain.
The pattern that works best: call us 1-2 weeks before lease-end with the property address and rough scope. We walk the property within 2-3 days and quote the cleanout sequence. The work runs across the last week before lease-end with the final touches on the walkthrough day. For multi-day commercial cleanouts, we often stage a roll-off on-site for the bulky items (fixtures, furniture) plus run junk-removal crew visits for the granular work (paperwork, electronics, branded materials).
Time-pressured cleanouts — when you got the lease-end notice with less time than you'd like — are still doable but planning matters more. Same-day before 11 AM works for small offices; multi-day commercial decom needs the walkthrough scheduled at the front.
Roll-off dumpster rental rates
Up-front pricing. No zone pricing. Each size includes delivery, pickup, dumping, the 7-day rental window, and a weight allowance shown below. Standard add-ons disclosed up-front and confirmed at booking. Tap any size for the dedicated size guide.
| Size | Base rate | Weight included | Best for | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yard | $447 | 1,000 lbs (0.5 tons) | small bath remodels, single-room cleanouts, concrete/dirt loads | See guide → |
| 15-yard | $547 | 2,000 lbs (1 ton) | kitchen renos, garage cleanouts, mid-size renovations | See guide → |
| 20-yardPopular | $647 | 4,000 lbs (2 tons) | whole-home cleanouts, single-layer roof tear-offs under 2,500 sq ft, larger renovations | See guide → |
| 30/40-yard | $899 | 6,000 lbs (3 tons) | full additions, multi-room renovations, two-layer roof tear-offs, contractor jobs | See guide → |
Included in your base rate
- Delivery and pickup
- Dumping at licensed transfer station
- 7-day rental window
- Included weight per size (see size table)
- No zone pricing or driveway surcharges across our service area
Standard add-ons (disclosed up-front)
- Overweight: $0.10 per pound over the included cap
- Extension day: $15 per day beyond the 7-day window
- Tire (if loaded): $50 each
- CFC appliance (refrigerator, freezer, AC, dehumidifier — if loaded): $50 each
- Mattress or box spring (if loaded): $50 each
Add-on charges reflect actual transfer-station and disposal fees passed through to you — we don't mark up overweight, extra items, or disposal costs.
Final pricing confirmed at booking based on actual weight, rental length, and items loaded.
What can’t go in the dumpster
- Paint, solvents, oil, household chemicals (route through CT DEEP hazardous waste)
- Batteries — any kind, lithium especially
- Asbestos-containing materials (specialized hauler required)
- Tires (route to a tire dealer or pay $50/each disposal fee if loaded)
- Medical waste
- Liquids of any kind
- Customer is responsible for re-routing prohibited items. See the full prohibited-items list for Connecticut.
What you see is what you book — no zone pricing, no driveway surcharges, no weekend delivery fees. Standard charges for overweight, extension days, and certain prohibited items disclosed above and confirmed at booking.
Junk removal — truck-space pricing
When loading the dumpster yourself isn’t the right call — small volume, awkward access, or you just want it gone today — we send a crew. Pricing runs by truck space used, not by item. Final pricing confirmed before removal begins.
- Minimum Load$145
- 1/8 Truckload$195
- 1/6 Truckload$250
- 1/4 Truckload (~5 yd³)$295
- 1/3 Truckload$340
- 3/8 Truckload$395
- 1/2 Truckload (~10 yd³)$455
- 5/8 Truckload$535
- 2/3 Truckload$615
- 3/4 Truckload (~15 yd³)$655
- 5/6 Truckload$690
- 7/8 Truckload$745
- Full Truckload (~20 yd³)$795
Not sure which tier? Send a few photos and we’ll size it for you.
Get a Free Junk Removal QuotePricing for office / retail cleanouts
Same up-front pricing as residential. The pricing tables below render the same canonical data we use everywhere on the site.
Most office cleanouts fit in the full-truckload junk-removal tier ($795). Bigger offices (full-floor decom, multi-room law firm shutdowns) often run 2-3 truckloads = $1,500-$2,500. Smaller scope (single conference room, partial-floor downsize) lands at the 1/2 or 3/4 truckload tier ($455-$655).
Retail cleanouts often need a 20- or 30-yard roll-off ($647-$899) because of fixtures + shelving volume, plus 1-2 junk-removal crew visits for the more selective work (cash registers, branded signage, inventory disposal). Total scope $2,000-$5,000 typical for a mid-size retail closure.
Restaurant closeouts vary widely — empty restaurants without kitchen equipment run $1,000-$2,500 (similar to office work); restaurants with full commercial kitchens being decommissioned run $5,000+ once you account for refrigerant removal coordination, plumbing/electrical disconnection, and equipment hauling.
For repeat commercial-decom accounts (e.g., property management firms doing multiple lease-end cleanouts per year), billing flexibility is a conversation. Standard payment is credit card on completion; for established accounts, call (203) 219-8855 to discuss what works.
IT equipment + data security — honest disclosure
We DO NOT do certified data destruction. This is operator-explicit: if you have hard drives, servers, backup tapes, or any media with sensitive business data, get a certified destruction service to handle those before we arrive. We'll haul the empty hardware (chassis, cases, rack equipment) once the data-bearing components are gone.
The honest reasoning: certified data destruction requires chain-of-custody documentation, witnessed shredding or degaussing, and a destruction certificate signed by a service that carries the right insurance and certifications for the regulatory framework that applies to your data (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GLBA, etc.). Our crew is not certified for that handling — putting data-bearing media in a Grizzly truck and expecting us to handle it correctly breaks the chain of custody, even if we tried to handle it carefully.
For non-sensitive office equipment — workstations that have already been wiped per your IT policy, monitors, printers, networking gear without saved configs — we haul as standard junk-removal work. The line is the data-bearing media itself, not the equipment around it.
Service area for office and retail cleanouts
Same as our overall service area — anywhere within ~1 hour drive of our Stamford or West Haven yard. Highest-density commercial-decom work in our dispatch logs comes from Stamford / Norwalk / Bridgeport / New Haven downtowns plus the office-park corridors along I-95 and I-91. Full town list at Service Area.
Office + retail customers — what they say
Filtered from our review corpus for office / retail / business / store / restaurant / commercial mentions.
G “I've been working with Grizzly Junk Pros for a few years now, and they've been fantastic. As a business owner helping clients with downsizing, estate cleanouts, and more, I rely on their timely deliveries, fair pricing, and great customer service. They make the process smooth and hassle-free. Highly recommend!”
G “Grizzly dropped off and picked up as scheduled, and took care of business without any problems at a reasonable pre-agreed price. Highly recommended.”
A “Punctual, reasonably priced, excellent office staff. Jason, Lauren and Ashley were very accommodating for my small job of a mattress and box spring removal. Jason and his helper arrived at my home promptly at the requested time, and quickly took the items away at a reasonable price (they beat a competitor's price).”
Related pages
- Commercial overview — parent page covering all our commercial customer types
- Junk Removal — service deep-dive for full-service crew loading
- Dumpster Rentals — service deep-dive for the roll-off half of bigger decom work
- How Pricing Works — canonical pricing reference
Sibling industry pages:
- Dumpsters for Property Managers — for landlord-side coordination on commercial-tenant move-outs
- General Commercial Services — for non-standard commercial cleanouts that don't fit the office / retail / restaurant pattern
Office & retail cleanout FAQs
Can you do an office cleanout on a weekend?
What about leftover inventory in a closing retail store?
Do you handle commercial kitchen equipment removal?
Can you remove built-in fixtures or just freestanding stuff?
Do you do certified data destruction for IT equipment?
Can we get a certificate of destruction for non-sensitive business records?
Schedule your decom timing
Phone (203) 219-8855, Mon–Fri 8 AM – 4 PM live, AI after-hours and weekends. Call 1-2 weeks before lease-end so we can plan the cleanout sequence backward from your walkthrough.