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Republic Services
Republic Services' revenue rose 3.3% in FY2025, to $19.0B, and net income rose 4.7% to $2.1B
Revenue rose 3.3% to $19.0B in FY2025, from $18.4B in FY2024. Net income rose 4.7% to $2.1B.
Key facts
Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $19.0B, up 3.3% from a year before; net income came to $2.1B, up 4.7%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $5.2B, up 7.8% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $592M. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 18, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 30, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 18, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed May 8, 2026 · 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026
How it makes money
Republic Services reported revenue of $19.0B for FY2025, and net income of $2.1B.
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
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Company
Source: Republic Services 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 3.3% in FY2025 to $19.0B, from $18.4B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income rose 4.7% in FY2025 to $2.1B, from $2.0B. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow rose 9.1% in FY2025 to $4.3B. 10-K, FY2025
- Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $5.2B, up 7.8% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
The bear case
- Total debt rose 6.8% in FY2025 to $13.7B. 10-K, FY2025
- The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs. 10-K, Item 1A
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What the company does
Republic Services is in the environmental & facilities services industry, part of the industrials sector. The SEC files it under Refuse Systems.
The full description of Republic Services' business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue in total only, because its tagged data has no breakdown that adds up to total revenue.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the environmental & facilities services industry. They are not a summary of Republic Services’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- Economic cyclesDemand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment.
- Costs and supplyMaterial, labor and supplier problems can raise costs or delay delivery.
- Trade and tariffsTariffs and trade policy affect costs and sales.
- Contracts and backlogLarge projects and government contracts can be delayed, cut or repriced.
- Regulation and liabilitySafety, environmental and product-liability rules can raise costs.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.3B | $18.4B | $19.0B |
| Net income | $1.7B | $2.0B | $2.1B |
| Operating cash flow | $3.6B | $3.9B | $4.3B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $140M | $74M | $76M |
| Total debt (year end) | $12.8B | $12.8B | $13.7B |
| Diluted shares | 317M | 315M | 312M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: Long-term debt, at carrying value, including the part of long-term debt due within one year.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- The cash flow statement
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- Segment reporting
- Net debt and net cash
- Derivatives and hedging
- Pension obligations
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About these numbers
What we left out
- Revenue by segment, product or region: the company's XBRL data has no breakdown that adds up to total revenue, so none is shown. The 10-K has its own segment note.
- Revenue by segment, product or region: the company's XBRL data has no breakdown that adds up to total revenue, so none is shown. The 10-K has its own segment note.
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Oct 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Aug 7, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | May 8, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 24, 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 18, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Republic Services
How does Republic Services make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $19.0B. Republic Services reported revenue of $19.0B for FY2025, and net income of $2.1B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 18, 2026.
What was Republic Services's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$19.0B, up 3.3% from fiscal 2024 ($18.4B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $17.3B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 18, 2026.
Is Republic Services profitable?
Net income was $2.1B in fiscal 2025 (up 4.7%; fiscal 2024 was $2.0B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $592M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 18, 2026.
What did Republic Services report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $5.2B (up 7.8% from $4.8B) and net income $592M (up 7.6% from $550M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026.
What are the main risks Republic Services faces?
Republic Services's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 18, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the environmental & facilities services industry include Economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs; contracts and backlog; regulation and liability. The first: Demand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Republic Services numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Feb 18, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Republic Services
- Two Sigma Investments: 2,280,285 shares, reported value $485.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (+33.4% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Citadel Advisors: 1,107,012 shares, reported value $235.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (+1,883.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 341,544 shares, reported value $72.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (+303.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Point72 Asset Management: 231,679 shares, reported value $49.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 22,861 shares, reported value $4.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (−92.5% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
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Disclosures
- Editor holdings in RSG
- The editor holds no position in Republic Services (RSG). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell RSG from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic ServicesRSG | FY2025 | $19.0B | +3.3% | $2.1B |
| Waste ManagementWM | FY2025 | $25.2B | +14.2% | $2.7B |
| VeraltoVLTO | FY2025 | $5.5B | +6.0% | $940M |
| RollinsROL | FY2025 | $3.8B | +11.0% | $527M |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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