Business phone system for solid waste collection companies in South Dakota

Solid waste collection companies in South Dakota by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 67 establishments in South Dakota classified as Solid Waste Collection (NAICS 562111) for 2023. They employed 706 people in mid-March and reported $37.7 million in annual payroll. That is the 41st highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Solid waste collection companies make up 0.23% of the 29,106 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) South Dakota has 7.2 solid waste collection companies, 124.4% above the national rate of 3.2. The average establishment has 10.5 employees against 21.7 nationally. Payroll per employee is $53,360, 24.2% below the U.S. figure of $70,390.

Where solid waste collection companies in South Dakota are concentrated

Census published waste collection company counts for 5 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of South Dakota. The largest is Sioux Falls, SD-MN, with 25 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 18% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at solid waste collection companies in South Dakota

44.6% of South Dakota's solid waste collection companies with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 43.6% nationally. 72.3% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

What solid waste collection companies in South Dakota use the phone for

Waste haulers take calls about missed pickups, dumpster rentals and billing. Customers want quick answers when a pickup is missed.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for solid waste collection companies in South Dakota:

• A customer calls about a billing question.
• A contractor calls to rent a roll-off dumpster.
• A customer calls about a missed pickup.

When nobody can pick up

After-hours calls are usually service requests for the next day.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Phone system pricing for an 11-person waste collection company

Solid waste collection companies in South Dakota average 10.5 employees, so the comparison uses an 11-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 11 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $330.00 a month and 11 on Ooma Office Pro cost $274.45. On Callata the same 11 people cost $219.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $1,332. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in South Dakota

South Dakota has 1 geographic area code in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your customers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for solid waste collection companies in South Dakota

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in South Dakota, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.