Top 7 Shipping Container Rental Minnesota — Compare Quotes

Tom Kraemer has rented and sold storage containers since 1938, which gives it the longest run of any independent container company serving the state. That history shows up in the depth of its yards. Four locations stretch from the Twin Cities up to the Duluth area and west toward Alexandria, so a container rarely travels far to reach a job site. Customers can drive into a yard and hand pick their own unit, and the in house crew can modify it with doors, vents, or office finishes before it ships. Few competitors match that combination of reach and on site work.

Big Blue Boxes has collected more customer reviews than any other independent container company in the region, and almost all of them point to the same thing: drivers who place a box exactly where it needs to go. The family started the business in 2001 and runs its own trucks, so drop off and pickup do not depend on an outside hauler. Steel boxes come in several sizes and can be modified for the job. The founder also built a giving program around containers for hunger and housing groups. The family has kept that work going.

Citi-Cargo & Storage keeps a wider mix of container types than any other rental operation in the market, including refrigerated units, side opening boxes, double end access models, and climate controlled offices. Most providers stock plain steel boxes and little else. Citi-Cargo also carries in between sizes that are hard to find anywhere nearby. Yards near the Twin Cities, Rochester, Duluth, and the Fargo area mean delivery reaches most corners of the region on the company’s own tilt bed trucks. This is a strong match for businesses with refrigerated or odd shaped loads that a standard box cannot handle.

Affordabox leans on a remote controlled Mule system that sets a container down in tight driveways and alleys where a standard tilt bed truck would struggle. It helps in older neighborhoods, and reviews repeatedly note that drivers leave the pavement unmarked. Beyond portable boxes, the family run company also rents and sells steel shipping containers, drops dumpsters, and runs its own self storage yards, so one call can cover several needs at once. Few container operations in the area pair that placement precision with such a broad service list under a single owner.

Any Way You Want It Moving & Storage runs yards at opposite ends of the state, one up in the Grand Rapids area and two down in the Stewartville and Ellendale corner, which lets it reach rural jobs that metro based fleets often skip. The company has rented containers since 1997 and keeps hundreds of units on hand, so size and condition options stay open even in busy seasons. It is one of the few independents around here that also offers a rent to own path. Owned tilt bed and side loading trailers handle placement on farms and uneven ground.

Mid Minnesota Storage stocks containers longer than almost any other yard in the area carries, going well past the usual large box that most providers stop at. That extra length suits farms, contractors, and shops that need to store long material or a lot of inventory in one unit. The company has run out of the St. Cloud area since 1996 and quotes flat pricing with no add on fees, so the number on the quote is the number paid. Customers are welcome to walk the yard and choose the exact unit before it goes out.

Dart Portable Storage sits behind one of the largest trucking operations based in the state, and that backing turns delivery into the strong point. The same logistics muscle that moves freight nationwide also drops and retrieves storage containers around the Twin Cities, often faster than smaller yards can manage. The phone is answered by local staff in the metro, not a national call center, so updates on a delivery are quick and accurate. Alongside standard storage boxes, the company rents trailers and ground level offices, which gives a single account room to grow.