Is trash pickup running on Black Friday?
Trash Pickup · Black Friday
Varies
Often yes — but the truck on your street is usually Thursday's route running late, not Friday's. Check with your hauler.
Black Friday is a working day for most collection crews, with the routes shifted. In cities that slide for Thanksgiving, Friday belongs to Thursday's customers and Friday's own route moves to Saturday. If your normal day is Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, nothing about your week changed at all.
The other pattern is the straight skip: some cities take Thanksgiving off without moving anything, so Thursday's customers wait until the next week and Friday's are collected on Friday as always. Both are common, and the week's notice from your city or hauler is what settles which one you're in.
| Holiday | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | Thursday, November 26, 2026 | Varies Nearly all cities skip Thanksgiving — the rest of the week usually slides one day. |
| Thanksgiving | Thursday, November 25, 2027 | Varies Nearly all cities skip Thanksgiving — the rest of the week usually slides one day. |
What else on Black Friday?
| Who | Status |
|---|---|
| Banks | Open Yes — banks are open the day after Thanksgiving. |
| Mail & the Post Office | Open Yes — mail is delivered the day after Thanksgiving and post offices are open. |
| The Stock Market | Early close Yes — but it's a half day: the stock market closes at 1pm ET the day after Thanksgiving. |
| UPS | Open Yes — UPS picks up and delivers the day after Thanksgiving. |
| FedEx | Varies Yes — FedEx delivers the day after Thanksgiving, with pickups on a modified schedule. |
| Federal Offices | Open Yes — federal offices are open the day after Thanksgiving. |
| Schools | Closed Almost certainly not — nearly every district takes the day after Thanksgiving off. |
Questions people ask
My pickup is Friday — when does it run Thanksgiving week?
Most often Saturday, because the missed Thursday route takes Friday. Some cities keep Friday on Friday and simply skip Thursday's collection for that week. Your hauler publishes which it does.
Do crews work the day after Thanksgiving?
Nearly always — the shifted schedule depends on it, so trucks run even where the office and the phone line are closed for the day.
Checked against your city or hauler's holiday schedule, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses.