Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001558370-25-000893
Chunk: 17

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 17
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ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking statements based on expectations, estimates, and projections as of the date of this filing. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. See Item 7 of Part II – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Risk Factors Related to Our Company and Industry

Our industry is highly competitive and includes companies with lower prices, return expectations or other advantages, and governmental service providers, which could adversely affect our ability to compete and our operating results.

Our industry is highly competitive and requires substantial labor and capital resources. Some of the markets in which we compete or will seek to compete are served by one or more large, national companies, as well as by regional and local companies of varying sizes and resources.  Some of our competitors may be able to provide or be willing to bid their services at lower prices than we may be willing to offer, which could impact our ability to win new business or retain existing business, including municipal contracts that come up for renewal.  We also compete with counties, provinces, municipalities and solid waste districts that maintain or could develop their own waste collection and disposal operations. These operators may have financial advantages over us because of their access to user fees and similar charges, tax revenues and tax-exempt financing. If we are not able to replace revenues from contracts lost through competitive bidding or early termination or from the renegotiation of existing contracts with other revenues within a reasonable time, our revenues could decline.  In addition, existing and future competitors may develop or offer new services or technologies, new facilities or other competitive advantages. Our inability to compete effectively could hinder our growth or negatively impact our operating results.