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New & Used Shipping Containers for Sale in Columbus, Ohio

If you’re a broker, individual, farmer, manufacturer, or other business looking for containers in the Columbus, Ohio, area, you’ll want to speak with the experts at Container Management, Inc. We offer a large inventory of new and used steel shipping containers. 

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How to Buy A Shipping Container in Columbus, OH

Our process is personalized to best meet your individual container needs.


Buying shipping containers is a seamless process with our efficient, customized system.


At Container Management, Inc., we ensure that you get the container size and grade that best meets your specific needs. 

Step 1: Complete Our Quote Request Form

Our quote form ensures you provide us with the important details:


  • How many containers?
  • New or Used?
  • Do you want us to deliver the container?
  • Where do you want to place the container:  City, State, Zip Code
  • What grade container?
  • Storage or Export?
  • Your email address and phone number

Step 2: You Receive Our Quote

We email you back the same business day with our quote provided we receive your quote request by 4:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.


We will email you back the next business day with our quote if we receive your quote request later than 4:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.


Our quote is based on current inventory levels at the depot site(s) closest to your delivery location. Inventory at each depot site is subject to change.  Prices are based on current availability. Once current inventory is depleted, prices may vary with the next inventory replenishment. 


We offer some of the most competitive wholesale pricing on the market by quoting according to current inventory availability. 

Step 3: Your Purchase

You provide us with a purchase order or email indicating your intent to purchase. 


We will confirm your purchase by reserving your container size and grade at the nearest depot location. You’ll get the next container off the stack at the depot that meets your order criteria.


We can’t guarantee a specific color, but all of our containers are warrantied to be wind and watertight at the time of delivery. 


We require payment in full at this point before moving to Step 4 Delivery or Pick-Up. 


Our Operations Team will be in touch within one business day to confirm your order and accept payment.


Once your order has been paid for in full, they will coordinate the logistics of your shipping container delivery or depot pick-up. 

Step 4: Ground Level Container Delivery or Depot Pick-Up

For delivery:  We work with professional local transport companies with specialized equipment to deliver your container directly to the ground.


You’ll know what day your container delivery is scheduled for within a day or two of placing your order, and the driver will give you a call when they’re en route on the day of delivery.

Plan on 4 to 7 business days for shipping container purchases.


Learn more about our delivery service here. 


For depot pick-up:  After purchase, we will provide you with a release number and pick-up information. You can then immediately go to the designated depot on the release and have the container loaded on your truck.

We’re happy to load your truck at the depot if you have the proper equipment to safely transport a shipping container. 


Please be aware you are required to comply with all DOT and OSHA rules while at the depot and Container Management, Inc. cannot be liable for any issues during transport.

Option: If you’re purchasing your container for export

If you’re buying a shipping container to be used for export, you can add a CSC Survey to your purchase (please note, surveys add 3-5 business days to the normal timeline).


We are happy to provide a cargo worthy (CW) container, as well as coordinate an export certification from a licensed surveyor at the depot prior to your trucker picking up the container. Learn more about ocean export shipments here. 

Types of Shipping Containers for Sale – Columbus

Container Management, Inc. is proud to offer new and used shipping containers for sale near Columbus, OH. Whether you need a 20-foot or 40-foot container, we'll help you find the perfect container to fit your needs. Select any of the containers below or read our Buying Guide to learn more.


You can also contact our team or request a quote, and one of our specialists will be happy to assist you.

Shipping Containers Delivery

Our Containers Are Available for Pickup or Delivery Within a 200 Mile Radius

You can pick up your containers or have us deliver them to you.


Pick Up Our Containers at the Columbus, Ohio, Depot Station

Our Depot site is in Columbus in the 43207 zip code area.

We provide a container release number when you purchase your shipping container for pickup. This number allows you or your freight forwarder access to your purchased container(s) during the specified timeframe at the Columbus Depot.


Where We Deliver Shipping Containers Within 200 Miles From Columbus, Ohio

We deliver containers to the following Columbus areas:

  • City of Columbus
  • Columbus Suburbs
  • Halfway to Cleveland, Ohio
  • Halfway to Cincinnati, Ohio
  • East to Pennsylvania
  • West to Indiana-Ohio border

For Shipping Container Deliveries More Than 200 Miles From the Depot Site

For deliveries beyond 200 miles, we use a flat-bed truck broker that requires customers to lift off containers at the time of arrival. 


Is the Columbus Depot the Optimal Depot for Your Shipping Containers?

You may be closer to our Cleveland, Ohio, location, our Indianapolis, Indiana, location, or our Cincinnati, Ohio, location.

Not sure if you’re within our Columbus, Ohio, shipping service area? Just ask! 


Ask if we deliver to your area.

New and Used Containers We Sell in Columbus, Ohio

We sell all sizes of new and used steel shipping containers in Columbus. Moreover, Columbusites and their nearby neighbors commonly buy:



  • 20-foot containers for storage
  • 20-foot containers for a variety of customizations
  • 40-foot containers (8 feet, 6 inches high)
  • 40-foot High-Cube containers (9 feet, 6 inches high)
  • Other shipping container sizes
Blue Shipping Containers in Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Industries and Manufacturers Buy Containers for Storage

More than 12,000 manufacturers call the Buckeye state home. Similar to other Ohio industries, these manufacturers need places to store their goods and raw materials. For many, that means buying shipping containers for storage—especially when product demand is high.

Ohio Exporters Can Save Time and Money 

Additionally, those who export goods buy cargo-worthy containers. Shipper-owned containers can be less costly overall than containers supplied by the shipping lines.


Furthermore, we work with surveyors who can appropriately certify containers for ocean shipping.


By owning your containers, your goods can be stored, sealed, and shipped overseas. Moreover, goods in sealed containers can be transported from their origin to their destination.


This saves money and avoids the cost of unloading and reloading goods at the destination port. Steamships require you to keep their containers at the port in some countries when embargoes are in place.


We can help you make the export process work.

Pile of Containers

Individual Storage

People own a lot of stuff. For example, the average American home has 300,000 items. For many, storing items in a storage unit is an excellent alternative to decluttering.


It’s estimated that we have enough self-storage units to average one storage unit for every 14 Americans. 


Others are holding onto items for their young adult children, those living overseas temporarily, or those who are between homes for one reason or another. 

Shipping containers also offer an opportunity to store hard-to-part-from treasures, such as great-grandfather’s rocker and grandma’s good dishes and porcelain teacup collection.

  • Storage Container Businesses

    Self-storage is increasingly a big business in Ohio and throughout the United States. Many of those who buy shipping containers from us have their storage businesses. They purchase the containers and then rent them to others.

  • Individual Purchases

    Individuals also call us to buy containers for their own storage use, especially those with the land to place the shipping container.

Farmers Store Seeds, Grains, and More in Shipping Containers

Approximately 44 percent of Ohio is farmland, with soybeans and corn topping the list of crops. It’s no surprise, then, that savvy Ohioan farmers have put shipping containers to use for them.

  • Farm Implement Storage

    For example, Buckeye farmers may store farm equipment, implements, or tractors in new and used shipping containers. This extends and expands the size and locations of their barns and reduces their overhead costs.

  • Seed and Grain Storage

    Additionally, Ohio farmers have converted shipping containers into seed and grain siloes. Modified with wooden bulkheads, these storage containers reduce spillage compared to traditional grain siloes. As a result, fewer seeds scatter to the ground. This deters rodents—especially mice and rats. 

More Shipping Containers for Storage in Columbus and Nearby Areas

Besides farm storage, explore some creative ways Buckeyes have repurposed steel shipping containers.

  • Just-in-Time Seasonal Storage

    Retail stores use shipping containers to extend their storage for holiday shopping and seasonal goods.

  • Business Storage

    Besides warehousing retail goods, storing farm equipment, and extending workspaces, companies use climate-controlled shipping containers to store paperwork, office equipment, and other items that no longer fit in office spaces.

Container Housing in and Around Columbus, Ohio

Container homes are popular in and around Columbus. 

  • Multifamily Homes

    “Cargominium” apartments are multifamily shipping container apartments in Columbus.

  • Prefab Shipping Container Homes in Ohio

    Some of these prefab homes include:

  • Tiny House Rentals in Ohio

    Many “tiny houses” are available for rent (for the ultimate decluttering experience).

    Hocking Hills is home to the following container home rentals.

    • “Hemlock” on Wheels 
    • “The Lily Pad” 
    • “Luna Cottage” 
    • “Nova Cottage” 

    Similarly, in Millersburg, you can rent the following:

    • “The Lux” 
    • “The Scandi” 

    For those who want to live the high life (quite literally), you can find Ohio treehouses for rent:

    • “Ela” in the Forest, Millersburg
    • Hocking Hills Treehouse, South Bloomingville 
    • Luxury Treehouse Getaway in Berlin, Ohio
    • Off-Grid Treehouse in Frazeyburg 
    • Romantic Treehouse Getaway,  South Bloomingville

    Logan, Ohio, offers a few container homes for rent:

    • The Gladiola on Wheels
    • Shipping Container Tiny House with a Rooftop Deck 

    Other container rentals include

    • Industrial Container in Dover
    • “Klein House” in Navarre
    • “Lupulin” Tiny Cabin in Carpenter
    • The Tiny at Corner Tree in Centerburg
    • Winery Romantic Cabin in Tarlton

We Deliver Shipping Containers Within a 200 Mile Radius of Columbus, OH

Container Management, Inc. can deliver your shipping container anywhere within a 200 mile radius of Cincinnati.


This means we can deliver your shipping container to other prime locations near Cincinnati, including:



Contact us today to find out if our Columbus location is the best option for delivering your shipping container.


200 mile radius shipping container delivery in Columbus, OH

Container Management, Inc. Can Help

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"These people are awesome! I find really good customer service hard to find nowadays however Les & Jordan have it figured out. My nervousness with purchasing my 1st shipping container never really left until I watched it pull in the driveway. This was after I moved the date to be delivered twice due to weather. Les and Jordan and the delivery company were all informative and just nice to talk with. I will be suggesting this company to anyone I find that wants a shipping container!"


- Eric Campbell, Columbus, OH customer review on Google


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Always Available and Super Helpful


"I have purchased over 10 containers within the last couple months from Container Management Inc. and have been impressed on how easy and efficient it is to purchase and pick these containers up. I would definitely recommend this company! Some of the lowest prices you will find for all sizes and varieties of containers and the quality is always top tier. Les, Susan, and Jordan Nalevac are always available and super helpful. Great people to work with!"


- Dispatch DowCameron, Columbus, OH customer review on Google


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Wealth of Industry Knowledge


"Les, Jordan and Susan always deliver!  They're very customer oriented, have attention to detail and find a solution for your specific needs.  My company has been buying containers from them for more than 15 years. Les has a wealth of industry knowledge and is a great resource."


- Dimitri Buys, Columbus, OH customer review on Google


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