New & Used Shipping Containers for Sale in St. Louis, Missouri

If you’re a broker, business, industry, or individual looking for containers in the St. Louis, Missouri, 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 St. Louis

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. 

Used Wind & Watertight 20 foot Shipping Container.

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 – St. Louis

Container Management, Inc. is proud to offer new and used shipping containers for sale near St. Louis, MO. 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.

Train of Shipping Containers

Our Containers Are Available for Pickup or Delivery

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


Pick Up Our Containers at the St. Louis, Missouri, Depot Station

Our Depot site is in St. Louis in the 62201 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 to access your purchased container(s) during the specified timeframe at the St. Louis Depot.


Scroll down to see areas we deliver within the 200 mile radius of St. Louis, MO.


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 St. Louis Depot the Optimal Depot for Your Shipping Containers?

You may be closer to our Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, Kansas City, Missouri, Louisville, Kentucky, or Memphis, Tennessee location.


Not sure? Scroll down to view more locations we can deliver to, or just ask our team of experts for help! 


Ask if we deliver to your area.

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New and Used Containers We Sell in St. Louis, Missouri

We sell all sizes of new and used steel shipping containers in the St. Louis area:



  • 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
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St. Louis Industries and Manufacturers Buy Shipping Containers

St. Louis is the world headquarters of 19 Fortune 1000 companies. These manufacturers and retailers use shipping containers for onsite and offsite storage.

  • St. Louis Area Industries Store Components Offsite and Onsite

    Shipping containers provide additional onsite storage for manufacturers’ raw materials and finished goods. 


    For others, such as those who install wind and solar farms, shipping containers offer secure storage near the turbines and solar panels. They can secure necessary components and tools for installations—wherever those may be.

  • St. Louis Area Exporters Can Save Time and Money

    Additionally, manufacturers and other industries that export goods buy cargo-worthy containers. Shipper-owned containers can be less costly and more practical than leasing from shipping lines. 


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


    We can help you make the export process work. 

  • Just-in-Time Retail Storage

    Shipping containers also provide storage for additional inventory, particularly seasonal goods, on the back lots of stores.

  • Office Storage

    Healthcare, finance, and insurance offices need to keep records for years. Storage containers provide additional space to file paper records. 

Individuals Buy Shipping Containers

Businesses aren’t the only ones purchasing shipping containers. Individuals buy containers as vacation homes and for storage near their homes or vacation homes.

  • Individual Storage Outside of St. Louis

    The average American home has 300,000 items. Individuals also call us to buy containers for storage—especially those with the land to place the shipping container.

Creative Uses of Containers in St. Louis and Nearby Areas

Besides storage, explore some creative ways that people in the Show-Me state have shown their ingenuity. 

  • Shipping Container Vacation Homes

    Approximately four of 10 American adults own vacation homes.


    While many flock to cities in Arizona or Florida, Missouri vacation homes are perhaps one of the Midwest’s best-kept secrets. Vacation homes are trendy in Hickory and Camden Counties. Both are among the top 1% of all vacation home counties in the United States. Many are rental properties. 


    The Branson, Missouri area has been touted as one of the 12 Best Places to Buy a Lake House in the U.S. Approximately 78% of Innsbrook and 64% of Indian Point homes are vacation properties. Innsbrook is outside of St. Louis; Indian Point is near Branson.


    People wanting to vacation in the Ozarks often buy and customize shipping containers as vacation tiny homes for themselves or as vacation rentals for others.


    However, in Warren County, not everyone is happy about tiny houses made of containers, as one couple points out on their Facebook page: “Cant Contain Us.”


  • Shipping Container Homes

    Tiny houses aren’t the only homes constructed of shipping containers. Shipping containers are welded together to create luxury homes in and near St. Louis.


    The first shipping container home in St. Louis was built in 2019. The luxury home was made of nine steel shipping containers in the Old North neighborhood. In St. Charles, MO, eight shipping containers form a unique 3,100 sq. ft. home of recycled materials.

  • Brewery, Patio, and Restaurant

    Rockwell Beer Co. is a brewery and tasting room. It contains brassWell for burgers, fries, and appetizers. It’s located in The Grove, in St. Louis.

  • U.S. Water Transport

    It may sound strange to read that shipping containers on water are a novelty. But shipping containers in the United States travel on the ocean. 


    However, in Herculaneum, MO, plans are underway to create a container port on the Mississippi River. In 2022, the Missouri Legislature earmarked $25 million for the project—about half the money needed for Phase 1.


    It would work this way. Smaller vessels would bring goods south down the Mississippi, east on the Missouri River from Kansas City, and west from Joliet, Illinois. 


    Once they arrive in the new container port, they can travel south in steel shipping containers down the Mississippi River to a new container port in Louisiana. 


    This effort requires smaller container vessels than those that travel across the sea. The first four vessels and new ports will be operational by late 2024.


    This plan may help with supply chain logistics and air pollution. Each river vessel replaces nearly 2,400 semi-trucks. 

We Deliver Shipping Containers Within a 200 Mile Radius of St. Louis, MO

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


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


  • St Charles, MO
  • O'Fallon, MO
  • Jefferson, MO
  • Columbia, MO
  • Sedalia, MO
  • Rolla, MO
  • Cape Giradeau, MO
  • Alton, IL
  • Springfield, IL
  • Decatur, IL
  • Quincy, IL
  • Belleville, IL
  • Carbondale, IL
  • Peoria, IL
  • Galesburg, IL
  • Bloomington, IL
  • Champaign, IL
  • Burlington, IA
  • Evansville, IN
  • Terre Haute, IN


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


200 mile radius shipping container delivery in St. Louis, MO

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"Great one stop shop for shipping containers.  We have purchased many containers over the last 5 or 6 years and they are always good quality, we receive them quickly and the price is competitive.  If you purchase shipping containers on a regular basis I would recommend saving this contact in your phone."


- Lou Rosswick, St. Louis customer review on Google