Opportunities / Hauling and moving
StarterJunk removal
Fits best: a strong, friendly worker who likes fast jobs.
Pros
- ✓Steady demand and simple pricing
- ✓Opens on under $10K of equipment
- ✓No special license to start
- ✓Works all year
Cons
- !Disposal costs and a truck to buy
- !Little repeat business, so marketing never stops
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 25 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 50 jobs a month. Add moving services for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Add dumpster trailers and estate cleanouts.
A typical path, not a promise. Your Owner Assessment and 3-year playbook set your actual plan.
Sell more to the same customers
Growth path
Add dumpster trailers and estate cleanouts.
The details
- Vehicle
- Truck plus dump trailer ($4K–30K)
- Repeat customers
- Low
- Licensing
- Low
- Season
- Year-round
- Runs on
- ProTrak ServiceTrak
- Typical franchise
- 1-800-GOT-JUNK: $169K–$258K, 8% royalty + 8% brand fund
Net margin 30–50% per source; disposal fees are the main variable cost.
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*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (50), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.