Opportunities / Hauling and moving
Class 2Moving services
Fits best: a crew leader who can manage labor.
Pros
- ✓Big tickets and summer peaks
- ✓Works all year
Cons
- !Labor-heavy and thin margins
- !Little repeat business, so marketing never stops
- !More capital at risk than most
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 8 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 15 jobs a month. Add junk removal for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Add packing, storage and senior moves.
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 packing, storage and senior moves.
The details
- Vehicle
- Box truck (lease or buy)
- Repeat customers
- Low
- Licensing
- Medium
- Season
- Spring–summer peak
- Runs on
- ProTrak ServiceTrak
USDOT number for interstate; labor-heavy.
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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 (15), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.