College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving is more than a franchise opportunity with a huge financial upside (our item 19 is amazing). Year after year our company-wide revenues grow by leaps and bounds. This year we’ve seen revenue that even 3 years ago, we never could have imagined, and our customer satisfaction score is higher than household brands like Costco, Nordstrom, Amazon and Apple!
College Hunks continues to receive awards and recognition as well as national exposure in various media outlets, including The 2022 Season Premier of Undercover Boss, The New York Times, Oprah, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, to name a few.
Anyone who comes to the World Headquarters in beautiful Tampa Florida can’t help but feel impressed with the facility, but the employees and culture are on a completely different level!
Our organization uses four core values to guide decision-making, culture and growth at the corporate level and on the local level with our Franchise Partners (franchise owners):
1 Building Leaders
2 Always Branding
3 Create a Fun, Enthusiastic Team Environment
4 Listen, Fulfill and Delight
College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving is in two recession resistant businesses, helping people:
1.Throw away or donate the stuff they don’t want (Junk Removal)
2. Move the stuff they do want (Moving).
In addition, our owners also offer “labor jobs” as another revenue stream (someone getting new hardwood floors needs items moved from one end of the house to the other as the floors are being put in. We have locations making $30,000/month in just moving supplies as well!
Think about it, appliances like refrigerators and ovens have a built in obsolesce so they wear out or look dated. Every few years, people’s tastes change and updating the look often involves purchasing new furniture and accessories. According to current data, the average person moves 11.4 times in their life and moving is one of the top 20 stresses people face in life.
College Hunks is a full-service, one-stop shop for all moving and junk removal needs, our synergistic approach allows greater cross-selling and bundling, to create a 100% stress-free experience for our clients and greater revenue opportunities for our franchisees.
We also provide the peace of mind that comes with knowing those possessions will be given a second life or recycled in the most environmentally way possible; as we do with 60% of everything we haul.
Customers like knowing that many of their discarded possessions will be given a second life or recycled in the most environmentally way possible. We donate or recycle 60-70% of everything we haul.
Features of business
Franchisees: 200+
Franchise Territories Awarded: 315+
Company Owned Units: 4
States Registered In: All
Minimum Net Worth: $200,000
Franchise Fee: $75,000 one zone
Royalty: 7%, Ad: 2%, Technology: 1%
Average Number of Employees: 6-10
Passive Ownership: No
Home Based: No
B2B: Yes
Master Franchise Opportunities: No
Veteran Discount: Yes, $7500 off initial franchise fee.
Site Selection Assistance: Yes
Lease Negotiation Assistance: No
Recruiting Assistance: Yes
Co-Operative Advertising: Yes
Training:
New owners work through 160 point checklist with onboarding specialist to set up the franchise for success. Pre-Opening typically takes 10-18 weeks including 1 week with the corporate trainers and 2-3 days at an existing location. In addition, we'll fly a coach to the new location for their Grand Opening to ensure that everything goes smoothly!
Our world-class Franchise Performance Team (support) dispatches staff to the new owner’s location to ensure new Franchise Partners (owners) get off to the best possible start! After launch we continue providing tremendous support for the future of the franchise to maximize revenues and profitability!
Our Sales Loyalty Center (national call center) and inside sales team will handle a large portion of the foot work on your behalf by fielding calls, booking jobs and sending them to you. In a single day in May, our SLC booked over 1300 jobs for our owners!
Marketing, Advertising and Operations support are areas in which the franchisee and their team members will receive ongoing training, support and guidance from the College Hunks support and leadership teams.
<1. Building a management structure to organize hauling and moving teams each day
2. Sales and Business Development to be build a Residential and Commercial Business
3. Reviewing key metrics, building a strong team culture, building local partnerships and relationships that add value to the business and ensure overall success
4. Managing a fleet of trucks
5. Managing a marketing budget
6. Networking and building relationships with other local business owners, real estate agents, municipal government officials, property managers, and charity organizations. These relationships not only help secure more job bookings for your franchise going forward, they also give your community a favorable view of you, your employees, and the College Hunks brand name.
You may choose to hire a GM to handle a large portion of the day-to-day operations, but many owners stay hands-on managing teams and building the business with our assistance.
The big, orange trucks are essential marketing tools, and the teams on the trucks will perform various sales and marketing tactics throughout the day.