JUNK REMOVAL FRANCHISE
A junk removal franchise licenses you a brand, a truck-based operating system, and a designated territory to haul furniture, appliances, debris, and estate clear-outs for residential and commercial customers.
WHAT DOES A JUNK REMOVAL FRANCHISE COST?
The franchise fee is the smallest part. Trucks and working capital do the heavy lifting.
Junk removal on its own. Combined junk and moving is $65,000.
Combined model. Truck count is the biggest variable.
Off the franchise fee per concept for veterans. First responders get the same through a College HUNKS program.
Some College Hunks Hauling Junk businesses have earned these amounts. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance you will earn as much.
HOW DOES A JUNK REMOVAL FRANCHISE ACTUALLY RUN?
You own a territory. The daily job of the owner is not hauling.
Customers book through the College HUNKS Sales & Loyalty Center at headquarters, which routes each job to the owner by zip code. Your crew arrives in a branded truck, quotes on site by volume, hauls the load, and routes it to a transfer station, donation partner, or recycler. You bill the customer, pay a royalty on sales, and keep the rest.
WHAT DOES THE OWNER ACTUALLY DO?
WHY DOES THE CATEGORY HOLD UP?
Demand is generated by events people cannot postpone indefinitely. A house sells and has to be cleared. A parent moves into assisted living. A tenant leaves a unit full of furniture. A contractor needs debris gone before the next trade shows up. None of that is a purchase decision anyone enjoys deferring for long.
The work also resists automation in a way that matters for a long-hold asset. Software can book the job, price it, and route the truck. It cannot carry the load out of a basement.
WHAT COMES WITH A COLLEGE HUNKS JUNK REMOVAL FRANCHISE?
Two businesses, one territory. College HUNKS runs junk removal and moving under one brand. Buy both concepts and no one else runs either one in your designated territory, which is a Zone of 300,000 to 400,000 people.
Booking is handled at headquarters. The First Contact Sales & Loyalty Center routes each job to the owner by zip code.
Training before you open. Training runs at Tampa headquarters or virtually, plus time at a certified training location. Most owners open 110 to 140 days after signing.
A brand people already know. College HUNKS was founded in 2003, has franchised since 2007, and has more than 150 locations. It ranked No. 383 on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500 and No. 39 on Entrepreneur’s 2025 Top Franchises for Veterans.
JUNK ALONE, OR JUNK PLUS MOVING?
This is the decision that most changes your economics, and it is worth thinking through before you pick a fee tier. A junk-only territory gives a customer one reason to call you. A combined territory lets you serve the same household across two related needs, often in the same week: the family clearing out the garage is frequently the family relocating out of the house.
Both lines share the same dispatch, back office, and local marketing spend. The practical effect is better asset utilization and less seasonal concentration. Moving demand peaks in summer. Junk removal runs steadier across the year and picks up around estate transitions and post-holiday clear-outs.
What the system has produced
Item 19 of the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document reports average gross sales by how long a location has been open: $730,493 across 25 stores at 13 to 36 months, $1,126,072 across 37 stores at 37 to 60 months, and $1,999,230 across 82 stores at more than 60 months. Some College Hunks Hauling Junk businesses have earned these amounts. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance you will earn as much.
The useful signal is the shape, not any single figure. Read the full table and its notes in the FDD before drawing any conclusion. For the full cost breakdown see investment and costs, or step back to the category view in home services franchise opportunities.
Heather runs franchise development. A 20-minute call answers more than any brochure.
Qualifying veterans receive $3,750 off the initial franchise fee per concept, or $7,500 when both concepts are purchased together. First responders get the same through a College HUNKS program.
HOW DO YOU EVALUATE A JUNK REMOVAL FRANCHISE?
Confirm the territory is open
Strong unit economics do not help if the market you want is taken. Check availability before anything else.
Read Item 7 against Item 19
One is what you put in, the other is what the system has produced. Underwrite on both, not on a headline fee.
Compare royalty over ten years
A low franchise fee paired with a high royalty costs more across the life of the agreement than the reverse.
FIND OUT IF YOUR TERRITORY IS OPEN.
If junk removal fits how you want to spend your time, the next step is disclosure, not a deposit.
