The brand

NOT JUST A MOVING COMPANY.

College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving is a purpose-driven brand with two demand-resilient revenue streams, a nationally recognized culture, and a playbook refined over 20,000+ jobs every month.

Since 2004
FRANCHISE AT A GLANCE
Investment
$203,100 to $355,500
Liquid required
$75K
2025 avg gross sales
$1.55M
Time to open
90–120 days
Locations
370+
Year founded
2004
  • HONEST
  • UNIFORMED
  • NICE
  • KNOWLEDGEABLE
  • SERVICE
By the numbers

A BRAND THAT BACKS IT UP.

Every number below comes straight from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. No spin, just the performance data.

AVG GROSS SALES
$1.55M

Average gross sales per location in 2025. Top performers cleared well above this.

Source: 2026 FDD, Item 19
LOCATIONS
370+

Operating franchise locations across the United States and Canada.

Source: Brand directory, 2026
YEARS IN BUSINESS
21 yrs

Founded by two college buddies with a beat-up cargo van. Now a national brand.

Source: Brand history
The story

FROM A CARGO VAN TO A NATIONAL BRAND.

Two college friends, one truck, and an idea that the moving industry could be better. Here’s how it became a system.

College HUNKS started in 2003 when co-founders Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman borrowed a cargo van and started hauling junk to pay for college. Within two years they turned that side gig into a franchise system built on one insight: customers hate dealing with movers, so make the experience impossible to hate.

TWO REVENUE STREAMS, ONE PLAYBOOK

Every College HUNKS franchise operates two distinct service lines from a single location: junk removal and local moving. The junk side is high-margin, fast-cycle work that fills the calendar between moves. The moving side brings bigger tickets and repeat referrals. Together, they smooth out the revenue curve that sinks single-service operators.

Both services run on the same trucks, the same crew, and the same booking software. That shared infrastructure is what makes the model efficient. You’re not running two businesses. You’re running one business with two ways to earn.

Why the brand wins against independents

  • National brand recognition and a consumer-facing marketing engine that independents can’t match.
  • Proprietary CRM and dispatch software that routes leads, schedules crews, and tracks every dollar.
  • A call center that books jobs for you, so your team is on the truck, not on the phone.
  • Ongoing coaching, peer groups, and performance benchmarks from the corporate team in Tampa.

CULTURE IS THE COMPETITIVE MOAT

The H.U.N.K.S. acronym (Honest, Uniformed, Nice, Knowledgeable, Service) isn’t just a logo treatment. It’s the hiring filter, the training framework, and the review-generation engine rolled into one. Franchisees who lean into the culture consistently outperform on NPS, retention, and referral rate.

“The brand gave us a system. The culture gave us a team that actually wants to show up.”

The franchise development team is led by people who have operated locations themselves. They know what month-two panic feels like, and they’ve built an onboarding path specifically designed to get you past it.

TALK TO A HUMAN

Twenty minutes with our team.

The model, the live territory map, and the unit economics for your market. No script, no pressure.

VETERANS & FIRST RESPONDERS

Qualifying veterans and first responders receive a discount on the initial franchise fee.

Three differentiators

WHAT SEPARATES HUNKS FROM EVERY OTHER BRAND.

01

Dual revenue streams

Junk removal and local moving from one location, one crew, one set of trucks. Two ways to earn from day one.

02

AI-resistant services

Nobody’s automating a couch down three flights of stairs. Physical services that require real humans on-site, every time.

03

Culture as a system

H.U.N.K.S. isn’t a slogan. It’s a hiring filter, a training framework, and the reason franchisees lead their market in reviews.

Next step

Twenty minutes is all it takes.

Book a call with the franchise development team. They’ll walk you through the model, the available territories, and the unit economics for your market.

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Common questions answered.

No. Most franchise owners come from outside the industry. The system is built for operators, not technicians. Your crew handles the trucks. You handle the business, with a full training program and ongoing coaching from Tampa HQ.

Two revenue streams from one operation, plus a brand culture that drives word-of-mouth. Most moving franchises offer a single service line. College HUNKS pairs junk removal with local moving, giving you year-round demand and a more balanced revenue mix. The H.U.N.K.S. culture system also produces consistently higher review scores than competitors.

Typically 90 to 120 days from signing the franchise agreement. The timeline covers training, territory setup, initial marketing, and your first hires. The corporate team in Tampa manages the launch sequence with you step by step.

Yes. Qualifying veterans and first responders receive a discount on the initial franchise fee. College HUNKS actively recruits from the military community. The structured operations and team-first culture tend to resonate with veterans transitioning to business ownership.