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Buy a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Franchise

1-800-GOT-JUNK? is one of North America’s best-known junk removal franchises, providing full-service junk hauling for residential and commercial customers. Crews handle furniture, appliances, yard waste, and office and renovation debris. If it fits in the truck, the team loads, hauls and disposes of it, leaving the site clean. The brand built its reputation on convenience, with same-day service and two-hour arrival windows delivered by uniformed crews in branded trucks.

Founded in 1989 by Brian Scudamore in Vancouver and franchising since 1998, the company is the founding brand of O2E Brands, which also operates WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine. Franchises run across the United States and Canada within exclusive, protected territories.

The model is home- or mobile-based rather than tied to a retail location. A consolidated national call centre manages sales, service and dispatch calls, while owners focus on operations, local marketing and team management. Units typically run with a small fleet of trucks and crew, supported by the franchisor’s booking systems and proprietary software.

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Why buy a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Franchise?

1-800-GOT-JUNK? pairs a widely recognised consumer brand with a simple, asset-light service model in a category that has proved resilient across economic cycles. The name itself is a marketing asset: decades of national advertising, media coverage and a memorable phone number give franchisees a level of consumer recall that an independent hauler would struggle to build.

To buy a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchise is to take on a home- or mobile-based operation with low fixed overhead and no retail lease. The consolidated national call centre handles sales, service and dispatch, removing much of the administrative load and letting owners concentrate on running trucks, building local demand and managing crews. Exclusive territories protect each owner from internal competition, and franchisees plug into established booking technology, co-op advertising, SEO and social media support.

1-800-GOT-JUNK? Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      1989

    • Franchising Since

      1999

    • New Startup Cost

      $182,300 – $303,500

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $65,000 – $97,500

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

    • Royalty Fee

      8%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      8%

      of Gross Revenue

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      138

    • New Units Opened *

      3

    • Units Transferred *

      16

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $3,146,676

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

1-800-GOT-JUNK? – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training combines 26 hours of classroom instruction with 8 hours of on-the-job training, part of a structured startup process that includes head-office onboarding. Ongoing support is substantial: weekly coaching calls, annual market visits from field advisors, a national call centre handling customer service and dispatch, proprietary operating software, online booking, and a franchisee intranet. Marketing help spans national media, co-op advertising, SEO and social media. Buyers of an existing unit should confirm what onboarding and system access 1-800-GOT-JUNK? provides to incoming owners and any inherited staff.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits hands-on, full-time owner-operators rather than passive investors; absentee ownership is not permitted. Strength in sales, local marketing and team leadership matters more than any background in waste or hauling. Day to day, the owner drives local demand, recruits and manages a small crew of drivers, and holds the service standards behind the brand's reputation for punctuality and clean work. Owners comfortable building community and commercial referral relationships, and running a metrics-driven operation, tend to fit best.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    1-800-GOT-JUNK? is widely described as the world's largest junk removal company and is among the most recognised names in the category. It has appeared in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 and ranked #97 on Entrepreneur's Top Home-Based & Mobile Franchises list in 2023. The brand has drawn broad national media coverage over the years, including features by The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Inc. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, referral sources and community reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    Junk removal sits within the broader US waste-collection sector, an essential-services market worth $83.1 billion in 2026 (IBISWorld). Junk hauling itself is a fragmented, largely local niche where a recognised brand carries weight against independent operators. Demand is driven by home sales and turnover, renovation and remodeling activity, downsizing among older homeowners, and a steady consumer appetite for decluttering. The work is recession-resistant, as households and businesses keep clearing space in most conditions. For resale buyers, local demand depends on housing activity and commercial clients within the specific territory.

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