U-Haul
U-Haul rents trucks, trailers and self-storage units and sells moving supplies through more than 25,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada, employing nearly 20,000 people.
U-Haul is a publicly traded moving and equipment rental company founded in 1945 by Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty, who began the business with a trailer operation in a garage in Ridgefield, Washington. It now employs nearly 20,000 team members and operates a network of more than 25,000 locations spanning all 50 U.S. states and the Canadian provinces. Growth came largely through partnerships with local gas stations and independent businesses, a model that has kept the company rooted in local communities despite its national scale.
The company rents moving trucks, trailers and self-storage units, and sells moving boxes and packing materials, tow hitches and propane. Its offering is aimed at do-it-yourself movers, positioning U-Haul as "the neighborhood resource" for those undertaking their own relocation rather than hiring traditional movers.
Technical and operational work at U-Haul covers fleet maintenance and management, logistics and moving operations, self-storage operations, and retail and network operations. The company describes a culture of continuous improvement, focused on maintaining its fleet, upgrading locations and smoothing the customer moving experience.