College Hunks Hauling Junk & MovingFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise requires a total initial investment of $158K – $356K, including a $55K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $849K[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 9.7% charge-off rate across 165 loans[1]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $158K – $356K
- 41st pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- $849K
- 17th pct Business Serv…
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 15th pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 190
- 48th pct Business Serv…
- SBA default
- 9.7%
- system-wide median varies by category
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Business Services avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Each dollar invested generates 3.3x in gross revenue, well above the typical 1.5-2.5x range.
The system contracted 8% year-over-year. Investigate why units are closing.
23% cash-on-cash return (based on P&L Bottom Line). Within the 15-30% range most franchise investors consider acceptable.
Bottom line
- Total investment $158K – $356K including a $55K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $849K/year (median $1.1M), with an estimated 23% cash-on-cash return (based on P&L Bottom Line).
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 41/100. SBA loan charge-off rate of 9.7% across 165 loans (near or below the 16% franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2024).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- CHHJ Franchising L.L.C.
- Parent company
- CHHJ Midco, LLC
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 4411 West Tampa Bay Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33614
- Auditor
- CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $36.1M
- vs $35.2M prior year
Affiliated brands
- CHHJ NC Raleigh
- Trash Butler
- Mansari
- CHHJ New Jersey
- NOR
- CHHJ
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
Franchisees operate junk removal and moving services, managing crews of college-aged workers to haul items, provide labor-only moving, and handle estate cleanouts for residential and commercial customers. Day-to-day operations include crew scheduling, customer acquisition/retention, vehicle maintenance, local marketing, and managing the labor-intensive logistics of pickup and delivery services across a protected territory.
- CEO
- Omar A. Soliman
- Headquarters
- FL
- Founded
- 2006
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 40
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 13 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $75K | $75K | |
| Rent | $2K | $5K | |
| Lease, Utility and Security Deposits | $2K | $5K | |
| Paint and Signage for Service Vehicle | $6K | $10K | |
| Down Payment on Service Vehicle | $3K | $35K | |
| Equipment and Hand Tools | $2K | $12K | |
| Office Equipment and Supplies | $2K | $8K | |
| Business Licenses & Permits | $500 | $3K | |
| Professional Fees | $1K | $3K | |
| Insurance Deposit | $8K | $35K | |
| Training Expense | $2K | $5K | |
| Preopening Business Ramp Up Advertising | $26K | $36K | |
| Additional Funds (3 months) | $75K | $125K | |
| Total initial investment | $203K | $356K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$119K
14.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
33%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
3.0 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $158K – $356K
- Near category avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $75K – $125K
- Near category avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $750 – $75K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
- Payback period
- 4.3 yrs
- From FDD / Item 19
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $1 |
| Transfer fee | $15K |
| Renewal fee | $8K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $849K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $1.1M
- Avg p&l bottom line
- $60K
- Reported as P&L Bottom Line in FDD Item 19
- Cash-on-cash
- 23.4%
- Based on P&L Bottom Line / investment midpoint
- Item 19 type
- Actual Results
- Sample size
- 155 units
- vs category median 32 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $290K→$11.1M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $502K→$3.1M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Transparency tier
- full
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Transparency
- 10 / 5
- vs category median 3 / 5 · above
Compared against 360 Business Services brands
vs Business Services averages
How College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 190
- Opened
- 16
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 32
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 1
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 15.8%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 98%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (yr3)
- -7.8%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- +0.5%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 16
- Closed (3yr)
- 1
- Terminated (3yr)
- 2
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 23
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 1
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 12
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 14.8%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Termination rate
- 1.0%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 0.5%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 40 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Illinois
- Michigan
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 165
- Loan volume
- $38.3M
- Median loan
- $232K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- 9.7%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- 35.3%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 37
- Defaults
- 16
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Contracting franchise system with Going Concern issues, active litigation, and thin unit-level economics signal elevated risk of franchisor instability and franchisee profitability challenges.
Litigation (Item 3)
1 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Largest disclosed settlement: $75,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 41 / 100 rating
- 01MEDUnit count declined 7.9% year-over-year (190 units), indicating system contraction and potential franchisee dissatisfaction
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, suggesting franchisor financial viability concerns or accounting issues
- 03HIGHActive litigation involving breach of contract, trademark infringement, and non-compete violations indicates enforcement problems and franchisor-franchisee relationship strain
- 04MINORNet income of $60,031 on $1.46M average revenue (4.1% net margin) is razor-thin; 7% royalty leaves minimal profit cushion
- 05MINORHigh initial investment ($158K–$355K) combined with thin margins creates extended break-even period and elevated failure risk
- 06MINORRoyalty burden (7% of gross sales) is aggressive given the service industry's typical operating expenses for labor-intensive junk hauling/moving
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Population-based (Zones) |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Territory population | 350,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 4 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
1 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 33 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 68 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- HunkWare & Crew App
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: HunkWare & Crew App
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
178 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise?
The total investment to open a College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise ranges from $158K – $356K, with an initial franchise fee of $55K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $849K. The median is $1.1M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving has a charge-off rate of 9.7% across 165 loans, meaning 9.7% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving has 190 total units in the United States, including 151 franchised units and 4 company-owned units. 16 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 41 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.