We’re a Small Business in Tampa, Just Like Many of Our Clients
17 Sep 2019
In the United States, the moving industry as a whole employs about 122,600 people with an annual payroll of $3.6 billion.
And, as you can imagine, the majority of those moving companies are smaller businesses. In fact, according to the American Moving and Storage Association, the industry is comprised mostly of small businesses, with:
>> 47.8% of industry companies are employing fewer than 5 people, and
>> Only 8.5% of industry companies are employing 100 or more people
The moving industry is perfect for small business owners. The barriers to starting a new moving business are relatively low. The ‘entry costs’ are basically a truck, some employees and some marketing. This can be done at a very low level – or can be scaled to the level of Two Men and a Truck or College Hunks level.
The vast majority of moving companies only work on resident moves. Some will try to work on very small office moves. And then a small percentage of moving companies, like Office Movers of Florida, only specialize in corporate moves and commercial relocations.
Value for the small business owner in Tampa
Our focus is to work with companies of all sizes. From Fortune 500 companies all the way down to ‘mom and pop’ businesses in Tampa and Central Florida. Because we specialize in commercial moving, companies can rely on us to fully understand the “ins and outs” of office moving.
For most businesses, their office furniture and other equipment is considered an asset. When moving, they want to protect those assets and retain the value of them for as long as possible. Plus – and this is very important – our commercial movers know how to install office furniture, a concept that’s lost on your average residential mover.
Residential movers are generally focused on volume and speed. Office relocations take too much time, focused effort and specialized planning for them to be of interest to most residential movers. And, it’s best that way anyway as they don’t have the skillsets required for a successful commercial move or office furniture installation project.
Most business we move or relocate are small businesses – often with less than 30 total employees. And many times, these moves have less than 10 employees. We love small business owners and can relate to them (and them to us) because in many ways we’re just like them – entrepreneurial in spirit, hard-working and accountable.
Can we provide value to your company during a move?
We’d enjoy learning more about your company and its upcoming moving needs. For a free, no-obligation quote call us today at 813-304-2273.
