Moving and Storage 101 from SMARTBOX
 Moving
Industry
41 million Americans move every year, and every one
is a potential SMARTBOX customer. You cannot create
demand for moving. People move when they want to or
when they have to. What you CAN create is the opportunity
for them to move a smarter way. The market is there.
- Moving
Trends
-
Roughly 1 in 5 families move every year
-
80% move themselves
- 59%
are within same county
-
30% of renters move annually
- America
is a more mobile society; work-related moves have
increased
- Industry
has seen steady growth
Storage
Industry
Like it or not, we live in the most acquisitive and
consumer-driven society in the world. And, with families
blending, the emergence of the "boomerang baby,"
and baby-boomers beginning to retire, more and more
people are asking themselves: what are we going to do
with all this stuff? As a result, the storage industry
is projected to grow for the next several decades with
SMARTBOX poised to take advantage.
- Storage
Trends
- Fast
growth over the last quarter century
- 46,000+
facilities in 2005
- $15
billion dollar a year industry
- Steady
stream of renter-occupied housing creates demand
- Supply
constraints in some areas due to construction
costs
- Continued
projected growth to meet pent-up demand
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