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Doody: The traditional moving market is worth $20 billion

Cam Doody · EP 419: 30 yo does $6m 2015, taking over $5b+ Moving Industry with Cam Doody of Bellhops.com · Sep 16, 2016 · at 17:46

Bellhops co-founder Cam Doody assesses the total market size for Americans who hire professional movers rather than handling moves themselves.

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“The moving industry, the 25% of Americans that, that hire traditional movers is a twenty billion dollar space.”

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The claim, plainly

The traditional moving industry serving the 25% of Americans who hire professional movers represents a $20 billion market.

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Assessment

The claim bundles two figures: the proportion of Americans who hire professional movers and the market size of that traditional moving industry. First, the 25% benchmark is well supported by historical American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA) and Census mobility data from the era, which estimated that roughly 21.7% to 25% of movers hired professional moving companies. Second, regarding market size circa 2015–2016, IBISWorld estimated U.S. moving services revenue at $14.0 billion in 2014 (projected to reach $14.8 billion by 2019), and AMSA reported direct industry revenues of approximately $12.6 billion (reaching $16 billion to $18 billion when including related storage and packing services). While the $20 billion figure was a slight overestimate for pure direct moving services at the time of the 2016 statement (though the industry did surpass $20 billion in subsequent years), it serves as a reasonable approximation of the broader moving and storage market.

AMSA data and mobility surveys estimated that approximately 21.7% to 25% of household movers hired professional moving companies.
IBISWorld data from an October 2015 SEC filing estimated U.S. moving services at $14.0 billion in 2014, growing to $14.8 billion by 2019.
AMSA historical data (2012–2016) placed direct professional moving revenues at $12.6 billion, and between $16 billion and $18 billion including ancillary storage and packing.

Checked against

[1] sec.gov [2] getmiboxsystem.com [3] moving.furniture [4] moving.furniture [5] quora.com [6] consumeraffairs.com [7] consumeraffairs.com [8] netpeak.us

"American Moving and Storage Association" "percent" hire professional movers "American Moving and Storage Association" "12.6 billion" OR "15 billion" OR "18 billion" OR "20 billion" "American Moving & Storage Association" moving industry statistics annual revenue billion "moving services" "IBISWorld" "2015" OR "2016" revenue billion "household" "American Moving and Storage Association" industry revenue 2015 OR 2016 OR 2014 IBISWorld "Moving Services in the US" revenue 2015 OR 2016 "moving services" market size US 2015 OR 2016 IBISWorld billion "hire professional movers" "25%" OR "percent" "moving"

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