1 in 5 Americans move each year, with three-fourths of them doing it themselves.
The average American moves 11 times in a lifetime. And when you consider that three-fourths of them do it themselves, that's a lot of returning U-Haul customers who will be exposed to your primary business.
There were 12 million families that actually moved with U-Haul last year, and 47 million families have moved with U-Haul in the past five years alone. U-Haul has moved more than 150 million families since it began operation.
U-Haul has 15,000 retail locations in the US and Canada, more than even McDonald's.
U-Haul is the world's largest single brand-name advertiser in the Yellow Pages. Every U-Haul dealership is promoted free of charge in our Yellow Pages ads.
The U-Haul brand name has been in business nearly 60 years, since 1945.
The annual mileage driven by U-Haul trucks is enough to move a family from the Earth to the moon nearly five times per day, every day of the year.
U-Haul backs its dealers up with comprehensive advertising, sales and training materials. And most importantly, we support you with people dedicated to helping you succeed. Getting started as a U-Haul dealer is made smoother by assigning to you an area field manager whose primary job is to answer your questions and assist you whenever needed. You'll also have the comfort of knowing you can call on your U-Haul marketing company president – the person who has bottom-line responsibility within our organization.
We provide our dealers with the advertising and promotional materials they need to market their dealership. We promote U-Haul dealerships in our Yellow Pages advertising and on the Location Finder on our Web site, and all our dealers receive effective point-of-sale merchandising materials such as signs and banners, product literature and moving guides—materials designed to make selling U-Haul products and services easier.
Generating new U-Haul business is a breeze for you because we supply our dealers with a separate telephone line. This allows you to distinguish between your primary business customers and U-Haul customers—and the only cost to you is the monthly phone charge. You'll also receive a variety of free sales tools, including a selling guide, customer brochures and equipment guides, and all the forms you need to run your U-Haul operation efficiently. In addition, you'll receive training manuals and videos on subjects ranging from hooking up a trailer to effective selling techniques.
Automation programs are available that make U-Haul point-of-sale transactions easier. Only U-Haul has WebBEST, a Web-based point-of-sale system that allows dealers with their own PC and Internet connection to conduct U-Haul business quickly and easily on a secure site.
U-Haul dealers have their own Web site where they can get the latest news, check their commission statements, communicate with each other on messageboards, and take advantage of discounted merchandise sold through the U-Haul Dealer Buyer's Club. Dealers have the opportunity to purchase a wide variety of items for resale or just for use in their store.
U-Haul Preferred Dealer Club members can take advantage of our Bankcard Fee Saver program (only 1.70% for self-storage businesses) which can save you hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars annually on Visa and Mastercard transactions in your primary business. U-Haul offers a Check Fee Saver program with two different options that feature free collection service.
U.S. U-Haul Dealers may join the U-Haul Federal Credit Union and enjoy all the benefits a credit union offers: convenience, low-cost loans, savings programs, even checking accounts. U-Haul dealers may directly deposit all or part of their commissions into one or more credit union accounts.
And you can participate in savings on travel, lodging and other recreational opportunities. Benefit plans for health and life insurance are also available for U.S. dealers.