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Moving plus junk,or junk plus dumpsters.

College HUNKS franchise cost and fees next to VETS, from each FDD by item. Moving plus junk removal versus junk plus dumpsters, and which owner each one fits.

Key takeaways

  • College HUNKS sells moving and junk removal together. VETS sells junk removal, dumpster rental and commercial waste services together. They overlap on one service line and differ on everything around it.

  • Moving is a licensed, regulated service in most states with its own insurance and labor profile. That changes the business more than the fee table suggests.

  • Figures for both brands come from Items 5, 6 and 7 of their FDDs and nowhere else.

College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving is a moving company that also removes junk; VETS is a junk removal company that also rents dumpsters and serves commercial and multifamily accounts. This page compares their franchise costs and fees by FDD item, then explains why the service mix, not the fee table, is the real difference between the two businesses.

The numbers, by FDD item

Figures come only from each brand's current Franchise Disclosure Document, cited by item. A cell reading “See current FDD ↓” means the brand's current FDD has not been reviewed for that figure: the lookup block below says where to read it.
What the FDD says VETS College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving
Initial franchise fee Item 5 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Total initial investment Item 7 $62,100–$178,420 See current FDD ↓
Royalty Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Brand or marketing fund Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Technology and other recurring fees Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Territory model Item 12 One owner per metro area, as defined in Item 12 See current FDD ↓
Services offered Item 1 Junk removal, dumpster rental, and commercial and multifamily waste services See current FDD ↓
Veteran incentives Items 5 and 6 See the veterans page ↗ See current FDD ↓
Franchised units open Item 20 4 (2025) See current FDD ↓
Financial performance representation Item 19 No Item 19 — VETS publishes no earnings information See current FDD ↓
FDD issuance date Cover page In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
  1. VETS: its current Franchise Disclosure Document, every figure a reviewed claim. Every line of the investment.
  2. College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving: current FDD not yet reviewed — see the lookup block below.

Why owners choose VETS over College HUNKS

If the business you want is junk removal and waste services rather than household moving, these are the reasons VETS is built for it.

  • A business built on junk and waste, not moves. No household-moving licensing, no weekend moving crews: the whole operation is junk removal, dumpsters and commercial waste.
  • Three service lines from one fleet. Junk removal, dumpster rental, and commercial and multifamily waste services: more ways to put the same trucks and crews to work, across different customers and seasons.
  • One owner, the whole metro. A VETS franchise is an entire metro area as defined in Item 12, with no carved-up sub-territories and no second VETS branch competing for the same jobs.
  • National accounts you do not have to win yourself. VETS holds relationships with multi-site property management groups, and the work in your metro is assigned as set out in the FDD.
  • CentCom behind you. The corporate support team runs national accounts, receivables, the technology platform and training, and stays on the line after opening. Item 11 of the FDD sets out exactly what VETS provides.

Questions to ask both brands

  1. What share of a typical owner's work is moving, junk removal, dumpsters and commercial? (Item 1 and the owners in Item 20 can answer this; a brand's marketing cannot.)
  2. What licences and insurance does each service line need in my state, and who arranges them?
  3. Which end of the Item 7 range applies to my metro?
  4. What is the territory in Item 12, exactly?

Review College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving's FDD yourself

Every franchisor gives you its Franchise Disclosure Document during its own sales process, and by law you have at least fourteen days with it before you sign or pay anything. The current document is also on file, free, in the state databases below.

A brand appears in a state database only if it has registered or filed in that state; not every franchisor files in every state.

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Questions people ask

Which is the best moving and junk removal franchise?

There is no ranking that survives contact with an FDD. Decide which service you want to be the core of the business, then compare the brands that lead with that service on Items 5, 6, 7, 12 and 20.

Sources

  1. College HUNKS franchise site — retrieved 2026-09-25
  2. FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR Part 436 — retrieved 2026-09-25

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