Military and commercial contract revenue
Military household-goods work, van-line agency agreements, and commercial or office-move contracts are recurring, verifiable revenue that transfers with the company.
El Paso Owner's Guide · Moving, Relocation & Storage
How to Sell a Moving & Storage Company in El Paso, Texas
Fort Bliss makes El Paso one of the most consistent relocation markets in America — tens of thousands of military families rotate through every year. Buyers pay for contracted military and commercial work, a dominant review profile, crews that stay, and storage income that arrives every month.
- 3×–5×
- Typical multiple of earnings for a diversified mover
- $1M+
- Range where established movers commonly transact
- 100%
- Confidential — crews, agents, and competitors never know
The Local Market
What buyers pay for in an El Paso moving company
Between Fort Bliss rotations, a growing metro, and cross-border commercial activity, El Paso movers enjoy demand that does not depend on one season. Buyers include regional van-line agents, consolidators, and operators who want a market with built-in volume.
Review dominance and booked pipeline
In residential moving, the company with the strongest review profile wins the searches. Ratings, volume of reviews, and forward bookings are marketable assets.
Storage and warehouse income
Vaulted storage, warehouse space, and monthly storage billing add contracted recurring revenue that lifts the whole valuation.
Crews, claims history, and the fleet
Retained crews and foremen, a low damage-claims rate, and a documented fleet are what let a buyer deliver the same service the reviews promise.
Free Estimator · No Email Required
What is my El Paso moving company worth?
Move the slider. This uses owner's discretionary earnings (SDE) — your net profit plus your salary, personal expenses run through the business, interest, depreciation, and one-time costs. Trucks and any owned warehouse are addressed separately.
$180,000 / year
$40K$1.2M
Which of these are true today?
Illustrative Range
Estimated enterprise value
$567,000 – $936,000
That’s roughly 3.1× to 5.2× your owner’s earnings, before any real estate you own.
Every box you check is a lever you can still pull before you list. Owners who fix the books and the lease first routinely land at the top of their range instead of the bottom.
Illustration only — not an appraisal or an offer.
Step by Step
The six steps that get a moving & storage company sold — in that order.
- 01
Document earnings, jobs, and revenue mix
Three years of P&Ls, tax returns, and balance sheets, reconciled, plus revenue split across military, commercial, residential, and storage, job counts and average ticket, claims history, crew roster, fleet list with financing, and booked forward work.
- 02
Commission an independent, certified valuation
Not a broker's opinion. We commission a certified valuation from an independent NACVA-credentialed appraiser — the caliber of report banks, buyers, the IRS, and courts rely on.
- 03
Build the recurring layer before you list
Storage billing, commercial accounts, and contract work smooth the seasonality buyers discount. Every recurring dollar added before listing is multiplied at closing.
- 04
Fix what diligence will find
DOT and state operating authority, insurance and cargo coverage, claims log, military and van-line agreement assignability, worker classification for crews, truck titles and liens, warehouse lease or title, and unpaid taxes.
- 05
Market it confidentially — never publicly
No word to your crews, your van line, or the movers you compete with. We market blind on capability and financial profile to vetted, financially verified buyers under NDA.
- 06
Negotiate, survive diligence, and close
Offers, escrow, quality-of-earnings review, authority and agreement transition, crew retention, fleet schedules, storage account transfer, and funding. We stay on it through closing.
Costly Mistakes
Six mistakes that cost moving & storage company owners real money.
Selling as a purely seasonal business
A mover whose entire profit arrives between May and August gets a seasonal discount. Contracts and storage income are the antidote.
Ignoring your claims rate
Damage claims are the quality metric of this industry. A documented low rate defends your reviews, your contracts, and your multiple.
Crews paid off the books
Worker classification problems surface in every diligence process and can kill an otherwise clean deal.
Assuming your van-line agency transfers
Agency agreements typically require the carrier's consent to a new owner. Confirm the path before marketing, not during closing week.
Letting the review profile go stale
Reviews are your residential sales engine. A profile that has gone quiet reads as a business in decline.
Being the only estimator and closer
If every bid and every commercial relationship runs through you, the buyer inherits dependence and prices it in.
Questions Owners Ask
Moving & Storage Company owners ask us these first.
Straight answers, no hedging. If yours isn’t here, call us and ask it directly.
Diversified movers commonly trade between roughly 3 and 5 times owner's discretionary earnings, with contract revenue, storage income, review strength, and management depth determining where you land. Only a certified independent valuation survives a lender's underwriting.
Generally yes. Fort Bliss rotation volume is steady, contracted, and verifiable — exactly what buyers and lenders want. They will examine your performance scores and the transferability of that work.
Yes. Monthly storage billing is recurring revenue, and it typically earns a better multiple than one-time move revenue while also smoothing your seasonality.
Vehicles required to produce your earnings are usually included in enterprise value with financing paid off at closing. Excess trucks and any owned warehouse are commonly handled separately.
Qualified buyers can access SBA 7(a) financing up to $5 million, including real estate in many cases. Lenders require clean, fully reported financials and a defensible independent valuation. SBA pre-qualification is a preliminary, non-binding lender assessment, not a loan commitment.
Not from us. Your company is marketed blind to vetted buyers who sign a non-disclosure agreement before they learn who you are.
Where we work
Moving & Storage Company owners we represent across El Paso, West Texas, and southern New Mexico
Whether your moving & storage company sits on the east side, downtown, out in the valley, or across the state line in Doña Ana County, the sale process is the same: verified financials, an independent certified valuation, and a confidential, competitive market of qualified buyers. We meet owners at a time and place of their choosing.
- El Paso
- West El Paso & Upper Valley
- East El Paso
- Northeast El Paso
- Central & Downtown
- Horizon City
- Socorro
- San Elizario
- Clint & Fabens
- Canutillo
- Anthony, TX & NM
- Fort Bliss corridor
- Las Cruces, NM
- Sunland Park, NM
- Doña Ana County
- Alamogordo & Deming, NM
- Van Horn & Fort Hancock
- Midland & Odessa
Moving & Storage Company Owners · Confidential
Find out what your company is actually worth.
One confidential conversation with a partner — not a coordinator. We will tell you where your numbers put you today, what would move the multiple, and whether now is your moment.
- Confidential — nothing is shared or listed without your written consent.
- A reply within one business day, usually the same afternoon.
- No fee, no obligation, and no pressure for the first conversation.