1-800-GOT-JUNK?

Coordinates: 49°15′58.50″N 123°05′03.66″W / 49.2662500°N 123.0843500°W / 49.2662500; -123.0843500

1-800-GOT-JUNK? is a franchised residential and commercial junk removal company operating in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The company's business model consists of taking an old activity, junk or trash haulage, and giving it a 'clean' image through branding and marketing. According to founder and CEO Brian Scudamore, "It was just a different spin on an industry, which was historically a very fragmented, dirty industry."

History

The company started in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1989. It was incorporated as The Rubbish Boys Disposal Service, then in 1998 with its current name. The first permanent franchise opened in 1997 in Victoria, Canada and a second in Toronto in 1998. In 2000, a franchise opened outside Canada in Portland, Oregon. By 2007 the company had 270 locations.

Chief Operating Officer was Cameron Herold from 2000-2007, followed by Launni Skinner and in 2011, Erik Church.