Alaska Terminals

What Alaska Terminals does

Alaska Terminals is a privately held, locally owned moving and storage company headquartered at 400 W 70th Ave #3, Anchorage, Alaska, with operations also referenced in Fairbanks. Founded in 1981, the company provides residential and commercial local moving services at hourly rates, interstate and international moving services priced by the pound, specialty moving to remote Alaska communities via barge and air carriers, and climate-controlled storage in a 20,000 sq ft warehouse. It serves three primary customer segments: residential households in the Anchorage–Fairbanks corridor, corporate and oil-and-gas employee relocations, and military personnel transitions into and out of Alaska. The business is delivered through professional, full-time, background-checked, and drug-tested movers — a deliberate point of differentiation from competitors that rely on temporary day labor. Operating seasonality is pronounced: roughly 35–40% of annual traffic occurs in May–July and nearly 50% in May–August, and 2014 tonnage moved 56% outbound from Alaska versus 44% inbound, reflecting Alaska's net out-migration profile.

The company's core technology stack is minimal — a Wix-hosted website, social/review channels on Facebook, Yelp, Google+ and Google Places, and an active company blog — with no disclosed proprietary software, APIs, or integrations. Revenue is generated through professional-services pricing: usage-based hourly rates for local moves, unit (per-pound) pricing for interstate/international moves with a minimum chargeable weight near 1,000 lbs, and storage fees against warehouse capacity. The company holds no patents, has raised no institutional funding, and operates without a parent company. Competitive positioning rests on the Atlas Van Lines interstate-agent affiliation (Atlas DOT No. 125550), which grants network reach for long-distance and international jobs that single-city operators cannot match; the Atlas Certified Pro Mover accreditation; the 20,000 sq ft climate-controlled warehouse; and the Move for Hunger community partnership established in 2015. Historical financial data, headcount growth signals, and recent press activity are absent from the source set, limiting forward visibility beyond what the four-decade operating history and current customer mix imply.

Name

Alaska Terminals

Legal name

Alaska Terminals Inc.

Website

https://akterminals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Alaska Terminals is a privately held Anchorage-based moving and storage company founded in 1981 that serves residential, corporate (oil and gas), and military customers across Alaska with local moves, interstate/international moves as an Atlas Van Lines agent, and climate-controlled warehouse storage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Local Moving Services: Hourly rate pricing for local moving services within Anchorage and surrounding areas. Movers are professional, background-checked, full-time employees.
2. Interstate Moving Services: By-the-pound moving services for long-distance moves across state lines and internationally. As an agent for Atlas Van Lines, the company can move goods across the country or around the world.
3. Storage Services: Climate-controlled warehouse storage with 20,000 square foot facility for customers needing to store goods during moves.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alaska Terminals provides local moving services at hourly rates, interstate and international moving through its Atlas Van Lines agency, specialty moving to remote Alaska communities via barges and air carriers, and 20,000 sq ft climate-controlled warehouse storage. The company serves residential and commercial customers in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas using professional, background-checked, full-time movers.

Product overview

Alaska Terminals is a locally owned and operated moving company offering a unified suite of moving and storage services. The company operates as an Atlas Van Lines interstate agent and provides four interconnected core services: local moving services (hourly rate), state-to-state and international moving services (via Atlas Van Lines network), specialty moving services for challenging relocations including remote Alaska communities, and secure storage services in their climate-controlled warehouse. The company has been in operation since 1981 and serves the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Local Moving Services

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Atlas Van LinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAlaska Terminals operates as an authorized interstate agent for Atlas Van Lines, one of the largest van lines in North America. This affiliation provides access to a global network for interstate and international moves, along with required standards for hiring, training, equipment, and facilities. Atlas Van Lines DOT No. 125550.
• Move for HungercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Move for Hunger non-profit organization allows Alaska Terminals to help customers donate unwanted non-perishable food items to local food banks when they move. In 2015, customers donated nearly 2000 lbs of food through this program. The company provides free boxes and movers collect and deliver donations to Food Bank of Alaska.
• Northern Air CargominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAir carrier partner used for shipping goods to remote fly-in Alaska communities such as King Salmon, Kotzebue, McGrath, and Dutch Harbor when road or barge access is not available.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mayflower Transit: Long-established national van line with an interstate agent network that mirrors Atlas's structure. Directly comparable to Alaska Terminals at the network level for long-distance residential and corporate moves.
• North American Van Lines: National van line competing for the same interstate and corporate relocation customers that Alaska Terminals serves via its Atlas affiliation. Overlapping capabilities in long-distance residential and commercial moves.
• United Van Lines: One of the largest competing national van lines operating through an authorized agent model across the U.S. Directly comparable to Alaska Terminals in offering long-distance household goods moving with local-agent execution.
• Atlas Van Lines: Parent van line network for which Alaska Terminals operates as an authorized interstate agent. Atlas provides the nationwide brand, lead flow, and long-haul fleet that enables Alaska Terminals' state-to-state and international moves; directly comparable as the governing network of this agent.
• Allied Van Lines: Major competing national van line with an authorized interstate agent network. Competes with Atlas (and therefore Alaska Terminals) for interstate household goods move volume.

Others

• Penske Truck Rental: Major consumer and commercial truck rental provider enabling DIY local and long-distance moves. Represents the lower-cost alternative that constrains Alaska Terminals' pricing on local moves.
• Public Storage: Largest U.S. self-storage operator with facilities in Anchorage. Competes with Alaska Terminals' climate-controlled storage offering for customers needing to store household goods during transitions.

Emerging players

• PODS: Portable container moving and storage company offering a self-service alternative to traditional full-service movers. Competes with Alaska Terminals for both moving and storage customers via a fundamentally different delivery model.
• U-Pack: Self-service long-distance moving service using consolidated freight, offering lower-cost alternatives to traditional full-service van line moves. Increasingly competing for the same interstate household goods customers.

Direct peers

• Two Men and a Truck: National franchise moving company focused on local and intrastate household goods moves with a similar small-crew, hourly-rate service model. Closest direct comparable to Alaska Terminals' local moving operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alaska-terminals-inc.

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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