Portable Storage

What Portable Storage does

Portable Storage is a family-owned portable storage and moving container company headquartered in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The company operates six service locations spanning Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton, Stratford, London, and Kitchener, and serves both residential customers undertaking moves or decluttering and commercial customers needing on-site or cold storage. Its core offerings are threefold: moving and storage container rentals in 10', 20', and 40' sizes (starting at $149/month), self-storage units described as full-garage-sized and rodent- and weather-proof, and the outright sale of new one-trip and used containers in standard, high-cube, double-door, open-side, and refrigerated configurations priced from $1,925 up to $40,000 for a working reefer unit.

Underlying the rental and delivery service is a proprietary delivery apparatus marketed as The Mule Delivery System, which keeps container contents level during placement, operates via remote control with 360-degree visibility, lifts up to 7,500 lbs, and requires only 9 feet of overhead clearance, avoiding the need for heavy trucks in customer driveways. The company also offers container modifications as an add-on service for custom configurations and holds a patent on an Ice Breaker Door used in its refrigerated container line.

Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and direct-to-SMB, driven by an online quote-and-booking funnel at portablestorage.ca and reserve.portablestorage.ca, supported by phone-based service and on-site delivery across the regional footprint. Revenue mixes recurring monthly rentals (subscription-like) with one-time container sales and self-storage unit subscriptions; the company has no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding, and positions itself around next-day delivery, locally owned operations, and a 4.9 Google Reviews rating.

Name

Portable Storage

Legal name

Portable Storage

Website

https://portablestorage.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Portable Storage is a family-owned portable storage and moving container company serving southwestern Ontario. It rents and sells 10/20/40-foot containers and self-storage units, and uses a proprietary delivery system called The Mule for level, on-site placement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portable Storage Services

NAICS

Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units (531130), Other Consumer Goods Rental (53228), General Warehousing and Storage (493110), Other Warehousing and Storage (49319), Warehousing and Storage (4931)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Portable Storage Container Rental & Moving (HSAKAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Portable Storage Container Rental & Moving (HSAKAIAB), On-Site Portable Storage (Driveway/Jobsite) Container Placement (HSAKAIAC), Standard/Non-Climate Self-Storage (HSAKAGAB)

Keywords

• Portable storage containers
• Moving container rentals
• Shipping container sales
• Self-storage units
• Container delivery service

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatham

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Container Rental: Monthly rental of moving and storage containers in 10', 20', and 40' sizes for residential and commercial customers. Pricing starts at $149/month for 10' and 20' containers, with daily rates available at $4.97/day.
2. Container Sales: Sale of new one-trip containers and used containers in various sizes and configurations. Purchase prices range from approximately $1,925 for used 20ft containers to $40,000 for specialized 40ft High Cube New Working Reefer containers.
3. Self-Storage Units: Secure storage unit rentals similar in size to a full-sized garage, offered as an alternative to portable container storage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Portable Storage rents and sells portable moving and storage containers in 10', 20', and 40' sizes to residential and commercial customers in southwestern Ontario. The company offers monthly container rentals, self-storage units, and sales of new one-trip and used shipping containers in standard, high cube, double door, open side, and refrigerated reefer configurations, delivered via a proprietary level-delivery system.

Product overview

Portable Storage is a family-owned portable storage and moving container company serving southwestern Ontario. The company operates three core service lines: Moving Container Rentals, Storage Container Rentals, and Self-Storage Units. Additionally, they sell new and used shipping containers in various configurations (standard, high cube, double door, open side, and refrigerated reefers). The company utilizes a proprietary delivery system called 'The Mule' which keeps containers level during placement. Their container portfolio spans 10ft, 20ft, and 40ft sizes in multiple configurations, with rental starting from $149/month and one-trip new containers available for purchase. Container Modifications are offered as an add-on service for custom configurations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Moving Container Rentals
• Storage Container Rentals
• Self-Storage Units
• Container Sales
• Container Modifications

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Serve MediaminorOthersWebsite development and hosting partner credited for website design and development (listed as 'Powered by Serve Media' in footer)

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Public Storage: Public Storage is the largest self-storage REIT in North America, directly competing with Portable Storage's self-storage unit rental line as a broad incumbent with national density.
• Mobile Mini: Mobile Mini is a national provider of portable storage and office container rentals serving construction, commercial, and retail customers — comparable to Portable Storage's commercial and reefer container offerings as a larger scaled competitor.
• U-Haul: U-Haul is a broad moving and storage incumbent offering U-Box portable containers alongside truck rentals, self-storage facilities, and moving supplies — overlapping with Portable Storage across multiple product lines from a much larger installed base.
• CubeSmart: CubeSmart is a national self-storage REIT with thousands of facilities across the US, providing direct competitive overlap with Portable Storage's self-storage unit rental business at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Conexwest: Conexwest is a regional container sales and rental company in the western US and Canada offering new and used shipping containers — overlapping with Portable Storage's container sales and modification product line at smaller scale.

Direct peers

• 1-800-Pack-Rat: 1-800-Pack-Rat offers portable steel container rentals for moving and storage with delivery and pickup services, competing head-to-head with Portable Storage on container size, placement, and self-packing model.
• PODS: PODS is the category-defining portable storage and moving container company in North America, offering delivered containers in multiple sizes to residential and commercial customers via directly comparable business model and pricing structure.
• U-Pack: U-Pack (ABF Freight) provides portable moving containers delivered to customer homes for self-loading long-distance and local moves, directly competing with Portable Storage's moving container rental line.
• Zippy Shell: Zippy Shell sells and rents portable storage containers delivered to homes and businesses, with a directly comparable zip-up-design container product serving the same moving and storage use cases.
• GoMini's: GoMini's operates a franchise-based portable storage container rental network in North America, offering on-site and warehouse storage solutions that overlap directly with Portable Storage's rental and self-storage offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/storag4u
• Facebookfacebook.com/portablestorage.ca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/portablestorage-ca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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