Mobile Mini

What Mobile Mini does

Mobile Mini, now operating as WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp., provides on-site secure storage solutions, mobile office trailers, and modular buildings on a rental basis. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, with the legal entity domiciled in the United States and a national footprint built through a series of acquisitions. Following the merger of WillScot and Mobile Mini, the combined business serves customers across the United States and operates a multi-thousand-person workforce.

The product portfolio centers on four categories: storage containers (the core offering), office trailers (mobile workspaces for construction and remote operations), modular buildings (for classrooms, offices, and other facility needs), and Quick-Connect Canopies (covered-space add-ons that close gaps between existing structures). The underlying technology is fundamentally physical asset rental and logistics — a fleet of deployable structures backed by turnkey delivery, setup, and flexible rental terms. Core technology details, proprietary software, or platform architecture are not disclosed in the source data.

The business model is built on recurring rental revenue with monthly billing, priced via custom quotes rather than published rate cards. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: customers reach the company through willscot.com (quote requests, invoice payment, support) or via dedicated toll-free phone numbers. The customer base is segmented horizontally across construction and commercial businesses (primary), and education and institutional customers (secondary). The company has historically grown through acquisition, including Hecht Trailers (2021), Sommer's Mobile Leasing (2021), Allstate Containers (2015), Evergreen Tank Solutions (2014), and Ravenstock MSG (2008).

Name

Mobile Mini

Legal name

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.

Website

https://mobilemini.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Mobile Mini, now part of WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp., rents portable storage containers, mobile office trailers, and modular buildings to construction, commercial, and institutional customers across the United States on a recurring monthly basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Modular Space & Storage Container Rental

NAICS

General Rental Centers (532310), General Rental Centers (5323)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Portable Storage Container Rental & Moving (HSAKAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Portable Storage Container Delivery, Pickup & Repositioning Services (HSAKAIAE)

Keywords

• Mobile office rentals
• Storage container rentals
• Modular building rentals
• Temporary workspace solutions
• On-site secure storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental of Storage Containers: Recurring rental revenue from storage containers offered in various sizes for temporary or long-term storage needs. Customers rent containers delivered to their location.
2. Mobile Office Trailers: Rental and potentially sale of mobile office trailers for temporary workspace needs in construction, events, and commercial applications.
3. Modular Buildings: Rental of modular buildings for classroom, office, and other commercial applications requiring temporary or permanent structures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mobile Mini rents and delivers portable storage containers, mobile office trailers, and modular buildings to construction, commercial, industrial, education, and event customers across the United States. Customers request quotes online or by phone, receive turnkey delivery and setup, and pay on a recurring monthly rental basis, with office trailers also available for sale. The offering is a physical-asset rental service with nationwide branch support rather than a software or marketplace product.

Product overview

Mobile Mini (WillScot) operates as a provider of mobile offices, storage containers, and modular buildings for rent and sale. The company serves construction, commercial, industrial, and event sectors. The product portfolio centers on Storage Containers and Office Trailers as core offerings, supplemented by Modular Buildings and Quick-Connect Canopies as add-on solutions for customers needing covered space or flexible building configurations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Storage Containers
• Office Trailers
• Modular Buildings
• Quick-Connect Canopies

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• United Rentals: United Rentals is the largest equipment rental company in North America with a broad portfolio including storage containers and site solutions; its scale and customer overlap with construction end-markets make it a relevant broad incumbent comparison despite a much wider product scope.
• CubeSmart: CubeSmart operates a national self-storage facility portfolio serving residential and commercial customers; an adjacent incumbent competing for the same storage demand use cases via a fixed-facility model rather than portable containers.
• Sunbelt Rentals (Ashtead Group): Sunbelt Rentals, a subsidiary of Ashtead Group, is one of the largest equipment rental companies in North America offering general and specialty equipment to industrial and commercial customers; comparable as a broad incumbent in the rental space serving similar end markets.
• ATCO Group: ATCO structures and modular buildings division designs, manufactures, and leases modular space solutions for workforce housing, education, and commercial customers — overlapping with WillScot Mobile Mini's modular buildings rental business.
• Extra Space Storage: Extra Space Storage is a major self-storage REIT serving residential and small business storage customers; comparable as a competing solution for short-term and overflow storage demand that overlaps with portable container use cases.
• Public Storage: Public Storage operates the largest self-storage real estate portfolio in the US; while the model (fixed facilities vs. portable containers) differs, it competes for the same end-customer need for temporary/overflow storage and represents the broader storage rental category.

Direct peers

• McGrath RentCorp: McGrath RentCorp's Mobile Modular division rents modular buildings and portable storage to construction, education, and commercial customers under multi-year rental agreements — a near-identical business model to Mobile Mini's modular buildings and storage container rental lines.
• PODS Enterprises: PODS is a leading direct-to-consumer portable storage container rental company delivering containers to customer sites for residential and commercial moves and storage — directly comparable to Mobile Mini's core container rental business model and customer use cases.
• 1-800-Pack-Rat: 1-800-Pack-Rat is a portable storage container rental company delivering containers for moves, renovations, and commercial storage — directly competitive with Mobile Mini's storage container rental offering, particularly in residential and SMB segments.

Regional players

• H&E Equipment Services: H&E Equipment Services rents industrial and construction equipment including aerial, earthmoving, and trucks across the US; a relevant peer for understanding equipment rental economics and serving similar construction end-customers, though it does not focus on storage or modular space.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mobilemini
• Facebookfacebook.com/128961817175870
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mobile-mini-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A5 records

Investments

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

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