Riverbend Transportation & Logistics, Inc

What Riverbend Transportation & Logistics, Inc does

Riverbend Transportation & Logistics, Inc., doing business as Riverbend Moving & Storage, is a privately held, founder-owned moving and logistics company headquartered at 211 Hutchings St. in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 2004 by Wayne Kitchur, the company provides residential, commercial, small-business, senior, piano, and long-distance moving services alongside indoor climate-controlled storage. Long-distance moves are delivered through the Great Canadian Van Lines (GCVL) affiliated network, enabling coast-to-coast and international reach without Riverbend physically operating in those markets. The firm is a member of the Canadian Association of Movers and the International Association of Movors, is BBB accredited, and runs a pink-truck charitable initiative with CancerCare Manitoba.

The company's operational base is a fleet of company-owned moving trucks and an expanded indoor heated storage facility with video surveillance, supporting unit sizes from 6x6x7 to 15x8x8 at monthly rates of $85 to $225. Service capture is multimodal: a 6-step online quote form, a moving calculator for cubic-feet and weight estimates (built on WooCommerce with PayPal and credit card acceptance), phone-based inside sales, and in-person home assessments for accurate quoting—especially for piano and senior moves. Distribution is direct only; there are no resellers or marketplaces. Long-distance work is registered through GCVL. The company also offers bilingual French/English service via dedicated estimators and a French-language truck for the Saint-Boniface market.

Revenue is generated primarily from transactional, project-based moving engagements, with a smaller recurring leg from monthly storage subscriptions. Pricing is set on a per-job basis with free quotes, a 10% senior discount Monday–Friday, and modest premium charges for after-hours service. Customer segments span residential consumers, SMBs, and commercial clients (warehouses, hospitals, industrial, retail), with a niche specialization in piano moving. The business remains bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional investment, and continues to expand its facility footprint, digital tooling, and service line breadth as of 2025.

Name

Riverbend Transportation & Logistics, Inc

Legal name

Riverbend Moving & Storage

Website

https://riverbendmovers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Riverbend Moving & Storage is a Winnipeg-based, founder-owned moving and logistics company providing residential, commercial, senior, piano, and long-distance moving services and indoor heated storage to households, SMBs, and commercial clients across Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Moving and Storage Services

NAICS

Used Household and Office Goods Moving (484210)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Loading/Unloading with Company Truck (In-Town Transport) (HSAKAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interstate Small Moves & Partial Loads (Consolidated/Shared Truckload) (HSAKABAE), Portable Storage Container Specialty & High-Value Item Moves (Crating/Climate-Control Options) (HSAKAIAH)

Keywords

• Residential moving services
• Commercial moving services
• Long distance moving
• Storage solutions
• Piano moving

Headquarters

HQ city

Winnipeg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Residential Moving Services: Local and long-distance residential moves including packing, loading, unloading, and unpacking services. Revenue generated per job, with free initial quotes provided.
2. Commercial Moving Services: Office, warehouse, hospital, industrial, and retail relocations. Revenue per project, with customized service offerings to minimize business downtime.
3. Storage Services: Indoor heated storage units ranging from $85 to $225 per month, with various sizes available. Short-term and long-term options generate recurring monthly revenue.
4. Senior Moving Services: Specialized senior moving with 10% discount for customers over 65, including compassionate downsizing assistance, packing, unpacking, and setup services.
5. Piano Moving Services: Specialized piano relocation using two-man minimum teams, free in-home quotes, and professional uniformed staff. Premium pricing for delicate and heavy instrument handling.
6. Packing Supplies: Moving boxes and packing supplies sold at competitive prices to customers, complementary to core moving services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Riverbend Moving & Storage is a Winnipeg-based moving and storage company that provides local, long-distance, and international residential and commercial relocation services using its own fleet of moving trucks. The company also operates indoor heated, climate-controlled storage facilities and offers specialty services including piano moving and senior relocation. Customers engage through free quotes delivered online, by phone, or via in-home assessments.

Product overview

Riverbend Moving & Storage is a moving and logistics company offering a comprehensive suite of relocation services. The core offerings include Residential Moving, Commercial Moving, Senior Moving (with 10% senior discount), Long Distance Moving (via Great Canadian Van Lines partnership), Small Business Moving, Piano Moving, and Storage Services. The company also provides a Moving Calculator tool for volume/weight estimation. All services operate from their Winnipeg, Manitoba headquarters with local, national, and international reach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Moving Professional residential moving services for local and long-distance household relocations, including packing and unpacking services, with flexible scheduling and a modern fleet of trucks. Targets individuals and families relocating homes within Winnipeg, across provinces, or internationally.
• Commercial Moving Full-service commercial moving for warehouses, hospitals, industrial facilities, and retail operations, handling local, long-distance, and international moves with customizable services to minimize business downtime.
• Senior Moving Specialized relocation services for seniors, including downsizing assistance, compassionate packing and unpacking, with 10% discount for customers over 65 years old.
• Long Distance Moving Cross-country moving services through partnership with Great Canadian Van Lines, servicing cities including Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax.
• Small Business Moving Professional business relocation services including disassembly, packing, preparation, and setup of electronics, furniture, and specialty items for small businesses.
• Piano Moving Specialized piano moving service for spinet, upright, baby grand, and concert grand pianos, featuring two-man teams, free in-home quotes, and professional uniformed staff.
• Storage Services Indoor heated, climate-controlled storage units in various sizes (6x6x7 to 15x10x10) with video surveillance, security access, and flexible short-term or long-term options priced from $85 to $225 per month.
• Moving Calculator Online calculator tool that calculates volume and weight estimates for moves, helping customers budget and plan for moving costs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 20 trained professional movers and office staff participate in completing a single long-distance move
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Great Canadian Van Lines (GCVL)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRiverbend Moving & Storage belongs to a network of companies affiliated with Great Canadian Van Lines. Every long-distance move is registered with GCVL, enabling coast-to-coast relocations across Canada including Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax.
• Canadian Association of MoversminorOthersRiverbend Moving & Storage is a member of the Canadian Association of Movers, an industry association supporting professional moving companies in Canada.
• International Association of MoversminorOthersRiverbend Moving & Storage is a member of the International Association of Movers, enabling international moving services and industry networking globally.
• CancerCare ManitobacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverbend Moving & Storage runs a pink truck initiative where 5% of each pink truck invoice is donated to women's cancer projects at CancerCare Manitoba. The company has received letters of recognition from CancerCare Manitoba in both 2020 and 2021 for this ongoing charitable partnership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Public Storage: Largest self-storage operator in North America; adjacent peer competing for the storage portion of customers who move, though primarily serving pure-storage demand rather than bundled move+store offerings.

Direct peers

• Great Canadian Van Lines: National Canadian moving network that Riverbend is affiliated with for long-distance moves; comparable as a full-service residential and commercial mover operating across Canada through affiliated local carriers.
• Premiere Van Lines: Canadian long-distance and cross-border moving company offering residential and corporate relocations; directly comparable in service scope (local + long-distance + storage) and customer segments.
• Crown Moving & Storage: Regional Canadian mover offering residential and commercial moving plus storage; comparable as a same-service, smaller-scale Canadian operator with similar mid-market positioning.

Broad incumbents

• United Van Lines: Major North American household goods mover affiliated with Mayflower; directly comparable end-market and service mix (residential, commercial, storage) at much larger scale.
• Two Men and a Truck: Largest franchised local moving company in North America; comparable in residential and small-commercial local moving, with broader footprint and similar service-line breadth.
• Allied Van Lines: Global van line and household goods carrier operating across North America; comparable as a broad incumbent offering residential, commercial, and international moves through an agent network.
• Atlas Van Lines: US-based interstate household goods carrier with agent network; comparable service categories (residential, corporate, storage) operating at scale Riverbend aspires to via GCVL affiliation.
• North American Van Lines (Suddath): Large interstate and international household goods carrier; comparable in residential and commercial moving plus storage offerings, competing for the same long-distance customer pool.

Emerging players

• PODS: Portable storage container company overlapping with the storage portion of Riverbend's offering and targeting the same relocation customer with a different delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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