DC Metro Portable Storage Company Sets Industry Pace by Expanding into Small Business Market

Local company takes on the "big guys" in rapidly growing industry.

Chantilly, VA - BoxCarts of Virginia, Inc., a locally-owned and operated innovator in the rapidly growing mobile or portable storage industry, is demonstrating its leadership with an aggressive expansion into the small business arena.

The company's all-metal containers with the green logo are an increasingly familiar sight outside of residences in the Washington DC Metro area, providing homeowners and renters with convenient temporary storage, either on-site or in their state-of-the-art warehouse.

Now, BoxCart will begin in earnest to provide its services to small businesses, which generally have been underserved by the mobile or portable storage industry, said BoxCart President, Aubrey L. Stowell.

"When you think about it, some small businesses desperately need temporary storage, especially on a seasonal or cyclical basis," he said. "Take a stationary or hardware store that has to change its inventory three, four or five times a year, for sales in the Christmas, Halloween, spring, summer and other seasons.

"Most small businesses are pressed for space anyway, and now they can get it conveniently and more economically. Whey they need to change out their inventory, we'll deliver one of our unique, all-weather BoxCarts right up to their door, and when packed, we'll take it back to our air-conditioned, humidity-controlled warehouse, to wait for the next change-out."

BoxCart offers free monthly re-delivery and pick-up, rental rate discounts of up to 30% and off-site security monitoring at BoxCart's Chantilly warehouse facility.

"It makes no economic sense for these businesses to pack seasonal inventories and displays into the back of the store, in effect paying expensive showroom rates for storage. Just as retailers can squeeze more value out of their rental space by letting us handle their seasonal items or extra inventory, so can professionals, who shouldn't be storing voluminous records in expensive, premium office space." Accessing those records, inventories or other materials once they are in the warehouse is quick, easy, and inexpensive.

"Who better to serve the small business market than another small, family-owned business? Unlike many other mobile or portable storage companies, BoxCart is not a franchise. As hands-on owners and operators on the scene, we pride ourselves on our special, individualized service and customer satisfaction," Stowell said.

Stowell noted that a five-foot by eight-foot container can be stored for as little as $62.30 per month, far less than what small businesses typically might pay in rent for on-site storage at their stores or businesses. Monthly re-delivery and pick-up of a company's BoxCart is provided at no additional cost.

While other mobile or portable storage companies boast of their "climate controlled" warehouses, BoxCart's warehouse is the only 100% air-conditioned, heated and humidity-controlled storage facility in the Washington DC Metro area, providing constant relative humidity ranging from 50-60% and year-round temperatures in the 70's.