PODS (company)
moving & storage company
PODS (from Portable On Demand Storage), is an American moving and storage company. Founded in 1998, it is based in Clearwater, Florida.
PODS is owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
History
PODS was founded in 1998 by Peter Warhurst who was looking to expand his family's storage business. He invented PODS containers, as well as a hydraulic lift system that enables operators to easily deliver and transport the units, which he named PODZILLA.
In 2003, PODS received an equity investment of $15M from the Hunt Private Equity Group, along with a $25M senior credit facility from Congress Financial Corp.
In 2005, PODS grossed over $200 million in revenue, and was still privately owned. By then, the company was franchised in 45 states, and logged 2,500 pickups and deliveries a day.
Between 2005 and August 2009, PODS service expanded to include 48 states, as well as Australia and Canada.
In February 2007, PODS was acquired by Bahrain-based investment firm Arcapita for $451.4 million.
In August 2009, PODS and moving services holding company UniGroup reached an agreement to share services.
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