The Riviera Beach-based owners of a Smart Box franchise hope to build their two-year-old business by offering a variation of an already popular storage concept.
While Richmond, Va.-based Smart Box is not as well known as its Clearwater-based chief competitor, PODS (Portable On Demand Storage), the businesses are not dissimilar in their overall operations.
The Smart Box container is 8 feet deep, 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall – big enough to hold a room-and-a-half of furniture. Monthly rental is $69 and includes free pickup and delivery within a 15-mile radius.
PODS in this area offers containers in two sizes – 8 feet wide and tall, by either 12 or 16 feet deep – but at significantly higher rental rates and handling costs.