Mobile Mini

Article summary

Mobile Mini, Inc. (known as WillScot Holdings Corp as of 2024) is an American portable storage company founded in 1983 and based in Phoenix, Arizona. The company manufactures, leases, sells, and transports welded steel mobile storage containers, converted into storage units, guard shacks, and offices. The lengths of the units are 5 to 45 feet long and can be customized with up to 100 different configuration options. Mobile Mini's lease fleet totals approximately 235,000 portable storage and office units. The company has 177 locations throughout the United States of America, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company had a market capitalization of about US$1.363 billion as of July 2019, with revenues of about $593 million in 2018. In 2020, the company merged with WillScot. In 2024, the company rebranded as WillScot Holdings Corp.

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1. date of foundation: 1983 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1983 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370863102