The story
Founded by Leonard Shoen in 1945.1
Private company
U-Haul
Logo: All-free-download.com, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
American moving and self-storage rental company
U-Haul Holding Company is an American moving truck, trailer, and self-storage rental company based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty in Ridgefield, Washington, who began it in a garage owned by Carty's family, and expanded it through franchising with gas stations.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1945Founded1
- Industryautomotive industry, car rental company, do it yourself, renting, self storage1
- HeadquartersPhoenix1
- Websitewww.uhaul.com
- Legal formProfit Corporation3
- LEI549300AFY4WTM1ZIZG913
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company Of Nevada, 89703 Carson City, United States3
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U-Haul Holding Company is an American moving truck, trailer, and self-storage rental company based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty in Ridgefield, Washington, who began it in a garage owned by Carty's family, and expanded it through franchising with gas stations.2
Corporate structure
U-Haul is part of a group headed by U-Haul Holding Company. 9 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- U-Haul Holding Company Carson City, Nevada, United States
- U-Haul Carson City, Nevada, United States
- U Car Share Subsidiary · Phoenix
- CollegeBoxes Subsidiary · Phoenix, United States
- Amerco Real Estate Company of Subsidiary · Texas, United States
- U-Haul Co. of Subsidiary · Alabama, United States
- U-Haul Co. of Massachusetts and Subsidiary · Ohio, United States
- U-Haul Co. of New York and Subsidiary · Vermont, United States
- U-Haul Propane of Subsidiary · Texas, United States
- U-Haul Carson City, Nevada, United States
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What U-Haul reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Leadership
Who has led U-Haul, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderLeonard Shoen1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Subsidiaries
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1945Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitees.uhaul.com1
- Websitefr.uhaul.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/uhaul1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/uhaul1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/gouhaul1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCv__fgVDYY-h0UbcV07TOMw1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/u-haul-international-inc-1
- WikipediaU-Haul
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7862902
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataU-Haul on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaU-Haul on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsU-Haul logo by All-free-download.com, Public domain
- 5Wikimedia CommonsU-Haul photo by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0