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Kirk & Jacob McKinney
- Junk Removal Business Owners
In 2021, two teen brothers from Massachusetts bought a $4,000 pickup truck and started hauling junk after school.
Recently they shared…
We turned our high school side hustle into a junk collecting business that brought in $3 million in 2025.
Kirk (22) and Jacob (20) McKinney run Junk Teens with 5 trucks, 25 employees, and 5,500+ jobs last year 🤑
And they did it all debt-free…
We’ve never financed our trucks. We’ve never invested over what we were capable of getting in cash.
👇 The early days weren’t glamorous…
I think I got detention one time because I was late so many times for school because of having to dump the truck.
They worked out of their parents’ driveway for two years before renting a warehouse. Both are at Babson College now, eyeing $5M next year 💪
Grab a used pickup, set up a Google Business Profile, and start cleaning out your neighbors’ garages 👀