Unpakt

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Unpakt
Company type Private
Industry Tertiary
Founded2010 (2010)
Headquarters,
Area served
47 US States
ServicesWeb-site to help people find a moving company
Number of employees
15
Website unpakt.com

Unpakt is a comparative pricing and booking website for moving services. Headquartered in New York City, Unpakt launched in July 2012, offering online planning, price comparisons and booking of moving companies. [1]

History

Unpakt was founded in November 2010 by Ben-Harosh. [2]

Unpakt was recognized as a PC Magazine Top 100 Website of 2013. [3]

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References

  1. Strauss, Karsten. "A Startup to Take the Sting Out of Moving". Forbes.
  2. Lazarowitz, Elizabeth. "Moving? Unpakt.com Lets You Comparison Shop". NY Daily News.
  3. "The Top 100 Websites of 2013". PC Magazine.