--- title: "TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Franchisee Drew Brooks Finds New Career in Business Ownership" url: https://burnaze.com/article/b2284272-652e-40d6-aae3-c6c21574b5b9 source: "1851 Franchise" original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/two-men-and-a-truck-franchisee-drew-brooks-finds-new-career-in-business-ownership-2711874 category: "Moving & junk" industry: "Home Services" segment: "Moving & junk" topics: ["Development & multi-unit"] published: 2019-12-17T02:21:44.000Z modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:25.480Z image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c6b5797498b039a3ef264850ebad20fb1324.jpg --- # TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Franchisee Drew Brooks Finds New Career in Business Ownership **TL;DR:** Drew Brooks, a former commercial real estate affiliate broker and land developer, has become a franchisee of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, developing the brand in Little Rock, Arkansas. Brooks' location has begun giving back to the local community through partnerships with charities such as the Downtown Little Rock Partnership and Our House. *originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-12-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/two-men-and-a-truck-franchisee-drew-brooks-finds-new-career-in-business-ownership-2711874).* ## Story ***After spending eight years in commercial real estate as an affiliate broker land developer, Brooks knew that having a business of his own with potential for growth would be the right decision for himself, his wife Kristen and their 19-month-old daughter Elizabeth. Through a business consultant, Brooks came across TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, and was sold on the business opportunity after meeting the positive, supportive corporate team behind the moving business and seeing the business’s potential scalability firsthand. While Brooks lives in nearby Memphis, he chose to develop the brand about two hours away in Little Rock, Arkansas for the area’s untapped market.*** ***Brooks believes there are huge expansion opportunities in terms of development and brand recognition throughout the demographically diverse state. Opened Oct 3, 2019, Brooks’ location has already begun giving back to the local community thanks to partnerships with local charities such as the*** ***Downtown Little Rock Partnership*** ***and completing moves for*** ***Our House******, a housing program that rehabilitates people experiencing homelessness and places them into homes of their own.*** **Brooks: I was born in Memphis, Tennessee. I went to Christian Brothers High School and graduated in 2007. I went to college at the University of Alabama where I got a degree in urban design with a focus on real estate. I thought I wanted to be an urban planner.** **1851: Why did you choose to go into franchising? What was the trigger moment that led you to become a franchisee with** ***TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®*****?** **Brooks: I had reached a ceiling at a certain point in my current job. I was a small-percentage partner, and that percentage wasn’t getting any bigger, so I started looking at opportunities with a business consultant about two years ago. We looked at both family-owned businesses and franchises.** **When I went to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®’s Home Office in Lansing, Michigan for Discovery Day, I had a really good feeling and everyone I met was pretty incredible. It made me want to join the brand. I signed on in September and closed on the actual business on October 3, 2019.** **Brooks: We are consistently ranked one of the top franchises in terms of customer satisfaction. I want to maintain that standard of customer service and even go above and beyond it, if possible.** **I would be interested in expanding eventually. The owner of the Memphis TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® agreed to give me the right of first refusal upon his retirement, meaning that I would have the first priority to take over that territory should it become available.** **I think this business has a lot of potential to grow within Little Rock. It hasn’t been aggressively marketed there, and the area remains relatively untapped. We will be bringing on a marketing assistant and two new extended cab trucks to ramp up some revenue and grow buzz around the territory. Demographically, Little Rock is very diverse, and I think we are equipped to serve most of those demographics. Then we’ll place another order for another two trucks. There are also several universities in Little Rock, which is great for a moving business.** **Brooks: This is my first.** **1851: Do you provide any interesting services, work with any other local businesses, charitable organizations, or prominent individuals in the community?** **Brooks: We just participated in the** **Arkansas Cornbread Festival** **two weekends ago. We worked with the** **Downtown Little Rock Partnership** **and** **Our House****. Our House is a housing program that helps people experiencing homelessness and also acts a rehabilitation program. We conduct their moves out of the housing program into their new home.** **We also sponsored the** **Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure****.** ## Entities - 1851 Franchise (publication) - Home Services (sector) - community involvement (topic) - franchisee (topic) - market expansion (topic) - business ownership (topic) - Susan G. Komen (company) - Little Rock, Arkansas (location) - charity partnerships (topic) --- Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/two-men-and-a-truck-franchisee-drew-brooks-finds-new-career-in-business-ownership-2711874). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b2284272-652e-40d6-aae3-c6c21574b5b9).