The Economic Times

Massachusetts brothers started junk-removal business as teenagers with $4,000 pickup truck; it made $3.04 million in 2025 & now targets $5 million in revenue in 2026

Massachusetts brothers Kirk and Jacob McKinney turned a $4,000 used pickup truck and a teenage side hustle into Junk Teens, a multimillion-dollar junk-removal business. Founded in 2021, the company generated $3.04 million in revenue in 2025 after completing more than 5,500 jobs, and is targeting $5 million in revenue in 2026. The brothers, who also study entrepreneurship at Babson College, have expanded to two locations, five dump trucks and a team of full-time and part-time employees while building a social media following of more than 400,000.