Now Open: First U-Haul Center in Hot Springs Features 850 Storage Units

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U-Haul^® has opened its first Company retail, moving and self-storage facility in Hot Springs at 623 Files Road to better meet the needs of Garland County.

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Hot Springs began serving do-it-yourself movers and storage customers on July 24.

The 62,825-square-foot facility includes more than 850 self-storage units with climate-control options; high-tech security features; drive-in load and unload access for weather protection; ADA-accessible units; elevator and utility cart access; extended-hours access; and more.

New self-storage rentals at U-Haul of Hot Springs come with the 1-Year Price Lock Guarantee, providing customers with a fair monthly rate to stay on budget with the certainty of no cost increases for at least a year.

The Files Road location also offers truck and trailer sharing; U-Box^® portable moving and storage containers; professional hitch installation; and a full line of boxes, moving supplies, and towing accessories from a spacious retail showroom.

A U-Box warehouse on site provides storage capacity for 600 U-Box containers.

“We’ve seen growth in the community of Hot Springs and the need for climate-controlled storage, so we decided to purchase land and build this state-of-the-art facility to serve the community,” stated Angela Cogar, U-Haul Co. of Arkansas president. “We’ve seen a need for climate-controlled storage, and in the near future we’ll also offer boat and RV storage.”

U-Haul will employ at least eight Team Members to staff the location. U-Haul will look to hire locally to promote job growth in the Hot Springs community. Honored as a Best for Vets leading veteran-friendly employer by The Military Times, U-Haul actively recruits veterans and gives them preference in the hiring process. Apply at uhauljobs.com.

Early in 2026, U-Haul introduced the 1-Year Storage Price Lock to bolster trust with customers and draw a clear line between its major competitors that use substantial rate hikes and junk fees as part of their predatory pricing strategies to hurt budget-conscious consumers.

“Other industry giants are using these bait-and-switch tactics while people are already dealing with high inflation,” U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen stated in a March 2 press release. “It angers customers and dissolves trust in the entire industry. After 80 years in business, we know there is a better way to treat people.”

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The price lock comes with benefits like: optional insurance on your storage unit (recommended but never mandatory); receive a free discus lock for your unit when renting on the U-Haul app or uhaul.com; and your first month of storage is free with a qualifying one-way equipment rental (in which case the price lock would apply to the next 11 months). This deal is now available at more than 2,100 U-Haul-owned and -operated centers across the U.S. and Canada.

About U-HAUL

Founded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 25,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers’ patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 207,600 trucks, 136,500 trailers and 43,200 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate transparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the third largest storage operator in North America with 1,147,300 rentable storage units and 100.3 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store or Google Play.