Graebel Relocation
{{Short description|American relocation company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Graebel Companies, Inc.
| logo = Corporate Logo for Graebel Companies Inc.png
| type = Privately held company
| industry = Relocation Management
| founded = 1950
| founder = David Graebel
| hq_location_city = Aurora, Colorado United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| services = Corporate Relocation, Employee Relocation, Relocation Strategy & Consulting
| website = graebel.com
}}
Graebel Companies, Inc., with global headquarters in Aurora, Colorado, is an American privately held company that provides corporate relocation services, offering end-to-end assignment management solutions{{what|date=October 2021}}, policy consulting{{what|date=October 2021}}, and administration of global mobility programs.{{what|date=October 2021}}
History
The company was founded by David Graebel in 1950. The company started with one moving truck in Wausau, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |title=Graebel Van Lines to close Wausau warehouse |url=https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2016/01/06/graebel-van-lines-close-wausau-warehouse/78351084/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Wausau Daily Herald |language=en-US}} David performed scheduling, driving, delivering, loading and unloading tasks at the beginning, and later branched out to offering services across the state of Wisconsin.{{Cite web|title=David Graebel|url=http://www.championsofbusiness.org/q/winners/david-graebel|access-date=2021-02-10|website=championsofbusiness.org|language=en}}
As years passed, the company started serving customers across the U.S. and became an independent van line company in the early 1980s. Around the same time, the company relocated its headquarters to Colorado.
By 1996, the company launched its relocation and assignment management services{{what|date=October 2021}}, and in 2008 it opened its first international satellite office in Prague.
In 2015, Graebel Companies, Inc., divested Graebel Van Lines to focus exclusively on workforce and commercial moving.{{Cite web|title=Graebel Van Lines Shutting Down|url=https://www.gobytrucknews.com/graebel-shutting-down/123|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Go By Truck Global News|language=en-US}} Graebel Van Lines operated independently before shutting down in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/03/21/graebel-van-lines-shutting-down-liquidating-assets.html|title=Graebel Van Lines shutting down, liquidating assets|access-date=2021-02-10|website=The Business Journals}}
In 2023, Graebel Companies, Inc. sold Graebel Commercial Services - its workplace and commercial services business unit - to Hilldrup, a family-owned moving, storage, relocation, and logistics company.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Hilldrup Launches WeSolve Workplace Environments Following Acquisition of Graebel Commercial Services |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hilldrup-launches-wesolve-workplace-environments-143800400.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:Moving companies of the United States
Category:American companies established in 1950
Category:Companies based in Aurora, Colorado
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