Clearabee

Clearabee is a United Kingdom waste-management brand focused on on-demand collection and removal of bulky waste. The company was founded in Birmingham in February 2012 by Rob Linton and Daniel Long, reportedly beginning with an initial investment of £500. It launched its on-demand waste-management service in February 2013, positioning itself around convenient, digitally enabled access to waste clearance rather than the fixed schedules traditionally associated with municipal or conventional waste services. The business expanded through a network model. By June 2015, Clearabee had opened its fifteenth location, in Edinburgh, enabling operations across mainland Britain and Northern Ireland. The company stated that it had cleared waste for more than 30,000 customers by that time. Its growth was subsequently recognized in business rankings: it appeared at number 258 in the 2018 Inc. 5000 Europe ranking, based on reported 2016 revenue of €7.6 million and operations from more than 60 locations. In April 2018, it was placed number 70 in the Financial Times FT1000 ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies and number 17 in the UK, with reported three-year revenue growth of 1,578% and a compound annual growth rate of 156%. Clearabee’s service proposition centers on the collection of bulky or unwanted items and other non-routine waste. Its operating model relies on local coverage and on-demand booking, allowing customers to arrange removal when required rather than waiting for periodic collection rounds. The company has described itself as the UK’s largest on-demand bulky-waste management company. By 2021, reference material reported that its network had grown to 175 locations and that turnover exceeded £23 million; those figures describe the relevant period rather than current performance. In addition to commercial growth, Clearabee has been associated with employment standards through accreditation by the Living Wage Foundation. The brand’s principal competitive distinction is convenience combined with nationwide or near-nationwide operational reach in a fragmented waste-clearance market. Its identity is therefore tied less to a consumer packaged product and more to service availability, local collection capacity, and the practical removal of bulky waste from homes and businesses. Current ownership, leadership, website details, detailed service categories, and present financial performance are not established in the supplied reference material.

Clearabee was established in Birmingham in February 2012 by Rob Linton and Daniel Long. The venture reportedly began with an initial investment of £500, reflecting a small-scale entrepreneurial start rather than the launch of an established waste-management group. Its initial concept was to provide customers with a more flexible alternative for removing bulky or unwanted waste. The company introduced its on-demand waste-management service in February 2013. This service model made scheduling and convenience central to the brand: customers could request collection when they needed it, while Clearabee coordinated removal through an expanding operational network. The approach distinguished the company from services based solely on fixed municipal collection timetables. Expansion followed through the opening of local operating locations. In June 2015, Clearabee opened its fifteenth location in Edinburgh. The new site extended its reach across mainland Britain and Northern Ireland. Around the same period, the company was reported to have cleared waste for more than 30,000 customers and to have generated £4.1 million in revenue in 2015. These figures indicate that the business had moved beyond an early start-up phase into a substantial regional and national service operation. Clearabee’s growth became particularly visible through external business rankings. It ranked number 258 in the 2018 Inc. 5000 Europe list, which referenced €7.6 million in revenue for 2016 and operations from more than 60 locations. In April 2018, the Financial Times included Clearabee in its FT1000 ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. It was ranked number 70 across Europe and number 17 in the United Kingdom, with reported three-year revenue growth of 1,578% and a compound annual growth rate of 156%. The company continued to scale its coverage after these recognitions. Reference material states that its network had reached 175 locations and that turnover had exceeded £23 million by 2021. Clearabee has described itself as the UK’s largest on-demand bulky-waste management company. Its services are directed at both household and business customers and are organized around the collection and removal of large or unwanted waste items. Clearabee has also been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, associating the company with payment of at least the independently calculated real Living Wage to eligible employees. The accreditation is part of the company’s employment and corporate-responsibility profile, although the supplied material does not provide details about the date, scope, or subsequent status of the accreditation. The available reference material does not identify a parent company, owner, listed-market status, current chief executive, or later corporate transactions. It also does not provide enough information to document individual product names, advertising campaigns, scandals, litigation, or major strategic decisions beyond the company’s service launch and geographic expansion. Clearabee is best understood as a private UK service brand whose development has been driven by network growth, on-demand scheduling, and the professionalization of bulky-waste collection.

• 2021

  Network reaches 175 locations

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material reported a network of 175 locations and turnover above £23 million by 2021.

• 2018

  Recognition in the Inc. 5000 Europe ranking

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  Clearabee ranked 258th in the 2018 Inc. 5000 Europe list, using reported 2016 performance data.

• 2018

  Recognition in the Financial Times FT1000

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  Clearabee ranked 70th in Europe and 17th in the UK in the FT1000 fastest-growing companies list.

• 2015

  Fifteenth location opens in Edinburgh

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  The Edinburgh location broadened the company’s coverage across mainland Britain and Northern Ireland.

• 2013

  On-demand service launches

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  Clearabee launched its on-demand waste-management service in February.

• 2012

  Clearabee is founded

  [1]Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org

  Rob Linton and Daniel Long founded Clearabee in Birmingham with a reported initial investment of £500.

A convenient, on-demand bulky-waste management service with broad UK coverage and a local operating network.

• Waste-management service · 2013

  On-demand bulky-waste collection

  Clearabee’s core service allows customers to arrange collection of bulky or unwanted waste on demand. The offering is built around convenience, local operational availability, and removal outside the cadence of standard household collection services. The reference material does not specify all accepted waste types, booking processes, or disposal methods.

• Residential service

  Household waste removal

  The brand serves household customers requiring removal of large, unwanted, or accumulated items. Household waste removal is part of Clearabee’s broader bulky-waste proposition, although the supplied sources do not identify a separate branded package or provide a complete list of household materials accepted.

• Commercial service

  Business waste clearance

  Clearabee also operates in the business market, providing waste-clearance support for commercial customers. This service extends the company’s on-demand model beyond residential collections. Specific sectors, contract structures, service-level terms, and recycling outcomes are not documented in the supplied material.

• 2015

  Expansion of the local operating networkStrategy

  Background

  Clearabee sought to extend its on-demand collection service beyond its initial operating base.

  Action taken

  It opened its fifteenth location in Edinburgh, extending coverage across mainland Britain and Northern Ireland.

  Aftermath

  The expanded footprint supported wider national availability and preceded further network growth.

  Source

• 2013

  Launch of the on-demand waste-management serviceProduct launch

  Background

  After its 2012 founding, Clearabee needed to establish a service model that differentiated it in the waste-clearance market.

  Action taken

  The company launched an on-demand waste-management service in February 2013.

  Aftermath

  The service became the foundation for Clearabee’s subsequent geographic expansion and bulky-waste operating model.

  Source

1. 1Clearabeeen.wikipedia.org