TrustCare and Landing. — Landing has some of the best apartments. (Nathan Watson / Bham Now)

We have some entrepreneurs doing BIG business in Birmingham. One of them is Bill Smith, former founder of Shipt and current founder of Landing, which is estimated to have a revenue of $200 million this year by Forbes. Keep reading to learn all about these successful businesses located in our city.

A Birmingham entrepreneur

Shipt2 Forbes estimates Landing will be even bigger than Shipt — Shipt downtown Birmingham, Alabama headquarters. (Bham Now)

Do you recognize Bill Smith’s name? Well, he’s a Bham native and started another big business that has headquarters in Birmingham. Drumroll…Shipt! In 2018, he sold Shipt to Target for $550 million—talk about a lot of money.

Forbes estimates that his newest venture will be even worth more. For 2022, Landing is estimated to have a revenue of $200 million, which means Landing more than doubled its revenue in 2021. A big factor of why this revenue is so high is due to Landing having apartments in some of the buzziest cities around the country, including:

Atlanta
Austin
Dallas
Denver
Miami
Nashville

What is Landing?

If you’re a traveling professional, Landing is the perfect match for you. These apartments located all around the country come fully furnished. To have access to Landing‘s network of one and two-bedroom, fully-furnished apartments, members pay a flat membership fee of $199 per year, giving them access to ready to move into apartments at any time. They pay rent but do not have to sign a lease or put down a deposit.

Residents may be living in these apartments for only a short time, but they still feel like home. Apartments come furnished with: