Show up informed
A Saturday drive should never be a gamble. We surface photos, prices, and conditions before you turn the key.
About GarageRoute
We're building the operating system for local weekend commerce.
GarageRoute helps neighborhoods discover, plan, and trust the sales happening right outside their door. We're a small, operator-led team on a mission to make every item find its next home.
- Sales hosted
- 12,400+
- Items rehomed
- 84,000
- Waste diverted
- 31,200 kg
- Buyers would recommend
- 97%
Our story
From a single weekend frustration to a marketplace.
GarageRoute started with a Saturday-morning frustration. After three straight weekends of driving to sales that didn't exist anymore — or had nothing we wanted — we decided the problem wasn't supply. It was information.
Most garage-sale sites stop at a title, a few photos, and a pin on a map. That's helpful, but it leaves buyers guessing. They don't know if the drive is worth it, whether the items they want are still there, or how to fit multiple sales into one morning.
So we built the tool we wished existed: searchable pre-sale inventory, optimized weekend routes, verified sellers, and real-time updates from the curb. Today, GarageRoute powers thousands of sales across dozens of neighborhoods — and we're just getting started.
What we believe
Four principles guide every decision.
They're not slogans — they're the test we apply to every feature we ship.
Earn trust by default
Verified badges, secure seller tokens, and an audit log for every operator action. Trust is a feature, not a footnote.
Every item counts
Resale is the most climate-friendly shopping most people do all week. We track the impact so you can see it.
Built for neighborhoods
We design for Saturday mornings on Maple Street — not generic classifieds. Local first, always.
Team
See open rolesA small team that ships.
We're a remote-first group of operators, engineers, and designers. We've all lost Saturdays to bad garage-sale listings — and we're determined nobody else has to.
JR
Founder & CEO
Product & vision
Built GarageRoute after losing too many Saturdays to dead-end drives.
AM
Head of Engineering
Platform & infrastructure
Keeps the maps, queues, and payments humming at every peak hour.
DK
Head of Trust & Safety
Verifications & support
Leads the team that reviews listings and supports sellers in real time.
SO
Head of Design
Brand & product design
Crafts the feel of the marketplace — from the logomark to the dashboards.
Backed by
Operator-led from day one.
We raised a small, focused pre-seed from operators and angels who've built and scaled local-marketplace businesses. We answer to people who've actually done the work.
- Angels from the local startup community
- Operator-led pre-seed round
- Strategic angels from real estate & marketplaces
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Northside
Lakeshore
Birchwood
Heritage
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See what's happening this weekend.
Browse sales near you, plan your route, and grab the best deals before anyone else.