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= Featured ProviderPortland Move is a moving company that has been providing services to the Portland community for over a decade. It uses eco-friendly products whenever possible to reduce the impact of moving on the planet. Portland Move is able to move specialty items such as gun safes, pianos, pool tables, and hot tubs. It offers residential and commercial moving services within the state of Oregon.
We've been in this industry just shy of ten years, and after taking a close look at the benchmark, we realized moving standards needed some shaking up. So, in 2017 JR Moving LLC was born with fresh, cutting-edge ideas and new ways to give back to our community. We want to shift the expectations for moving from a stressful, rushed experience to an exciting day with friendly, professional movers. A great business starts from within, giving our employees the tools to keep them healthy and wise. We are passionate about our customers, employees, and community. But, in all walks of life, we could all use a helping hand from time to time.
Serving Portland and the surrounding counties, Managed Moves is a company that specializes in helping senior citizens in the area move into retirement communities. It provides boxes and packing materials and assists them in choosing valuable items to pack for retirement homes. Additionally, the company guides seniors in estate sales and local charity pickup coordination for downsizing. Managed Moves is a full moving and downsizing company that has been in the business since 2006.
Von's Moving & Hauling, LLC, is a black-owned, family-owned company that has been catering to individuals, families, and businesses in the Portland metro and the surrounding areas since 2015. Its line of services includes transportation, unloading, and disassembly and assembly of items. The firm also provides clean-outs, furniture arranging, junk removal, and piano moving. Von's Moving & Hauling supports its focus on customer service by adhering and keeping up-to-date with federal and state regulations.
Caseys Movers is a family-owned moving business serving residential and commercial customers in the Portland metro and local areas. The company aims to make clients moving experience worthwhile by having minimal delays and providing personalized and considerate work. Its moving services include packing, staging, cleaning, and junk removal. Caseys Movers is owned by Casey Nack, who has more than 15 years of experience in the moving industry. Before establishing his business, he worked and trained at a non-emergency transportation company for 10 years.
(25)(8)Portland Movers Company LLC is a Portland-based moving company that has been operating in the area for over a decade. It offers local and interstate moving solutions for Oregon and Washington state for commercial and residential clients. Portland Movers Company LLC provides packing, unpacking, loading, unloading, and furniture assembly services for clients to make the move as simple as possible.
Alexander’s Mobility Services serves the residents of Portland. An ISO 9000 certified company since 1996, its household services cover local to international relocation and military or government personnel moves that include crating and transporting pets or vehicles. It also offers corporate or commercial moves and logistics services for fine art, museums, exhibits, tradeshows, and hotels. Founded in 1953, Alexander's Mobility Services pursues sustainability by supporting California's CARB initiative, using reduced idle time generators, and recycling of moving materials.
(15)(1)Rose City Moving & Storage has been providing moving service to the Portland community for almost four decades. It provides moving and storage solutions for commercial and residential clients across the state of Oregon. The company will pack and unpack offices and warehouses for businesses. Rose City Moving & Storage offers packing boxes and other packing supplies for its clients.
(17)Northwest Movers has been providing moving services to the Portland community since 2012. It offers commercial and residential moving solutions within the Greater Portland area. Northwest Movers can safely move fragile or specialty items such as gun safes, pianos, fine art, and antiques. It provides packing and unpacking services as well as climate-controlled long-term storage solutions for clients who are relocating.
PDX Premier College Movers LLC has been offering local and long-distance moving solutions in the Portland area for five years. It has a moving vehicle equipped with clean shrink wraps, furniture pads, and blankets for the protection of the clients' belongings. It also provides furniture and appliance dollies, as well as tie straps and ropes for the safe handling of boxes and items. PDX Premier College Movers LLC combines loading and packing services to meet customers' needs.
(146)2 Brothers Moving & Delivery is a family-owned and -operated moving company that has been serving the Portland community since 2007. It offers local and interstate moving solutions for commercial and residential clients, as well as moving assistance to abuse survivors and those with financial difficulties. 2 Brothers Moving & Delivery sells a variety of packing materials, including boxes, tape, and packing peanuts.
NW Specialty Moving has been providing moving services to the Portland community for over a decade. The company moves a variety of specialty items such as hot tubs, pianos, gun safes, sheds, kitchens, playgrounds, and shop equipment. NW Speciality Moving is able to move items that are considered too large to be handled by general moving companies. It is fully licensed to move items locally and interstate.
Established in 2012, Primetime Movers Portland is a locally operated moving company that serves the metro. The company focuses on addressing the moving needs of residential and commercial clients. Its services include local, inter-state, and office moving by technicians with expertise in loading, unloading, and packing materials. During the process, its movers coordinate the moving date and time and strive to ensure the safety of the belongings. The company also offers antique, art, and piano moving, in addition to short and long-term storage.
Amazing Moving & Storage is a team of movers that caters to clients across the Portland metro and nearby areas. They provide local and interstate moving solutions and help clients pack and unpack items. They have experience with specialty items, including large-scale paintings, gun safes, fine prints, pianos, and art sculptures. They also offer storage solutions for residential and commercial clients. The team uses 24-foot and 26-foot box trucks during transportation.
(20)Cherish Moving LLC is active in the Portland metro area and helps clients to complete residential and commercial moving jobs. This family owned company is capable of moving clients to any of the 48 contiguous states within the United States of America and can also help those clients to pack their belongings and secure any delicate items. This company is insured as well so that clients are protected from any significant monetary losses if their belongings are damaged.
(77)(35)Big Al's Specialty Movers is a full service moving and storage company. They serve local Portland / Vancouver area as well as the eleven western states, with regular routes to Seattle and California. They serve the needs of both homeowners and commercial clients. Their movers pack up contents for clients, load and transport those items. Big Al's Specialty Movers uses their own full-time trained movers. They can also store any items that need to be held within their climate-controlled warehouse.
(241)(51)All Service Moving has been providing moving services to the Portland area for over a decade. It offers interstate and local moving options for residential and commercial clients. All Service Moving provides corporate relocation services, industrial relocation, storage, and office moving for businesses. It also offers packing, unpacking, storage, and moving supplies for residential clients. All Service Moving employs a large team of trained and professional movers.
Generally, if a move is over 400 miles, it's considered a long-distance move, but the definition varies between moving companies. Some consider a long-distance move to be one that takes the cargo across state or international borders. There are significant differences in cost and regulatory clearance between a long-distance move and a local move.
Hiring a mover at least four weeks in advance ensures that a variety of reputable options will be available. In some regions or during the summer when movers are busier, it's recommended that anyone looking for a licensed mover arrange the booking two to three months from the moving date.
You may be asked to pay a small deposit before your move, but payment in full happens after the move is complete and your possessions are inside your new home. This ensures that the movers complete the job to your satisfaction before getting paid.
On average, the cost of a local move (intrastate or under 400 miles) is around $1,250. This includes labor, fuel, insurance, and several other factors. If a move is considered to be long-distance, it will likely be around $4,900, with a wider variance based on the specific demands involved.
Based on the performance of the movers and the difficulty of the job, you should tip anywhere between 5% and 20% of the total cost of your move. Most people recommend tipping in cash at the end of the final day of the move.
The cost to rent a moving van without a crew to assist in the move depends on the size, the length of the rental, and the distance it is being driven. The average cost of renting a van ranges anywhere from $100 for a local move to $2,000 for long-distance.
Allied Van Lines and North American Van Lines tied for first place on our list of the best moving companies of 2023.
Local movers cost an average of $725 for a 2-bedroom home. Long-distance movers cost an average of $4,500 to move a 2-bedroom...
