Movers in Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia accommodates more than 1.5 million people, all of whom manage to find a job, a hobby, a loved one, and basically everything needed for a happy life. All of them move around every day to find a best place to live, so this city never stops its development and movement.

As people move around, there are special services whose aim is to facilitate any type of relocation, be it commercial or residential. Workers of this industry are called movers. Every once in a while new moving company in Philadelphia adds its name to the list of existing once. So once you decide to relocate, you are very likely to find literally hundreds of opportunities in the city. But the question is how to find a reliable and reputable moving company in Philadelphia and ensure that it matches your needs and requirements?

The answer is simple: specify your needs, verify reliability of the company and then match these two points together.

Specify Your Relocation Needs

One you decided to relocate, the first thing to do is understand what type of moving company to look for in Philadelphia. There are residential movers (for those moving their homes or personal belongings) and commercial movers (for business and office relocation's).

Then calculate estimated distance of your move to understand whether your move is local (within 100 miles) or long-distance (more than 100 miles but within the state of Pennsylvania). In case you need to move to another state, only interstate movers will be of any use for you. If moving to a different country, look for specific moving companies type called international movers.

After the type of moving company to look for is chosen decide on whether you have budget freedom and can opt for full-service movers and can pay any price. In case your are limited in money, consider partial moving services (they include truck rentals as well as loading/unloading your belongings, but the packing will be your duty) or maybe even DIY relocation, where you only rent equipment and truck but do all the moving practices yourself.

Verify Reliability of Movers

In order to hire a reliable moving company in Philadelphia you need to ensure that it has all required documents for legal operation in the state of Pennsylvania. It is important to know that in Pennsylvania U.S. DOT number (Department of Transport) is not required, however ever reliable mover must obtain PUC (Public Utility Commission) number as well as PDT (Pennsylvania Department of Transport) permits for vehicles. Besides that, of course, valid insurance for your goods as well as workers is required.

After you verified all legal requirements of a mover, ensure that the company fits into the pricing policy of the city. It is highly advised not to hire services having much higher or significantly lower rates. Below we offer you a table with cost of local moving services in Philadelphia per working hour.

	2 Movers + truck			3 Movers + truck			4 Movers + truck			Additional mover	Additional truck
	Min	Average	Max	Min	Average	Max	Min	Average	Max
Discount	$85	$97	$113	$99	$114	$132	$125	$140	$167	$30-$40	$40
Regular	$90	$107	$120	$109	$125	$145	$139	$160	$185	$35-$47	$30-$40
Peak	$110	$125	$147	$135	$153	$180	$160	$180	$213	$40-$53	$30-$40
Seasonal	$120	$143	$160	$140	$167	$187	$170	$200	$227	$45-$60	$35-$47

Note that in Philadelphia most moving companies operate within the limit of 2 hours of work minimum.

In case you are looking for long-distance moving company, you need to at least roughly evaluate all your belongings and distance you are planning to move within so that a moving company prepares you an estimate for your relocation. The average price for long-distance relocation's is $0.5-$0.6 per kilogram of weight.

After legal and financial parts are verified and compared your goal is to actually get to the process of choosing your moving company in Philadelphia. For this purpose we offer you a list of three more tips to do so fast and efficiently:

Recommendations, references, complaints. The more recommendations and positive references you hear and find about a given company, the better its services is. And don’t forget to check register complaint for your perspective mover.
Estimate. Ask moving companies on your list to visit your home or office and evaluate the cost of the upcoming relocation. Make sure that estimates include all services you require. After receiving at least three estimates, compare them among each other as well as with the prices given in the table above.
Cooperation. Should you have any unique requests, make sure that moving company’s representatives listen to you carefully and try to satisfy your needs.

By this moment you already have all information of every perspective-to-hire mover:

a) Legal documents (license, certifications, insurance)
b) Recommendations
c) Estimate
d) Personal Impression

So now just compare all info of three companies on your list and choose the one that suits your needs best. Once a mover is chosen, don’t hesitate to call a company and book your moving sate because moving companies in Philadelphia are very busy!