The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 52 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Chula Vista, CA, and 9 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Chula Vista price measurement, only the California range on the California page. Moves that stay inside California are licensed by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services.
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Chula Vista. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in California, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Eastlake, Bonita, Downtown, Otay Ranch.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Chula Vista is the California statewide range, and it is published in full on the California page.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
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IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 75,600 returns moving out of San Diego County, the county Chula Vista sits in, and 70,215 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 128,346 individuals leaving and 110,134 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from San Diego County were Riverside County (6,563 returns), Los Angeles County (4,999 returns) and Orange County (3,258 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Los Angeles County (6,449 returns), Riverside County (5,038 returns) and Orange County (4,006 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
IRS SOI county outflow fileIRS SOI county inflow fileData as of tax filing years 2022 to 2023
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 52 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Chula Vista, and 9 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Chula Vista. It is not the number of companies that will serve a move there: a mover registered in a neighbouring city can take the job, and a company registered in Chula Vista may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Chula Vista work Eastlake, Bonita, Downtown, Otay Ranch and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Chula Vista are licensed by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the California page.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in California. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Chula Vista.
Atlas agent and one of the largest West Coast interstate operators. Strong corporate-relocation track record with Fortune 500 clients.
Ace Relocation Systems is headquartered elsewhere in CA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Chula Vista, and no service claim is made here.
South Bay mover with steady operations across Silicon Valley and the Peninsula. Tech-relocation experience.
Bay Area Movers is headquartered elsewhere in CA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Chula Vista, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
American Van Lines states first-party that it staffs moves with W2 employees rather than day labour. It requires a deposit to hold a move date, so ask what portion is refundable and by when before you pay it. We publish no BBB grade and hold no complaint dataset, so nothing here rates the company's service.
American Van Lines publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
Wheaton World Wide Moving shares a parent company with Bekins and moves interstate household goods through an agent network under its own federal registration.
Wheaton World Wide Moving publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
7 companies with a Chula Vista address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 3 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 3 listed below are the ones registered with the agency longest, ordered by the federal registration date, earliest first. Registration age is the agency's own record. It is not a ranking, it is not a quality judgement and it is not a recommendation.
94 active registrants in Chula Vista tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 53 of those carry any authority row at all. The cargo tick box is filled in by the registrant, so this list uses the agency grant instead, then sets aside general freight, trucking, logistics and courier registrants that hold the authority without presenting themselves as household movers. It is not every mover serving Chula Vista: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
MARIA C SAUCEDA, trading as IMPERIAL MOVERS
USDOT 1519077 · 736 DATE AVE, CHULA VISTA, CA 91910
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 21, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC568059.
EDRIOS CORP, trading as TEAM ELITE MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 4253142 · 191 JAMUL AVE, CHULA VISTA, CA 91911
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 11, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1648930.
ROUGH CUTT MOVERS LLC
USDOT 4564385 · 340 MOSS ST APT B12, CHULA VISTA, CA 91911
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 10, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1814689.
Data as of 2026-08-15 from the FMCSA company census, with authority status as of 2026-08-16. The query behind this list. Information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
No. Federal registration and California authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a California licence or permit.
A mover operating inside California needs the Household Movers (HHM) permit, commonly called a Cal-T number from the Bureau of Household Goods and Services. Its rates sit in maximum Rate Tariff 4.
California publishes a licence lookup: Bureau of Household Goods and Services licence search.
Source: Bureau of Household Goods and Services, read 2026-08-09.
Peak demand across California runs May–September. Dates outside that window, and dates away from the last and first few days of any month, are where carriers have spare capacity — and spare capacity is what makes a crew negotiable on price.
We do not publish a percentage saving for moving off-peak in Chula Vista. We hold no month-by-month booking price data for this city, and a discount figure taken from a national average would not describe this market. What we can say is structural, and it holds in every market:
The only reliable way to price a specific date is to put the same date in front of several licensed carriers and compare written estimates. Ask each one what the same move costs two weeks earlier or later — the gap between those two numbers is your real off-peak saving in Chula Vista, measured on your move rather than on an average.
A tip is never part of a written estimate and never part of a binding price. It is discretionary, it is paid per mover rather than per crew, and it is handed to each mover directly at the end of the job rather than to the foreman to divide. Our working guideline scales with hours rather than with the value of the shipment, because that is how moving labour is actually priced:
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Chula Vista and no federal record covers gratuities, so nothing here is a local figure. Read the full tipping guide for stairs, long carries, storage and interstate deliveries, where the crew that loads is not the crew that unloads.
Free boxes come from businesses that receive stock in cartons and throw the cartons away, and from households that finished moving last week. The sources are the same in every city, including Chula Vista:
Ask in the morning, when the overnight delivery has just been unpacked and the cartons have not yet been flattened. Skip anything damp, greasy or previously used for produce that leaked. The free boxes guide covers how many you need by home size — those counts are BestMovers.info planning estimates rather than measured figures — and which boxes are worth buying rather than scavenging.
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Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
How we evaluate Chula Vista movers: we verify federal registration and operating authority against FMCSA records, record carrier or broker classification, and note state licensing where the state regulator publishes it. The list above is not ranked and carries no numeric score. Read the full methodology