The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 437 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Denver, CO, and 65 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Denver price measurement, only the Colorado range on the Colorado page. Moves that stay inside Colorado are licensed by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$100 to $150 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$3,100 to $7,200
Intrastate regulator
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Interstate licensing
FMCSA USDOT and MC authority
Company profiles shown
5
Pricing data as of
May 2026
Quick answer
Blackbird Moving & Storage is based in Denver. Companies below are grouped by where they are documented to be located: companies based in or near Denver, companies based elsewhere in Colorado, and movers that publish nationwide service. No numeric ranking is applied.
Common service neighborhoods: RiNo, LoHi, Cherry Creek, Capitol Hill, Wash Park, Stapleton.
How far is Denver from the places people move to most?
Denver to Los Angeles, CA is 1,015 driving miles, about 15 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 3 to 7 days.
Denver to Dallas, TX is 800 driving miles, about 12 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 2 to 6 days.
Denver to Phoenix, AZ is 825 driving miles, about 12 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 2 to 6 days.
Denver to Seattle, WA is 1,320 driving miles, about 20 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 4 to 8 days.
Denver to Omaha, NE is 540 driving miles, about 9 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 2 to 5 days.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
Estimate your Denver moving cost
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Denver transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 45,721 returns moving out of Denver County, the county Denver sits in, and 47,737 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 66,538 individuals leaving and 63,036 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Denver County were Arapahoe County (8,748 returns), Jefferson County (7,255 returns) and Adams County (5,110 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Arapahoe County (7,829 returns), Jefferson County (5,051 returns) and Adams County (3,626 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Denver?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 437 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Denver, and 65 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Denver. 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 Denver may not.
Moving crews quoting Denver work RiNo, LoHi, Cherry Creek, Capitol Hill, Wash Park, Stapleton and the surrounding areas.
Who licenses movers operating in Denver
Movers working inside Denver are licensed by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Colorado page.
These companies have a documented headquarters or company location in Denver or its metro. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
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Exodus Moving & Storage files from northern Colorado with twenty-seven power units and seventeen drivers on the federal file, one of the larger owned fleets among independent movers in its region. The address on the federal filing is in Johnstown while the company publishes a Fort Collins base for customers: a filing address and a published headquarters describe different functions, both are recorded as read, and neither is treated as a correction to the other. The federal file carries a satisfactory safety rating dated 24 October 2019 following a compliance review, reported with its date as the dated snapshot it is. The company states first-party that it has operated since 1996.
Why is this company shown here?
Exodus Moving & Storage is headquartered elsewhere in CO. That does not by itself confirm an office in Denver, and no service claim is made here.
USDOT 675502Fort Collins, CO2BR est. $1,400–$5,200
International Van Lines services overseas destinations in addition to US interstate work. What it is licensed to do federally is set out in the federal record on this page rather than described here.
Why is this company shown here?
International 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.
USDOT 2293832Coral Springs, FL2BR est. $2,700–$6,400
Mayflower Transit is the second large UniGroup brand alongside United Van Lines and runs full-service interstate moves through an agent network under its own federal registration.
Why is this company shown here?
Mayflower Transit 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.
81 companies with a Denver address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 42 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 30 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.
525 active registrants in Denver tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 183 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 Denver: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
ALL MY SONS MOVING & STORAGE OF DENVER LLC
USDOT 900253 · 4825 LIMA STREET, DENVER, CO 80239
It filed 27 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 18, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC390586, active as common carrier.
USDOT 1187573 · 4740 FLORENCE ST, DENVER, CO 80238
It filed 20 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 18, 2003, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC917793, active as common carrier.
FISCHER VAN LINES DENVER MOVING COMPANY LLC, trading as FISCHER VAN LINES
USDOT 1408664 · 2115 W 14TH, DENVER, CO 80204
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on August 23, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC810399, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
USDOT 1752778 · 11220 E53 AVE #200, DENVER, CO 80239
It filed 5 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 25, 2008, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC641757, active as common carrier.
USDOT 2498325 · 5555 JOLIET ST SUITE 100, DENVER, CO 80239
It filed 10 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 22, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC991182, active as common carrier.
USDOT 2793934 · 4195 ONEIDA ST UNIT A, DENVER, CO 80216
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 26, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC932305, active as common carrier.
UNITED FREIGHT&TRANSPORTATION LLC, trading as WE ARE THE MOVERS
USDOT 2841689 · 3421 N XENIA ST, DENVER, CO 80238
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on January 23, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC951793, active as common carrier.
USDOT 3028071 · 5350 JOLIET ST #3, DENVER, CO 80239
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 14, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC037945, active as common carrier.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOVERS LLC, trading as ROCKY MOVERS
USDOT 3077926 · 11220 E 53RD AVE SUITE 200, DENVER, CO 80239
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on December 15, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC064974, active as common carrier.
USDOT 3193648 · 3899 JACKSON ST UNIT 7, DENVER, CO 80205-3849
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 27, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC138721, active as common carrier.
SLADIK EXPRESS INC, trading as BEST MOVING SERVICE
USDOT 3374800 · 3899 JACKSON ST UNIT 8, DENVER, CO 80205-3849
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 28, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1082486, active as common carrier.
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 22, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1283175, active as broker.
USDOT 3813433 · 8200 E 8TH AVE APT 8203, DENVER, CO 80230
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 3, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1377132, active as common carrier.
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.
Does a federal registration mean a Colorado licence?
No. Federal registration and Colorado authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Colorado licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Colorado needs the Household Goods Mover permit from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Colorado permit numbers carry the letters HHG. Confirm a Colorado household goods mover permit through the PUC online permit search, or by calling the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on 303-894-2070.
Peak demand across Colorado 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 Denver. 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:
Mid-month beats month-end. Leases and closings cluster at the turn of the month, so that is when crews are fully booked and least flexible.
Mid-week beats the weekend. Saturday is the single most requested moving day; a Tuesday or Wednesday competes with far fewer households for the same trucks.
Off-peak beats May–September. Outside the peak window, carriers are trying to keep crews working rather than turning jobs away.
Flexibility is the lever, not the calendar alone. On an interstate move, giving the carrier a pickup window of several days rather than one fixed date is usually worth more than any single date choice, because it lets them combine your shipment with another on the same lane.
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 Denver, 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:
$10 to $20 per mover for a job of two hours or less.
$20 to $40 per mover for a local move under four hours.
$40 to $60 per mover for a full day, meaning six hours or longer.
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Denver 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.
Where can you get free moving boxes in Denver?
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 Denver:
Liquor stores, which have the sturdiest small boxes with dividers
Bookshops, for small boxes rated for weight
Grocery stores, for produce boxes
Offices, for paper boxes with lids
Appliance and furniture retailers, for large flat cartons
Buy Nothing groups and Facebook Marketplace
Craigslist free listings
The U-Haul box exchange
Anyone in your building who has moved in recently
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.
There is no separate cost dataset for Denver. Using the national estimate, a one-bedroom local move is estimated at $420–$930 and a two-bedroom local move at $630–$1,395, while a two-bedroom interstate move from Denver is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in Denver?
Late May through August is the peak window in Denver, with the heaviest volume around month-end weekends. Established companies commonly book out several weeks in advance during this period.
Should I get an in-home estimate or an online quote?
For local moves under 2,500 lb, an online or phone estimate is usually accurate. For interstate moves out of Denver or 3+ bedroom households, request a video survey or in-home estimate so the binding price reflects your actual inventory.
What's the most reliable way to verify a Denver mover?
Check the company's USDOT number on the FMCSA SAFER website, look at their BBB profile and current accreditation, and read recent reviews on Google and Yelp. Avoid any mover unwilling to share a USDOT number on request.
How long does a typical Denver move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in Denver usually takes 3–5 hours with two movers. A 3-bedroom local move runs 7–10 hours, and most movers won't book a same-day move past 4 PM start time.
How we evaluate Denver 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