The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 778 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Miami, FL, and 98 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Miami price measurement, only the Florida range on the Florida page. Moves that stay inside Florida are licensed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Miami's market is shaped by Brickell and Edgewater high-rise rules, hurricane prep season, and a high volume of inbound moves from the Northeast. Here are our editorial cost estimates for Miami moves in 2026.
Common service neighborhoods: Brickell, Wynwood, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Beach, Edgewater.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
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Miami's market is shaped by Brickell and Edgewater high-rise rules, hurricane prep season, and a high volume of inbound moves from the Northeast. Here are our editorial cost estimates for Miami moves in 2026.
Miami-Dade is the largest inbound-relocation market in the country. Florida regulates intrastate movers through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS), which issues an IM (Intrastate Mover) number — distinct from federal USDOT.
Brickell, Edgewater, and Downtown high-rises have formalized COI and freight-elevator rules that affect scheduling more than pricing. Hurricane season (June–November) introduces real reschedule risk; established carriers carry written hurricane-reschedule policies.
Florida DOACS requires written estimates for intrastate moves over 35 miles.
Interstate inbound to Miami (especially from the Northeast corridor) is one of the most heavily-priced lanes in the US. Capacity is good outside hurricane reschedule events. Use the moving cost calculator for a route-specific baseline.
Florida DOACS regulates intrastate. Mover must hold IM number; written estimate required for moves over 35 miles. Hurricane reschedule clause should be in every contract.
FMCSA-regulated. The Northeast-to-Miami lane has heavy carrier and broker activity; verify USDOT and confirm carrier vs broker before signing.
Miami's peak runs October through April — opposite the rest of the country — driven by snowbird inbound moves. Summer is technically off-peak for pricing but introduces hurricane reschedule risk. Hurricane season runs August through October.
The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Miami is the Florida statewide range, and it is published in full on the Florida page.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, so a move booked in Miami inside that window carries a rescheduling risk that a move outside it does not. We publish no figure for how often Miami moves are rescheduled, because we hold no data on it.
Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Miami transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 65,305 returns moving out of Miami-Dade County, the county Miami sits in, and 43,906 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 107,355 individuals leaving and 67,097 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Miami-Dade County were Broward County (17,471 returns), Palm Beach County (2,734 returns) and Lee County (2,131 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Broward County (10,482 returns), Palm Beach County (1,755 returns) and New York County, NY (1,445 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 778 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Miami, and 98 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Miami. 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 Miami may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Miami work Brickell, Wynwood, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Beach, Edgewater and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Miami are licensed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Florida page.
These companies have a documented headquarters or company location in Miami or its metro. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
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Florida-based interstate carrier with snowbird-season scheduling experience and South Florida storage facilities.
Best Movers Florida publishes its headquarters in Miami, FL.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in Florida. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Miami.
Florida-based interstate mover with steady East Coast operations. Spanish-speaking crews are a meaningful advantage for South Florida moves.
American Eagle Movers is headquartered elsewhere in FL. That does not by itself confirm an office in Miami, and no service claim is made here.
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 is headquartered elsewhere in FL. That does not by itself confirm an office in Miami, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
Colonial Van Lines Inc files from 1441 SW 29th Avenue in Pompano Beach, Florida, active on the federal census with 25 power units, 25 drivers and an MCS-150 filed 21 March 2025. The licensing record carries motor carrier of household goods authority granted 31 March 2010 and motor carrier of property authority recorded as reinstated on 27 June 2025, both active at the time of reading; no broker authority is carried on this registration. The federal file records a Satisfactory safety rating dated 28 June 2021 alongside a compliance review dated 3 October 2012. A safety rating is a dated federal snapshot of the review that produced it, not a current assessment of the company. The company publishes this USDOT number and MC docket in its own website footer, which is how the registration and the brand were joined. Two further registrations filing from the same address, one under the identical legal name and one under a Texas corporate name, are disclosed separately as related registrations rather than merged into this record. The company states it was founded in 2003.
Colonial 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.
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.
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.
101 companies with a Miami address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 53 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.
986 active registrants in Miami tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 334 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 Miami: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
INTER AMERICAN MOVING SERVICES INC
USDOT 818811 · 3601 NW 55TH STREET, MIAMI, FL 33142-2725
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 12, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC368937.
TOP 10 VAN LINES INC
USDOT 1151019 · 600 NE 185 ST, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 20 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 15, 2003, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC460726, active as common carrier.
GENESIS MOVING & STORAGE INC
USDOT 1170441 · 1688 NE 205TH TERRACE, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 23, 2003, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC581016.
ATC CARGO INC, trading as ALEXIM MOVING
USDOT 1174864 · 8586 NW 72ND STREET, MIAMI, FL 33166
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on October 9, 2003, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC483286.
A B C MOVING INC
USDOT 1221918 · 18239 NE 4 CT, MIAMI, FL 33162
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 12, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC464676.
VIDAL MOVING & STORAGE INC
USDOT 1293198 · 270 NE 70 ST, MIAMI, FL 33138
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on October 7, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC560281, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
TEMPO MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 1374732 · 300 NE 67TH STREET, MIAMI, FL 33138
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 19, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC525095.
FLAT RATE MOVING AND STORAGE LLC
USDOT 1475638 · 16501 NW 8TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33169
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 17, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC557005, active as common carrier.
ABA MOVING INC, trading as FORT LAUDERDALE MOVERS,THE MIAMI MOVERS
USDOT 1545968 · 12429 W DIXIE HIGHWAY, MIAMI, FL 33161
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 23, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1567338.
SMALL TIME MOVERS INC
USDOT 1582742 · 3835 SW 132 AVE, MIAMI, FL 33175
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 5, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC587058.
HOUSEHOLD HAULING LLC, trading as IN AND OUT VAN LINES
USDOT 1629079 · 356 NE 191 ST ST, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 6, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC600968.
WALLA INC, trading as MARVEL MOVING
USDOT 1712047 · 19400 TURNBERRY WAY SUITE # 2021, MIAMI, FL 33180
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on November 28, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC628051, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
MIAMI MOVERS FOR LESS INC, trading as MOVE FOR LESS
USDOT 1717780 · 17854 NE 5 AVE, MIAMI, FL 33162
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 15, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC629981, active as common carrier.
UNIQUE VAN LINES INC
USDOT 1951425 · 1031 IVES DAIRY RD STE 132, MIAMI, FL 33179-2521
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 7, 2009, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC693469, active as common carrier.
HYPER MOVERS MAX LLC
USDOT 2306258 · 6741 SOUTH WEST 15 STREET, MIAMI, FL 33144
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on May 15, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1037298.
MOVING EXPRESS VAN LINE CORP
USDOT 2460231 · 8355 WEST FLAGLER ST #150, MIAMI, FL 33144
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on December 12, 2013, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1657185.
MC MOVERS LLC
USDOT 2538365 · 19277 NE 9TH PL, MIAMI, FL 33179-1376
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 3, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC882866, active as common carrier.
PRESTIGE MOVING SYSTEM INC, trading as JACOB AND SONS MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 2543958 · 600 NE 185TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 23, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC885424, active as common carrier.
A1A MOVERS LLC
USDOT 2821065 · 19597 NORTHEAST 10TH AVENUE BAY K, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on October 27, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC940714, active as common carrier.
PRO MOVERS MIAMI INC, trading as PRO MOVERS
USDOT 2855891 · 475 BRICKELL AVE, MIAMI, FL 33131
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 19, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC956262, active as common carrier.
H & H VAN LINE INC
USDOT 2872068 · 937 NW 25TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33125
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 30, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC963205.
CITY MOVERS LLC
USDOT 2918300 · 100 S BISCAYNE BLVD #3107, MIAMI, FL 33131
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 10, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC983689, active as common carrier.
INTEGRITY VAN LINES INC, trading as A PLUS MOVING AND STORAGE
USDOT 3006268 · 600 NE 185TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33179-4514
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 10, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC026730, active as common carrier.
MOVERS EXPERTS INC, trading as NATIONWIDE MOVING GROUP, INC.
USDOT 3013492 · 20200 WEST DIXIE HIGHWAY SUITE 902, MIAMI, FL 33180
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 31, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC030399.
ALLTRUST MOVERS CORP
USDOT 3028580 · 20320 NE 16TH PL, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 17, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC996243.
TIP TOP VAN LINES LLC
USDOT 3091833 · 20840 SAN SIMEON WAY APT 708, MIAMI, FL 33179-1837
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on January 31, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC072002, active as common carrier.
MOVE GENIUS LLC, trading as SHYFT MOVING
USDOT 3165347 · 382 NE 191ST STREET PMB 57421, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 26, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC114116.
AUTHORIZE MOVERS INC
USDOT 3246257 · 20340 NE 15TH CT, MIAMI, FL 33179
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on February 15, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1020674.
NATION MOVING COMPANY
USDOT 3247172 · 30 SW 1ST STREET #5009, MIAMI, FL 33130
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 19, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1812175.
CIAO MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 3252722 · 3022 NW 73RD ST #1, MIAMI, FL 33147
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 2, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1023998, 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.
No. Federal registration and Florida authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Florida licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Florida needs the Household Moving Services Registration, issued as an Intrastate Mover (IM) number from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Florida's household moving services search on csapp.fdacs.gov is a JavaScript form rather than a linkable record page: a consumer has to open the search, enter the company name or Intrastate Mover number by hand, and read the result on screen, because there is no direct URL for an individual Florida registration. Where the search returns nothing, confirm the registration with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services before booking.
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, read 2026-08-09.
Peak demand across Florida runs October–April. 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 Miami. 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 Miami, 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 Miami 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 Miami:
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 Miami 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