St. Petersburg, FL

Best movers in St. Petersburg, Florida (2026)

The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 51 household goods registrants whose physical address is in St. Petersburg, FL, and 7 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no St. Petersburg 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.

Professional movers in St. Petersburg, Florida — professional movers on a residential street

Key facts

Local rate, two movers
$95 to $150 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$2,900 to $6,800
Intrastate regulator
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Interstate licensing
FMCSA USDOT and MC authority
Company profiles shown
4
Pricing data as of
May 2026
Quick answer

We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in St. Petersburg. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in Florida, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.

Common service neighborhoods: Old Northeast, Downtown, Snell Isle, Crescent Lake.

Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026

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What we hold on St. Petersburg moving costs

The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for St. Petersburg is the Florida statewide range, and it is published in full on the Florida page.

Does hurricane season affect a move in St. Petersburg?

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, so a move booked in St. Petersburg inside that window carries a rescheduling risk that a move outside it does not. We publish no figure for how often St. Petersburg moves are rescheduled, because we hold no data on it.

Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center

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Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate St. Petersburg transaction-price dataset.

Where do people moving out of St. Petersburg go?

IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 30,968 returns moving out of Pinellas County, the county St. Petersburg sits in, and 31,737 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 48,285 individuals leaving and 47,103 arriving.

The counties receiving the most households from Pinellas County were Hillsborough County (4,886 returns), Pasco County (3,953 returns) and Manatee County (1,037 returns).

Arrivals came mainly from Hillsborough County (5,025 returns), Pasco County (2,148 returns) and Manatee County (686 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

How many licensed moving companies are registered in St. Petersburg?

The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 51 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in St. Petersburg, and 7 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. The census records the city name as the registrant filed it, and "ST PETERSBURG" (50), "ST PETERSBURG" (1) all appear for St. Petersburg; the total above sums them. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in St. Petersburg. 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 St. Petersburg may not.

FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10

Neighborhoods movers cover in St. Petersburg

Moving crews quoting St. Petersburg work Old Northeast, Downtown, Snell Isle, Crescent Lake and the surrounding areas.

Who licenses movers operating in St. Petersburg

Movers working inside St. Petersburg 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.

Companies

More Moving Companies Based in Florida

These companies are headquartered elsewhere in Florida. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in St. Petersburg.

American Eagle Movers logo

American Eagle Movers

Based in Hialeah, FL

Florida-based interstate mover with steady East Coast operations. Spanish-speaking crews are a meaningful advantage for South Florida moves.

Why is this company shown here?

American Eagle Movers is headquartered elsewhere in FL. That does not by itself confirm an office in St. Petersburg, and no service claim is made here.

Hialeah, FL2BR est. $1,900–$5,500
  • Local
  • Long-distance
  • Packing
  • Storage
American Van Lines logo

American Van Lines

Based in Pompano Beach, FL

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.

Why is this company shown here?

American Van Lines is headquartered elsewhere in FL. That does not by itself confirm an office in St. Petersburg, and no service claim is made here.

USDOT 614506Pompano Beach, FL2BR est. $2,900–$6,800
  • Long-distance
  • Packing
  • Storage
  • Specialty/Piano
Companies

Featured Nationwide Movers

These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.

United Van Lines logo

United Van Lines

Publishes nationwide moving service

United Van Lines is the largest brand under UniGroup and publishes the annual National Movers Study. It offers shipment tracking and a published claims process; we hold no dataset that compares its claims outcomes with other carriers.

Why is this company shown here?

United 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 077949Fenton, MO2BR est. $3,100–$7,400
  • Long-distance
  • International
  • Packing
  • Storage
  • Auto transport
Wheaton World Wide Moving logo

Wheaton World Wide Moving

Publishes nationwide moving service

Wheaton World Wide Moving shares a parent company with Bekins and moves interstate household goods through an agent network under its own federal registration.

Why is this company shown here?

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.

USDOT 70719Indianapolis, IN2BR est. $2,900–$6,800
  • Long-distance
  • International
  • Packing
  • Storage
  • Corporate

Which movers are federally registered in St. Petersburg?

15 companies with a St. Petersburg address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 10 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 10 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.

72 active registrants in St. Petersburg tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 30 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 St. Petersburg: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.

  • SNB TRUCKING COMPANY, trading as DEPENDABLE MOVING COMPANY

    USDOT 1014352 · 204 37TH AVENUE NORTH #170, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33704

    It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 26, 2002, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC467829.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 1014352

  • DONALD COVENTRY, trading as A Z MOVING AND CLEANING CO

    USDOT 1393066 · 3701 6TH STREET SOUTH, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33705

    It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 8, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC529588.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 1393066

  • LET'S GET MOVING INC

    USDOT 2270761 · 6599 HAINES RD, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 7, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC775415, active as common carrier.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 2270761

  • INTEGRITY 1ST MOVING AND LABOR SERVICES LLC

    USDOT 3319932 · 3110 1ST AVENUE N STE 2M -1089, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33713

    It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 7, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1264409, active as common carrier and contract carrier.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 3319932

  • LEGACY MOVING GROUP LLC, trading as BUDGET MOVERS OF AMERICA

    USDOT 3773693 · 7901 4TH ST N #300, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 30, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1348189.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 3773693

  • HEARTLAND MOVING AND STORAGE LLC

    USDOT 3783467 · 7901 4TH ST N STE 300, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 16, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1355238.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 3783467

  • HALL BROTHERS MOVING COMPANY LLC

    USDOT 3856193 · 1744 DAYTON ST S, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33712

    It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 4, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1407185.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 3856193

  • DNA MOVERS INC

    USDOT 4013661 · 7901 4TH ST N STE 11767, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 18, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1511939.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 4013661

  • MOVING R US MOVERS LLC

    USDOT 4029856 · 7901 4TH STREET N STE 300, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 17, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1522206.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 4029856

  • BROTHERS AND BAM MOVING AND LOGISTICS INC

    USDOT 4070133 · 7901 4TH ST N STE 300, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702

    It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 2, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1546103.

    FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 4070133

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 Florida licence?

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.

When is the cheapest time to move in St. Petersburg?

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 St. Petersburg. 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 October–April. 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 St. Petersburg, measured on your move rather than on an average.

How much should you tip movers in St. Petersburg?

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 St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg?

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 St. Petersburg:

  • 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do movers cost in St. Petersburg?
There is no separate cost dataset for St. Petersburg. 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 St. Petersburg is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in St. Petersburg?
Late May through August is the peak window in St. Petersburg, 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 St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in St. Petersburg 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.

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Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026

How we evaluate St. Petersburg 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