The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 302 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Tampa, FL, and 39 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Tampa 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.
Tampa's moving market combines steady inbound migration, downtown high-rise condo growth, and a working hurricane-prep calendar. Here's what licensed Tampa movers charge in 2026 and how to schedule around storm season.
Common service neighborhoods: Hyde Park, Channelside, Seminole Heights, South Tampa, Westchase.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
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Tampa's moving market combines steady inbound migration, downtown high-rise condo growth, and a working hurricane-prep calendar. Here's what licensed Tampa movers charge in 2026 and how to schedule around storm season.
Tampa Bay is one of the fastest-growing US metros, and the moving market reflects it — strong year-round inbound from the Northeast and Midwest, plus growing intra-Florida demand as downtown St. Pete and Channelside redevelop. Florida DOACS licenses intrastate carriers; FMCSA covers interstate.
Hurricane prep season tightens local storage availability from August onward as residents pre-stage evacuation supplies. Most established Tampa carriers carry written hurricane-reschedule policies and waive change fees for FEMA-declared events.
Interstate from Tampa has good outbound capacity in both directions on the Florida-to-Northeast lane. Use the moving cost calculator for a route-specific baseline.
DOACS regulates intrastate. IM number, written estimate over 35 mi.
FMCSA-regulated. Verify USDOT and confirm carrier vs broker.
Peak runs September through April. Hurricane season (Aug–Oct) tightens storage and carries reschedule risk. Cheapest months are May, June, and August outside active storm periods.
The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Tampa 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 Tampa inside that window carries a rescheduling risk that a move outside it does not. We publish no figure for how often Tampa 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 Tampa transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 49,186 returns moving out of Hillsborough County, the county Tampa sits in, and 49,562 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 82,941 individuals leaving and 81,755 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Hillsborough County were Pasco County (8,182 returns), Pinellas County (5,025 returns) and Polk County (3,217 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Pinellas County (4,886 returns), Pasco County (4,065 returns) and Polk County (2,055 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 302 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Tampa, and 39 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Tampa. 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 Tampa may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Tampa work Hyde Park, Channelside, Seminole Heights, South Tampa, Westchase and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Tampa 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 Tampa or its metro. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
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Franchise system that bundles moving with junk hauling and donation drop-offs, which can suit a downsizing move. We hold no customer-satisfaction dataset for this brand.
College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving publishes its headquarters in Tampa, FL.
Tampa-area local mover with hurricane-season scheduling experience and storage facilities for delayed delivery windows.
RT Moving publishes its headquarters in Tampa, FL.
Tampa-area mover with consistent customer satisfaction and binding hourly quotes. Snowbird-season scheduling experience.
The Perfect Move publishes its headquarters in Tampa, FL.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
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.
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.
North American Van Lines is part of SIRVA and moves interstate household goods through an agent-affiliate network. The federal registration shown here belongs to the van line, not to the local agent that loads the truck.
North 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.
50 companies with a Tampa address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 24 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 24 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.
410 active registrants in Tampa tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 164 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 Tampa: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
FIRST CLASS MOVING SYSTEMS INC
USDOT 944759 · 7004 E BROADWAY AVE, TAMPA, FL 33619
It filed 50 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 3, 2001, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC405647.
SUDDATH RELOCATION SYSTEMS OF ST PETERSBURG INC, trading as SUDDATH MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 1018395 · 2001 SUDDATH PARK STREET, TAMPA, FL 33619
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 10, 2002, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC425403, active as common carrier and broker.
AMERICAN VAN LINES EAST INC
USDOT 1234455 · 9524 N TRASK STREET, TAMPA, FL 33624
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 12, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC521897.
GOLDEN MOVERS LLC
USDOT 1248113 · 5604 N 50TH STREET, TAMPA, FL 33610
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 15, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC465376, active as common carrier.
KING TUT EGYPTIAN IMPORT INC, trading as KING MOVING BY ESSAM HAGOUG
USDOT 1292330 · 4950 E BUSCH BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33617
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 5, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC502344.
INVERSE SOLUTIONS CORP, trading as STRONG COLLEGE STUDENTS MOVING
USDOT 1659994 · 1717 E BUSCH BLVD STE 200, TAMPA, FL 33612
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 26, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1760849.
JET STREAM MOVING & STORAGE INC
USDOT 1685375 · 9524 NORTH TRASK ST, TAMPA, FL 33624
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 7, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC619179.
UNLIMITED MOVING LLC, trading as UNLIMITED MOVING OUT OF STATE MOVES ONLY
USDOT 2119975 · 8435 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA, FL 33619-3517
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 14, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC764907, active as common carrier.
GULF COAST VAN LINES LLC, trading as FLORIDA STATE MOVERS
USDOT 2268216 · 8435 ADAMO DR, TAMPA, FL 33619
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 31, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC774466, active as common carrier.
PRO MOVING SOLUTIONS OF FLORIDA LLC
USDOT 2480008 · 3903 E CURTIS ST, TAMPA, FL 33610
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on February 28, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC858206.
SMARTER MOVING SOLUTIONS LLC, trading as 2 COLLEGE BROTHERS INC
USDOT 2787568 · 4701 ACLINE DR E #275, TAMPA, FL 33605
It filed 8 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 4, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC982991, active as common carrier.
BDG VAN LINES LLC, trading as SKINNY WIMP MOVING CO
USDOT 3025451 · 3339 HANDY RD, TAMPA, FL 33618
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 7, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC036679.
IAMO CONSULTING LLC, trading as VANITY VAN LINES
USDOT 3316144 · 3702 W. SPRUCE STREET, TAMPA, FL 33607
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 29, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1054288, active as broker.
VIP AMERICAN MOVERS INC
USDOT 3505189 · 400 N ASHLEY DR STE 1900, TAMPA, FL 33602
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 15, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1158330.
PREMIER MOVERS 4 LESS LLC
USDOT 3552900 · 7402 N 56TH ST, TAMPA, FL 33617
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 19, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1615767, active as common carrier.
SPEED MOVING AND SERVICES
USDOT 3583018 · 1485 E BUSCH BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33617
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 6, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1210937.
MOVING RELOCATION TRANSPORTATION LLC, trading as THE MOVING GRID
USDOT 3836223 · 601 N ASHLEY DR STE 1100, TAMPA, FL 33602
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 7, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1393418.
SKYWAY MOVING OF TAMPA LLC
USDOT 4219169 · 5806 N 53RD ST #014, TAMPA, FL 33610
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 2, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1766953.
MISS PEACH IV TRUE MOVERS INC, trading as FIVE STAR GENERAL MOVERS
USDOT 4284532 · 8985 BERTHA PALMER BLVD APT 138, TAMPA, FL 33617
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 20, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1666122.
GET A GRIP MOVING INC
USDOT 4305482 · 5806 N 53RD ST OFFICE 7, TAMPA, FL 33610
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on October 4, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1677413.
PHOENIX MOVING SOLUTIONS LLC
USDOT 4323741 · 3516 ANGUILLA LOOP #201, TAMPA, FL 33614
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 15, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1754966.
FLORIDA MAIN MOVING AND STORAGE LLC, trading as FLORIDA MAIN MOVERS
USDOT 4426579 · 13605 W HILLSBOROUGH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33635-9653
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 18, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1752806, active as common carrier.
MSRE GROUP LLC, trading as PINK ZEBRA MOVING OF TAMPA
USDOT 4544882 · 4406 W LINEBAUGH AVE STE 205, TAMPA, FL 33624
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 6, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1804147, active as common carrier.
HESS MOVING COMPANY LLC
USDOT 4571426 · 815 WATER ST UNIT 1304, TAMPA, FL 33602
It filed 5 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 23, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1818401.
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 Tampa. 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 Tampa, 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 Tampa 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 Tampa:
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 Tampa 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