The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 53 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Baton Rouge, LA, and 15 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Baton Rouge price measurement, only the Louisiana range on the Louisiana page. Moves that stay inside Louisiana are licensed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Transportation Division. LSU football weekends restrict downtown traffic; hurricane season (June, November) tightens August, October.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$85 to $135 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$2,600 to $6,100
Intrastate regulator
Louisiana Public Service Commission, Transportation Division
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 Baton Rouge or elsewhere in Louisiana. This page shows movers that publish nationwide service, alongside pricing, licensing and federal filing data.
Common service neighborhoods: Downtown, Garden District, Mid City, Southdowns.
How far is Baton Rouge from the places people move to most?
Baton Rouge to Houston, TX is 269 driving miles, about 5 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 1 to 3 days.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
Estimate your Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 10,952 returns moving out of East Baton Rouge Parish, the county Baton Rouge sits in, and 9,351 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 18,632 individuals leaving and 15,778 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from East Baton Rouge Parish were Livingston Parish (1,443 returns), Ascension Parish (952 returns) and Harris County, TX (590 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Livingston Parish (1,060 returns), Ascension Parish (884 returns) and Orleans Parish (354 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 Baton Rouge?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 53 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Baton Rouge, and 15 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Baton Rouge. 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 Baton Rouge may not.
Moving crews quoting Baton Rouge work Downtown, Garden District, Mid City, Southdowns and the surrounding areas.
Who licenses movers operating in Baton Rouge
Movers working inside Baton Rouge are licensed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Transportation Division, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Louisiana page.
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 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 614506Pompano Beach, FL2BR est. $2,900–$6,800
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.
Why is this company shown here?
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.
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.
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.
Which movers are federally registered in Baton Rouge?
10 companies with a Baton Rouge 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.
74 active registrants in Baton Rouge tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 28 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 Baton Rouge: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
ALL MY SONS MOVING & STORAGE OF BATON ROUGE LLC
USDOT 1980694 · 10444 AIRLINE HWY BUILDING 3, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 5, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC701686, active as common carrier.
USDOT 2147737 · 11818 S HARRELL'S FERRY RD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816
It filed 13 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 27, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC746991, active as common carrier.
USDOT 2884593 · 3275 N ARDENWOOD DRIVE UNIT 1, BATON ROUGE, LA 70805
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 29, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC968464, 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 Louisiana licence?
No. Federal registration and Louisiana authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Louisiana licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Louisiana needs the Common carrier certificate for household goods from the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Transportation Division. Its rates sit in tariff on file with the Commission, changed only by an Application for Tariff/Rate Change under the Transportation Tariff Rules at General Order R-32437.
Peak demand across Louisiana 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 Baton Rouge. 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 Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge?
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 Baton Rouge:
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 Baton Rouge. 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 Baton Rouge is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in Baton Rouge?
Late May through August is the peak window in Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge 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
