The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 66 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Durham, NC, and 24 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Durham price measurement, only the North Carolina range on the North Carolina page. Moves that stay inside North Carolina are licensed by the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Durham. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in North Carolina, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Downtown, Trinity Park, Forest Hills, Hope Valley.
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Durham is the North Carolina statewide range, and it is published in full on the North Carolina page.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
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IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 46,699 returns moving out of Durham County, Orange County and Wake County, the counties Durham sits in, and 50,135 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 76,917 individuals leaving and 81,516 arriving.
Durham spans 3 counties, so these figures cover all of them: Durham County, Orange County and Wake County; returns moving between those counties are removed rather than counted as moves out of Durham.
The counties receiving the most households from Durham County, Orange County and Wake County were Johnston County (3,671 returns), Mecklenburg County (1,801 returns) and Alamance County (1,722 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Johnston County (2,137 returns), Mecklenburg County (1,495 returns) and Guilford County (1,265 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 66 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Durham, and 24 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Durham. 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 Durham may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Durham work Downtown, Trinity Park, Forest Hills, Hope Valley and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Durham are licensed by the North Carolina Utilities Commission, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the North Carolina page.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in North Carolina. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Durham.
PACK-RAT's containers are all-steel rather than wood-and-fabric, which holds up better to weather and rough handling. Pricing tracks closely to PODS.
1-800-PACK-RAT is headquartered elsewhere in NC. That does not by itself confirm an office in Durham, and no service claim is made here.
Hilldrup branch serving the Carolinas with strong banking-corridor relocation business. Reliable on-time performance and claims handling.
Hilldrup Charlotte is headquartered elsewhere in NC. That does not by itself confirm an office in Durham, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
Budd Van Lines Inc is an independent nationwide carrier rather than an agent of a national van line, which is rare at this size: the federal census records 124 power units and 102 drivers filed from Somerset, New Jersey. Because the company holds its own active common and contract authority with household goods on the licensing record and no broker authority, the entity you contract with is the entity that hauls the shipment. The company's own history pages date the business to 1975.
Budd 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.
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.
22 companies with a Durham address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 11 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 11 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.
78 active registrants in Durham tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 43 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 Durham: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
TRUCKIN' MOVERS CORPORATION
USDOT 233952 · 1031 HARVEST ROAD, DURHAM, NC 27704-5217
It filed 9 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 17, 1983, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC159007, active as common carrier.
DERRIC P FOZARD, trading as APARTMENT MOVERS PLUS
USDOT 615528 · 3400 WOODLAND PARK RD, DURHAM, NC 27703
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 27, 1995, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC294758.
TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC, trading as TROSA MOVING
USDOT 675014 · 700 MALLARD AVENUE, DURHAM, NC 27701
It filed 32 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 3, 1997, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC315111, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
OLIVER & FINLEY LLC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK OF DURHAM, NC
USDOT 1274561 · 1816 SOUTH BRIGGS AVENUE, DURHAM, NC 27703
It filed 22 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 10, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC497103, active as common carrier.
TRIANGLE MOBILE STORAGE & MOVING LLC
USDOT 1696076 · 921 HOLLOWAY STREET, DURHAM, NC 27701
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 9, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC627244.
ROAD RUNNERS MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 2938243 · 22 SCARLET OAK CT, DURHAM, NC 27712-8971
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 15, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC993219.
DYME CORE SOLUTION INC, trading as FIRST CLASS MOVING SERVICE
USDOT 2976531 · 623 POPLAR ST, DURHAM, NC 27703
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on February 20, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC011778, active as common carrier.
ROYALTY MOVING SYSTEMS LLC
USDOT 3289527 · 4723 FAYETTEVILLE ROAD, DURHAM, NC 27713
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 21, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1108791, active as common carrier.
CJ MOVING SERVICES LLC
USDOT 3477035 · 126 DANEBORG RD, DURHAM, NC 27703
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 26, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1139915, active as common carrier.
SAL'S MOVING COMPANY LLC, trading as CAROLINA EXPRESS MOVING
USDOT 3556774 · 1424 FAY STREET, DURHAM, NC 27701
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on January 25, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1193145, active as common carrier.
HARVEY LEWIS HALL, trading as HERE WE COME MOVER
USDOT 4291930 · 2514 N ROXBORO ST, DURHAM, NC 27704
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 5, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1670155, 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 North Carolina authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a North Carolina licence or permit.
A mover operating inside North Carolina needs the Household goods Certificate (C-number) from the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Its rates sit in maximum Rate Tariff issued by the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
North Carolina publishes no interactive lookup. The Commission posts a static PDF list of certificated carriers at https://www.ncuc.net/documents/carriers.pdf, and confirms status by phone.
Source: North Carolina Utilities Commission, read 2026-08-09.
Peak demand across North Carolina runs April–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 Durham. 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 Durham, 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 Durham 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 Durham:
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 Durham 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