The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 36 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Winston-Salem, NC, and 16 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in North Carolina, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Downtown, West End, Buena Vista, Reynolda.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Winston-Salem is the North Carolina statewide range, and it is published in full on the North Carolina page.
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Winston-Salem transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 10,459 returns moving out of Forsyth County, the county Winston-Salem sits in, and 10,963 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 17,761 individuals leaving and 18,541 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Forsyth County were Guilford County (1,396 returns), Davidson County (982 returns) and Mecklenburg County (505 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Guilford County (1,665 returns), Davidson County (731 returns) and Mecklenburg County (382 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 36 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Winston-Salem, and 16 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. The census records the city name as the registrant filed it, and "WINSTON SALEM" (29), "WINSTON-SALEM" (7) all appear for Winston-Salem; the total above sums them. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Winston-Salem. 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 Winston-Salem may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Winston-Salem work Downtown, West End, Buena Vista, Reynolda and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem.
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 Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
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 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.
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.
12 companies with a Winston-Salem address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 4 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 4 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.
52 active registrants in Winston-Salem tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 31 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 Winston-Salem: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
AMERICAN MOVING AND HAULING INC
USDOT 2007351 · 1150 LOUISE ROAD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27107
It filed 7 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 15, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC876579, active as common carrier.
KLINE LLC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK
USDOT 2252338 · 130 STRATFORD COURT SUITE A, WINSTON SALEM, NC 27103
It filed 12 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 30, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC768382, active as common carrier.
ALL IN MOVERS INC
USDOT 4028627 · 2100 GLENDALE STREET SUITE L, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 15, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1521419, active as common carrier.
OXFORD BROTHERS PACKING AND MOVING
USDOT 4578735 · 1520 DOUNE ST, WINSTON SALEM, NC 27127
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 6, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1822309.
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 Winston-Salem. 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 Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem:
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 Winston-Salem 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