Movers in Oregon charge about $100 to $150 per hour for a two-person crew on local jobs, and a two-bedroom interstate move from Oregon is estimated at $3,000 to $7,000. Intrastate movers in Oregon are licensed by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division, while any company moving household goods across state lines must hold FMCSA operating authority. Peak demand runs May to September, when quotes sit at the top of those ranges. BestMovers.info compares 182 licensed carriers serving Oregon, with pricing data as of May 2026.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$100 to $150 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$3,000 to $7,000
Intrastate regulator
Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division
Interstate licensing
FMCSA USDOT and MC authority
Peak season
May–September
Cities covered
2
Carriers compared
182
Pricing data as of
May 2026
Bottom line
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Updated August 2026 Reviewed by Amanda Brooks8 companies analyzed
What moving in Oregon actually looks like
The West calendar sets Oregon pricing: May–September is peak, November–March is the discount window, and the gap between them is 15% to 25% on an identical job.
Two crew members at standard rates run roughly $125/hr in most of the state, with downtown high-rise jobs and gated communities pulling toward the upper end. A typical 2-bedroom interstate move out of Oregon settles around $5,000, though distance and packing services swing that meaningfully.
Local quirks worth pricing in: long driveways, gated communities with check-in rules for trucks, and long distances between metros that turn a short-sounding move into a full driving day. None of these are dealbreakers, but they show up in the final bill if you don't ask about them upfront.
Verification in Oregon runs through the Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division. A certificate of authority from the Oregon Department of Transportation is required of any person or business providing for-hire transportation of household goods between two points in Oregon. The authorisation is a Oregon Intrastate Certificate to Transport Household Goods. Interstate carriers additionally need active FMCSA authority, which you can check on SAFER by USDOT number.
Check whether the company quoting you is the company loading the truck; brokers subcontract, and the carrier's record is the one that matters.
Oregon runs its heaviest volume May–September, and its 2 covered metros feed most of that demand out of and around Salem. Population sits near 4.2 million, which is what sets how deep the local crew pool actually is in November–March.
How we select movers for this state
Nothing appears on this Oregon page without a public record behind it. A company is listed here when it is headquartered in Oregon or its record shows coverage of the state, and when we can describe it from sourced fields: federal registration, operating authority, founding year, and service coverage. We publish no numeric score and rank nobody first.
Which company suits your move is a question of scope and date, not of a score: BestMovers.info publishes no numeric score, star rating or ranked order. The pricing model behind the estimates on this page is dated May 2026.
Pricing
Oregon moving cost snapshot
Two movers, ground-floor access, standard packing. Peak season in Oregon is May–September.
Home size
Local move
Interstate move
Studio
$300–$750
$1,650–$4,200
1 Bedroom
$400–$900
$2,250–$5,460
2 Bedroom
$600–$1,350
$3,000–$7,000
3 Bedroom
$800–$1,800
$4,350–$10,850
4 Bedroom
$1,100–$2,400
$5,850–$15,050
5+ Bedroom
$1,400–$3,000
$7,200–$18,900
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Oregon?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 659 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Oregon, and 246 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists a Oregon address, which is not the same as the number of companies that will serve a move in Oregon. An interstate move into or out of Oregon can be performed by a carrier registered in any state.
IRS tax return data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 65,726 returns moving out of Oregon to another state, and 65,092 moving in, a net loss of 634 returns. A return approximates a household rather than a person. The same filings cover 105,627 individuals leaving and 99,974 arriving.
The states receiving the most Oregon households were Washington (15,339 returns), California (10,369 returns) and Texas (4,018 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from California (16,765 returns), Washington (12,212 returns) and Texas (3,335 returns). These figures count all filers who changed address, not only those who hired a moving company.
Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division regulates household goods movers operating inside Oregon, and sits within the Oregon Department of Transportation. Movers are licensed under ORS 825, with the certificate requirement at ORS 825.100 and household goods authority at ORS 825.202. Moves crossing the Oregon state line fall under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration instead, a separate authorisation with separate requirements.
A mover doing work inside Oregon must hold the Oregon Intrastate Certificate to Transport Household Goods, issued by Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division. It exists specifically for household goods movers, whatever its title. The requirement sits in ORS 825, with the certificate requirement at ORS 825.100 and household goods authority at ORS 825.202. An interstate carrier holding only a federal USDOT number is not authorised for Oregon intrastate work by that number alone.
Search the company by name or licence number in the Oregon household goods authorized movers list, and confirm the record shows an active status. For a move leaving Oregon, check the company's USDOT record in FMCSA SAFER as well. Holding one authorisation does not imply the other.
How do I file a complaint against an Oregon mover?
Complaints about a move inside Oregon go to Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division through CCDHouseholdGoods@odot.oregon.gov, 503-378-5849. A complaint about a move that crossed the Oregon state line goes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration through the National Consumer Complaint Database instead.
Which Oregon agency authorises a household goods mover?
The Department of Transportation, not a utility commission. Oregon places for-hire household goods carriers under the Commerce and Compliance Division of ODOT, working from ORS 825: the certificate requirement at ORS 825.100, authority over for-hire carriers of household goods at ORS 825.202, local cartage at ORS 825.240, and the annual report and fee at ORS 825.247. Applications go in on form 9057.
Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division publishes what applies to a company moving household goods in Oregon. Each of the following comes from the agency's own pages:
Oregon requires an annual report and fee from a certificated household goods carrier under ORS 825.247, and funds consumer protection work through the motor carrier account under ORS 825.326.
What is different about an interstate move from Oregon?
Moves crossing a state line are authorised by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under a USDOT number and interstate household goods operating authority. A Oregon state licence does not cover that work, and the federal record is the one to check: confirm the USDOT number is active and authorised for household goods before paying a deposit.
What should you check before moving out of Oregon?
A move that leaves Oregon is an interstate move and falls under federal authority, so the company needs active operating authority for household goods rather than only an Oregon licence. A move that stays inside Oregon is different: it is regulated by Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division, and the company needs Oregon Intrastate Certificate to Transport Household Goods. Check which kind of move you are booking before you compare quotes, because the two are verified in different places.
Distance — local moves under 50 miles are billed hourly; cross-state jobs are billed by weight + mileage.
Home size — going from a 1-bedroom to a 3-bedroom roughly doubles crew time and truck space.
Stairs and access — every flight above the first commonly adds $25–$100; long carries from truck to door add similarly.
Packing — full-pack service usually adds 30–45% to a base move; partial packing (kitchen + fragiles only) adds 10–20%.
Season — book a Saturday move in late June and expect to pay 20–30% more than the same job mid-week in February.
Specialty items — pianos, gun safes, large aquariums, and oversized art each carry their own line item.
Oregon season — quotes inside May–September run at the top of the $100–$150 hourly band; November–March quotes sit near the bottom.
Weekend premium — Saturday slots in Oregon price above the same job on a Tuesday.
Oregon licensing — Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division handles intrastate oversight, which changes what paperwork you can demand before deposit.
Full-service, labor-only, container, or rental truck
A studio or 1-bedroom in Oregon rarely justifies full service. Book labor-only at $100 to $150 per hour, rent the truck yourself, and expect the loading to take three to four hours.
Choose full service when the inventory is large, the access is bad, or the destination is out of state. The cost sits at two to three times labor-only and includes the truck, padding, and fuel that labor-only leaves to you.
Portable containers sit between the two on price. Providers such as PODS, U-Pack, and 1-800-PACK-RAT drop a unit at the curb. You load on your schedule, the company drives. On a Oregon interstate move the container route is usually cheaper than a full-service van line, because you are supplying the loading labor the carrier would otherwise charge for. Bestmovers.info holds no container rates, so price the provider quote for your own lane and dates. The catch is the delivery window, which is set by the provider rather than promised to you, and limited recourse for damage during loading, since you packed it.
Companies
Moving Companies Based in Oregon
These companies have a verified headquarters or documented company location in Oregon. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
Lile has served Pacific Northwest customers since 1959 and today files federally as Lile International Companies Inc at 8060 SW Pfaffle St in Tigard, Oregon, the corporate address published on its own site, with household goods and general freight cargo entries and household goods authority on the licensing record. The census reports one power unit and one driver against that registration, which is the shape of an agent operation whose long hauls travel on van-line equipment. A second Oregon registration under the same name holds no household goods authority and no trucks, and an older Tigard filing is inactive, so neither is presented here. Interstate work runs inside the northAmerican Van Lines network under that van line's own separate registration.
Why is this company shown here?
Lile Moving & Storage is headquartered in Oregon according to its published company location.
O'Neill Transfer & Storage files from the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon under its own federal registration, carrying docket MC-111617. The registration is the company's own: the corporate registration of Wheaton Van Lines is a separate federal record belonging to a separate registrant, and it is not stored here even though third-party directories have attached the van line's corporate USDOT to this brand. That is a directory error and it is not repeated. The company states first-party that it is a Wheaton agency; an agency relationship is recorded as a relationship and the van line's identifiers stay outside this record. No federal safety rating is on file, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal. The company states first-party that it has served the region since 1920. A separate first-party phrase describing more than a hundred years of service is a less precise statement of the same history rather than a competing year, so it is not recorded as a source conflict and the founding year is published as stated.
Why is this company shown here?
O'Neill Transfer & Storage is headquartered in Oregon according to its published company location.
Priestley & Sons Moving files from Gresham, Oregon as a single federal registrant, with no separate corporate parent, no franchise network and no sibling registrations located in the records reviewed. Fleet and driver counts published here are taken from the controlling federal snapshot for this registration and from nothing else: third-party aggregators publish differing counts, and where they disagree with the federal file they are not used. No federal safety rating is on file, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1929.
Why is this company shown here?
Priestley & Sons Moving is headquartered in Oregon according to its published company location.
International Van Lines services overseas destinations in addition to US interstate work. What it is licensed to do federally is set out in the federal record on this page rather than described here.
Why is this company shown here?
International 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 2293832Coral Springs, FL2BR est. $2,700–$6,400
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.
Why is this company shown here?
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.
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.
A demand for cash deposit over $100 before move day. Reputable carriers bill on or after delivery.
A quote without a USDOT number on the paperwork. No USDOT means no FMCSA accountability if something goes wrong.
A "binding" estimate with no inventory list attached. Without inventory, the binding part is meaningless.
Refusal to do a video survey or in-home estimate for moves over 5,000 lb.
A blank Bill of Lading on move day. Sign nothing blank. Ever.
A name change in the last 12 months on the FMCSA record. It often signals a previous carrier under a complaint cloud.
No Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division credential on an intrastate Oregon job. State-licensed work requires it, and the agency publishes the register.
An hourly quote far under $100 in Oregon. Below-market rates on a local job usually reappear as stair, carry, or materials charges on the invoice.
An eight-week timeline that actually works in Oregon
Eight weeks out: get three written quotes. Two should be in-home or video surveys. One online quote is fine for comparison only — it will rarely be the binding number.
Six weeks out: book the carrier. Ask for binding-not-to-exceed pricing in writing. Confirm valuation coverage (released vs. full-value protection — there is a real difference if a TV gets dropped).
Four weeks out: order packing supplies if you're self-packing. Boxes go on sale at U-Haul and Home Depot in late winter and late summer.
Two weeks out: confirm parking, building COIs, and elevator reservations at both ends. Oregon buildings vary wildly here — some need 72 hours notice, some 30 days.
One week out: pack a personal essentials box (medications, chargers, three days of clothes, toilet paper, coffee, scissors, the lease/closing folder) and keep it with you, not on the truck.
Move day: walk the truck before driver pulls away. Sign the Bill of Lading only after the inventory list matches. First week in the new place, file any damage claim within nine months — that's the federal interstate window.
Where in Oregon you're moving matters
Oregon pricing varies city by city. Downtown cores with high-rise residential typically run 10–20% above the state median because of COI requirements, freight elevator wait time, and tighter parking. Suburban single-family moves usually land near the median. Rural pickups outside metro service areas often add a per-mile travel fee from the nearest depot.
Local moves in Oregon are estimated at $315–$2,480 depending on home size, while an interstate move out of Oregon is estimated at $3,000–$7,000 for a two-bedroom household. Distance, packing services, and the time of year all shift those numbers.
When is the cheapest time to move in Oregon?
October through April is generally the cheapest window in Oregon — most movers cut rates 15–25% outside the May-to-September peak. Mid-month, mid-week pickups give the biggest discounts.
Are moving companies in Oregon licensed and insured?
All interstate moving companies must register with the FMCSA and carry a USDOT number. Oregon also requires intrastate movers to register with the state — verify any quote against the FMCSA SAFER tool before signing.
Should I tip movers in Oregon?
Tipping is customary but not required. A typical tip in Oregon is $20–$40 per mover for a half-day local job, or $50–$100 per mover for a full day or long-distance move.
How far in advance should I book a mover in Oregon?
Book 4–6 weeks ahead for moves between May and September. For off-peak fall and winter moves in Oregon, two weeks is usually enough notice.
What's the difference between binding and non-binding estimates?
A binding estimate locks in your price based on the inventory at the time of the survey — the mover can't charge more on move day for the same items. Non-binding estimates can change based on actual weight or volume. For OR interstate moves, request binding-not-to-exceed quotes whenever possible.
Who licenses movers in Oregon
Intrastate household-goods movers in Oregon are licensed by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division. A certificate of authority from the Oregon Department of Transportation is required of any person or business providing for-hire transportation of household goods between two points in Oregon. The authorisation is a Oregon Intrastate Certificate to Transport Household Goods.
How we evaluate moving companies: we verify federal registration and operating authority against FMCSA records, record carrier or broker classification, note state licensing where a state regulator publishes it, and state the limits of what we could source. No numeric score, star rating or ranked order is produced from those checks. Read full methodology
