The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 122 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Pittsburgh, PA, and 31 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Pittsburgh price measurement, only the Pennsylvania range on the Pennsylvania page. Moves that stay inside Pennsylvania are licensed by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$95 to $145 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$2,700 to $6,400
Intrastate regulator
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement
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 Pittsburgh. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in Pennsylvania, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Lawrenceville, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, South Side, Strip District.
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Updated August 2026 Reviewed by Brittany Evans4 companies analyzed
What we hold on Pittsburgh moving costs
The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Pittsburgh is the Pennsylvania statewide range, and it is published in full on the Pennsylvania page.
How far is Pittsburgh from the places people move to most?
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, PA is 305 driving miles, about 5 hours behind the wheel, with a typical transit of 2 to 4 days.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
Estimate your Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 25,848 returns moving out of Allegheny County, the county Pittsburgh sits in, and 23,015 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 39,397 individuals leaving and 32,390 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Allegheny County were Westmoreland County (2,304 returns), Washington County (1,942 returns) and Butler County (1,755 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Westmoreland County (1,991 returns), Washington County (1,411 returns) and Butler County (1,203 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 Pittsburgh?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 122 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Pittsburgh, and 31 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Pittsburgh. 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 Pittsburgh may not.
Moving crews quoting Pittsburgh work Lawrenceville, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, South Side, Strip District and the surrounding areas.
Who licenses movers operating in Pittsburgh
Movers working inside Pittsburgh are licensed by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Pennsylvania page.
George Moving & Storage, Inc. files from Tri County Drive in Freedom, Pennsylvania, active on the federal census with household goods and general freight cargo entries, thirty-two power units, twenty-three drivers, a current MCS-150 filing and docket MC-158885 on the registration. The filed contact email uses the company's own domain and the company's own site publishes the same USDOT and docket numbers, so registrant and brand agree from two directions. The licensing record shows active common carrier authority with property and household goods checked; broker and contract carrier authority are not carried on this docket. A second Pennsylvania registration under a near-identical name carries the same docket number on its census row; it is disclosed separately as a related registration with the relationship recorded as unresolved, and it is not called a predecessor, a former registration, a superseded filing or a sibling. The company is a northAmerican Van Lines agent; the van line holds its own separate registration and no van-line identifier is stored on this record. The Ohio PUCO number and the Pennsylvania PUC number the site publishes are state identifiers and are not recorded as federal registrations. No federal safety rating was located for this registration in the records reviewed. The company states it has operated since 1975.
Why is this company shown here?
George Moving & Storage is headquartered elsewhere in PA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Pittsburgh, and no service claim is made here.
Penske rents one-way and local moving trucks. It is a truck rental provider rather than a household goods carrier, so no household goods operating authority applies to it.
Why is this company shown here?
Penske Truck Rental is headquartered elsewhere in PA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Pittsburgh, and no service claim is made here.
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.
Which movers are federally registered in Pittsburgh?
22 companies with a Pittsburgh 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.
158 active registrants in Pittsburgh tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 69 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 Pittsburgh: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
STUMPF MOVING & STORAGE CO
USDOT 242182 · 199 PURITY ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 1, 1984, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC170278, active as common carrier.
USDOT 470943 · 1000 ISLAND AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15136
It filed 7 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 12, 1992, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC250306, active as common carrier.
CANTERBURY INTERNATIONAL INC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK
USDOT 1321899 · 3555 VALLEY DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15234
It filed 18 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 14, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC509618, active as common carrier.
USDOT 2725345 · 1121 S SIDE AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 19, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC923075, active as common carrier.
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 5, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1044452, active as common carrier.
USDOT 3901080 · 1049 WILLIAM FLYNN HWY, PITTSBURGH, PA 15201
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 14, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1437162, active as common carrier.
USDOT 4473476 · 3633 POPLAR AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15234
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 26, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1767964, 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 Pennsylvania licence?
No. Federal registration and Pennsylvania authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Pennsylvania licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Pennsylvania needs the Certificate of Public Convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement. Its rates sit in rates on file with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which movers are required by law to charge.
Pennsylvania publishes its list of carriers holding PUC operating authority on the commission website. The confirmed route to verify a specific Pennsylvania mover is the Public Utility Commission on 717-783-5010.
Peak demand across Pennsylvania runs May–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 Pittsburgh. 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 May–September. 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 Pittsburgh, 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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh?
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 Pittsburgh:
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 Pittsburgh. 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 Pittsburgh is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in Pittsburgh?
Late May through August is the peak window in Pittsburgh, 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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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
