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Best National Moving Company

By Readers' Choice On 10/24/24 at 12:00 PM EDT

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Moving is an experience notoriously fraught with stress, from packing up a lifetime of belongings to navigating complex logistics. Expert moving companies offer a range of services designed to alleviate the burden of relocation, from packing and unpacking to transportation and storage. Whether you're moving across town or across the world, a reputable moving company can help you navigate the process. Check out our list of top movers.

These 10 national moving companies were selected by our featured panelist and contributors and voted on by readers as the best of the best.

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1. Two Men and a Truck

Bearing the moniker Movers Who Care, Two Men and a Truck offers a variety of packing and moving services, including a Value Flex® package. Geared toward limited-volume, long-distance moving, this crated service provides the standard assurances of Two Men and a Truck's normal services while leveraging flexible delivery dates to give customers better pricing.

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2. Safeway Moving Inc.

Safeway Moving puts a friendly face on relocation with both its cartoon moving mascots and its accommodating team members. In addition to the standard moving services, it offers 30-day free storage, around-the-clock customer service and GPS tracking for your belongings. This veteran-owned company also specializes in retirement relocation with safeguards to protect seniors.

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3. Allied Van Lines

With the largest mover network in the world, Allied Van Lines can help you transition homes whether you're moving across the country or across town. Boasting a 96% satisfaction rate and 24-hour customer service, this full-service moving company has been moving households and businesses for nearly a century.

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4. Colonial Van Lines

While it hasn't been around since the Colonial period, Colonial Van Lines does have more than 50 years of experience in full-service, long-distance moves. Registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin (FMCSA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT), these trained movers are experts in getting your residential or commercial from point A to point B smoothly.

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5. American Van Lines

Each year, American Van Lines helps facilitate approximately 10,000 long-distance moves in the continental United States. Its services include protective wrappings, item inventories and specialty handling for those delicate valuables. With over 25 years of experience, this full-service mover prides itself on its efficiency and swiftness, getting you from here to there with the least amount of fuss.

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6. Bekins Van Lines

When you schedule a move with Bekins Van Lines, you're assigned a dedicated move manager so that you have a single point of contact throughout the process. This mover offers a full range of services from packing supplies for DIYers to in-transit storage for complicated or extended moves. Bekins has built a solid reputation, moving people across the country since 1891.

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7. United Van Lines

With a network of more than 500 independent moving companies, United Van Lines averages more than 100,000 moves per year across the street, country or globe. Their broad network allows them to offer a variety of packing, moving and storage services, including the Snapmoves program, military and corporate relocations, and auto shipping.

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8. JK Moving Services

With a stellar Better Business Bureau rating and thorough employee background checks, when JK Moving Services says it wants its customers to have peace of mind, it's not kidding. Though it uses AI-powered surveys, the helpline for live support runs around the clock. Local to international, JK Moving transports homes and businesses to where they need to be.

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9. Mayflower Transit

Mayflower Transit recognizes that every move is unique, so it developed its Snapmoves platform to help customers get the services they need without paying for extras they don't. Snapmoves offers two levels of service, depending on your schedule, and it's easy to add on additional services, such as packing and home-theater setup.

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10. Wheaton World Wide Moving

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Wheaton World Wide Moving has operated for more than 75 years, moving households and corporations both in state and across state lines. More than 350 agents service roughly 95% of the United States with a comprehensive list of offerings, including packing, storage and specialty-item moving. The company offers discount programs for retired federal employees and members of select organizations.

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Susan Lanier-Graham

Susan Lanier-Graham is founder and publisher of Wander With Wonder, an award-winning online travel journalism magazine. She has authored more than 75 books and hundreds of magazine articles while traveling the world over the past three decades. Susan's work has appeared in a variety of publications, including various AAA publications, TravelandLeisure.com, Hotels.com, Modern Luxury, WHERE publications, Fairmont.com, Marriott.com and more. Susan is a member of Society of American Travel Writers, International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association, and North American Travel Journalists Association. She is also a Certified California Wine Appellation Specialist.