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Moving Companies in Panama City, FL

71
Movers nearby
52%
Insured
37
Licensed
4.03
662 reviews

Run through this before booking a Panama City mover.

  • Hourly rate: standard crews of 2 to 3 movers run $150 to $200 or more per hour.
  • Total cost: a typical 2-3 bedroom local move takes 3 to 6 hours, landing labor costs around $500 to $1,000 or more.
  • Drive-time fee: ask how it is calculated, since it usually equals about an hour of labor to cover the trip from the warehouse and back.
  • Minimum charge: most movers enforce a 2 to 3 hour minimum, so even a 75-minute job still bills the full block.
  • Timing: rates spike at the start and end of the month, plus in peak summer, so a mid-week, mid-month booking tends to cost less.
  • Stairs and heavy items: a third-floor walk-up, a safe, or a piano often adds a separate surcharge, so describe your full layout on the quote call rather than after the crew arrives.
  • Liability coverage: basic carrier coverage is just $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound, $1,000 TV is only worth $18 in a claim if it is dropped.

Once you have these figures, the mover directory below is a good next stop.

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What customers say in Panama City, FL

★★★★★★★★★★ Google
We had a great experience with Paulk's. Full packing, local move and unpacking and it was well worth the price to let pros do the move much faster than we could have done it ourselves.
Jonathan Pytynia
Paulk's Moving & Storage INC · Jun 2018
★★★★★★★★★★ Google
We have moved many times and this time we only moved one item. My previous moves have been close to disasters so I was honestly expecting the worse case scenario. The piano was picked up when they said it would be and delivered when they said it would be. It arrived without damage. You can bet n...
Pat Rayburn
Paulk's Moving & Storage INC · Nov 2016

Who's moving to Panama City, FL

Federal tax-filer migration data for Bay County.

+2,172 net households · #44 of 3,087 U.S. counties for household growth
What kind of mover will you need?
Moving in
7,826 households arrived

68% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.

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Moving out
5,654 households left

61% of departures left the state. Interstate moves are priced by weight and distance, and the carrier must hold active interstate operating authority.

See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Net household change, five years
-3,319
18–19
+645
19–20
+1,993
20–21
+1,965
21–22
+2,172
22–23
Which states Panama City trades with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.

Alabama +155
548 in
393 out
Georgia +412
604 in
192 out
Texas +73
276 in
203 out
Arizona +147
220 in
73 out
Tennessee +148
202 in
54 out
Nearby, under 50 miles
Chipley, FL 30 mi Santa Rosa Beach, FL 38 mi Marianna, FL 49 mi Port Saint Joe, FL 30 mi Bonifay, FL 44 mi Blountstown, FL 37 mi
Beyond 50 miles
Crestview, FL 58 mi Tallahassee, FL 85 mi East Pensacola Heights, FL 98 mi Orlando, FL 283 mi Tampa, FL 251 mi Dothan, AL 70 mi Navarre, FL 85 mi Jacksonville, FL 242 mi

Households arriving from another state report $81,007 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Florida report $61,427. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Bay County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 54% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the Florida migration page →

How much truck space do you need?

I’m moving a that’s .

A moving truck filling up as you change the options
1,150
cubic feet — what a local crew loads
8,050 lb what a long-distance carrier quotes on
26 ft rental truck, if you drive it yourself

Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.

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