Moving Companies in Tampa, FL
Studio to two-bedroom local moves run $655 to $1,925. Three-plus bedroom local moves run $2,000 to $3,000 or more. Regional moves of 100 to 250 miles run $1,500 to $4,500. Long-distance moves past 500 miles run $3,000 to $10,200 or more. Crews charge $80 to $100 per hour on local jobs.
Movers bill travel time both ways, not just time at your door. This covers the drive from their warehouse to your home and back. Stairs, elevators, and long carries add separate fees. Tampa has many multi-story condos and historic homes with tight access. Downtown Tampa, Channelside, and South Tampa may require a parking permit for the truck. Movers who get ticketed or cannot park close pass that cost to you.
Schedule a summer move early in the morning. Heat can damage electronics and wood furniture inside a parked truck. Afternoon storms in the rainy season can delay unloading and add hours to the job.
Get a binding estimate in writing, not a phone quote. This caps what the company can charge on moving day. Intrastate movers need an FDACS IM number. Verify it before booking, not after the truck arrives.
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Who's moving to Tampa, FL
Federal tax-filer migration data for Hillsborough County.
51% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers47% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Tampa refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them. Head count stayed flat all the same — arriving households are smaller (1.65 people on average) than the ones leaving (1.69), so the city gained homes without gaining residents.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $86,238 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Florida report $69,715. 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 Hillsborough County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 14% 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 →
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