By Pamela Smith
Updated: May 14, 2026
6 min read
Reviewed by Martin Pаnауоtоv
Hiring a moving company to move your entire home is a big deal.
We’ve researched over 1200 interstate moving companies, cross-referencing customer reviews, license data, insurance information, and federal requirements to find you the best long distance moving companies in the industry.
If you’re moving a 1 bedroom home worth of stuff or more, these are the best full service moving companies based on our research.
"My mom recently moved from California to the Philippines to retire, and she had gathered many fragile items over the years from places like TJMaxx ..."
"TDY did a great job on a complicated recent move hundreds of miles away from Brooklyn. It was a complicated job – – a lot of items, valuable items,..."
"The movers I was sent were incredibly fast! I appreciate the attention to detail and safe handling of my belongings, because..well. I’m not a young..."
"From Brooklyn, NY to Phoenix, AZ If only I could give Negative 5 Stars. My move was from NY to Phoenix, AZ. They quoted me $3,600 as the move co..."
"As a previous sales representative for Vanity Van Lines, please be advised that the owner still owes me $7000 in unpaid commissions. The owner cont..."
"This was the absolute worst moving experience of our lives. We have been moved several times over the past 20 years, but Preferred Relocation was b..."
"This company is very reliable and I and my wife hired them and the service was fantastic! I have nothing but praise for the company and their movin..."
"The owner?, Phil, is a rude man who expects a dispute and appears to enjoy it. They bait you with a good estimate and then tack on unreasonable fe..."
"I was promised by Frank Diaz that they would take great care wrapping and protecting my furniture. But two sofas came with grease stains on the edg..."
"Absolute scam & theft. Of course wish I could provide negative stars. Picked up everything I own on morning of Wednesday, Oct. 30. Was assured ..."
"DO NOT GO NEAR THIS COMPANY. They have no idea what is going on with one "department" telling me my stuff was in a container sat in their yard and..."
"I had my things moved from NY to Delaware and the crew were great and polite, they came on time both loading and unloading. From the beginning Deid..."
"When we scheduled our move with them they said they would wrap the furniture. They did not have enough moving pads or shrink wrap. A number of piec..."
"From beginning to end using Real Deal Van Lines from Leominster MA has been the best moving experience my husband and I have ever had. We have move..."
"HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. Do everything you can to NOT work with this company. We have an entire box of glass shards from all of the items that..."
"We hired this moving company (New Leaf) who contracts with other companies and assigned us to a company called Fragile Moving. This company is anyt..."
"Precise and friendly guys. Always on time. Moved my stuff with tenderous care. Everything was perfectly wrapped, packed and delivered. Fast, c..."
"Short version: We contracted a move from NY to PA 2 months before the move date. They inquired about # of rooms, furniture, etc. They gave us a q..."
"Liz helped us put together a multi day move and up until the last day of the move from storage all was moving along smoothly. Yes we have broken ..."
"They underestimated my move purposely to win the contract and then sold it to another mover. These guys are brokers not movers. Upon discovering th..."
"We hired RTM to move out of state. Our moving specialist, Sue Fielders, was outstanding- patient and so easy to work with. Our move went through a ..."
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