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.
"Excellent service from the first interaction to the final delivery. I had a long distance move with two different delivery locations and it all wen..."
"Ideal gave me a 2 consecutive day window for my move. The dates were quickly approaching and …no call from Ideal. I started calling them and they c..."
"Worst company ever. They charged us 2000K more saying that our cubic feet are higher than their video estimate. And after that we get info from fro..."
"Please NEVER use this company!! They deserve negative stars, but the only way I can write is to give a star. I had 2 moves. RI to Albuquerque and..."
"Scammers. They now use the name long distant van lines. Go by multiple company names. Rip you off, act very aggressive and threatening toward custo..."
"Lowlife scamming company!! Sh*tbags! Attempted to make contact with the company and all we got was a voicemail! Lowlife scamming business! I'm goin..."
"DO NOT EVER USE THIS COMPANY!!! Talk about an unprofessional and rude crew. In the few hours this crew was at my apartment I lost count the number..."
"Beware of this moving company. They show up at your house with a Uhaul and lie to you about the size of the truck in order for you to pay more mone..."
"The first thing that was odd was that the two person truck crew said they were waiting for two more Atlas employees to arrive before they would beg..."
"COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT! Please do not put yourself through this! On moving day, the movers arrived 5 hours later than expected. After loading the t..."
"We were living in New Hampshire and had a planned move to AL. We booked service with the company 4-5 months ago and had everything confirmed. The p..."
"Delivery was 2-3 weeks late, every time I call , I get a different excuse on devilry date, some times are missing!!, broken furniture!! some ite..."
"Great move. Professional, fast, efficient. Moved my five bedroom house. Very happy with the way David organized and supervised the movers. The pack..."
"I do not think they even deserve one star. I hired them to move me for 1.7miles, less than 5 minutes move. They charged me over $1800 for this. I p..."
"This was my fiance and my fourth time using Moving Ahead. We moved from our studio apartment into a storage unit with an extra stop. The movers wer..."
"It took a very long time for our items to arrive. They were missing a chair to the dining room set. They kept telling me it was missing. I now beli..."
"This is the worse moving experience we have had in our lives. Moved from NJ to Florida and ALL my furniture was ruined and packing was atrocious!! ..."
"Do not hire Safe Moving Company out of NJ. They are rude and failed to deliver our 2 piece Craftsman tool box with over $1800. worth of tools. Here..."
"Do not use this company they're very unprofessional and the driver smelled like alcohol I'm pretty sure most of them were drunk and someone left a ..."
"Arrived 4 hours late. They overcharged for time, damaged a lot of items, and many of my things are missing. 1 decent guy out of the 3 man crew. The..."
"Hired(we thought) coast to coast to move us from MD to WA state They in turn sent Moon Vanline to move us. They caused us to be late moving out, t..."
"2 packers packed negligently on Tuesday June 5 2018. They dumped drawers into boxes. They mislabeled and mixed incompatible items in boxes and misl..."
"Budget Vanlines Brokered this awful company. All Season Van Lines put me through months of misery, and I continue to feel the repercussions because..."
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