Florida State-to-State Movers

50STATE MOVERS INC box truck in its own livery parked at the front door of a house on delivery day after a Florida move

Blue floor runner laid from the front door through the entry of a Florida home on moving day

Sofas, tables and a mattress blanket-wrapped and shrink-wrapped, ready to carry out of a Florida home

Blanket-wrapped furniture and wardrobe cartons stacked and strapped in tiers inside the truck

How the day runs

One Florida move, start to finish.

No stock photography. These are the movers from Florida who would be on your job.

Floors protected

Runners, jamb pads and corner guards before the first carry.
Wrapped before it moves

Blankets, shrink and tape on every piece — not only the fragile ones.
Tiered and strapped

The load is built in tiers and tied off, so nothing moves on the highway.
At your new door

Carried to the room you choose, inside the window we agreed in writing.

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Coverage

We load anywhere in Florida and unload in any continental state. Call +1 (888) 505-1086.

Our trucks work the whole of Florida, small towns included. A place that isn't on this list is usually still on a lane we already run — ring +1 (888) 505-1086 and we'll check the access before we quote you.

Jacksonville

Miami

Tampa

Orlando

St. Petersburg

Port St. Lucie

Cape Coral

Hialeah

Tallahassee

Fort Lauderdale

Pembroke Pines

Hollywood

Gainesville

Miramar

Palm Bay

Coral Springs

West Palm Beach

Lakeland

Clearwater

Pompano Beach

Miami Gardens

Davie

Palm Coast

Boca Raton

Deltona

Fort Myers

Sunrise

Plantation

North Port

Deerfield Beach

Melbourne

Daytona Beach

Largo

Homestead

Kissimmee

Boynton Beach

Miami Beach

Doral

Lauderhill

Tamarac

Ocala

Weston

Delray Beach

St. Cloud

Port Orange

Sanford

Wellington

Jupiter

Palm Beach Gardens

Apopka

What we do

Six ways we handle a move.

Florida's biggest service demands are storage and packing. Condo boards approve move dates on their own schedule, which regularly leaves a gap between move-out and move-in, and the state's humidity makes climate-controlled storage the right default rather than an upsell. White glove work is common in Naples, Palm Beach, and Miami Beach.

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Long Distance

Long-haul household relocations across the continental map — scheduling, documentation, and unpacking on arrival included, with one crew responsible throughout.
White Glove

The top tier. Concierge-level service: we'll pack, transport, unpack, arrange, and even hang the art on the walls before we leave.
Residential

Household moves of every scale. Beds, wardrobes and tables are dismantled, transported and reassembled, and nobody drives off until it is all where it belongs.
Commercial

Offices, studios and workspaces relocated outside trading hours. The aim is simple: no lost working days between the old address and the new one.
Packing & Crating

Art, heirlooms, instruments, and glass packed the way galleries pack them, with bespoke crates constructed in your home for anything off-size.
Storage

Warehousing with climate control and 24-hour security. Use it for a week between closings or indefinitely; the inventory and the insurance run throughout.

Two 50STATEMOVERS crew carrying a blanket-wrapped item up the ramp into a loaded truck, moving blankets and cartons stacked inside

Pricing

How a Florida move gets priced.

There is no price table on this page on purpose. A figure quoted before anyone has seen your household is a guess, and guesses are what become revised invoices at the far end. What follows is what genuinely shifts the cost of a Florida move — each line itemized in writing before you sign, and binding once you do.

01Distance and lane

Your route sets the floor. Our Florida lanes run from about 470 miles to Georgia out to roughly 2,570 miles to California. Sharing a trailer with other households costs less than a dedicated truck; a dedicated truck buys you a delivery date instead of a spread.

02Access at both ends

Whether a trailer can reach your door changes the job. Long carries, stairs, freight elevator reservations, street permits, and shuttle service where a tractor-trailer physically cannot fit are all real work — we check them at survey so they land in the quote instead of on move day.

03How much packing you want

Full packing is what most long-distance customers choose, and it is the single biggest factor in whether a load arrives intact — a professionally packed box is built for a 2,000-mile ride, not a car trip. Most land somewhere between, having us handle the kitchen, art, and anything fragile. Custom crating for art, antiques, and oversized items is quoted separately.

04Storage between dates

Closing dates and lease ends seldom meet neatly. When there is a gap, your inventory sits in storage-in-transit until the new place is ready — priced in the original quote, not billed as a running surprise. Anything wooden, leather, or electronic belongs in a climate-controlled unit.

05Valuation and protection

The basic released-value coverage the federal rules require comes with every interstate shipment and costs nothing. Above it sits Full Value Protection, which pays to repair, replace, or settle in cash at today's market value — a line worth adding when the inventory is valuable.

Local notes

Moving from Florida: what's actually different.

The practical detail changes by state — where the trucks can go, when the weather cooperates, who licenses whom. Here is how that plays out in Florida.

STEP 01

Roads & access

I-95 on the east coast, I-75 on the west, and I-4 across the middle carry nearly all Florida moving traffic, and I-4 through Orlando is among the most congested corridors in the Southeast. The defining access issue is vertical: condo towers from Miami Beach to Naples require a certificate of insurance, a reserved freight elevator, and often a move window restricted to weekday mornings. Gated and 55-plus communities add registration requirements on top of that. Main corridors: I-95, I-75, I-4, I-10, Florida's Turnpike.

STEP 02

Timing your move

The moving calendar here is inverted relative to most of the country. Winter and early spring are peak season as snowbirds and retirees arrive; June through November is hurricane season, when we build flexibility into coastal delivery windows and will not run a loaded trailer into a landfall forecast. Late spring — April and May — is often the best combination of weather and availability in Florida.

STEP 03

Who is moving, and why

Florida's inbound flow is enormous and comes primarily from New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, concentrated in Tampa Bay, Southwest Florida, and Central Florida. What gets less attention is outbound volume: rising insurance premiums, HOA assessments, and coastal housing costs have pushed a steady stream of Florida households toward Texas, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Georgia. The Villages and Southwest Florida remain overwhelmingly net inbound; South Florida is closer to balanced.

STEP 04

Licensing to check

Interstate moves out of Florida are federal: look for an active USDOT number and FMCSA authority. Ours are USDOT #4575745 and MC-1820728. Movers operating only inside the state answer instead to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which registers intrastate household-goods movers — a registration that is not authority to take your belongings across the line.

Good to know

The Florida details that cost people money.

These three catch people out in Florida often enough that we look for all of them at survey — which is how they end up in the quote instead of on the final invoice.

Condo and HOA approval

Most Florida towers require an approved COI, a reserved elevator, and sometimes an association-approved move date. Approval can take a week or more. This is the single most common source of Florida move delays.

Hurricane-season contingencies

From June through November we track named storms against your route and dates. We would rather hold a load 48 hours than deliver into an evacuation zone, and your contract accounts for that.

Humidity and long-term storage

Standard warehouse storage in Florida is hard on leather, wood, and upholstery. If your goods will be stored more than a few weeks, climate control is worth asking for.

FAQ

Florida moving questions, answered.

What customers want settled before they choose between Florida movers and the national vans.

What does a Florida condo require before a move?

Almost always a certificate of insurance naming the association as additional insured, a reserved freight elevator with protective padding, and a move confined to specific weekday hours. Some associations also require board approval of the move date. Send us your building's move packet as early as possible.

Should I avoid moving during hurricane season?

You do not need to avoid it, but you should plan for it. June through November moves get a slightly wider delivery window and active storm monitoring. If a named storm threatens your route, we hold the load rather than run it — and we tell you before it becomes a surprise.

How long does a move from Florida to New York take?

About 1,100 to 1,400 miles, typically 5 to 9 days consolidated and 2 to 3 days dedicated. New York City destinations need a certificate of insurance and, in much of Manhattan and Brooklyn, a reserved elevator and specific loading arrangements.

Are Florida moving companies regulated?

Yes. Movers operating inside Florida register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under the state's Moving Broker and Mover Act. Interstate moves are governed federally by the FMCSA — verify the company's USDOT and MC numbers. Ours are USDOT #4575745 and MC-1820728.

Are moving companies in Florida required to be licensed?

Yes, and there are two separate authorities. Any company moving household goods across a state line must hold an active USDOT number and interstate operating authority from the FMCSA — ours are USDOT #4575745 and MC-1820728, and you can verify both on the FMCSA's public SAFER database before paying a deposit.

Movers working only inside Florida are registered instead with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which registers intrastate household-goods movers — and that is not the same thing. An intrastate registration gives no authority to carry your goods across the Florida line, which is the single most frequent problem we spot in paperwork customers send us to review. While you're checking, settle two more questions: is the price binding or an estimate that can be rewritten at delivery, and is the company a carrier with its own trucks or a broker selling the job on? We are a carrier, our prices are binding, and the crew and truck are ours.

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One Florida move, start to finish.

Floors protected

Wrapped before it moves

Tiered and strapped

At your new door

We load anywhere in Florida and unload in any continental state. Call +1 (888) 505-1086.

Six ways we handle a move.

Long Distance

White Glove

Residential

Commercial

Packing & Crating

Storage