Louisiana Out-of-State Movers

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

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

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

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

How the day runs

Your Louisiana load, step by step.

Photographs of our Louisiana movers at work: the four parts of your day, in order.

Floors protected

Walkways covered and corners padded before the first carry out.
Nothing travels bare

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

Built in strapped tiers, because a load that cannot shift cannot rub.
At the far end

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

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Coverage

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

Our trucks work the whole of Louisiana, 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.

New Orleans

Baton Rouge

Shreveport

Lafayette

Lake Charles

Kenner

Bossier City

Monroe

Alexandria

Houma

Central

Slidell

New Iberia

Hammond

Ruston

Sulphur

Zachary

Youngsville

Natchitoches

Gretna

Thibodaux

Opelousas

Broussard

Pineville

Gonzales

Mandeville

Carencro

West Monroe

Baker

Covington

Crowley

Minden

Abbeville

Morgan City

Bogalusa

DeRidder

Jennings

Denham Springs

Eunice

Bastrop

Scott

Harahan

Westwego

Ponchatoula

Addis

Breaux Bridge

Rayne

Donaldsonville

St. Gabriel

Oakdale

What we do

Six ways we handle a move.

Louisiana's service mix is shaped by storm risk. Storage — specifically climate-controlled storage — is close to mandatory given the humidity, and hurricane-season contracts frequently need goods held in a secure facility rather than delivered into an evacuation zone. Packing demand is high in New Orleans, where raised houses and narrow streets slow everything down.

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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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana move — each line itemized in writing before you sign, and binding once you do.

01Distance and lane

Your route sets the floor. Our Louisiana lanes run from about 500 miles to Georgia out to roughly 1,950 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 Louisiana: 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 Louisiana.

STEP 01

Roads & access

I-10 and I-12 carry east–west traffic and I-49 runs north from Lafayette to Shreveport. Bridge and causeway constraints matter here more than in most states: the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has restrictions and closes in high winds, and many bayou parish roads have posted weight limits. In New Orleans, the French Quarter, Marigny, and Garden District require permits for truck staging, and narrow streets with overhanging galleries frequently force a shuttle. Main corridors: I-10, I-12, I-20, I-49, I-55.

STEP 02

Timing your move

Hurricane season from June through November is the defining constraint, and it overlaps with the traditional summer moving peak. We track named storms against your route and will hold a load rather than deliver into an evacuation order. Late winter and early spring — February through April — is the best moving window in Louisiana: mild, dry, and outside storm season. Summer heat and humidity require early starts and careful handling of anything with veneer or leather.

STEP 03

Who is moving, and why

Louisiana has one of the highest net-outbound rates in the South, with Texas absorbing the largest share by far — Houston, Dallas, and Austin are the top three destinations by volume. Storm recovery, insurance costs, and energy-sector employment shifts drive much of it. Baton Rouge and the Northshore parishes around Mandeville and Covington run counter, gaining households from New Orleans. Lake Charles and the industrial corridor track LNG and petrochemical construction cycles.

STEP 04

Licensing to check

Interstate moves out of Louisiana 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 Louisiana Public Service Commission, which regulates intrastate household-goods movers — a registration that is not authority to take your belongings across the line.

Good to know

The Louisiana details that cost people money.

These three catch people out in Louisiana 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.

Hurricane-season planning

A June-through-November Louisiana move gets active storm monitoring and a slightly wider delivery window. If a mandatory evacuation is issued, we hold the shipment in secure storage rather than running it — and that contingency is written into your contract.

French Quarter and Garden District permits

Truck staging in the historic districts requires city permits and often a shuttle from a legal stopping point. Narrow streets, cast-iron galleries, and one-way lanes make this non-negotiable.

Raised houses and exterior stairs

Post-flood elevated homes across South Louisiana have long exterior staircases. That changes the labor plan significantly and we account for it at survey rather than on the day.

FAQ

Louisiana moving questions, answered.

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

Should I move during hurricane season?

You can, with planning. June through November moves get storm monitoring and a wider delivery window. We will not run a loaded trailer into a landfall forecast or an evacuation zone — we hold it in secure storage instead. February through April avoids the question entirely.

Can you move out of the French Quarter?

Yes. It requires a city permit for truck staging and almost always a shuttle, because the narrow one-way streets and overhanging galleries will not admit a full-size trailer. We arrange the permit and price the shuttle into the quote.

How long does a move from Louisiana to Florida take?

New Orleans to Central Florida is about 650 miles and to South Florida roughly 860 — typically 3 to 6 days consolidated, 1 to 2 days dedicated. Both ends of this lane are hurricane-exposed in season, so we build the window accordingly.

Is climate-controlled storage necessary in Louisiana?

For anything beyond a couple of weeks, yes. Louisiana's humidity is hard on wood, leather, upholstery, paper, and electronics, and standard warehouse bays do not manage it. It is a small step to take relative to replacing a damaged piece.

Are moving companies in Louisiana 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 Louisiana are registered instead with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, which regulates intrastate household-goods movers — and that is not the same thing. An intrastate registration gives no authority to carry your goods across the Louisiana 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.

Where we go

Neighbouring states and long-haul favourites.

Our Louisiana movers cover the continental US. The destinations below are the ones local households pick most; each links to a guide on arriving there — access, building rules, and the right time of year.

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Your Louisiana load, step by step.

Floors protected

Nothing travels bare

Tiered and strapped

At the far end

We load anywhere in Louisiana 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