Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts move

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

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

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

On moving day

Moving day in Massachusetts, from door to door.

Four stages on every job our movers from Massachusetts run — this is what each of them looks like.

Floors and doorways first

Runners down and door jambs padded before a single box is carried.
Blanket-wrapped

Blankets and shrink on all of it, cartons for anything that fits in one.
Loaded & strapped

Each tier is strapped before the next goes up — that is what stops shifting.
Delivered to the room

Set down room by room, on the delivery date your contract names.

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Coverage

From any address in Massachusetts to anywhere in the lower 48. Speak to us on +1 (888) 505-1086.

We pick up throughout the state, not just the metros. If your town isn't listed, it's almost certainly still on a route we run — call +1 (888) 505-1086 and we'll confirm access before quoting.

Boston

Worcester

Springfield

Cambridge

Lowell

Brockton

Quincy

Lynn

New Bedford

Fall River

Newton

Lawrence

Somerville

Framingham

Haverhill

Plymouth

Malden

Waltham

Brookline

Taunton

Weymouth

Medford

Revere

Chicopee

Peabody

Methuen

Everett

Barnstable

Attleboro

Arlington

Salem

Leominster

Pittsfield

Beverly

Woburn

Billerica

Fitchburg

Marlborough

Westfield

Amherst

Shrewsbury

Braintree

Chelsea

Holyoke

Natick

Andover

Chelmsford

Watertown

Randolph

Lexington

What we do

What we can take off your hands.

Massachusetts leans hardest on packing and storage, and September 1 is the reason. Leases turn over region-wide on the same day, gaps between move-out and move-in are normal, and triple-decker staircases make professional packing and disassembly the difference between a smooth day and a damaged sofa.

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Long Distance

State-line and coast-to-coast moves, run door to door. Routing, paperwork, and unpacking at the far end are all handled by us.
White Glove

The full-attention option. Nothing is left for you to do — packing, transport, unpacking, arranging the rooms, and hanging the art are all ours.
Residential

Any size of home, from a one-room flat to a five-bedroom house. We take apart what needs taking apart, move it, rebuild it, and finish the job in place.
Commercial

Business moves scheduled for evenings and weekends, which is how your staff arrive at a working office on Monday instead of a room of boxes.
Packing & Crating

Fragile, valuable and awkward items packed to museum standard. Where no ready-made carton will do the job, we build the crate on site.
Storage

Monitored storage in climate-controlled facilities, available for a short gap between dates or an open-ended stay. Everything stays inventoried and insured.

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

Pricing

The six things that set the price of a Massachusetts move.

We don't publish a price list, because a number without a survey is a guess — and a guess is exactly what turns into a bigger bill on delivery day. Here's what actually moves the figure on a Massachusetts move. Every one of these is itemized in your written quote before you sign, and the price we agree is the price you pay.

01Distance and lane

Your route sets the floor. Our Massachusetts lanes run from about 60 miles to New Hampshire out to roughly 3,030 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

Access is priced work, not a surprise. Distance from the truck to the door, staircases, elevator bookings, parking permits, and a shuttle where the big trailer simply will not go each add crew time. All of it is confirmed at survey and written into the quote.

03How much packing you want

You can pack everything, nothing, or the easy half. It matters: boxes that hold up over two thousand miles are built to a standard that a cross-town move never tests. Most households keep the wardrobes and books and let our crew take the kitchen, the mirrors, and anything breakable. Custom crates for art, antiques and outsized items carry their own price.

04Storage between dates

Move-out and move-in dates rarely line up. Storage-in-transit holds your inventoried goods until your date, and we quote that cost up front rather than letting it accrue quietly. Climate control is worth it for wood, leather, and electronics.

05Valuation and protection

Every interstate move includes the federally required minimum released-value protection at no extra charge. Full Value Protection — repair, replacement, or a cash settlement at current market value — costs more and is worth considering for a high-value inventory.

Local notes

Massachusetts moves, and how they really run.

Roads, seasons, and regulators differ from one state line to the next. This is what they mean for a Massachusetts move on the ground.

STEP 01

Roads & access

I-90, I-93, and I-495 handle regional traffic, but the difficulty is local. Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville require a city permit to reserve street space for a moving truck, posted in advance. Triple-decker walk-ups with narrow turning stairs are standard housing stock, and hoisting through a window is a routine solution rather than an exotic one. Beacon Hill and the North End have streets that effectively exclude anything larger than a box truck. Main corridors: I-90 (Mass Pike), I-93, I-95, I-495, Route 128.

STEP 02

Timing your move

September 1 is the defining date — Boston-area leases turn over en masse, trucks and crews are booked out months ahead, and streets are gridlocked. The last week of August is nearly as bad. If you have any flexibility, moving in October, or between January and March, saves real money and stress. Winter moves face nor'easters and snow-narrowed streets that make legal truck parking even harder.

STEP 03

Who is moving, and why

Massachusetts has a steady net outflow driven by housing costs, with Florida, New Hampshire, the Carolinas, Maine, and Texas the leading destinations. It is partly offset by a large, continuous inbound stream of students, academics, biotech workers, and healthcare professionals into Boston and Cambridge. The result is enormous gross moving volume in both directions and a market where crew availability, not distance, is often the binding constraint.

STEP 04

Licensing to check

Interstate moves out of Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, which licenses intrastate household-goods movers — a registration that is not authority to take your belongings across the line.

Good to know

Where Massachusetts moves go wrong.

Three things that regularly turn a straightforward Massachusetts move into an expensive one. We check all three before quoting, so they land in the price rather than on move day.

September 1

Book two to three months ahead for any late-August or September 1 Boston move. This is not ordinary peak-season advice — capacity across the entire region genuinely runs out.

Street occupancy permits

Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville require posted permits to reserve curb space for a truck. Without one, the truck cannot legally stop where you need it and you pay for a long carry instead.

Triple-decker stairs and hoists

Narrow turning staircases are the regional norm. We plan disassembly or a window hoist at survey. The infamous Storrow Drive clearance is also why we route trucks around, not along, the river.

FAQ

Massachusetts moves: the common questions.

Questions we field most often from households hiring movers from Massachusetts.

Why is September 1 such a problem in Boston?

An unusually large share of leases in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Allston, and Brighton all end on August 31. Every mover in the region is booked, streets are jammed, and pricing peaks. Book two to three months ahead or, if you can, move on a different date.

Do I need a permit to park the moving truck in Boston?

The truck does on most streets, and the filing is ours, not yours. Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville issue street-occupancy permits that must be posted in advance to hold the space. Late permits are the single most common avoidable problem on a Boston move, so send us the address as soon as you have it.

Can you move furniture out of a third-floor walk-up?

Yes, routinely. Triple-deckers with tight turning staircases are the standard housing stock here. Where a piece will not clear the stairs, we disassemble it or hoist it through a window, and we identify that at survey so it is in the price.

How long does a move from Massachusetts to Texas take?

About 1,750 to 1,950 miles, typically 7 to 12 days on a consolidated load and 3 to 4 days dedicated. You get a delivery spread at booking and a confirmed 24-hour window once the truck is dispatched.

Are moving companies in Massachusetts required to be licensed?

Yes. Interstate household moving is federally licensed: the carrier needs a live USDOT registration and FMCSA operating authority, not just a business licence. Ours are USDOT #4575745 and MC-1820728, and SAFER — the FMCSA's public database — will confirm them in seconds.

Companies that move households only within Massachusetts answer to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, which licenses intrastate household-goods movers. That distinction matters: an intrastate-only registration is not authority to take your belongings out of Massachusetts, and it is the most common gap we see when customers forward us a competitor's paperwork. Two other things worth checking on any quote — whether the price is binding or an estimate that can be revised at delivery, and whether the company is a carrier that owns trucks or a broker reselling your move. We are a carrier, we quote binding fixed prices, and we put our own crew and truck on the job.

Where we go

Our most-run lanes out of Massachusetts.

As Massachusetts movers we run the full continental map. These are the states most often paired with a Massachusetts move — each has its own guide covering arrival logistics, building rules, and seasonal timing.

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Moving day in Massachusetts, from door to door.

Floors and doorways first

Blanket-wrapped

Loaded & strapped

Delivered to the room

From any address in Massachusetts to anywhere in the lower 48. Speak to us on +1 (888) 505-1086.

What we can take off your hands.

Long Distance

White Glove

Residential

Commercial

Packing & Crating

Storage