Small-move & apartment specialists
A studio is not a small version of a house move, it is a different job. Two movers, a smaller truck, and a building that probably has stairs, an elevator to reserve, or nowhere to park. The companies that do this well quote a realistic minimum instead of pretending a three-hour job takes one.
Typical range, studio to large home
$325–$1,300
Local apartment move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack. · how we calculate
Cost by home size
| Home size | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $325 | $400 | $500 |
| 1 Bedroom | $450 | $550 | $675 |
| 2 Bedroom | $875 | $1,075 | $1,300 |
What you are actually buying
A two-mover crew and a truck sized for an apartment, typically against a two- or three-hour minimum. Buildings with a freight elevator or a certificate-of-insurance requirement need that arranged before the crew arrives, and the good operators tell you so at booking.
How this tier is priced
Hourly against a minimum, exactly like a larger local move, but the minimum matters far more here because the actual work often falls below it. Some companies price a flat rate for a defined studio or one-bedroom scope instead.
Watch for: Stair and elevator charges. A fourth-floor walk-up with no lift is a materially longer job than the same inventory on the ground floor, and a quote that ignores the floor number is a quote that will be revised on the day.
Who this is the right answer for
Renters, students, and anyone moving a single room. Below about a one-bedroom, hiring loading help and renting the truck yourself is worth pricing against a full crew.
What this tier costs in major metros
A 2-bedroom household at this tier, priced with each metro's own local index. This is the same arithmetic as the metro cost pages, so the two never disagree.
| Metro | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $1,375 | $1,125–$1,675 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $1,250 | $1,025–$1,500 |
| Chicago, IL | $1,150 | $925–$1,400 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $1,050 | $850–$1,250 |
| Dallas, TX | $1,025 | $825–$1,225 |
| Houston, TX | $1,000 | $825–$1,200 |
See every metro we publish rates for on moving costs by city.
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Companies serving this tier
Sample listings, shown so the directory format is visible while real companies are onboarded. They carry no USDOT number, no address and no trading history, are excluded from our sitemap, and are served noindex. Ordering reflects membership tier and service area, never a score.
Sample Local Hourly Crew, Dallas
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Dallas–Fort Worth metro
Prices on: Hourly per mover with the truck included, against a stated minimum.
Cost data: Dallas rates
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Boston proper and inner suburbs
Prices on: Hourly against a stated minimum, or a flat studio scope.
Cost data: Boston rates
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Small-move & apartment specialists FAQ
$325–$1,300 across the home sizes this tier normally serves, at these assumptions: local apartment move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack. A peak-season date adds roughly 15% and the last five days of a month another 8%.
Hourly against a minimum, exactly like a larger local move, but the minimum matters far more here because the actual work often falls below it. Some companies price a flat rate for a defined studio or one-bedroom scope instead.
Stair and elevator charges. A fourth-floor walk-up with no lift is a materially longer job than the same inventory on the ground floor, and a quote that ignores the floor number is a quote that will be revised on the day.
Renters, students, and anyone moving a single room. Below about a one-bedroom, hiring loading help and renting the truck yourself is worth pricing against a full crew.
No. This is an hourly tier, and an hour of crew labor is a local price. The same 2-bedroom job at this tier runs $1,000 in Houston and $1,375 in New York, a difference of $375.