Bears Moving Co. is a licensed Georgia local moving company (GA HHG #9320) handling home, apartment, and office moves throughout Atlanta — Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, Virginia-Highland, Grant Park, and West End. Local moves are billed at one transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum: crew, 26-foot truck, fuel, drive time, blankets, shrink wrap, dollies, and floor protection all included.
No fuel surcharge, no per-stair fee, no travel fee inside our service zone.
A local move in Atlanta is a logistics problem before it's a lifting problem — Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, Virginia-Highland, Grant Park, and West End. Between permit parking, one-way streets, and buildings with no dock, where the truck sits decides how long the day runs.
In-town Atlanta moves are decided at the curb: Peachtree and Ponce give you no place to sit a 26-footer, so we reserve the dock or the loading zone before move day and shuttle when a street simply won't take the truck.
The mix runs from 1920s bungalows in Grant Park and Virginia-Highland to Old Fourth Ward lofts and Midtown tower units, which is why the same 2-bedroom takes two very different amounts of time depending on the block.
A two- to four-mover crew sized to your home, a fully equipped 26-foot box truck, fuel and drive time between your two Atlanta addresses, furniture pads and shrink wrap, mattress bags, floor runners and door-jamb protection, four-wheel dollies and shoulder straps, basic bed disassembly and reassembly, and basic TV dismount. Full cargo and liability insurance under GA HHG #9320 on every job.
What is never on the invoice: fuel surcharges, per-mile charges, equipment fees, per-stair or per-flight fees, long-carry fees, elevator fees, or travel surcharges inside our standard service zone. The number we quote on the phone is the structure you get on move day.
A 1-bedroom in-town move typically runs 2–4 hours with two movers, a 2-bedroom 4-6, and a 3-bedroom house 6-8 once stairs and carry distance are counted. Everything runs on our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum — not a four-hour minimum dressed up as two.
In-town Atlanta moves are decided at the curb: Peachtree and Ponce give you no place to sit a 26-footer, so we reserve the dock or the loading zone before move day and shuttle when a street simply won't take the truck.
The variables that actually move your total here are stair count, carry distance from the truck to the door, how much of the packing is finished when we arrive, and whether large items need disassembly.
If you want a firm number instead of a range, we can quote flat after a short phone walkthrough or a video survey. Either way, you'll know before you book — we don't bid low on the phone and rewrite the number at the truck.
We start most Atlanta local moves at 8am so the loaded leg happens before the afternoon Connector backs up; end-of-month Fridays book out first. Most Atlanta moves under four bedrooms can be booked 4–8 hours out from October through April. From May through September — and on any end-of-month or weekend date — plan on two to four weeks of lead time.
Crews arrive with the truck loaded for your job specifically: the right box count, the right dollies, and enough pads for the piece count you told us about.
We handle local moves throughout Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, West End, Grant Park, Inman Park, and Virginia-Highland and the rest of Fulton County, with no travel surcharge inside our standard service zone. Moving out of Atlanta but staying in Georgia? Intrastate moves stay on the same hourly structure.
Call us: (404) 514-4814 · Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm · Licensed GA HHG #9320 · BBB A+
A 1-bedroom in-town move typically runs 2–4 hours with two movers, a 2-bedroom 4-6, and a 3-bedroom house 6-8 once stairs and carry distance are counted. Atlanta local moves are billed at our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum. Truck, fuel, drive time, equipment, floor protection, and insurance are all included, and there are no per-stair or long-carry fees.
No. There is no fuel surcharge, no per-mile fee, and no separate travel charge inside our Fulton County service zone. The only travel you pay for is the actual drive time between your two addresses, billed at your normal hourly rate.
We start most Atlanta local moves at 8am so the loaded leg happens before the afternoon Connector backs up; end-of-month Fridays book out first. Off-season weekdays can often be booked 4–8 hours out. End-of-month dates, weekends, and anything between May and September should be booked two to four weeks ahead.
No. In-town Atlanta moves are decided at the curb: Peachtree and Ponce give you no place to sit a 26-footer, so we reserve the dock or the loading zone before move day and shuttle when a street simply won't take the truck. Stairs show up in the hours because they take longer to work, but there is no per-stair, per-flight, or elevator surcharge on any Atlanta move.
Yes — Bears Moving Co. holds GA HHG Mover #9320 from the Georgia Department of Public Safety, the license required to move household goods anywhere in Georgia, and carries full cargo and liability insurance. We can issue a Certificate of Insurance naming your Atlanta building or HOA within 24 hours.
Anything inside Georgia is an intrastate move and is billed at our hourly rate — that covers essentially every move within Fulton County and the rest of the metro. Out-of-state moves are quoted as a flat rate based on weight, distance, and access.