Bears Moving Co. is a licensed Georgia local moving company (GA HHG #9320) handling home, apartment, and office moves throughout Canton — BridgeMill, Great Sky, Soleil Laurel Canyon, and Downtown Canton. 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.
Canton local moves are large-property work — BridgeMill, Great Sky, Soleil Laurel Canyon, and Downtown Canton. The difficulty here is rarely the doorway: it's total volume, the carry from the truck to the door, and the drive leg between addresses.
Canton properties sit on larger lots with longer driveways, so we position the truck for the shortest carry and plan the drive leg into the schedule instead of onto a surprise line item. Canton homes are typically larger, with basements, garages, and outbuildings that add volume most people forget to count.
A two- to four-mover crew sized to your home, a fully equipped 26-foot box truck, fuel and drive time between your two Canton 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 Canton 4-bedroom home runs 8–10+ hours, with the drive leg and basement volume the main variables. Everything runs on our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum — not a four-hour minimum dressed up as two.
Canton properties sit on larger lots with longer driveways, so we position the truck for the shortest carry and plan the drive leg into the schedule instead of onto a surprise line item. 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 Canton moves earlier than in-town jobs to account for the drive leg. Most Canton 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 BridgeMill, Great Sky, Soleil Laurel Canyon, and Downtown Canton and the rest of Cherokee County, with no travel surcharge inside our standard service zone. Moving out of Canton 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 Canton 4-bedroom home runs 8–10+ hours, with the drive leg and basement volume the main variables. Canton 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 Cherokee 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 Canton moves earlier than in-town jobs to account for the drive leg. 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. Canton properties sit on larger lots with longer driveways, so we position the truck for the shortest carry and plan the drive leg into the schedule instead of onto a surprise line item. 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 Canton 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 Canton 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 Cherokee County and the rest of the metro. Out-of-state moves are quoted as a flat rate based on weight, distance, and access.