San Francisco, CA · Moving Companies

Moving Companies in San Francisco, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 196 household and office goods movers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,784 people with $93.6 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

196

8th most of 312 US metro areas

People employed

1,784

9.1 per business, against 11.3 across all metros

Annual payroll

$93.6 million

$52,481 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

74%

of businesses, against 65% across all metros

Change since 2022

-4.4%

in the number of businesses (205 in 2022)

What the numbers say about San Francisco.

  • San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for household and office goods movers, 8th of 312.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 9.1 employees each, against 11.3 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $52,481 per employee a year, against $45,734.
  • The count fell by 9 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps moving companies in San Francisco.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Inventory from a walkthrough

Record in person or over video, upload the audio, or paste a transcript. VERA writes the inventory and a recap for the customer.

Quotes from your own rules

Crew size, truck, hourly rate, travel, stairs, and materials, priced the way you set it up and sent as a link to accept and sign.

Deposits that hold the date

A deposit invoice drafted on acceptance, with a pay link and reminders until it is paid.

Questions

Moving Companies in San Francisco

How many household and office goods movers are there in San Francisco?

196 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,784 people and paid $93.6 million in annual payroll.

Is the San Francisco market for moving companies growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 205 to 196 (-4.4%).

What does VERA do for moving companies in San Francisco?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Moving Companies in other markets

Other San Francisco markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is household and office goods movers, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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