Seattle, WA · Moving Companies

Moving Companies in Seattle, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 183 household and office goods movers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,942 people with $91.9 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

183

10th most of 312 US metro areas

People employed

1,942

10.6 per business, against 11.3 across all metros

Annual payroll

$91.9 million

$47,315 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

67%

of businesses, against 65% across all metros

Change since 2022

-5.2%

in the number of businesses (193 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Seattle.

  • Seattle is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for household and office goods movers, 10th of 312.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 10.6 employees.
  • The count fell by 10 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps moving companies in Seattle.

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 Seattle

How many household and office goods movers are there in Seattle?

183 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,942 people and paid $91.9 million in annual payroll.

Is the Seattle market for moving companies growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 193 to 183 (-5.2%).

What does VERA do for moving companies in Seattle?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Seattle 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 Seattle 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.

See what VERA can do for your business.

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