Do you charge more in San Francisco or the hills?

No. The hourly rate is the same in every Bay Area city and on every day of the week. Stairs, long carries and hills add time, and time is what changes the total.

Do you charge for the drive from San Jose to my home?

No. Travel to your first address is free. Only the drive between your pickup and drop-off is billed, and it counts twice when the two are more than 10 minutes apart.

Are the movers your employees?

Yes. Local moves are done by Spartan's own team. We carry our own workers' compensation and do not use a staffing agency.

Do you move people out of the Bay Area?

Yes, as long as the move starts in California. Moves within the state and to other states are priced by weight with a minimum space reservation, or as a flat fee for a reserved truck.

What is your license number?

Cal-T #0190543 for moves within California and US DOT 1783494 for interstate moves. We hold a 4.8 rating from 77 Google reviews.

Bay Area movers: one moving company for the whole Bay

Bay Area moving company with its own crew: 3 movers $175/hr, same rate every day, Cal-T #0190543. Every city, county and route we cover, on one page.

Black and white view of the San Francisco skyline and the Bay Bridge across the water

Arrival windows by region

Region	County page	Morning arrival window
South Bay	Santa Clara County	8 to 10 AM
Peninsula	San Mateo County	8 to 10 AM
San Francisco	San Francisco	9 to 11 AM
East Bay	Alameda County, Contra Costa County	9 to 11 AM
Marin	Marin County	Confirmed when you book

Trucks leave at 7:00 AM and the crew calls about 30 minutes before arriving. An afternoon start is sometimes possible, depending on the schedule that day.

One price list for every Bay Area city

We do not charge more in San Francisco than in San Jose, or more on Saturday than on Tuesday. The rate covers the whole crew and the truck:

Crew	Hourly rate	3-hour minimum
2 movers (very small moves)	$145	$435
3 movers (our standard crew)	$175	$525
4 movers (3 bedrooms over 1,800 sq ft, or 4+ bedrooms over 1,500 sq ft)	$235	$705

After the first three hours, billing goes in 15-minute steps. Blankets, tape, wardrobe boxes, floor protection and furniture disassembly and reassembly are included; boxes and other packing materials are billed as used. There is no charge for the drive to your first address. The drive between your two homes is part of the job, and California rules count it twice when the addresses are more than 10 minutes apart. See moving cost by home size for what real moves took.

One crew from Marin to Gilroy

Spartan Moving Systems is a Bay Area moving company based in San Jose. We move households and small offices in San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay, the East Bay and Marin, and we take long-distance moves that start anywhere in California. The people who carry your furniture are our own team: the core of the crew has been with Spartan since 2007, the newest member since 2014, and together they have more than 10,000 moves behind them. We do not hand local jobs to day laborers or another company.

This page is the map of everything we cover. Pick your county, city or neighborhood below for the local details (parking, building types, stairs, drive times), or go straight to the service or route you need.

Where Bay Area moves come from

We looked at the quote requests that came to us directly from mid-July to late October 2026, leaving out account and partner work:

About 4 in 10 started in the South Bay, mostly San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
About 2 in 10 started in San Francisco, and about as many in the East Bay, led by Oakland and Fremont.
About 1 in 10 started on the Peninsula.
The rest came from Marin, Santa Cruz, wine country and a few addresses outside California.

Across all requests in that period, one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes were the most common sizes, followed by three-bedroom homes, studios and four-bedroom homes. Roughly 1 request in 12 was a long-distance move rather than a local one.

San Francisco

South Bay and Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County movers. Cities: San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Stanford, Sunnyvale.

San Jose neighborhoods: Almaden Valley, Alum Rock, Berryessa, Blossom Valley, Cambrian Park, Communications Hill, Downtown San Jose, East Foothills, Edenvale, Evergreen, Japantown San Jose, Naglee Park, North San Jose, Rose Garden, Santa Teresa, Santana Row, Shasta Hanchett Park, Silver Creek, West San Jose, Willow Glen.

More South Bay neighborhoods: Cherry Chase Sunnyvale, Downtown Sunnyvale, Monta Loma, Old Mountain View, Crescent Park Palo Alto, Old Palo Alto, Professorville Palo Alto, Old Quad Santa Clara, Rivermark Santa Clara.

Peninsula and San Mateo County

East Bay

Marin and the edges of the Bay Area

Marin County movers: Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon.

Also covered: Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Tracy, Vallejo.

Services and guides

Local movers: hourly moves inside the Bay Area
Residential movers: houses, condos and apartments
Movers and packers: Silver and Golden packing packages
Moving and storage: flat monthly storage between homes
Furniture movers: single pieces, heirlooms and awkward shapes
Business movers: small offices, studios and clinics
Interstate movers: moves out of California
Intrastate movers: long moves inside California
Long-distance movers, San Francisco
Licensed movers: how to check any mover, and our numbers
Moving quotes: what we need from you and what you get back
Piano movers
Building and HOA moves

Routes in and out of the Bay Area

Questions and answers

Do you charge more in San Francisco or the hills?: No. The hourly rate is the same in every Bay Area city and on every day of the week. Stairs, long carries and hills add time, and time is what changes the total.
Do you charge for the drive from San Jose to my home?: No. Travel to your first address is free. Only the drive between your pickup and drop-off is billed, and it counts twice when the two are more than 10 minutes apart.
Are the movers your employees?: Yes. Local moves are done by Spartan's own team. We carry our own workers' compensation and do not use a staffing agency.
Do you move people out of the Bay Area?: Yes, as long as the move starts in California. Moves within the state and to other states are priced by weight with a minimum space reservation, or as a flat fee for a reserved truck.
What is your license number?: Cal-T #0190543 for moves within California and US DOT 1783494 for interstate moves. We hold a 4.8 rating from 77 Google reviews.

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Cal-T#0190543
US DOT1783494
Hours7 days, 7 AM - 8 PM
Based inSan Jose, CA