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How much does a moving company cost?

  • R2500 – R4500
    Truck and driver — half-day hire
  • R4000 – R8000
    Truck and driver — full-day hire
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Planning to hire a moving company but you are just not sure what to expect price-wise?

Procompare has been tracking trends in moving company prices in years and here is the latest moving company cost guide for year 2024.

What is cost data based on? Cost data is based on actual project costs as reported by our Pros and on cost data retrieved from various specialized publications and websites, governmental reports, occupational associations or guilds, and related websites in South Africa.


Truck and driver — half-day hire

  • R2500 – R4500

This is the price for a truck and driver hire for a half a day. The price includes only the truck hire with appointed driver. You do the lifting yourself. The total cost will depend on the truck site, the distance, and location. The average cost of half-a-day truck-and-driver hire is R3500, or typically between R2500 and R4500.

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Truck and driver — full-day hire

  • R4000 – R8000

This is the price for a truck and driver hire for the entire day. The price includes only the truck hire with appointed driver. You do the lifting yourself. The total cost will depend on the truck site, the distance, and location. The average cost is usually R6000.

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Additional cost for the movers

  • R550 – R750

This is the cost for hiring two movers if you need additional muscle to do the heavy lifting for you. Price depends on the day (weekday or weekend/public holiday), location, and any special requirements. On average, expect to be charged between R550 and R750 for a cost for two movers.

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Recent jobs for moving companies

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Pretoria
  • To city or suburb: Caledon
  • How far are you moving?: More than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: Individual items
  • Estimated moving date: Within a week

From Arcadia Pretoria (6th floor) elevator 2nd Pickup: in Sunnyside 1.5km from Arcadia at storage - ground floor ( few items) To Caledon Moving date: cheapest time List: 1 x wardrope (3 door) ( at ground floor in Arcadia garage ) 1 x dressing table 1 x dining table 4 x dining chars 1 x kitchen table 1 x grandfather clock - few loose items at storage - Sunyside ----------------------

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Witbank - Del Judor
  • To city or suburb: Middelburg - Aerorand
  • How far are you moving?: Less than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 1 bedroom home
  • Additional services: Piano or Pool table moving
  • Estimated moving date: Later than a month

I want to move my fiancé's 1 bedroom flat in Witbank to my house in Middelburg. Please see below inventory to be moved. 2 x Office Desks (1 small, 1 large) 1 x Mattress and base (queen) 1 x Dressing Table 1 x Book Shelf 2 x Couches (2- & 3-seater) 1 x TV Stand (small-medium) 1 x Dining Room Table (small) 1 x Washing Machine (13kg Samsung top loader) - bought new - already wrapped and ready to load. 1 x Piano (quite heavy) If possible, please include a 2nd quote for just the Piano. Thank you.

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Bryanston,Johannesburg
  • To city or suburb: Illovo, Johannesburg
  • How far are you moving?: Less than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: Individual items
  • Estimated moving date: Within a month

moving from a free standing home to a 2nd floor apartment.there is an elevator and staircase in the apartment building. please provide quotes for just moving items as well as wrapping items Black shelf 2 x benches White side board Black glasstop desk Desk chair Matress Bed frame Beanbag 2x bed side tables Glass and metal cabinet Small bathroom wood shelf Black light metal shelf Black superbalist mirror black entrance shelf

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Volksrust
  • To city or suburb: Estcourt
  • How far are you moving?: More than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 1 bedroom home

It's a 1 bedroom home moving from volksrust to estcourt....the only big furniture is my lounge set, fridge, washing machine, tv, tv cabinet, two chest of drawers, queen bed with a headboard and two bedside tables as well as my vanity set....should not have more than 20 boxes maximum....there's also two small sets of drawers

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Durban
  • To city or suburb: Sandton or nearby
  • How far are you moving?: More than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 2 bedroom home
  • Additional services: Storage service, Packing belongings into boxes
  • Estimated moving date: Later than a month

We need to relocate from durban to Johannesburg for work. 1 queen size and 1 king size bed with bases, 2 by 2 seater lounge and 1 by 3 seater corner lounge set. 1 single Metallic fridge, 1 by 9kg washing machine, defy 4 plate stove and about plus minus 10 by mtr size boxes with crockery and clothes etc

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Bronkhorstspruit, Silver Lakes Estate
  • How far are you moving?: Less than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 3 or more bedroom home
  • Estimated moving date: Within a week

URGENT!!! We want to move within the next week or so. 6 bedroom house. Not all the rooms of the home is furnished, there is some furniture but there is quite a lot of gardening equipment and we need to know if you are able to first go check the property to see the scope of the move before giving a quote?

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Mtunzini
  • To city or suburb: Pretoria - Erasmuskloof X3
  • How far are you moving?: More than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: Individual items
  • Estimated moving date: Within a week

Could you please quote me on the attached inventory list Secondly – could you please add the following as an additional or extra cost on the quotation: 1 x Queen Size Bed 2 x Single Beds 1 x Bar Fridge 1 x Dish washer 1 x microwave Please take note that we would prefer the collection on the morning of the 25th January and delivery on the afternoon of 26th January. Also be aware that the complex does not allow any truck size above 3 Tones – if it is above this spec a shuttle needs to be included.

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Brandfort
  • To city or suburb: Venterstad
  • How far are you moving?: More than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 2 bedroom home
  • Estimated moving date: Within a month

Hi My family and I are moving from a farm near Brandfort to a farm near Venterstad. We have the main bedroom, lounge, kitchen and spare room that we'll have to pack furniture. It is not a lot of stuff, but will need a decent sized truck. And a driver if you do that. Please let me know or contact me, so we can discuss the details.

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Milpark
  • To city or suburb: Midrand
  • How far are you moving?: Less than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 1 bedroom home
  • Additional services: Furniture disassembly and assembly
  • Estimated moving date: Later than a month

items to load and move: - queen bed - headboard - sidebed tables - 4 seater couch - 4 kitchen tables and table - 18kg washing machine - fridge - 58" tv - microwave - bedside storage box - clothing suitcases - roughly 20 large boxes - 2 medium carpets - small items such as dustbins, plants, side lamps

Residential moving

  • From city or suburb: Woodstock, Cape Town
  • To city or suburb: Woodstock, Cape Town
  • How far are you moving?: Less than 50 km
  • What are you moving?: 3 or more bedroom home
  • Additional services: Packing belongings into boxes
  • Estimated moving date: Later than a month

Myself and two roommates are planning to move to a 3-bedroom house in April. I currently live with one roommate in an apartment building on the 2nd floor and we need to transport our 2-bedroom apartment (as well as our one roommate's belongings from Observatory) to our new 3-bedroom house also in Woodstock.