Moving Companies in Butte, MT
Moving Costs in Butte
In Butte, a compact one-bedroom apartment move can come in as low as $700 on the cheap end, topping out near $800, while stepping up to a three-bedroom home headed toward a nearby town like Three Forks or Great Falls generally lands between $900 and $1,600 or more. Hiring hourly labor only, for loading or unloading, typically costs $80 to $100 per hour, with full labor jobs averaging $330 to $730. Long-distance or cross-country relocations scale up sharply, often landing anywhere from $2,000 to $7,500 or more depending on mileage and weight.
What to Watch For
- Butte's hills and winter ice make the narrow streets of historic Uptown tricky to navigate, so confirm your crew has handled that area before.
- Ask for a binding estimate rather than a non-binding one, since a non-binding quote can legally rise if your load weighs more than expected.
- Describe every heavy item upfront, including large furniture, so the final weight and volume match the quote.
- Standard liability coverage is only $0.60 per pound per item, so a broken 20-pound television nets you about $12 unless you add full value protection.
- Pack a first-day box with essentials in your own car in case winter weather delays the truck on a mountain pass.
Weigh these factors against your budget, then look through the movers listed below to find a crew suited to Butte's terrain and pricing.
Free · no obligation
Quotes from movers in Butte, MT
Two answers below and we pass your move to licensed companies from this page. No account, no fee to you.
Filter & sort 1 Rating, reviews, fleet, licence
Best Movers in Butte, MT
Ranked by popularity. Licensing, insurance and photos shown for each.
No movers matched these criteria.
Who's moving to Butte, MT
Federal tax-filer migration data for Silver Bow County.
51% arrived from elsewhere in Montana. Most arrivals are in-state moves, so a regional company will usually cover it — check interstate authority only if you're crossing a state line.
See licensed movers54% of departures stayed inside Montana. In-state moves are handled by regional carriers licensed at the state level.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Households arriving from another state report $60,772 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Montana report $49,571. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.
How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Silver Bow County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 61% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the Montana migration page →
How much truck space do you need?
I’m moving a that’s .
Industry rules of thumb — about seven pounds per cubic foot, and published rental-truck capacities. Not our carrier records, not a quote. Bring both numbers to the call and what you get back will finally be comparable.