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The best moving companies in Hunterdon County.
New Jersey licenses movers, and the unlicensed ones are where hostage-load horror stories come from. We checked what's checkable on every moving company we could find serving the county. Every fact below names its source and the date we checked. Nobody paid to be on this page, and nobody can.
8 checked
- Super Movers (Hampton) — The only mover we found genuinely headquartered inside Hunterdon County (Hampton), with two decades in business — call first for in-county jobs, but confirm the license number on the state portal yourself since BBB has nothing on file.
- Princeton Van Service Moving & Storage (Pennington) — Closest well-documented, BBB-accredited (A+) mover with the deepest review base (160 reviews, 4.5 stars) and nearly 30 years in business — the best all-around desk pick for Flemington-area jobs, ~15 minutes from the county line.
- Adam Meyer Moving & Storage (Bethlehem) — Closest option with real longevity (59 years) for far-west Hunterdon towns near the river — Frenchtown, Milford, Alexandria, Kingwood — but confirm their NJ authority before booking, since we found no NJ 39PM license for them.
Why trust this page
We pull credentials from the official registries ourselves and print the date next to every status — new Jersey requires any intrastate mover (a move that both starts and ends in NJ) to hold a Public Mover and Warehouseman license issued by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs' Regulated Business Section (now housed under the NJ Attorney General's office). License numbers typically start with 39PM (movers) or 39PC (movers with storage/warehousing). Verify any number at the state's Custom Portal: https://rgbportal.dca.njoag.gov/public-view/ (use Business Search — licenses are issued to the business, not an individual), or call the Regulated Business Section at (973) 504-6512. For any move crossing state lines, also check the carrier's USDOT/MC number against FMCSA's SAFER system: https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/.. Picks are editorial judgment on the checkable record: years in the trade, complaint patterns, review consistency, real presence in the county. No company paid to be listed, none can pay to become a pick, and when a pick has a weak spot we print it. Here are the full rules.
Every moving company we checked
Hunterdon County itself is nearly a moving-company desert — Super Movers in Hampton is the only company we could verify is actually headquartered inside the county. Everyone else on this list is based in a neighboring county (Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex, Passaic, Hudson) or just across the Delaware in Lehigh County, PA, and drives in. The category is also heavily infested with templated, multi-town "lead-gen" mover sites — Fast Moving Company, Vector Movers NJ, and Pick and Pack Moving all run near-identical marketing copy ("serving [Town] since 19XX") across dozens of unrelated NJ towns with no verifiable local address behind the Hunterdon-specific page — those were excluded from the table rather than presented as local providers. Because a few license numbers here come from third-party mover directories rather than a direct pull off the state portal, homeowners should re-verify the license number themselves before booking, not just trust what's printed on a company's own site.| Company & services | Based in | NJ Public Movers license # | Registry status | BBB | Reviews (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Movers Registered as S.B. Moving LLC Local residential moving · Commercial moving · Free in-home estimates · Packing services | Hampton In county | PM00092101 | … Pending check | Not Rated | |
| Princeton Van Service Moving & Storage Registered as Princeton Van Service Moving & Storage, LLC Local moving · Long-distance moving · Storage · Packing | Pennington | 39PC00071200 | … Pending check | A+, accredited | 4.5 · 160 reviews (Aggregated (Birdeye)) |
| All Jersey Moving & Storage Registered as All Jersey Moving & Storage, Inc. Local moving · Long-distance moving · Storage · Packing · Commercial moving | Piscataway | 39PC00066200 | … Pending check | A+, accredited | 3.4 · 288 reviews (Aggregated (Yelp and others)) |
| Adam Meyer Moving & Storage Local moving · Long-distance moving · Storage · Senior/downsizing moves | Bethlehem | PA state license 93367; USDOT 113534 | … Pending check | A+ | |
| Palmieri Movers Local moving · Long-distance moving · Storage | Bound Brook | 39PC00123000 | … Pending check | A+, accredited | 8.9 · 78 reviews (GreatGuysMove aggregate score) |
| Express Haulers Moving Registered as Express Haulers LLC Local moving · Long-distance moving · Commercial moving | Clifton | 39PM00132700 | … Pending check | Not stated, accredited | 5.0 (HomeAdvisor) |
| College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving (Somerset County) Local moving · Junk removal · Labor-only moving help | Hillsborough | — | … Pending check | A+, accredited | |
| Molloy Bros. Moving & Storage Local moving · Long-distance/national moving · Storage · Corporate relocation | Harrison | Not confirmed for NJ branch | … Pending check | Not stated |
Registry status comes straight from the state's verification system on the date shown, and you can rerun any number there yourself in about two minutes. Review scores are what the named platforms report and we have not audited them. BBB grades as of July 2026. "Based in" is the registered address city, which sometimes differs from where a company says it operates. An active registration is the floor, not an endorsement; the picks we would actually call are above.
What it costs
NJ local movers typically charge $125-$225 per hour depending on crew size, with a 2-bedroom local move commonly landing around $1,100-$1,600 for a 6-8 hour job. Source: FreightWaves Checkpoint, "How Much Do Movers Cost in New Jersey? (2026)."
Before you hire
- Verify the NJ Public Mover license number (format 39PM or 39PC) on the state's Custom Portal at rgbportal.dca.njoag.gov before you book anything — an unlicensed or unverifiable mover is the single biggest predictor of a hostage-load situation.
- Insist on a written, binding (not 'non-binding' or 'binding not-to-exceed') estimate based on an in-home or video walkthrough — a cheap phone-only quote is often the setup for a much higher number once your things are on the truck.
- Never hand over a large cash deposit upfront. Reputable NJ movers rarely ask for more than a small deposit at booking; a demand for a big cash payment before the truck shows up is a classic hostage-load red flag.
- Ask directly whether the company you're hiring owns the truck and employs the crew, or whether it's a broker subcontracting your move to an unknown carrier — brokered moves are where most bait-and-switch pricing complaints originate.
- For any move crossing the PA/NJ line, check both registrations separately: the NJ Public Mover license for the NJ leg and the USDOT/MC number on FMCSA's SAFER system (safer.fmcsa.dot.gov) for the interstate leg — a company can be legitimate in one and not the other.
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Questions neighbors actually ask
Do movers in New Jersey actually have to be licensed?
Yes. Any mover doing a move that starts and ends inside New Jersey must hold a Public Mover and Warehouseman license from the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs' Regulated Business Section. License numbers typically start with 39PM or 39PC. You can check any company's number for free at the state's Custom Portal (rgbportal.dca.njoag.gov) — search by business name.
What's a 'hostage load' and how do I make sure it doesn't happen to me?
It's when a mover loads all your belongings onto their truck and then, before they'll unload, demands far more money than you were quoted — sometimes refusing to deliver at all until you pay. New Jersey ranks among the higher states nationally for these complaints. The defense is boring but it works: get a written binding estimate before the move, never pay a big cash deposit upfront, and confirm the mover's NJ license on the state portal before the truck ever gets loaded.
How much should a local move in Hunterdon County cost?
NJ local movers generally charge $125-$225 per hour depending on crew size, and a typical 2-bedroom local move runs about $1,100-$1,600 for a 6-8 hour job (source: FreightWaves Checkpoint, 2026 New Jersey moving-cost data). Treat any quote well under that range with suspicion, and always get it in writing as a binding estimate rather than a verbal number.
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