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SEO for moving companies · Canada and the USA

Be the moversthey book first.

Two movers carrying a blanket wrapped dresser up the ramp into a white moving truck on a leafy street, boxes and a hand truck on the driveway

Moving company we rank · Asheville, North Carolina

Google Maps: “local movers”, 40 mile radius

Asheville Area Movers

1st or 2nd

SEO means getting your business to show up when people search. We put moving companies at the top of Google Maps, Google search and AI answers for the moves they want. Local moves, long distance, offices. In the towns your trucks already run.

GuaranteeYour qualifying keywords on page one in 60 days, or we keep working free.

30 minutes on Google Meet. For companies doing $20k a month or more.

(01) A moving company we rank

1st or 2nd on the map. Across 40 miles.

Asheville Area Movers is a moving company in Asheville, North Carolina. They started with us on their website, then added Google Maps. Here’s what their Google Maps ranking grid showed for “local movers”, and what they say about it.

Asheville Area Movers · Asheville, NC

Google Maps

40 miles

of radius where the grid showed them 1st or 2nd for “local movers”.

Google Maps ranking grid for local movers around Asheville: every dot reads 1 or 2 for Asheville Area Movers
Asheville Area Movers’ grid for “local movers”. Every dot reads 1 or 2.

In their own words

Asheville Area Movers video reviewPlay the video

“SEO turned around in weeks.”

Asheville Area Movers, video review

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(02) How customers pick a mover

They check before they trust. Be what they find.

Nobody hands their whole house to a name they haven’t checked. They search, read reviews and compare quotes. Movers that don’t show up don’t get the call.

A woman sitting among taped moving boxes in a half packed living room, looking up movers on her phone

Three ways a moving job starts on Google

  1. 1

    The local move

    An apartment across town, a family house down the road. They type “movers near me” and call one of the first names on the map. Won by: a Google Maps listing at the top for the towns you cover.

  2. 2

    The long-distance move

    A new job in another city or another state. They type “long distance movers” and their city, then read hard before they ask for a quote. Won by: a page for the routes you run, with how the quote works and how their things are protected.

  3. 3

    The office move

    A business moving floors or moving buildings. They search “office movers” and their city, then shortlist the companies that look big enough to do it over a weekend. Won by: a commercial page that shows your insurance, your crew size and the moves you’ve already done.

Number 1 in action: Asheville Area Movers’ Maps grid for “local movers” showed them 1st or 2nd across the whole radius.

40 miles

(03) What customers type

Customers search by the move. And the town.

Local, long distance and the extras are different buyers. Every search below has its own competition, and needs its own page to win it.

Local moves

movers near melocal moversapartment moversmoving help

Long distance

long distance moverscross country moversinterstate moversmovers [city] to [city]

Offices and extras

office moverspacking servicespiano moversmoving and storage

Plus a place

movers in [your town]moving company [your city][your town] movers

Add a town to any search on this page and it becomes a new one.

Same move, two pages

The services page

  • • Local moves
  • • Long distance
  • • Packing
  • • Storage
  • • And more

One line per service, one page for everything. Too thin to win any single search.

The move page

Long distance movers in [town]

  • The routes you run, with real move photos
  • How the quote works, and what changes the price
  • Your insurance and licence numbers, up front
  • How far ahead to book for summer

Shows up for the search the next customer types.

The questions your customers ask before they call

  • How much does a local move cost?
  • Do you charge by the hour or by the job?
  • Are you licensed and insured?
  • Can you move me at the end of the month?

Answer them on your site, for your towns, and you’re the mover they trust before they’ve picked up the phone.

(04) The moving year

Rank before the rush. Pick your moves during it.

Summer won’t wait for your website. The mover who ranks in spring gets the full houses and the long hauls. Everyone else gets what’s left.

Winter

We build your pages and listing

Your quiet months. The work goes up while your crews have room to breathe.

Spring

You’re at the top when they plan

Families start booking summer moves early. The first quotes they ask for are yours.

Summer

You choose the moves

The busiest weeks of the year. You pick the full houses and long hauls, not just whatever fills the truck.

Fall

Keep the trucks full

Month-end moves and office moves keep coming after the rush, and you’re still the first name they see.

(05) What we do

More of the moves you want. In the towns you want them.

Every plan covers the three places customers look: Google Maps, the normal Google results and AI answers in ChatGPT and Google. We point the work at the moves you want most, usually the full houses, the long hauls and the offices.

01

Your Google Maps listing

The free listing that puts your business on Google Maps, with your hours, photos and reviews. We set it up for how you actually work: the right categories, every service listed, the towns you cover, photos of your trucks and crews, and a simple routine for asking happy customers to leave a review.

02

A page for every service you want more of

Local moves, long distance, packing, storage, offices, pianos. Each gets a page of its own, written for the customer who needs that move, with what’s included, what drives the price and your own photos.

03

A page for every town you drive to

Your trucks cover more than one town. Your site should too. We build a page for each town and route you want work in, with the moves you’ve already done there, so you show up for the customer who types their own town.

04

The proof people need to trust you

Customers worry about getting scammed, so they check a mover hard. We put what settles it on your site: your reviews, a real address, your insurance, your U.S. DOT number if you have one, and photos of your own crews.

05

AI answers

Customers now ask ChatGPT and Google’s AI which movers to hire. We work on getting your company named in those answers for your towns, and we report where you’re named every month.

06

Reports you can read

Where you rank for each service and town, how many people called or asked for a quote from Google, and what we’re doing next. Plain words, every month.

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity

(06) Before you sign

Five questions for any SEO company for movers.

Proof, guarantee, contract, price, AI. Here’s ours.

Can you show me a moving company you rank?

Yes. Asheville Area Movers in North Carolina: their Google Maps ranking grid for “local movers” showed them 1st or 2nd across a 40 mile radius. The grid and their video review are above.

What happens if it doesn’t work?

No visible improvement in 20 days: your payment back plus $200. Your qualifying keywords not on page one of Google in 60 days: we keep working free until they are. We confirm which keywords qualify on the strategy call.

How long is the contract?

There isn’t a long one. No long-term contracts.

What does it cost?

Usually $1,497 to $5,000 a month for Google Maps, the normal Google results, or both. Work across several websites usually starts at $5,000 a month.

Is getting named in AI answers extra?

No. It’s included in every plan.

Our SEO guarantees

Your qualifying keywords on page one in 60 days, or we keep working free. Summer rush or not.

Guarantee 01

20days

If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

What we measure: your traffic, what that traffic is worth, how much authority your site and its pages carry, and how many other sites link to you, against the day we start.

Guarantee 02

60days

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

What counts: at least one high-value search for your business on page one of Google.

No long-term contracts. Results keep you here. Paperwork doesn't.

Your next step

See who's getting your moves.

On a 30 minute call we look up the searches your next customers type in your towns, show you which movers rank for them today, and what it would take to put your company there.

Bring with you

Your websiteYour main serviceTowns you serveCompetitors you see
  1. 01

    We search your market live

    The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.

  2. 02

    We show who's above you, and why

    On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.

  3. 03

    You leave with a road map

    Yours to keep. If we can help, we'll invite you to work with us.

For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month.

(07) Questions

SEO for moving companies, answered.

What moving companies ask us before they start.

Book my free strategy call
01 What is SEO for moving companies?

SEO means getting your business to show up when people search. For a mover, that's three places: Google Maps when someone types movers near me, the normal list of Google results when someone types long distance movers and their city, and the answers ChatGPT and Google's AI give when someone asks which moving company to hire.

02 We get most of our work from referrals and moving lead sites. Why do we need SEO?

Because a referral still ends in a search. The person who was given your name looks you up before they call, and if what they find is a thin site with few reviews, they call whoever looks safer. Lead sites often sell the same move to several companies, so you're racing on price. A customer who finds you on Google is calling you, not a list.

03 How long does SEO take for a moving company?

If you don't see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. We confirm which keywords qualify on the strategy call. Broad searches in big cities take longer to win than one service in one town.

04 How much does SEO cost for a moving company?

Usually $1,497 to $5,000 a month for Google Maps, the normal Google results, or both. Work across several websites usually starts at $5,000 a month. No long-term contracts. Getting named in AI answers is included in every plan.

05 When should a moving company start SEO?

Before you need the calls. People start planning summer moves well ahead, so a mover that ranks before the busy season gets first pick of the big jobs. Starting in the quiet months also means your crews aren't stretched while we set things up.

06 We do local moves and long distance. Do they need separate pages?

Yes. Someone moving across town and someone moving across the country type different searches and want different answers. The local customer wants to know your hourly rate, your crew size and how soon you can come. The long-distance customer wants the routes you run, how the quote works and how their things are protected on the way. Each gets a page written for them.

07 We run out of a yard, not a storefront. Can we still show up on Google Maps?

Often, yes. Google has its own rules for businesses that go to the customer instead of having customers come in. We check your setup against Google's current rules before we touch your listing, so it's set up in a way that lasts.

08 Customers are scared of moving scams. Does that matter for our rankings?

It matters for whether they call. People check a mover hard before they hand over their home: reviews, a real address, insurance, your U.S. DOT number if you have one, and clear pricing. We put all of it where customers can see it, so the search ends with a call to you.

09 Should we just pay for ads or lead sites instead?

You can run both. Ads and paid leads bring work for as long as you keep paying for them, and lead sites often send the same customer to several movers. Rankings put you in the free listings underneath, and they keep working between invoices.

10 Do reviews decide who shows up first?

No. They're one thing Google weighs, and the first thing a customer reads. Google also weighs how well your listing and pages match the search, how close you are to the person searching, and how well known your business is across the web. We work on all of it, reviews included.

11 Can you get us named in ChatGPT and Google's AI answers?

Yes, it's part of every plan at no extra cost. We work on getting your company named when someone asks an AI which movers to use in your area, and we track where you're named every month in your report.

12 Do you guarantee a #1 ranking?

We guarantee page one, in writing: visible improvement in your key metrics within 20 days or your payment back plus $200, and your qualifying keywords on page one of Google within 60 days or we keep working for free until they are. We confirm which keywords qualify on the strategy call. No long-term contracts.

13 Who is this for?

Local, long-distance and commercial moving companies doing $20,000 a month or more. We take on 15 new clients a month, so every one of them gets the work done properly.