The real cost of moving an office isn't only the invoice from the movers. It's the afternoon your staff can't work, the client calls nobody answers, and the Monday morning spent hunting for the box with the printer cables. Our office movers in Calgary plan commercial relocations to keep that downtime short, with the heavy lifting scheduled around your working day instead of in the middle of it.
Best Calgary Movers is family-owned, licensed in Alberta and WCB-insured, with more than 15 years of moving experience. When you call, you're talking to the people who run the company — useful when a lease date shifts or the building changes its loading hours a week before the move.
Office relocation in Calgary, planned around your hours
Our crews work seven days a week from 7 am to 9 pm, so the move doesn't have to eat into the business day. Most offices choose one of three approaches:
- Evening moves that start once your team has gone home — a good fit for small offices that can be moved in a few hours.
- Weekend moves, where staff pack up on Friday and sit down at their new desks on Monday.
- Moves in phases over several days, one department or floor at a time, for larger offices that can't shut down all at once.
Commercial buildings usually control the freight elevator and loading dock, and many limit moves to evenings or weekends. Check the rules at both addresses early — the building's calendar often decides your moving date before anything else does.
What our commercial movers take care of
Every office move is handled by our own crew with our own equipment:
- Trained movers and a truck, with fuel included for moves within Calgary.
- Desks, boardroom tables and shelving taken apart when they can't travel assembled, then rebuilt at the new space.
- Blankets and pads on furniture, and dollies and straps for filing cabinets and other heavy pieces.
- Loading and unloading to your floor plan, with each item set down in the room or at the desk it's labelled for.
- Cargo protection included in the standard rate, and extra valuation coverage on request.
Packing supplies are billed only for what you use. If your team is too busy to box up files, shelves and the supply room, add packing help and we'll take that off their plate.
Computers, monitors and office equipment
Computers, monitors and printers get careful, IT-safe handling from our movers: wrapped in padding and loaded where nothing heavy can shift onto them.
What we don't do is IT work. Have your IT person or provider shut down, disconnect and label equipment before the crew arrives, then reconnect computers, the network and phones at the new office. A simple labelling system saves hours: give each monitor, computer and bag of cables a number that matches a desk on the new floor plan.
Crew sizes and pricing for office moves
Office moves are billed by the hour with the truck included. The right crew depends on how much furniture there is and how far it has to travel from desk to truck:
| Crew | Hourly rate | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| 2 movers + truck | $125/hr | Home offices and small offices with a few desks |
| 3 movers + truck | $165/hr | Typical small-business offices, clinics and shops |
| 4 movers + truck | $210/hr | Larger offices, several floors or a short moving window |
Travel is charged as one extra hour at the crew rate, and 5% GST is added. Because no two offices are alike, commercial moves are priced with an in-person estimate rather than a guess from an online form — the number of desks, filing cabinets, floors and elevator access all change the plan. The moving cost calculator is still handy for a first ballpark.
Businesses we move
Our commercial movers work with small and growing organizations across Calgary, including:
- Professional offices — accounting, legal, real estate and insurance
- Clinics — furniture, files and general office equipment
- Retail stores and showrooms
- Warehouses and storage units
- Home-based businesses moving into their first commercial space
We also offer dock-to-dock delivery: single pickups and drop-offs between businesses, warehouses and storage, either scheduled or on demand. It's the simple option for a furniture order or stock heading to a new location.
Office manager's moving checklist
- Confirm access at both buildings — allowed moving hours, freight elevator bookings and loading dock times.
- Draw a floor plan of the new space with every desk and room numbered.
- Label boxes, chairs and equipment with the matching desk or room number.
- Have staff clear their own desks by the end of the last working day before the move.
- Book IT disconnection and setup with your provider for either side of the move.
- Update your address with clients, suppliers, Canada Post, your website and your Google Business Profile.
Relocating outside the city — to Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks or elsewhere in Alberta? Our long-distance movers handle those trips, with flat-rate options for moves beyond Calgary. Employees moving house at the same time can book our residential movers or apartment movers, and every community we serve is listed on the service areas page.