Short answer
Published guides from four movers put a small office move in the GTA (under 20 people) at about $1,000 to $6,500 and a mid-sized one (20 to 100 people) at $4,000 to $25,000 or more. These are market ranges read in November 2026, not CR Movers quotes. CR Movers agrees an hourly rate and crew size before you book, or a flat rate on a fixed commercial scope.
How much does an office move cost in Toronto?
It depends on the headcount and the buildings, and the published ranges are wide. Four movers print cost guides for the GTA by office size, two of them last updated in 2025. Read together in November 2026, they put a small office of under 20 people at about $1,000 to $6,500 and a mid-sized office of 20 to 100 people at $4,000 to $25,000 or more. These are market ranges from other companies' published guides. They are not CR Movers quotes, and nothing on this page is a CR Movers price.
| Office | Rough size | Crew and time one mover publishes | Published range |
|---|---|---|---|
| A few desks | Under 500 sq ft | 2 movers, 3 to 4 hours | $550 to $2,500 |
| Small office | Under 20 people, up to about 2,000 sq ft | 2 or 3 movers, 5 to 7 hours | $1,000 to $6,500 |
| Mid-sized office | 20 to 100 people, about 2,500 to 5,000 sq ft | 4 or 5 movers, 8 to 12 hours | $4,000 to $15,000, and $25,000 or more at the top of that headcount |
| Full floor or more | 10,000 sq ft and up | 6 to 10 movers, 15 to 20 hours or more | $12,000 to $30,000 and up |
One of the four guides puts full-floor and multi-floor projects well beyond $50,000. The third column is one mover's guide to the length of the day. The dollar ranges are whole-project totals as the guides print them, and they come to more than that crew and those hours at an hourly rate: packing, materials, extra trucks, taking furniture apart and after-hours work are in some of them. Do not multiply one column by the other. The guides do not say whether tax is in these figures, so assume 13 percent HST comes on top (the Canada Revenue Agency lists the rate for Ontario) and ask each mover to show it on the quote. The rows are wide because two offices of the same size are rarely the same job. The rest of this page is about what moves a quote from the bottom of a row to the top.
How do movers bill an office move?
By the hour, for a crew and a truck. Eight GTA movers print hourly rates for office and commercial work. Read in November 2026, they run from $100 to $150 an hour for two movers and a truck, $150 to $255 for three, and $195 to $270 for four, with a two or three hour minimum. Market rates again, not ours.
Two movers is rarely the office crew. One Toronto mover's rate page says most office floors need three or four people, because the volume is in workstations, chairs and filing cabinets and not in boxes. For what the same crews cost on a house or a condo, see how much movers cost in Toronto and the GTA.
What drives the cost of an office move?
An office move is a schedule problem before it is a lifting problem, and the schedule is most of what you pay for. Eight things set the number.
- Headcount and workstations. Desks, chairs, filing and boxes per person decide the crew size and the number of trucks. Count them before you ask for a quote.
- The hours both buildings allow. Many Toronto office towers only allow moves after hours or on weekends. Some movers add a fee for work outside normal hours and confirm it in the quote. A short window also means a bigger crew.
- Freight elevator and loading dock bookings. One elevator shared with another tenant is paid waiting. Book the freight elevator and the dock at both ends for the same day, and get the confirmations by email.
- Distance between the two buildings. On an hourly rate the drive is on the clock. Two floors in the same tower and a move from downtown to Mississauga are different days.
- Packing and labelling. Boxes that are packed, sealed and labelled go straight onto a dolly. Anything the crew has to pack is crew time. We rent boxes to you for the move and take them back.
- Furniture that has to come apart. Workstations, boardroom tables and shelving that do not fit the elevator are taken apart and rebuilt, and both halves are on the clock.
- IT disconnect and reconnect. This is usually handled by the company's own IT person or a specialist, not by the movers. One Toronto mover that does offer it prints $200 an hour for the IT crew. Decide who unplugs and who reconnects before you compare quotes.
- What is left behind. Old chairs, the storage room and the credenza that will not fit all cost time to deal with. Our own crew does office furniture removal, billed by the hour like every job.
There is a ninth for some offices: a gap between leases. If the new space is not ready, the move becomes two moves with storage in the middle. We move your things in and out, and storage runs through our partner Key Storage, who set the storage terms.
Is an office move hourly or a flat rate?
Usually hourly. At CR Movers most jobs run on an hourly rate and a crew size agreed with you before you book, and you pay for the hours the job took. A commercial job with a fixed, known scope can be quoted as a flat rate instead.
Fixed and known means nothing is left to guess: a counted number of desks and boxes, a booked elevator window, a dock at each end, and a date that will not move. When the inventory is still changing the week before, the hourly rate is the fairer one, because nobody has to build a margin into the price to cover what they could not count. Our office and commercial moves page has how we plan it, and the list of businesses that have handed us their move.
What to send for an accurate quote
A quote is only as good as what it was built on. Send these and the number you get back will hold.
- A walk through the floor with us, or photos of every room, the storage room included.
- The headcount, and a count of workstations, filing cabinets and boardroom tables.
- The hours both buildings allow moves, and how each one books its freight elevator and dock.
- Both addresses, the floors, and the date or dates.
- What is not coming: furniture to remove, and anything going to storage.
- Anything that needs to come apart, and who is handling IT.
We come back with the hourly rate and the crew size before you book. If you are still choosing a mover, read how to hire commercial movers in Toronto first.
How to cut the cost of an office move
Every item on this list takes hours off the clock, and on an hourly rate the hours are the bill.
- Purge before the move. Do not pay to move what you will throw out at the other end. Clear the storage room and the dead filing first.
- Label by desk number. Number every desk on the new floor plan and put the same number on every box, chair and monitor. The crew places things once.
- Have staff pack their own desks. One rule for everyone: pack your desk into the boxes provided, label them, and take your own cables.
- Book the elevators early. The building's calendar fills before the mover's does. Book both ends, then book the crew for those windows.
- Pick the window the building gives most freely. A full evening with the freight elevator to yourself beats a busy afternoon shared with deliveries.
Our office relocation checklist for GTA businesses puts all of this on a week by week timeline.
Who CR Movers has moved
The Region of Peel, York Region, OSI Digital, ERP Buddies, UCMAS, Viasox, Ultimate Coders, Fukrey Restaurant, Blue Ant Media, Reef Marketing Agency and Shelby's Shawarma have all let us use their name. Every crew and every truck goes out from the yard at 6 Tracey Blvd in Brampton, and CR Movers is CVOR registered and WSIB covered.
For a number that is yours, tell us the headcount and the hours both buildings allow. Our page for office movers in Toronto has what we ask about a downtown building, and the sales office is open seven days a week.
Questions people ask
How much do moving companies typically charge in Toronto?
By the hour. Published rates from 17 GTA moving companies, read in November 2026, run from $100 to $185 an hour for two movers and a truck, $140 to $255 for three and $195 to $285 for four, before HST, usually with a two or three hour minimum and a travel or truck fee. Those are market figures, not CR Movers quotes.
What does commercial moving mean?
Moving a workplace instead of a home: offices, shops, restaurants, clinics and warehouses. The lifting is the same. The planning is not, because a commercial move works around building hours, freight elevators, loading docks and the cost of a closed business. Offices, restaurants and regional government have handed CR Movers their move.
How long does an office move take?
From half a day to a full weekend. One Toronto mover publishes 5 to 7 hours with two or three movers for a small office of up to 2,000 square feet, 8 to 12 hours with four or five movers for 3,000 to 5,000 square feet, and 15 to 20 hours or more with six to ten movers for 10,000 square feet and up.
Is it cheaper to move an office on a weekend?
Not on the mover's invoice, as a rule. Some GTA movers add a fee for work outside normal hours and confirm it in the quote. The saving is elsewhere: staff leave on Friday and sit down on Monday, so the business does not close for a day. Many towers only allow moves after hours anyway, so ask both buildings first.
How far ahead should an office move be booked?
About eight weeks out, if you can. That leaves time to confirm both buildings' rules, get the scope in writing and book the freight elevators and the dock. A booked window is what keeps the hours down, and the good windows go first, so book the buildings before you book the crew.
Are the prices on this page CR Movers prices?
No. Every figure here is a market range taken from other GTA movers' published guides and rate pages, read in November 2026. CR Movers does not print a rate. We agree an hourly rate and a crew size with you before you book, or a flat rate on a commercial job with a fixed, known scope.
