“Owen and Derek were awesome!”
Donna Kilpatrick
Monroeville · local
Pittsburgh, PA Movers — Pennsylvania-Registered Since 2013
The Pittsburgh Crew Behind Your Move
A founder who spent years loading other companies’ trucks before he had one of his own, and a rule he’s kept since 2013: every mover on our payroll, nobody borrowed for the day.
- Your number arrives in writing before the truck is ever scheduled, not the morning it shows
- A fleet of 6, parked under one roof, staffed entirely by people we hired ourselves
- A $1M cargo policy backs every single job, anywhere across Greater Pittsburgh
Hold Your DateReal people answer, usually the same day
Where This Company Came From
In 2013, Nolan Took Over A Two-Truck Garage Operation
Grew up in Wilkinsburg and spent his high school weekends helping his uncle run a small two-truck moving outfit out of a garage in Turtle Creek.
Nolan wanted to keep the outfit running the way his uncle always ran it — the same small crew of guys who actually know the Pittsburgh hills, not a rotating cast of whoever's available that week, and the rule hasn’t changed since — a number goes on paper before a box gets touched, every truck and every hire is ours, and nobody outside our own payroll ever handles what you own.
Where Things Stand Today
- Pennsylvania household goods carrier registration, plus interstate DOT/MC authority, fully insured
- 6 trucks, all company-owned — no rentals, no outside drivers filling in
- Running out of Pittsburgh since 2013
- $1M in cargo coverage on every load across Greater Pittsburgh
The Quick Version
Booking The Moving Firm, One Step At A Time
1
Tell Us The Basics
Pickup address, destination, and a rough date is all Grant needs on his end to start building a price.
2
We Take A Look
A quick video call or an in-person walkthrough tells us the stair count, whether a piano’s involved, and anything else that could slow a standard crew down.
3
Mention Anything Unusual
Extra storage, a gun cabinet that takes two people to move, whatever the oddball item is — flag it during the walkthrough and it folds into your existing number instead of appearing as a surprise later.
4
You Get It In Writing
Whatever number lands in your inbox is the number you’ll sign off on come moving day — it doesn’t quietly climb in the meantime.
5
The Truck Shows Up
Moving day arrives and so does one of our trucks, running the crew size we already discussed with you.
The Full Range Of What We Run Across Greater Pittsburgh
Our own trucks and our own crew have covered Greater Pittsburgh since 2013, one job at a time — a rowhouse in Wilkinsburg and a hillside property in Churchill get held to the exact same standard.
Pittsburgh & Allegheny County Local Moving
A Monroeville rental, a Homestead rowhouse with a steep front stoop, a Churchill property at the top of a hill — our own crew bills it…
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Learn More ›Oakland & Squirrel Hill Apartment Moves
Pitt and CMU move-in week alone fills most of our late-August calendar — Oakland walk-ups, Squirrel Hill third-floor units with no elevator — so our crew…
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Hand us the whole house and everything fragile gets boxed and cushioned for the road, or keep a room or two for yourself and let us…
Learn More ›Short-Term & Closing-Gap Storage
Between a closing that slipped and a lease that hasn't started yet, your things sit safely at our own Turtle Creek facility, tracked and billed month…
Learn More ›What Pittsburgh Customers Have Told Us
Nothing gets polished before it’s posted — easy in-town jobs and complicated ones alike, pulled straight from real moves across Greater Pittsburgh.
“Gabriel and Marcus were fantastic early on a cold Pittsburgh morning. Getting everything into the third-floor walk-up was a challenge — they made it happen anyway!”
Jennifer Hauf
Wilkinsburg · local
“I had a great experience with The Moving Firm. I'd researched several companies and was hesitant to commit to anyone at first — glad I did.”
Jenna Richardson
Swissvale · local
“Owen and Gabriel were awesome! They went above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of.”
Ryan Larson
Turtle Creek · local
“We used The Moving Firm to move us from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and I was so impressed with the customer service, speed, and safety. Owen and Derek were fantastic.”
Zoraya Southward
Pittsburgh · long_distance
“I had a great experience with The Moving Firm. From start to finish, the team was organized, friendly, and efficient. Marcus made sure our storage pickup was scheduled around our closing delay without any hassle.”
Sheena Houston
North Versailles · short_term
Us Versus The Alternatives
Rent a truck yourself and you’re the one lifting; book a drop-off pod and a stranger drives it; go through a broker and your contact info gets sold to whoever bids lowest that week. None of those three get you our crew carrying the boxes and a number you agreed to ahead of time.
| The Moving Firm | Brokers | Containers | Truck Rentals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You get the number in writing before anything gets taped up, not after the truck’s already in your driveway | – | |||
| Every set of hands on the truck is on The Moving Firm’s own payroll, never gig-app pickup labor | ||||
| State registration plus federal DOT and MC authority, both on file and current | – | – | ||
| The person unloading your last box tonight is the same one who loaded the first box this morning | ||||
| Packing supplies, the move itself, and reassembly on the other end all live on one quote instead of three separate ones | ||||
| Piano, gun cabinet, an oddly shaped antique — Derek rigs it by hand rather than handing it off to someone else | ||||
| Need somewhere to park your things for a few weeks? Storage space is already sitting there waiting | ||||
| One truck, one crew, start to finish — nothing changes hands between your old driveway and the new one |
Meet The Crew Handling Your Pittsburgh Move
Background-checked, W-2 employees driving trucks the company owns outright — never a name pulled off a gig app the morning of your move.
Nolan Brennan
Owner & Founder 13+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Owen Talbot
Lead Crew Chief 9+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Derek Panko
Senior Mover 7+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Gabriel Nowak
Mover 5+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Marcus Boyle
Move Coordinator & Storage 6+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Grant Petrosky
Operations Manager 8+ yrs with The Moving FirmReady When You Are
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