Office & Commercial Moving

Workstations, chairs, filing, IT equipment and racking — moved around your business hours

Office Movers in Toronto & the GTA

Last updated: September 6, 2026

G&T Moving handles office and commercial relocations across Toronto and the GTA at $150 per hour for three movers with a 26 ft truck and $195 per hour for four, with a 2-hour minimum and 30-minute billing after that. Most office jobs need three or four movers rather than two, because the volume sits in workstations, task chairs, and filing cabinets rather than in boxes.

The price matters, but it is rarely what an office move is judged on. It is judged on whether the business opens on time at the new address. That means planning around three things the building controls — the dock, the service elevator, and the certificate of insurance — and one thing that decides everything else: how accurately the job was scoped before anyone quoted it.

Commercial Hourly Rates

Vehicle and crew included. 2-hour minimum, then billed in 30-minute increments, plus a fuel and travel surcharge based on distance and access. Most office floors run with three or four movers and a 26 ft truck.

Vehicle and crew	Hourly rate
1 mover with pickup truck	$60/hour
2 movers with pickup truck	$100/hour
2 movers with 17 ft truck	$100/hour
3 movers with 17 ft truck	$145/hour
2 movers with 26 ft truck	$100/hour
3 movers with 26 ft truck	$150/hour
4 movers with 26 ft truck	$195/hour
5+ movers with 26 ft truck	custom quote

See the full rate card, extra charges, and payment rules

Before anything is quoted

Two Ways to Price a Commercial Move

A commercial move lives or dies on the item list. Either you give us exact counts of what is moving, or we come to the site and quote it in person — and for anything beyond a small office, the site visit is usually the better call. The reason is timing: commercial jobs almost always run inside a fixed window, so the crew has to be sized for the real scope up front. When the scope is accurate we staff the job to cover every step; when it is a guess, something gets discovered at 9pm on a Saturday.

1. Send an itemised list

Workstation, chair, and filing cabinet counts, plus photos of the floor and anything oversized. Works well for a single office or a small studio.

2. Ask us to walk the space

We come to site, count it ourselves, and check the dock, elevator, and door widths at both ends. For anything beyond a small office this is usually the better call — and it is what keeps the crew size right on a job that has to finish inside a fixed window.

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An Office Move, Start to Finish

The floor as we found it, chairs wrapped individually, desks apart and loaded up the ramp, every layer strapped to the wall, and reception back in service at the new address.

Open plan office with workstations and task chairs before a Toronto office relocation — Before: the floor as we found it.

Office desks, cartons and lockers staged along a corridor ready for loading — Staged by destination room before anything leaves the floor.

Office chairs individually wrapped in plastic film and lined up before an office move — Task chairs wrapped individually before they leave the floor.

Bubble wrap roll and wrapped office equipment being packed for a commercial move — Screens, printers and small equipment wrapped individually.

Mover loading a disassembled office desk into the moving truck up a ramp — Desks come apart, go in flat, and go back together at the new office.

Mover strapping office desks and chairs against the wall inside a moving truck — Every layer strapped to the wall before the truck moves.

Moving truck loaded with office furniture, filing cabinets and equipment

Finished office reception desk and lobby after the relocation was completed — After: reception in place at the new address.

What Decides the Cost

Workstation count, and whether desks come apart or move whole.
Task chairs — high in count, low in weight, and the reason a crew of two runs out of hands.
Filing cabinets: whether they travel loaded or emptied changes both weight and risk.
Boardroom tables, reception millwork, and anything with a stone or glass top.
Computers, monitors, printers, and any server or network equipment.
Building access at both ends: loading dock window, service elevator booking, and how close the truck can park.
Timing: a move scheduled around your business hours is planned differently from a weekday job.

What the Building Will Ask For

In a commercial move the property manager, not the mover, sets the schedule. These are the items worth confirming before you pick a date.

A certificate of insurance naming the building — most property managers will not release the dock or elevator without one.
Service elevator booking, usually in three- or four-hour blocks and sometimes with a deposit.
Loading dock time limits, and garage clearance height if the dock is underground.
After-hours security or fob access for both the old and the new address.
Floor and wall protection requirements in common areas and elevator lobbies.

We carry commercial business, public liability, and cargo and transport insurance, and a certificate of insurance is issued right away — send us the building’s certificate holder wording and coverage requirements and it goes out the same day, not on the morning of the move.

Keeping Downtime Short

We operate 365 days a year, including holidays, so a weekend commercial move is scheduled the same way as a weekday one. What decides the plan is the window the building will actually release — dock time, elevator booking, and after-hours security access at both addresses.

Evening and weekend commercial moves are available — we operate 365 days a year. Work scheduled outside normal hours carries an additional fee, which we confirm when we quote the window, so it is priced before you commit to a date rather than added afterwards.

Two habits do most of the work on the day. Everything is wrapped before it moves, which protects the furniture and the common areas it has to pass through — and building damage is what eats deposits on a commercial move. And every item is tagged with a colour sticker matched to a room or zone at the new address, so nothing gets stacked in a corridor and carried a second time while somebody decides where it goes.

The crew is ours. Your move is not handed to a third-party labour agency, and the owner works the job, so there is one person on site who can make a call when the building changes the dock window at short notice — which it does.

Computers, Servers & Equipment

For most offices we recommend your own team disconnects the equipment and labels the cables and machines with stickers before move day — nobody knows your setup better, and it is the cheapest way to do it. We then wrap, transport, and place the hardware. If you would rather we handled disconnection, cable management, and packing, our IT crew does that work at $200 per hour.

IT crew: $200/hour. Only needed if you want us doing the disconnection and cable work — most offices are better off having their own team label and unplug.

If you have racked servers, network gear, or specialty equipment, flag it at quote stage. It changes the handling, the sequence, and sometimes the truck.

Rows of racked server and mining units with cabling installed in a warehouse — Specialty equipment: racked, cabled, and dust-protected.

Shelving & Pallet Racking

If the new space needs racking or shelving standing before stock arrives, that work can be sequenced with the move rather than booked separately afterwards.

We install racking; we do not stock it. If you need racking as well as installation we can help you source and order it, but plan ahead — racking normally has about a month of lead time from order to delivery, so it needs to be raised well before your move date.

G&T worker standing in front of newly installed orange pallet racking in a warehouse — Pallet racking supplied and installed, not just delivered.

Installed warehouse pallet racking loaded with palletised stock

A Job That Proves the Point

This is why we push for an accurate item list or a site visit before quoting.

200 workstations · about a day and a half

A 200-workstation office relocation

The client started with rough numbers. Once we went through the photos and item lists they emailed, the real scope was clearly larger — a great deal of small equipment still needed disassembly, and a large share of the office furniture had to be packed and held in temporary storage rather than run straight from A to B. Then the destination changed: two service elevators had been promised, and on the day only one was actually working. On a job with a fixed window, that is exactly the kind of gap that breaks a schedule. It held because the trucks and the crew had been sized for the real scope rather than the original estimate. The company opened for business on time.

What to Send for an Office Quote

The more of this we have up front, the closer the quote is to the invoice.

Exact counts of what is moving — or ask us to come and walk the space instead.
Both addresses, floor numbers, and whether each building has a loading dock or street access only.
Workstation count, chair count, and filing cabinet count — rough numbers are fine.
A photo or two of the open floor plan, plus anything oversized (boardroom table, reception desk, safe).
Which items are staying, which are being disposed of, and whether anything needs holding in temporary storage between the two dates.
IT equipment: how many machines, and who is disconnecting and reconnecting them.
Your target date and the window the building will actually allow.
Whether the new space needs shelving or pallet racking installed before move-in.

Businesses We Have Relocated

Not every commercial move is an office floor. These are the kinds of space we have actually moved.

Offices and corporate floorsIT and software companiesClinics and hospitalsRetail storesRestaurantsSchoolsFurniture factoriesCabinet and millwork shopsIndustrial equipment and machinery

Where We Work

Dispatched from 2 Preston Ave, Gormley, ON L4A 2G9, just off Highway 404 at Stouffville Road.

TorontoMarkhamRichmond HillNorth YorkScarboroughVaughanMississaugaBramptonOakvilleAjaxPickeringWhitbyOshawaNewmarketAurora

Testimonials

What customers say about G&T Moving

Real feedback from customers who used G&T for local moving, piano transport, and delivery support.

“We moved a four-bedroom home from Toronto to Ottawa, including a piano, and everything arrived safely. The crew was professional, punctual, careful, and made the whole move feel far less stressful.”

Jackson G.

Long-distance house move with piano

“The team arrived on time, worked efficiently, handled our belongings with care, and kept communication clear from start to finish. The whole process was smooth and stress-free.”

Yaya H.

Smooth and efficient moving day

“They worked efficiently without wasting time, had a great attitude, and offered a very reasonable price.”

Wendy X.

Fast service with fair pricing

Office Moving FAQs

How much do office movers charge in Toronto?

Office moves are billed by the hour for truck and crew together. G&T charges $150 per hour for three movers with a 26 ft truck and $195 per hour for four movers, with a 2-hour minimum and 30-minute increments after that, plus a fuel and travel surcharge. Two movers at $100 per hour suits a small studio or a single office, but most commercial floors need three or four because of chair and workstation count.

Can you quote our office on site instead of over email?

Can you move our office outside business hours?

Can you provide a certificate of insurance for our building management?

What happens to computers, servers, and network equipment?

Do you disassemble and reassemble workstations?

Yes, when it is disclosed at booking. Desks, benching, shelving, and meeting tables can usually have basic disassembly and reassembly arranged as part of the move plan. Raised on the day with no notice, it costs extra time and may carry an additional charge, so it is worth confirming which pieces come apart before the quote is finalised.

Do you supply warehouse racking, or only install it?

Which kinds of business do you relocate?

We have completed relocations for offices and corporate floors, it and software companies, clinics and hospitals, retail stores, restaurants, schools, furniture factories, cabinet and millwork shops, industrial equipment and machinery. Whatever the space, the questions are the same: item volume, access at both ends, and the window the building will allow.

How far do you travel for commercial moves?

We dispatch from 2 Preston Ave, Gormley, ON L4A 2G9, just off Highway 404 at Stouffville Road, and cover Toronto and the whole GTA, cities across Ontario, Quebec destinations including Montreal, and selected cross-border routes. Longer moves are quoted by distance, access, and load type rather than by the hour alone.