Moving Silicon Valley
Forward Since 1990
We're a family-owned moving company built on a simple promise: treat every customer like a neighbor, and handle every belonging like it's our own. For over 36 years, that promise has earned us the trust of thousands of Silicon Valley families and businesses.
36 Years of
Trusted Service
We grew from a single truck in 1990 into one of the Bay Area's most established moving companies.
It Started on Grant Street
SVM started with one truck, one warehouse on Grant Street in Santa Clara, and one family signing the lease and writing the standard on the wall: every move handled by our own people, every time. The Valley was quieter then, with fewer freeways and more orchards on the southern edge of San Jose. The phones still rang the same way they ring now: someone whose life was about to change, hoping the people on the other end would treat it like it mattered.
Going Interstate and Moving to Alviso
In 1997, SVM was approved as a licensed interstate agent through Paul Arpin Van Lines, one of the country's oldest van line networks. Long-haul work brought bigger trucks and bigger crews, and the Grant Street yard couldn't hold them. Operations moved to a larger facility in Alviso, on the marsh-edge of the South Bay, where the trucks could line up and the storage finally had room to breathe.
Sacramento: Gold Country Moving & Storage
By the late 2000s, Bay Area families were moving across town and also up I-80, to Sacramento, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, and the foothills. To serve them on both ends of the route, SVM opened a sister operation in Sacramento under the name Gold Country Moving & Storage. It had the same family ownership. That foothold in the Capital region meant a customer leaving San Jose for Sacramento was handed off to people we knew.
Montague Expressway
By 2012, the Alviso yard was full, and a dispatcher was saying "we're out of trucks for Saturday" too many weeks in a row. The answer was a bigger building. SVM relocated to a larger warehouse on Montague Expressway: more dock doors, more storage vaults, more parking for a fleet that had tripled in size since the move from Grant Street. The scope of the work was widening too: longer interstate runs, more commercial accounts, more of the complex multi-day jobs that don't fit on a one-truck schedule.
Coming Home to Barnard Avenue
The move to 186 Barnard Avenue in San Jose, a full-service climate-controlled warehouse and operations hub, was the one that stuck. It's where the trucks roll out of every morning, where the storage vaults sit stacked floor-to-ceiling, where the dispatchers and project managers work side-by-side, and where 36 years of Bay Area moving is run from a single yard.
Joining the Bekins Van Lines Network
When Arpin Van Lines was acquired, the Bekins Van Lines network, operating since 1891, opened the door to a carefully chosen group of independent moving companies across the country. SVM was selected to join as an authorized interstate agent: a designation extended only to operations that meet Bekins' standards for safety, accountability, and customer experience. Nothing about the way we work changed. We kept the same family ownership, the same crews, and the same standards we'd been building for thirty-one years. What changed was the network behind us: older, deeper, and one of the most respected names in the industry.
The First Spire Award
The Bekins Spire Award is decided by customer experience scores, surveys filled out by the people who actually let us into their homes. In our very first eligible year inside the Bekins network, we won it for Excellence in Customer Experience. It was the first time a national award validated what our long-time Bay Area customers had been telling us for three decades: when you do the job right, people remember.
Driver of the Year
There are roughly 350 Bekins agents across the country, and on any given day thousands of drivers behind the wheel of a Bekins-branded trailer. In 2024, Bekins named one of ours, a driver hauling Bay Area shipments across the country, its national Driver of the Year. It's the highest individual honor in the network. The same year, SVM earned its fourth consecutive Spire Award for Excellence in Customer Experience.
Thirty-Six Years In, Still the Same Family
Moving companies come and go. We've been here 36+ years: same family at the helm, same Barnard Avenue yard, same standard written on the wall in 1990. Four consecutive Spire Awards. An A+ BBB rating. A national Driver of the Year. A multi-generational customer base that started moving with us in the '90s and is now calling us for their kids' first apartments. The only way to reach thirty-six years is to keep showing up and doing the job right, year after year, for everyone who calls.
A few things we've hung onto
Thirty-six years leaves a paper trail. Here are a couple of pieces of it.
Bekins Van Lines
Partnership
As an authorized Bekins Van Lines agent, Silicon Valley Moving & Storage connects you to one of the oldest and most trusted names in the American moving industry. Founded in 1891, Bekins provides the infrastructure, technology, and nationwide reach for long-distance moves.
This partnership means your belongings travel through a vetted, quality-controlled network of professionals, whether you're moving across California or across the country. You get the family-business touch of Silicon Valley Moving with the resources and reliability of a national van line.
Bekins Van Lines Agent
Nationwide coverage since 1891
How we work
We're not a broker.
Every move is handled by SVM crews who work for SVM. We don't broker, sell, or hand off your job to another company.
The crew that shows up on move day is on our payroll, trained by us, and accountable to you through us, never an outside contractor we found and dispatched.
Awards, press coverage,
and public records.
Every credential we claim is independently verifiable through a third-party institution. Below is the public record. Click through any of these to confirm.
Bekins Driver of the Year
The highest individual honor in the Bekins Van Lines national network, awarded to a single driver each year out of thousands. Joe Childs of SVM received the 2024 award at Bekins' sixth annual Van Line Summit & Awards Gala on February 27, 2025.
Read Bekins' announcement →Bekins Spire Award (4× consecutive)
Awarded to Bekins agents for Excellence in Customer Experience. Determined by customer surveys, not by company self-reporting. SVM has won the Spire Award every eligible year since joining the Bekins network.
Bekins Customer Loyalty Award
Recognizes Bekins agents whose customers consistently return for repeat moves and refer family and friends. Two-time recipient.
Bekins Agent of the Month
Single-month recognition awarded across the Bekins agent network for outstanding operational performance and customer outcomes during the month.
BBB A+ Accredited Business
Better Business Bureau accredited with an A+ rating. Our BBB profile, complaint history, and customer review summary are public record.
View our BBB profile →Press Coverage
Industry trade publications independently covered Joe's 2024 Bekins Driver of the Year award. None of these are paid placements.
Silicon Valley Moving & Storage's Joe Childs Bekins' Driver of the Year →
Bekins Van Lines Names Driver of the Year →
Joe Childs of Silicon Valley Moving & Storage Earns 2024 Bekins Driver of the Year Award →
2024 Bekins Driver of the Year awarded →
Verify Us: Public Records
Every license, registration, and accreditation we claim is in the public record. Unlike most movers, we link directly to them.
Independently confirms our agent status
Federal motor carrier safety record
CAL T 188960: household goods carrier authority
A+ rated, accredited since 2005
Transportation partner directory
Founded 2012: 30,000+ toys annually
Registered 501(c)(3), long-term sponsor
80+ reviews, public photos and history
100+ customer reviews
Community First
San Jose & Bay Area
Rooted in Our
Community
Silicon Valley is where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school, and where our neighbors become our friends. That's why giving back has always been part of who we are.
We sponsor local youth sports teams and contribute to San Jose food banks, because we believe a moving company should help build community. We're proud to support organizations throughout the Bay Area that make our region a better place to call home.
Licensed, Insured,
Fully Certified
Any mover you hire should meet the highest industry standards. We carry every credential required by federal and state authorities.
USDOT
1962166
Registered with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Interstate moves run under USDOT 70719
CAL T
188960
Licensed by the California Bureau of Household Goods and Services
Licensed
& Insured
Bonded, with general liability coverage and workers' compensation for every crew member
Bekins Van Lines
Agent
Authorized agent with access to nationwide moving resources
Bekins Spire Award
4× Winner
Four consecutive years (2021–2024) for Excellence in Customer Experience
BBB
A+ Accredited
Better Business Bureau Accredited with an A+ rating since 2005
Moves That
Speak for Themselves
From apartments to corporate campuses, every project gets our full attention and care.
Residential Move
Palo Alto
Residential Move
Bay Area
Long-Distance Move
San Jose to Portland
Storage Solution
San Jose Warehouse
Office Move
Mountain View
Specialty Move
Cupertino
What Our Clients Say
“Silicon Valley Moving was the best choice for our move. From the quote to final delivery, the communication and professionalism were second to none! We were thoroughly pleased with the entire process. The speed in which the packing was done and the loading and unloading of the truck were completed in record time. The guys on the crews were a joy to work with. Friendly and knowledgeable and very hard workers. Since our move was done in the heat of San Jose and the gold country, there was never a complaint about the temperature. Their hard work was appreciated and did not go unnoticed. We would highly recommend Silicon Valley Moving. You get what you pay for, and you will get the best!”
Ian S.
July 2025
“This has been a wonderful company to work with. Six years ago, they moved our Mom out of her home into a senior living facility and carefully packed & stored some of her larger antiques. We recently emptied the items they had been storing for her - everything was perfect. Their staff (office and movers) have all been friendly and very professional. Highly recommended.”
Kate Z.
January 2020
“We contracted with Silicon Valley Moving to move our company to our new headquarters. They initially sent a representative out before the move started, to give us a quote. A couple days later, several trucks as well as the crew promptly transferred all items from the office into the trucks. A portion of our office goods went to their storage, and the rest was hauled to our new headquarters. At destination, the crew offloaded all of our office goods and electronics, set up the monitors, and cubicles. Thank you everyone at Silicon Valley Moving & Storage for making this large move stress free. We will be using you again in the future.”
Spencer W.
February 2022
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- 36+ years in San Jose
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