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Gentle Giant Moving Company

Washington DC Movers - Healthiest Employer

We are your hometown Washington, DC movers, and when it comes to the perfect, stress-free move, we really do hit it out of the park. Gentle Giant is an award-winning DC moving company with highly trained, caring, and professional movers who serve the entire Metro Washington, DC region including Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. Gentle Giant is also proud to be named one of Greater Washington’s Healthiest Employers!

Our Services

Local Moving

Across the street or across the Bay, we've got you covered.

Get Moving

Long Distance

We know the best routes from sea to shining sea.

Learn how we do it

Storage

We offer full-service, secure, climate-controlled storage.

Store your stuff safely

Packing Services

We can help you pack or unpack any size move.

Pack it up

Commercial

Need to move your office? We can help with that.

Move your office

100% Guarantee

Our moves are carried out by highly trained Giants.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

About Washington DC

Washington, D.C., the capital city of the U.S., is named after the nation’s first president and one of its four Founding Fathers, George Washington. It is one of the most important political capitals of the world and three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the district: Congress, the legislative arm of the government, presides in the U.S. Capitol Building. Meanwhile, the president (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial) sit in the White House and the Supreme Court Building respectively. Given its political significance it is no surprise that Gentle Giant moves copious aspiring politicians, public servants, journalists, and many more to the nation’s capital every year.

Aside from its historical and political significance, Washington is also brimming with culture. The city was designated a national center for the arts due to its wide selection of art institutions. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is home to the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National opera, and the Washington Ballet. There are also a plethora of museums and galleries for visitors and residents alike to tour. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum complex and includes the National Museum of Natural History, the National Air and Space Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. Meanwhile, the historic Ford’s Theatre, site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, functions as a performance space as well as a museum.

100% Crew Guarantee

Expertise best DC movers

Gentle Giant promises to deliver exceptional service to every customer, guaranteed (100% Crew Guarantee). Contact us anytime if you believe we have performed otherwise. We are proud to offer a money-back guarantee for every member of your moving crew. Learn more about some of our exceptional employees here!

Local Washington, DC Moving

Gentle Giant knows your neighborhood. Our Washington DC movers are adept at navigating the narrow streets of Old Town, the row houses of Capitol Hill, and historic Georgetown. From our two moving company locations in Washington, DC and Lorton, VA, we perform all types of apartment moves and house moves in between. We’ll even move you inside the same building. 

Our DC movers serve all of the Metro DC area including Alexandria,  VA, McLean, VA, Chevy Chase, MD, Potomac, MD, Bethesda, MD, and many other towns.

Need boxes and packing? – We’ve got that too. Gentle Giant has been the best mover in DC since 2006!

Long Distance Moving

With 20 locations nationwide Gentle Giant can move you to anywhere in the lower 48 States. Unlike the van lines we don’t subcontract our services to move your stuff. When you choose Gentle Giant for a long distance move, we have the capacity so that your items are only handled by Gentle Giant employees start to finish. Learn about some of our most popular routes here.

Storage Facilities

With multiple warehouses across our footprint Gentle Giant can meet your long or short term storage needs. When you store your belongings with Gentle Giant, we inventory, label, and store everything ourselves in self-contained crates that can be accessed only by Gentle Giant staff. We also have options for electronic inventories that include itemized photographs of each of your items.

Packing and Moving Boxes

Moving can be stressful, so leave the hard work to us! We’ll come the day before your move and pack everything for you. When you hire Gentle Giant to pack your valuable belongings there is the added guarantee that your items will arrive safe and sound at the other end. We take the necessary care and precision required to pack everything from crystal stemware to your baseball card collection like they were our own. If you want to pack yourself, though, we offer free delivery of moving boxes to your home too!

Meet the Giants – Professional Washington, DC Movers

Gentle Giant prides itself on being a different kind of moving company. We believe that it is the quality of our people – the Giants – which makes us stand apart from the rest. Gentle Giant’s Washington, DC movers are an exceptionally tight-knit team with decades of service between them, showing their true dedication to the company. All Giants embody our core principals of a professional workforce with skill, intellect, and integrity.

Our Reputation

Founded in 1980 by owner Larry O’Toole, Boston has been the national headquarters for Gentle Giant Moving Company for over 40 years. As we have grown outside of New England, Gentle Giant has been recognized by numerous publications as a great place to work and a leader in the moving and storage industry.

Check out some of our reviews on Google or see our own moving company reviews here.

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Washington, DC Moving Guides

Gentle Giant Moving Co. - Washington

5782 2nd Street NE

Washington, DC 20011

(202) 758-0213

Also serving

Capitol Heights, MD

201 Ritchie Rd
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
(202) 758-0213

Lorton, VA

8935 Telegraph Road
Lorton, VA 22079
(703) 372-2589

Featured Washington DC Movers

Andre Eilers

Andre Eilers

DC Regional Manager
Andre Eilers is Gentle Giant's Washington DC Regional Manager. He began his career with Gentle Giant back in 2012 when he moved to the US from his home country of...
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Andre Eilers

Andre Eilers

DC Regional Manager
Andre Eilers is Gentle Giant's Washington DC Regional Manager. He began his career with Gentle Giant back in 2012 when he moved to the US from his home country of Germany, and he has been with the company ever since, quickly progresses from mover to manager. His favorite things about working for GG include the ability to see different places and meet different people everyday, the physical aspect of the work, and 'the feeling of reward you get after a hard day of work.'

Andre credits his time at Gentle Giant with learning how to improvise and adapt to any given situation at any time on a move. 'Every day is different, and no two moves are the same. Each move presents its own set of challenges. I have learned to improvise and think on my toes to get the job done quickly and efficiently for our customers over the years.'

A graduate of the University of Bonn in Germany, Andre has a master's degree in Sociology, Philosophy, and Political Science. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, reading, writing, and collecting records. He also loves to work out and he is a very familiar face at the Gentle Giant DC warehouse gym where many Giants gather to workout together in the mornings and evenings.
Kieffer Karim

Kieffer Karim

Branch Manager
When Kieffer started with Gentle Giant’s DC office, he quickly established himself as a leader. As a lifelong basketball player, he was prepared for the hustle, teamwork and focus expected...
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Kieffer Karim

Kieffer Karim

Branch Manager
When Kieffer started with Gentle Giant’s DC office, he quickly established himself as a leader. As a lifelong basketball player, he was prepared for the hustle, teamwork and focus expected of a Giant. Now a manager, Kieffer thinks of himself more as a coach, working with new Giants to help them reach top performance.

As is the case in every regional Gentle Giant office, Kieffer and his team preach and live a healthy lifestyle. This is probably why several of our locations have repeatedly been recognized as a Healthiest Employer, including DC in 2020.

Outside of work, Kieffer enjoys traveling, playing basketball and working out with his fellow Giants. You'll often find him in the DC warehouse gym bright and early before a move as he loves the fun competitive nature that exists when working out with his colleagues.
Milos Mikovic

Milos Mikovic

Crew Chief
Milos heard about Gentle Giant from Kieffer Karim, one of our Branch Managers. Before working for Gentle Giant, he played semi-professional basketball for eight years and graduated from Sports Academy...
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Milos Mikovic

Milos Mikovic

Crew Chief
Milos heard about Gentle Giant from Kieffer Karim, one of our Branch Managers. Before working for Gentle Giant, he played semi-professional basketball for eight years and graduated from Sports Academy Belgrade in Serbia in 2004. The physical nature of being a Crew Chief has allowed him to stay in tip-top shape!

Outside of work, he enjoys lifting weights and playing basketball. He is married, lives in Maryland and has two dogs, Coco and Bella. He is also a part-time real estate agent, after being influenced to become an agent through his work at Gentle Giant.

Google Reviews

Jonathan Scolare
Jonathan Scolare
19:11 27 Aug 24
The two movers they sent me were incredibly courteous and friendly! They made sure that I still had all the screws and bolts for my disassembled furniture and took good care of my older furniture pieces. Would highly recommend them!
Frances Kuo
Frances Kuo
18:36 27 Aug 24
This was our first time using Gentle Giant, and we were very impressed with Miljan, Boban and Kaslav. They had to move much more than expected, requiring them to work a long day, but they remained cordial, professional and patient. We had a few problematic pieces of furniture that didn't end up fitting in the rooms we had hoped, but they took the time to try to make it work. Would highly recommend this company!
Lindsay M
Lindsay M
22:25 24 Aug 24
Sean Hilscher
Sean Hilscher
14:25 18 Aug 24
Armin, Raul, Octavian, Oder, and Janko moved us from Maryland to NoVa last week. They were fantastic. Super friendly, helpful, and professional. They strategized with us on where to put furniture. Thank you guys!
Amelia Meadows
Amelia Meadows
17:43 15 Aug 24
Dex, Trey, and Dakari were absolutely amazing! They did an incredible, thorough job packing and unpacking, taking great care of everything and were the utmost professionals. We will definitely be using them again!
Moriah Kaufman
Moriah Kaufman
14:10 15 Aug 24
Extremely profession, careful and kind movers. Great experience overall and would highly recommend!
Noor Chawla
Noor Chawla
22:32 14 Aug 24
The movers were very nice, personable and professional, got all my stuff to my new place without anything breaking or being disturbed unlike the last moving company I used. They were great to work with and would recommend
Michele Porter Will
Michele Porter Will
20:25 14 Aug 24
We have been using Gentle Giant for a various moves. We work with homeless veterans and they have always been there for us. This is a great group of people with big hearts and they do an extraordinary job. Thank you to Gentle Giant!!
Erik Magnusson
Erik Magnusson
07:50 13 Aug 24
Maysa Rashid
Maysa Rashid
15:44 12 Aug 24
My husband and I used Gentle Giant for the first time for our move into our new apartment. They were amazing to work with from the very start. They provided me a quote almost immediately and were flexible about our move being on a Sunday.Raul, Janco, and, Miljan showed up exactly on time and were very quick, efficient, and an overall pleasure to deal with.
Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn
15:40 12 Aug 24
August 10, 2024 - Armin, David, Boban, and Zarko made the move incredibly easy and were amazing to work with. Gentle Giant communicated clearly and often leading up to the move and during the day of the move. The movers (Armin, David, Boban, and Zarko) were fast, reliable, professional, and took the stress out of moving. I would highly recommend Gentle Giant Moving for anyone.
Deirdre Fields
Deirdre Fields
23:09 10 Aug 24
Dex, Dakarai, Zarko, David, and Donny were true gentlemen that made the moving process a breeze. Also, excellent level of football (soccer) knowledge.
Elle
Elle
21:15 10 Aug 24
WONDERFUL experience – got our entire move (full set of furniture for 3 people – no belongings as we packed and moved most of our own boxes) done between 9:15 and 1:30pm, including disassembling and assembling the beds, for $1500. We cannot emphasize enough HOW impressed we were with them. Generally a great customer experience; they overestimated the total by about $300 (an hour of work) so I got to be pleasantly surprised by the lower total. This was the top recommended company in DC, and I definitely plan to use them again if I need to move again in the city!Will note that you’ll need to pay time for the drive there and back (about 45 mins each way in my case) which was not originally mentioned explicitly in my calculus – but overall such a good experience in every way that I’m not complaining. (Will also note for a DC move that there’s probably no point in reserving a permit; in our neighborhood two people parked directly in front of the sign, and enforcement will not grab them for you! Luckily some of our new neighbors were kind enough to move their car.)
Karlus Manigo
Karlus Manigo
22:40 09 Aug 24
Truely amazing move of our household goods. Nothing broken nothing scratch. Arrived on time and finished within the estimated time. Well done! I highly recommend this company for your next move.
Stephen Saling
Stephen Saling
19:32 08 Aug 24
Could use a 6th star, actually. Conor and Raul were efficient, friendly and energetic. Tight turns, narrow doorways, steep steps didn't deter them - they were "can do" all the way. On time and done quickly. This is a good group.