Our Ontario movers are well trained, and therefore, highly skilled to move belongings in and out of the buildings without damaging the walls, doors, doorways, and floors. We have expert moving crews, competent at handling both heavy and fragile items, ensuring they get to your new location in the original condition. We invite you to join hundreds of satisfied customers who experienced our services. Request a free quote and take the first step to a blissful moving experience.
Our company has full-service movers who are constantly trained to achieve the highest level of proficiency in all types of moving: local, long-distance, or commercial. Our movers and packers in Ontario use the quality supplies and materials to pack your belongings for all our moves. Save your time and enjoy an extremely pleasant move with us.
As well as people moving to a new place in inspiring films, you’ll also literally snap your fingers and get everything in your new home. Our professionals can accomplish a move of any complexity, so even an antique piano of your grandmother will be safely transported to a new place. Ontario is one of seven cities covered by our movers in the Inland Empire.
With us, you can confidently rule out the fear of uncertainty when you don’t know where your belongings are. We are a phone call or email away from giving you peace of mind by sharing the latest updates about your shipment and informing you about the delivery date or window.
Enjoy our full-service moves, including moving, packing, unpacking, furniture disassembly and reassembly, and storage services. Request a free quote for a smooth long-distance relocation experience.
Our office movers in Ontario deliver top-level commercial moving services. We’ll cope with any office furniture, professional equipment, and even medical practice. Due to a professional approach to all stages of your office move, we help you not to lose excitement and inspiration from your new office in the overwhelming packing, lifting, and unpacking process.
Sure, our movers can bring packing materials and boxes if you need them. Make sure you mention that you need them to our operators in advance.
No, tips are not included, and it’s up to you how much to tip your movers. Tips are always appreciated but not required.
Your apartment moving cost depends on factors, such as the type and size of your property, the complexity of your move, the number of bedrooms, the volume of your items, zip code, etc. At SOS Moving, we offer flat and hourly rates. The hourly rate depends on the number of movers to be involved and the size of the moving truck. Flat rate is based on the volume of belongings you need to move, and it’s the best option for long-distance moves. To know your moving cost, please contact us or submit a form on our website to request your free quote.
You should schedule your move date as early as you can. If you’re moving locally, at least 1-2 weeks in advance, for long-distance moves, we recommend getting a quote at least 2-4 weeks before your move date.
You can choose any convenient day for your relocation, and yes, we can help you move on weekends and holidays.
A safe relocation is our goal, so we’ll provide you with a detailed list of items that are prohibited to transport. It includes perishables, hazardous materials, firearms, batteries, etc. We also don’t recommend packing your personal and irreplaceable items, including family heirlooms, family photos, jewelry, documents, etc. Carry them with you during the move.
We accept cash, all major debit and credit cards, and certified checks. We don’t accept personal checks. There will not apply any transaction fee on card transactions.
Yes, we’ll contact you prior to delivery. We’ll deliver your belongings within the given moving arrival window. In case the window is no longer possible, we’ll also contact you in advance and set another delivery time.
Ontario, CA, in San Bernardino County, began as the Model Irrigation Colony that George and William Chaffey laid out in 1882, with Euclid Avenue drawn as its backbone. The housing still shows both ends of that story. Victorian and Craftsman houses line the old blocks near Euclid, while in the south, Ontario Ranch builders were still finishing new tracts in the 2020s.
Between those ends sits plain suburban stock. SCAG, the regional planning agency, counts 58.8% of the city's homes as single-family detached, about a fifth in complexes of five or more units, and 2,164 mobile homes, and more of it went up in the 1970s than in any other decade. For local movers in Ontario, that makes the typical job a house rather than a tower: a driveway, a garage and a truck at the curb. So the questions we ask up front are about the garage, the driveway and how far the front door sits from the street.
Ontario's municipal code bars large commercial vehicles from parking on residential streets and alleys, except while loading or unloading goods or serving the property beside them. That exception covers a moving truck during the working hours of the job, not a truck left standing on the block. Posted permit-parking zones likewise exempt commercial vehicles making pickups and deliveries, so a permit sign on your street does not shut the truck out.
The rule that catches people is street sweeping. The City Council approved citywide residential sweeping restrictions in July 2024; enforcement follows the day and hours on the signs posted at the start of each block, and a ticket can still be written after the sweeper has gone by. Each side of a street is swept on a different day, so when moving day falls on a sweeping day, the parking plan puts the truck on the opposite curb. Some areas got new sweeping days under the program, so read the sign on your block instead of going by habit.
Complexes and associations add their own layer. If a property manager or HOA asks for a certificate of insurance, SOS issues one for $50; reserving a loading space, elevator time or gate access stays with you. Before the date we ask for three things: your sweeping day, the gate code or call-box name, and your own cars moved off the curb in front of the door.
Euclid is a 200-foot right-of-way with a 60-foot landscaped median, and the city's historic district takes in the 102 properties fronting it between G Street and the I-10. In 2005 the avenue and its median, from Philadelphia Street in Ontario to 24th Street in Upland, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The median opens only at periodic breaks, and the one at Princeton Street was closed for safety in front of Chaffey High School, so we plan an approach that brings the truck in on the house side instead of hunting for a U-turn.
Houses along this stretch include late-1880s Victorians, Craftsman homes and 1920s Spanish Revival, several with porches on rock pillars or brick piers, and a 15-foot parkway lies between the curb and the sidewalk. Most of the original rock curbs are still in place. Porch columns and door frames get padded, and heavy pieces travel the front walk on a dolly instead of crossing the lawn.
Armsley Square runs west from Euclid between Fifth and Sixth streets, a tract John S. Armstrong laid out in 1924 with a 40-foot roadway shaded by camphor trees. Most of its homes were built between 1925 and 1940, and Armstrong's deed restrictions put garages and other outbuildings behind the main house. Whatever is stored in the garage travels the full depth of the lot to reach the truck, so mention a packed garage when you book.
Ontario Ranch fills the southern part of the city: 8,200 acres of the old San Bernardino Agricultural Preserve, mostly dairy and cattle land, which Ontario named the New Model Colony in 1999. The city bills it as Southern California's largest master-planned community, counted 1,200 new homes built there in 2023, and expects about 69,000 residential units at completion.
In a house finished weeks before you arrive, fresh paint and unscuffed floors are what need protecting, so door jambs get padded and runners go down from the garage to the last bedroom. The lot next door may still be a job site, and the truck is placed so it does not block the builder's access. Rich-Haven's specific plan, for one, allows gated neighborhoods, so the gate code belongs in the move notes.
| Area or home type in Ontario | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Euclid Avenue, G Street to the I-10 | Median crossings only at breaks; porch steps, a 15-foot parkway and original rock curbs between the truck and the door |
| Armsley Square | 40-foot roadway, homes from 1925 to 1940, garages at the back of the lot |
| Ontario Ranch tracts | New floors and paint, possible construction next door, gate codes in gated neighborhoods |
| Blocks on the sweeping program | Posted day and hours; each side of the street swept on a different day |
| Apartments and condos | Manager rules for loading, elevators and gates; COI for $50 if the manager asks |
| Mobile home parks | One of 2,164 mobile homes citywide; ask the park office where a truck may stand |
Every SOS crew leaves from our only base, at 5530 Jillson Street in Los Angeles. To central Ontario the truck runs the SR-60 east, the I-605 north and the I-10 east, about 34.8 miles and around 46 minutes without traffic. The last leg passes through Claremont before crossing into San Bernardino County.
Traffic is the real variable. Weekday mornings pile up westbound toward Los Angeles, and by afternoon the eastbound 60 and 10 fill with commuters heading home to the Inland Empire, which is exactly when a truck loaded in LA that morning heads east to unload. Our hours are 8AM to 6PM, Monday through Sunday, so an early start keeps the loading ahead of that wave; same-day moves are possible when a crew is free.
Because Ontario sits more than 30 miles from the base, the minimum here is 4 hours instead of 3. Double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles, and overtime starts after 8 hours. With two movers and a truck at $119 an hour cash Monday through Thursday, a clear curb and a ready garage show up directly on the bill.
SCAG's figures work out to about 3.7 residents per housing unit in Ontario, and full houses mean full kitchens, closets and garages. That is where our packing services pay off: dishes, glassware and whatever lives on the garage shelves get boxed with proper materials, and the loading hours go to loading.
Ontario Ranch homes close on a builder's schedule, and that date does not always match the end of a lease. When the dates leave a gap, storage holds the household until the keys are in hand.
Renters make up close to half of Ontario's households: the ACS estimate SCAG cites counts 23,312 renter households against 26,312 owners, and most multifamily units sit in complexes of five or more. For apartment moving services in Ontario, see our apartment movers. The city's bulky-item program routes apartment and condo residents through their property or association manager, so ask the office before leaving an old couch by the dumpsters.
Single-family households can book up to four curbside bulky-item appointments a year, five large items each, and the city holds quarterly Community Cleanup days at 1425 S. Bon View Avenue. Set the pickup for after moving day, so the old mattress is not sitting where the truck needs to park.
Euclid Avenue keeps going past the city line, and its National Register listing runs north to 24th Street in Upland. A move between the two cities can stay on one boulevard the whole way, and the same median-break planning applies on the Upland side.
Claremont sits just west of the county line, and the I-10 our trucks take to Ontario runs straight through it, so a Claremont-to-Ontario move is a short run on the same freeway. For moves that continue east toward Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana or Riverside County, start with our Inland Empire movers page.
