Movers ads in New York: US$42.86 a click

What a booked move costs in clicks

At a lead rate of 8.05% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Home & Home Improvement) and a booking rate of 42% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, ServiceTitan, call-booking rate for trades), a booked move costs about US$1,268 in clicks at US$42.86 a click.

Cost per booked move in New York is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The rates are national benchmarks, not New York figures; the planner below starts from them and you can change both.

Each row uses the same two rates as the sentence above, so the order follows click price.

Where the movers searches are in New York

Searches split by what the searcher typed. The two tags rank the groups on this page by click price; they are rankings, not verdicts.

General searches are the largest share of counted search volume in New York, at 60.8%.

In New York, general searches has the highest click price among the counted intent groups, at US$45.27 a click.

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Every movers keyword tracked in New York

Monthly searches are the average of the last 12 months. Related keywords are shown for context and are not counted in any total on this page.

The most-searched movers keywords in New York are “moving company” (7,267 searches a month at US$45.93 a click), “movers near me” (3,425 searches a month at US$42.66 a click), and “movers” (2,742 searches a month at US$43.53 a click).

In New York, “long distance movers” is the keyword furthest from the country median: US$82.66 a click, 190.7% above the US$28.43 median click price for movers across this country's tracked cities.

In New York, “interstate movers” is the least-searched of the counted keywords tracked here, at 230 searches a month.

In New York, 9 of the 10 counted movers keywords tracked here have a recorded Google click price.

How New York compares in the United States

Over the 48 months tracked, movers searches in New York peaked in March 2025 at 59,610 and were lowest in December 2025 at 11,750. New York's single latest tracked month is down 37.9% on the same month a year ago and down 35.4% on the same month two years ago (a one-month comparison, not the rolling 12-month year-on-year figure above). In New York, the keyword changing fastest year on year is "movers near me", down 63.9%.

• New York is 50th of 50 United States cities by click price, the highest.
• New York is 1st of 50 United States cities by monthly searches, the highest.
• New York is 2nd of 2 New York cities by click price, the highest.
• New York is 1st of 2 New York cities by monthly searches, the highest.
• For this service, New York sits in New York, which is 25th of 31 states by businesses per 10,000 people, mid-table (an average of 0.4 businesses per 10,000 people across New York).
• New York's 81.9 searches a month per 100,000 people is below the country-wide rate of 90.4 for this service.
• New York's median movers click price of US$42.86 is 50.8% above the country median of US$28.43.
• Counted searches over the last 12 months are down 43.7% on the 12 months before.
• In New York, searches peak in March, about 35.0% above the monthly average, and are lowest in April.

Movers businesses in New York

The US Census Bureau counts 755 businesses in this industry in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (2023), about 0.4 for every 10,000 people.

What is counted: employer establishments.

Counts cover businesses with employees; most sole traders are not included.

Population: 20,112,448 (New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ). Source: US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP), MSA/micropolitan estimates, vintage 2023.

Business counts are never compared across countries on this site: each country's statistics agency counts a different set of businesses.

Movers click prices in 6 countries

United States is 6th of 6 countries by median movers click price (lowest first), all in US$ at the Federal Reserve H.10 September 2026 average.

Medians across each country's tracked cities, same pull month. Each country uses its own keyword set and its own name for the service. Only click prices and searches are compared across borders; business counts are not.

Rules for movers in the United States

Regulator or register: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

Household-goods movers crossing state lines must register with FMCSA; licensing for moves within one state is set by that state.

Questions people ask about movers ads in New York

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Data and sources

Search data pulled October 13, 2026. Google Keyword Planner estimates via DataForSEO, not what you will pay at auction; your own Google Ads account shows your real price.