Wakefield Moving & Storage, Inc.

Wakefield Moving & Storage says its roots go back to 1959, though the company operating under that name today, Wakefield Moving & Storage, Inc., was formally started in 2004, according to BBB and federal contractor records. Either way, it's a long-running Peabody, MA operation that has grown well past a neighborhood moving truck — the company is now part of Tobin Scientific, and its own site talks about a fleet of 50 trucks and more than 600,000 square feet of storage, with clients ranging from universities and hospitals to labs and data centers. That commercial and institutional focus is really the throughline. Its website lists academic moving, lab moving, high-tech moving, records management, and warehousing well ahead of ordinary household moves; residential relocation shows up only as one option on the contact form, not as something the company markets itself around. The numbers on the actual moving side are mixed rather than clean. Google shows it at 4 stars from a small handful of ratings, and a moving-directory site separately cites a 4.1 customer-service score alongside an average Yelp rating of only 2.3 — a real gap between sources rather than a consistent picture. On the safety side, federal inspection data puts the carrier ahead of most peers on hours-of-service compliance, which speaks to how its trucks are run day to day. One thing worth asking about directly: a customer forum post describes Wakefield working as a carrier for Allied Van Lines and raises a question about Allied's particle-board damage waiver — whether furniture made of particle board is covered if it's damaged in transit. That's a policy question worth pinning down before signing anything, especially for anyone moving furniture that isn't solid wood. This reads like a company built more for office and institutional relocations than a simple apartment move, so if you're a homeowner considering them, it's worth confirming upfront that residential jobs are something they'll actually staff and price the way a dedicated household mover would, and getting clear on how damage claims and liability coverage work before the truck shows up.