Experience you can trust.

Founded in 1892, Trowbridge Moving and Relocation Services is one of America’s premier movers. As an agent of United Van Lines, we help businesses across the country and around the world in all aspects of relocation and transportation. Our clients range from the world’s largest companies and organizations to small businesses and individuals. A century’s worth of experience and state-of-the-art moving equipment means you can count on first-class, hassle free service. We are the one source you need with the experience you can trust for a successful move. Together, we’re going places.

TROWBRIDGE PIONEERS IN MOVING & STORAGE INDUSTRY

From our very beginnings in 1892, Trowbridge was an early pioneer in the household goods moving, storage, distribution and transportation business.

The history of the Trowbridge Storage company dates back to the year 1892, when a young man, R. Jay Trowbridge started a moving company at the age of 23. In that year he purchased a used coal stove, and having some ingenuity and being a salesman, he cleaned up this coal stove and resold it to a buyer for $5.00, by making this transaction, this coal stove had to be hauled resulting in two facets in the household goods business. The first was one of selling used furniture the other of hauling used furniture. As time progressed he went into a third segment of the moving business, the warehousing and storage portion.

In the late 1800’s, R. Jay Trowbridge started, building what is known today as Trowbridge Moving and Relocation Services. He also started building up a sizable fleet of wagons for hauling and storage of household goods. He built this fleet up to 16 mule-drawn wagons, designed for hauling crated freight to the railheads, and packing material and packing crews for residential moves.
Some of the fleet was also delegated to handle long distance moving. In the early 1900’s, 50 miles was considered long distance moving. In conjunction with the Trowbridge fleet expansion, a warehouse complex was designed. In building the first phase of his household goods warehouse, Mr. Trowbridge installed perhaps one of the first hydraulic water-powered elevators to be used in the United States. Trowbridge also installed one of the first sprinkler systems in a household goods warehouse.

Continuing with rapid expansion of Mr. Trowbridge’s business up to 1923, he completed approximately 100.000 sq. ft. warehouse, and built a reputation in the local moving and crating field. He also developed a sizable crating department and was shipping household goods via rail and boat all over the world.
In the year 1925 the mule-drawn wagons were replaced with a fleet of Sterling trucks. This fleet enabled Mr. Trowbridge to expand his long distance moving to the neighboring states.

The Trowbridge Storage Co. also became affiliated with one of the first van lines in the United States. The company still continued to progress and expand in the long distance fields by replacing the 1925 fleet of Sterlings to the pneumatic tire era.
Today, Trowbridge is headquartered and operates from a state-of-the-art transportation complex in suburban Columbus, Ohio, USA. Trowbridge is a highly regarded transportation and relocation services company providing services worldwide. For the past 25 years, Trowbridge has been an agent for the worlds largest household mover, #1 United Van Lines and also a stockholder in UniGroup (the holding Company for United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit). Trowbridge enjoys a large list of customers, which includes many Fortune 500 companies, federal and state government agencies, and many small to medium clients.
Trowbridge is well position for today and certainly into the next century. Our large, modern fleet of trucks complimented with a brand new office complex and storage facility and guided by a team of seasoned industry veterans makes us the Country's premier moving and Storage Company.

In this new century, Trowbridge continues its dedication to superior customer service, which began which our founder over 100 years ago.