Seattle, WA
Car shipping in Seattle, WA
Carriers run the corridors through Seattle on their way to and from the rest of the lower 48. Send the route and the vehicle; licensed carriers quote you and contract with you directly.
780,995 residents · Seattle metro area
The short answer
Car shipping in Seattle, Washington puts a vehicle on a multi-car carrier running I-5 and the corridors around it, usually door to door. Price follows the lane, the distance, the vehicle and the season. Licensed carriers quote and contract with you directly.
InterCar Group holds no FMCSA operating authority. We do not move vehicles, we do not book transport and we do not take payment for it. We pass your route and vehicle details to licensed carriers; they quote you, they contract with you and they are paid by you, directly.
Send a route out of Seattle
Give the pickup and delivery ZIP codes, the vehicle, and whether it runs. You see the published market range for that move before we ask for a phone number. The carriers who contact you set their own price and confirm it with you before pickup.
On the ground in Seattle
What decides where a carrier can load and unload here.
Highways through Seattle
The corridors a carrier runs when a vehicle leaves or arrives here.
- I-5
- I-90
- SR-99 · Aurora Avenue
- SR-520 · Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
- SR-509
Neighborhoods and districts
Downtown, Capitol Hill, Ballard, Fremont, West Seattle, Queen Anne, Georgetown, and Rainier Valley
Landmarks and major destinations
Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Lumen Field, Seattle Center, and Washington Park Arboretum
Airports
- SEA · Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- PAE · Seattle Paine Field International Airport
Seasonal weather here
Snow is infrequent but the city's hills make even a small amount serious, and a cold rain that freezes overnight strands drivers on gradients that are trivial in dry weather. Persistent wet weather is harder on tires and brakes than the cold is.
Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (vintage 2024)
Upfront pricing
What a move from Seattle costs
Published market ranges rather than a Seattle rate card — the price follows the lane, and nothing in our data prices a lane by its city end. Distance, vehicle size, open or enclosed and the direction of the lane move them. We do not quote transport: the carrier sets the price and confirms it with you before pickup.
| Service | Typical range | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Open carrier, under 500 miles | $1.25 – $2per mile | Short hauls carry the highest rate per mile because loading, paperwork and the driver day cost the same whether the trip is 300 miles or 3,000. |
| Open carrier, 500 to 1,500 miles | $0.65 – $1.2per mile | The middle band, and where most one-off household moves land. |
| Open carrier, over 1,500 miles | $0.55 – $0.95per mile | Cross-country lanes are the cheapest per mile and the most expensive in total. |
| Enclosed carrier instead of open | $30 – $60percent added to the open rate | An enclosed trailer carries fewer cars, runs fewer lanes and takes longer to load, so each slot on it costs more. |
| Vehicle that does not run | $150 – $300flat, added to the quote | Covers winch loading and the constrained trailer position a non-running car has to occupy. It still has to roll, steer and brake. |
Estimates only. Final price confirmed by the local operator before dispatch.
The full rate structure, what moves it and the documents behind every figure are on the car shipping page.
Questions about Car shipping in Seattle
Can a carrier pick up or deliver in Seattle?
Carriers run loads through Seattle in both directions, and whether one has a slot for your dates depends on the lane and the week. Send your route and vehicle details and we pass them to the carriers running that corridor; they quote you and contract with you directly.
How much does Car shipping cost from Seattle?
It follows the lane rather than the city. The per-mile rate falls as the trip gets longer, so a move from Seattle to the next state costs more per mile and far less in total than a cross-country one. Vehicle size, open or enclosed, whether it runs and how far each address sits off the corridor all move it. The ranges on this page are published market data rather than an offer: the carrier sets the price and confirms it with you before pickup.
Which routes do carriers run through Seattle?
The corridors that carry the freight: I-5, I-90, SR-99, SR-520, and SR-509. A carrier builds its route around them, so a pickup or delivery near one is easier to fit into a load than an address well off them. Give the ZIP code at both ends, and say if the street is narrow, gated, has low branches or bans commercial vehicles, so a meeting point is planned rather than discovered on the day.
Can a carrier collect a vehicle at the airport in Seattle?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Seattle Paine Field International Airport (PAE) sit in this area, and a driver can usually meet you near one. A full car carrier is about the length of a semi with a low ramp, so it cannot use most terminal decks or garages; the meeting point is normally a nearby lot with room to load. Say which terminal or lot you will be at when you send the route.
What does the weather in Seattle do to vehicles?
Snow is infrequent but the city's hills make even a small amount serious, and a cold rain that freezes overnight strands drivers on gradients that are trivial in dry weather. Persistent wet weather is harder on tires and brakes than the cold is.
Do you book the transport or take payment for it?
No. InterCar Group holds no FMCSA operating authority, so we never quote a firm price, never take a deposit and never put a truck on your lane. We pass your route and vehicle details to licensed carriers. They quote you, they contract with you and they are paid by you, directly. Everything on this page is information about how carrier pricing and paperwork work, so that you can judge the quotes you receive.
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Nearby places we cover
Other cities on the same corridors, in case the pickup or the delivery sits closer to one of them.
Moving a vehicle to or from Seattle?
Send the route, the vehicle and the earliest date it can leave. We pass the details to licensed carriers, and they quote you and contract with you directly.
Published market ranges, not an offer. The carrier running your lane sets the price and confirms it with you before pickup.