The world is progressing faster than we can keep up, with each year throwing a new curveball at people.
This is the same for the moving industry, and what will happen next is anybody’s guess due to many uncertainties ranging from economic to social. Still, what has occurred in the past doesn’t mean we’ll ever know what will occur in the future.
In this article, we give our predictions on 6 moving trends to watch out for in 2023.
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1. Back To The Norm Is The New Trend
For the last couple of years, the pandemic affected many industries, and this is no different for the moving industry.
With both movers and people looking to move, both were having to practice social distancing. Just like many other industries, movers had to use technology to survive and more companies started using moving industry technology.
Since the introduction of vaccines, however, the pandemic’s effect on moving trends, while big, is now vastly fading as the industry is now returning back to normality.
2. Costs of Moving Dropping
In recent times, the cost of moving went up and was at an elevated peak due to labor shortages.
This was mainly due to the pandemic. This meant that more companies had to compete for labor, pushing up wages which in turn meant higher prices which they passed onto customers.
With normality now coming back into effect, the moving industry is stabilizing and prices have come back down again – Obviously great news for consumers.
3. An Increased Reliance On Tech
During COVID, many moving companies were forced to adapt to the situation by investing further in technology – This was due to social distancing restraints.
For the moving industry, this specifically included customers making videos of their homes and possessions so that professional removalists can offer a moving quote.
To this day, moving companies still use this methodology along with the introduction of other online moving tools such as this moving calculator by ZOOM Removals for customers to use and video technology such as ZOOM for moving companies to stay in touch with employees.
We also believe that more companies will eventually adopt this approach as more businesses consider the usage of automation in the coming months and years if they haven’t done so already.
4. International Travelling will be Higher
If we talk about international moving then there is approximately a 20% increase from the previous year. People are free to roam now due to the loosening of COVID restrictions around the world.
The trend of moving from one country to another like Australia and Europe is expected to increase.
International trends can affect people moving to other countries for both domestic but professional reasons.
5. Expect The Unexpected
Just like COVID hit or disasters such as the Ukraine War or even the Australian Bush Fire incident in the 2019-2020 season, it’s best to expect the unexpected moving forward.
If there is one thing history has taught us, it is that the world can be an unpredictable place, due to this it’s anyone’s guess what the next batch of moving trends may be.
6. Property Price Trends
The overall moving industry has also seen a drop in the number of moves due to the fewer new homeowners.
This can mainly be attributed to inflation and the rise in interest rates, the housing market appears to have taken a hit.
This is true for commercial moves too, with more and more companies struggling to maintain budgets pre and post-COVID.
Final Verdict
Well, these are our 6 Moving Trends for 2023.
With big events hitting the globe over the past couple of years, it is very hard to predict whether or not the repercussions from these events will continue to affect the moving industry.
We’ll have to wait and watch how things play out!
