Bekins Northwest, Bekins Agent

Specialties

Moving; Storage; Household Moving; Office Moving; Commercial Storage; Moving Supplies; Moving Boxes;

History

Established in 1903.

The year was 1903, when Daniel Bekins officially opened Bekins Moving and Storage, d.b.a. Bekins Northwest. The timing of the opening of the moving and storage operation in Seattle was just right. The population of Seattle in 1900 was approximately 81,000, but within the first decade of the century, that number nearly tripled to almost a quarter million.

Seattle’s first furniture storage warehouse was soon established by Daniel Bekins on First Avenue near Cherry Street. This storage facility filled quickly. Daniel Bekins purchased an additional storage building on Occidental street and in 1908 built a six story concrete storage warehouse on vacant storage lots at Twelfth and East Madison. Next door Daniel Bekins constructed a frame house for his wagons and stables for his horses.

Today Bekins Northwest is still moving people and businesses in the Pacific Northwest to places all over the globe.

Meet the Business Owner

Jill I.

Business Owner

Jillian Ihly is General Manager and VP of Administration. She is a 3^rd generation mover — her grandparents owned a moving company and she began working in her parent’s moving company while still in high school.