The 16 Best Relocation Companies in Berlin (Honestly Reviewed)

I have the (somewhat) unique experience of moving to Berlin not once, but twice. I arrived in June 2011, stayed for 18 months, and then headed home to Canada. I missed Berlin so much that I returned in November 2014, and I’ve happily been here ever since.

I handled both moves without any help from others. To be frank, they were fairly stressful. Sorting out my visa situation, shipping my belongings, finding a flat. If I’d had the extra cash, I would have happily hired a relocation company for both. Knowing someone else was handling the logistics would have eased my worries, cut down on my workload, and freed me up to focus on what actually mattered, like saying proper goodbyes to the people I was leaving behind.

If you’re planning a move to Berlin and don’t know where to start, a relocation company is worth serious consideration. They can assist with everything from your visa application to your flat search and even your job hunt. And if you are still figuring out whether Berlin is financially realistic for your situation, our cost of living in Berlin guide breaks down what to expect month by month. 

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(Updated June 2, 2026)

Contact any of the relocation companies in Berlin below to get started. Every company on this list has been personally vetted and no one paid to be included. That is a deliberate choice. When someone is navigating something as stressful as an international move, the last thing they need is a list shaped by who could afford a listing fee.

The companies here are not ranked in order of preference. Some are more budget-friendly, others are more full-service and upmarket. Some work primarily with individuals, others partner directly with companies managing international hires. Read the descriptions to find the right fit for your situation. If your experience with any of them differs from what I’ve written, let me know so I can keep this resource accurate and useful.

One important note: The Berlin Life is not a relocation service and does not provide immigration or legal advice. The companies below do. ⬇️

1) Archer Relocation

Best for: individuals and families who want transparent pricing and hands-on support from day one.

Archer Relocation was founded in 2015 by Australian Emily Archer and has grown into one of the most transparent and thorough relocation companies in Berlin when it comes to both service scope and pricing. Orientation coaching sessions can be booked in 30-minute blocks (remotely) or 60-minute blocks (in person) from €110 per hour with a two-hour minimum, making it easy to get targeted help without committing to a full package. Home search starts from €990, immigration and visa support from €830, school and Kita search from €530, and Anmeldung and bureaucratic services from €110, all inclusive of 19% VAT. Up to eight property viewings are included in the home search service, and clients get a personalized login to an online platform that tracks task progress, apartment options, and booked viewings in one place. What makes Archer particularly well-regarded is the range of things you might not think to ask for until you are already stuck: supermarket orientation, bank account setup, health insurance guidance, and utility registration. Reviews consistently highlight Emily and her team member Ronja as responsive, calm, and effective, with one client describing the visa process as broken into steps so clearly that it no longer felt overwhelming, and a family of four crediting the team with navigating a Berlin Kita search they could not have managed on their own.

2) Arriva Relocation Services

Best for: individuals and executives relocating with family who want a multilingual, full-service team.

Arriva is one of the longer-standing relocation companies in Berlin, based in Charlottenburg and led by director Ingrid Henke, who holds a Master’s Degree in German and American Studies and brings years of international experience to her work with clients. The team speaks English, French, Spanish, and German, which makes it genuinely accessible to people arriving from a wide range of countries. Their services are grounded in the practical realities of Berlin life: researching and carrying out apartment inspections, finding business addresses, coordinating viewings, preparing contract negotiations through to signature, handling registration formalities, and introducing clients to the city through cultural and social activities. For companies, Arriva also handles group moves and executive transfers, positioning itself as a way to reduce HR overhead while ensuring new employees land well. Fees are not published publicly and are best discussed directly based on your situation. Reviewers have highlighted the team’s ability to negotiate lease terms on their behalf and handle the registration paperwork quickly, with one family who relocated from the US describing Ingrid as responsive to everything from housing to the smaller administrative details that tend to fall through the cracks during a busy move.

3) Caselink Relocation

Best for: HR teams that want a fast, tech-driven process without sacrificing personal support.

Caselink Relocation is one of the newer relocation companies in Berlin, and it takes a distinctly modern approach by blending AI-powered automation with dedicated human support to deliver faster turnaround times and more competitive rates than many traditional agencies. The platform was built with HR teams in mind: opening a new relocation case takes just a few clicks, and the automation handles much of the document gathering and status tracking in the background while a dedicated expert stays with the client throughout the process. Services cover the full spectrum of what someone arriving in Berlin needs: EU Blue Card and skilled worker visa applications, family reunification, Anmeldung, and apartment hunting. The tech-driven model means that processes that typically take weeks can move significantly faster, which matters when a new hire has a start date approaching and an appointment at the Ausländerbehörde that needs booking. Pricing is positioned as competitive relative to traditional agencies, and Caselink notes that its approach is designed to make professional relocation support more accessible for both companies and individuals. For HR teams tired of fragmented processes and unclear status updates, this is a provider worth contacting.

4) Expats In Wonderland

Best for: individuals, artists, and businesses who want relocation support backed by a real immigration law partner.

Expats In Wonderland was founded in 2018 by Ina Sladic, a former dancer and touring performance artist who spent years navigating visa offices and flat searches across Europe before turning that hard-won knowledge into a relocation business. Since then, the company has helped hundreds of people settle in Berlin, from independent professionals and artists to high-profile business clients, and it remains one of the few relocation companies in Berlin that works in direct partnership with a qualified immigration law firm, meaning legal questions get routed to actual lawyers rather than handled informally. Services cover apartment search, visa and immigration support (including Blue Card, employment, freelance, self-employment, and family reunification), and business relocation for companies registering in Germany and onboarding international employees. Coaching sessions are available remotely or in person, all clients are entitled to a free 20-minute initial consultation, and full pricing is available on request. For corporate clients, the company offers volume discounts and dedicated project management arrangements. Clients describe the team as professional, kind, and genuinely patient, with one noting that Ina’s guidance through a complex visa situation during the pandemic was responsive and thorough at every step, and a business client crediting the team as a critical part of establishing their Berlin office.

5) Impats

Best for: companies hiring internationally who want a dedicated account manager from offer acceptance to first day.

Impats was founded by Rolf, an international professional who has personally lived and worked in Moscow, Dubai, and Berlin, and that first-hand experience shapes how the company operates: as an extension of an HR team rather than a separate vendor. The service is built primarily for companies hiring internationally, positioning Impats as a partner that handles the relocation from the moment a hire is confirmed, including visa and work permit support, temporary accommodation while the new employee is still abroad, Anmeldung, health insurance setup, long-term flat search, and basic German language orientation. A dedicated account manager follows each case throughout, and the company is candid about what it can and cannot promise on the flat search front, noting that Berlin’s housing market is genuinely difficult but committing to making the search as productive as possible. One standout feature is that support begins before the employee arrives in Germany, including collecting documents and setting up insurance contacts while the new hire is still in their home country. Fees are discussed individually based on the scope of the engagement. Reviewers from startup HR teams have described Impats as a reliable partner across multiple hires, with one noting that their new international team members had a smooth relocation experience that let them focus on their jobs from day one.

6) IRC Berlin

Best for: corporate clients and families who want an established agency with intercultural training and spousal support.

IRC Berlin has been operating in Berlin since 2005, and with over 25 years of combined experience in the German market, it is one of the most established relocation companies in Berlin for both corporate and private clients. In 2024, IRC’s relocation and immigration activities were acquired by Swiss group Packimpex, which has been operating since 1977 and works with over 60% of Switzerland’s top 100 companies, significantly expanding the depth of resources and European network IRC can draw on. Services cover the full range: home search, settling-in support, immigration and visa assistance, temporary accommodation, school and Kita search, intercultural training, and office search for companies moving their operations to Berlin. The intercultural training component is something few other providers offer at this depth, helping newly arrived professionals understand workplace communication norms in Germany, which can be as practically valuable as having the right visa. IRC also provides career counseling for accompanying spouses and partners, a service that is easy to overlook but can make a real difference to family satisfaction during a relocation. Pricing is customized per engagement. The team brings varied international professional backgrounds to the work, which clients consistently note as meaningful when navigating a move where the human dimension matters as much as the logistics.

7) Jetztpat

Best for: employers and individuals who want a fully digital process with fast appointment access.

Jetztpat was created for internationals, by internationals, and it shows in how the service is structured: everything is designed to be as digital, transparent, and stress-free as possible, for both the individual being relocated and the HR team managing the process. The platform covers visa and immigration support, residence permit appointment booking (including through a partnership with the Business Immigration Service that allows for faster appointment access), settling-in support, housing assistance, and an indepth guide that helps newcomers navigate daily life in Germany after they arrive. For employers, Jetztpat’s digital platform gives HR full visibility on where each new hire is in the relocation process at any given moment, addressing the common frustration of having no idea whether a work permit is progressing. The company was co-founded by Christine, who brings experience from working internationally in Japan, and the founding team’s personal relocation histories are reflected in how comprehensively they approach the process. Jetztpat holds a 5-star rating on Trustpilot across 49 reviews. Clients have described the service as supportive from well before arrival through to the appointment itself, with one noting their residence permit appointment was secured in under two months after Jetztpat handled all the documents, and another crediting the team with making a cross-country move from France to Germany straightforward despite the complexity of the documentation.

8) Move to Berlin Relocation Service

Best for: individuals and companies who need combined immigration and physical logistics support.

Move to Berlin is a Berlin-based agency located in Prenzlauer Berg that works with both individuals and companies, and holds a 5.0 rating across 72 reviews, which is the kind of track record that tends to speak for itself. Their services cover everything from visa support and flat search to helping businesses ship their household goods and find office space, and the team handles the administrative reality of an international move rather than just pointing people toward the right forms. Personal relocation manager Anne has been mentioned by name in multiple reviews, with one client who relocated from India describing the entire visa and bureaucracy process as efficient and smooth from start to finish thanks to her involvement. Colleagues of mine have also reported genuine success using Move to Berlin to find apartments in the city, which is not something you can say about every agency given how competitive Berlin’s rental market has become. The company is a practical choice if you need support that covers both the immigration side and the physical logistics of arriving in Berlin with your life and your belongings, and if you want to understand what the physical move itself involves, our moving house in Berlin guide covers deposits, paperwork, movers, and the mistakes worth avoiding.

9) Nest Finder Berlin

Best for: individuals who want a boutique, emotionally intelligent approach to Berlin’s competitive housing market.

Nest Finder Berlin is a boutique relocation service founded and run by Anita Tscherne, who has personal experience relocating multiple times herself and built the company specifically to offer something that larger agencies often lack: emotional support alongside practical help. Anita’s intercultural background and deep knowledge of Berlin’s housing market are the foundation of the service, which focuses particularly on navigating the city’s notoriously competitive apartment search. Her approach combines off-market and open-market listings in collaboration with real estate agents, building owners, and management companies, giving clients access to apartments that never appear on the public portals where hundreds of other applicants are competing at the same time. Services include a free initial consultation, personalized housing matching, accompanied viewings, contract walk-throughs, accompanied handovers, registration bookings, and support with all the bureaucratic steps that follow securing a flat. Beyond housing, Nest Finder Berlin can also connect clients with translation services, visa support, office space and artist studios, tradespeople, and movers, making it a good starting point for people who want a single trusted contact for multiple aspects of their move. For individuals and small companies looking for a more personal, hands-on alternative to the larger relocation companies in Berlin, Nest Finder is worth a direct conversation.

10) Nomaden

Best for: independent movers who want reliable free guidance with the option to add paid support where needed.

Nomaden is something of a hybrid: part relocation service, part free resource library for people making the move to Germany. With over ten years of experience in the relocation industry and a helpful website, the team has built a genuinely useful set of guides covering visas, health insurance, bank accounts, flat search, and daily life in Berlin, all available free of charge. For those who need more personalized support, they also offer paid relocation services, visa consultations (in partnership with Go Easy Berlin, with a 5% discount for Nomaden referrals), and CV editing services, which reflects an understanding that settling into Berlin often involves a job search as much as a flat search, and if you are at that stage, our regularly updated list of companies in Berlin hiring right now is a practical next stop. Temporary accommodation support is also available, which is valuable when you need a registered address before you have found somewhere permanent. The tone across their content is clear and practical rather than alarmist, and the company is honest about what it can and cannot help with, which makes them a good fit for people who want to understand the process themselves while having expert backup for the harder parts. Nomaden is especially useful for people who want to do as much as possible independently but want reliable guidance they can trust when it matters.

11) Prime Relocation

Best for: individuals and families who want ongoing support well beyond the initial move-in date.

Prime Relocation is a comprehensive Berlin agency that covers the full range of services a person or family needs when starting fresh in the city, from visa applications and flat search to Kita search and guidance through complicated German forms like the child allowance application (Kindergeld). What distinguishes Prime Relocation from the bare-minimum providers is their willingness to stay involved after arrival: they help clients understand how the public transport system works, what insurance they actually need, how to get a residential parking permit, and how to navigate the healthcare system, all of the things that are easy to underestimate until you are standing in front of a German administrator with no idea what to say. They also offer intercultural training and German language course enrollment for those who want to get a head start on communicating in the city — and if you want to compare schools independently, our guide to German language schools in Berlin is a good companion resource. For companies, Prime Relocation handles both inbound relocations for new employees and outbound departures, including a dedicated departure package for people eventually leaving Berlin. Fees are discussed per case. If you are looking for a service that treats settlement as an ongoing process rather than a checklist that ends at Anmeldung, Prime Relocation is a solid option.

12) PRODEGO

Best for: individuals and companies who value nearly three decades of institutional knowledge of the German system.

PRODEGO has been operating since 1995, which makes them one of the longest-running relocation companies in Berlin and Germany, and their depth of experience with German immigration processes, housing markets, and bureaucratic procedures reflects that history. Services cover residence permit applications, apartment hunting, Kita and daycare search, family reunification, and the full settling-in support you would expect from an established full-service provider. Their Berlin immigration team is led by Theresa Walther, and the company is clear that while it can guide clients through the process and prepare documentation, legal advice is handled by independent partner attorneys rather than in-house, which is an important distinction to understand before you engage them. PRODEGO is also honest about the limits of what any relocation service can do in the current Berlin housing market, and experienced advisors know when to recommend creative solutions like temporary furnished housing to bridge the gap while a long-term search continues. For individuals and companies that value demonstrated experience and institutional knowledge of a system that changes frequently, PRODEGO’s nearly three decades of operational history is a meaningful differentiator from newer entrants in the market.

13) Red Tape Translation

Best for: people already in Berlin who need language support at appointments, certified translations, or bureaucracy help.

Red Tape Translation fills a specific but essential gap in the Berlin relocation ecosystem: it is for the people who are already here, or nearly here, and are running into the German language barrier at exactly the wrong moment. Founded in 2012 by Kathleen Parker, who completed a two-year professional training in translation and interpreting with a focus on civil, real estate, and administrative law, the company has grown into a team of 20, many of whom are state-certified, sworn translators and members of the German Federal Association of Translators and Interpreters. Services include certified translations of official documents (a one-page certificate typically costs €65–75 including VAT and postage by registered mail), in-person and virtual interpreting for appointments at the Ausländerbehörde, pension office, health insurance service points, and other government offices (€104 per hour including tax), phone calls made on your behalf, form-filling support, and relocation coaching for visa and residency processes. For immigration matters, Red Tape Translation partners with Legal Links, ensuring that anything requiring formal legal advice gets routed appropriately. Reviewers on Yelp, where the company holds a 4.8 out of 5 from 19 reviews, consistently describe the team as efficient, calm under pressure, and genuinely fluent rather than just functional in both languages. One reviewer described Kathleen as someone who knows how to get a case worker back on side when things get difficult, which is not a skill you can find just anywhere.

14) relokate

Best for: tech startups and scaleups relocating international hires who want full digital transparency on every case.

relokate was founded in 2020 by Katharina Hilgers, who spent a decade in HR and People Operations at high-growth German tech companies and built relokate specifically to solve the relocation problem she kept watching companies get wrong. The platform is designed primarily for companies hiring internationally, and it combines a fully digital case management system with human expert support, allowing HR teams to track visa processes in real time while a dedicated relokate advisor handles the actual communication with authorities. Services cover the full relocation cycle: visa eligibility assessment (including a free automated pre-check on their website), work permit and Blue Card applications, Anmeldung appointment booking through a partnership with the Business Immigration Service at the LEA for faster access, housing search and temporary accommodation support, and city onboarding. Relokate’s all-in packages cover visa, housing, Anmeldung, insurance setup, and city orientation in a single engagement. Reviewers from startup HR teams describe the service as knowledgeable, responsive, and notably transparent about costs and timelines, with one HR manager crediting relokate with handling multiple visa and relocation processes smoothly across different nationalities, and an individual client noting that having relokate manage all communication with the immigration office made the whole process stress-free in a way it simply would not have been otherwise.

15) Start Relocation Service

Best for: individuals and companies who want a proven, high-volume agency with publicly listed pricing.

Start Relocation has been operating since 2009 and has completed over 8,000 relocations, a volume that reflects consistent demand and reliable service over a long period. Originally founded in Berlin with roots in language and cultural training, the company now operates across Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, and other major German cities, serving both individuals and companies bringing international hires to Germany. Their services cover visa applications (work, job seeker, family reunion, freelance), residence permit support, apartment search, school and Kita search, health insurance guidance, and the broader settling-in support that makes the first months in a new country genuinely manageable. A digital platform called Relocation Online gives clients a clear overview of the entire process, which addresses one of the most common frustrations with relocation services: not knowing where things stand. The team draws on personal cross-cultural relocation experience alongside professional expertise, and that combination of lived understanding and institutional knowledge is something reviewers consistently pick up on. Their pricing is available directly on their website, which is a transparency worth noting. For individuals and companies looking for one of the more established relocation companies in Berlin with a proven track record across a high volume of cases, Start Relocation is a straightforward choice.

16) von Wrede Relocation

Best for: individuals and companies who want a deeply connected Berlin insider handling every detail personally.

von Wrede Relocation is run by Jessica von Wrede, who was born and raised in Berlin as the daughter of an Australian and a German and has since built one of the most respected boutique relocation companies in Berlin by combining deep local knowledge with genuine personal investment in each client’s experience. Services cover the full range: flat and Kita search, accompanied viewings with real estate agents, Anmeldung, registration for cars, businesses, and schools, visa support, bank account setup, driver’s license transfer, language course enrollment, and ongoing lifestyle support for the months after arrival. Von Wrede also manages its own portfolio of directly rented furnished apartments, available from around €1,390 per month, which gives clients an Anmeldung-eligible address from day one before a permanent flat is found, addressing one of the most common catch-22 situations in the Berlin relocation process. The client testimonials on the website are notably specific rather than generic: the Managing Director of Doctolib Germany describes the experience as the best he had encountered across a decade of working with relocation agencies, praising the professionalism, empathy, and speed; a Berkeley professor credits Jessica with sourcing apartments that met her criteria through a network of connections that went beyond the public listings; and another client describes all registrations, personal, business, cars, and school, being handled in record time. For individuals and companies that want a trusted, experienced partner who is genuinely invested in making Berlin feel like home from the first day, von Wrede is a strong recommendation.

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That sums up our recommendations of top relocation companies in Berlin. We hope that one (or more) of these companies can help make your move to the German capital as smooth as possible.