The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 207 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Sacramento, CA, and 61 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Sacramento price measurement, only the California range on the California page. Moves that stay inside California are licensed by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services.
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Sacramento. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in California, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Midtown, East Sacramento, Land Park, Natomas, Folsom.
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Sacramento is the California statewide range, and it is published in full on the California page.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
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IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 33,869 returns moving out of Sacramento County, the county Sacramento sits in, and 31,384 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 57,099 individuals leaving and 51,321 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Sacramento County were Placer County (4,846 returns), Yolo County (1,751 returns) and El Dorado County (1,465 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Placer County (3,270 returns), Yolo County (2,136 returns) and San Joaquin County (1,637 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
IRS SOI county outflow fileIRS SOI county inflow fileData as of tax filing years 2022 to 2023
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 207 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Sacramento, and 61 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Sacramento. It is not the number of companies that will serve a move there: a mover registered in a neighbouring city can take the job, and a company registered in Sacramento may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Sacramento work Midtown, East Sacramento, Land Park, Natomas, Folsom and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Sacramento are licensed by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the California page.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in California. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Sacramento.
Atlas agent and one of the largest West Coast interstate operators. Strong corporate-relocation track record with Fortune 500 clients.
Ace Relocation Systems is headquartered elsewhere in CA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Sacramento, and no service claim is made here.
South Bay mover with steady operations across Silicon Valley and the Peninsula. Tech-relocation experience.
Bay Area Movers is headquartered elsewhere in CA. That does not by itself confirm an office in Sacramento, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
American Van Lines states first-party that it staffs moves with W2 employees rather than day labour. It requires a deposit to hold a move date, so ask what portion is refundable and by when before you pay it. We publish no BBB grade and hold no complaint dataset, so nothing here rates the company's service.
American Van Lines publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
Wheaton World Wide Moving shares a parent company with Bekins and moves interstate household goods through an agent network under its own federal registration.
Wheaton World Wide Moving publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
28 companies with a Sacramento address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 11 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 11 listed below are the ones registered with the agency longest, ordered by the federal registration date, earliest first. Registration age is the agency's own record. It is not a ranking, it is not a quality judgement and it is not a recommendation.
300 active registrants in Sacramento tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 149 of those carry any authority row at all. The cargo tick box is filled in by the registrant, so this list uses the agency grant instead, then sets aside general freight, trucking, logistics and courier registrants that hold the authority without presenting themselves as household movers. It is not every mover serving Sacramento: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
SACRAMENTO GAM ENTERPRISES INC, trading as GREAT AMERICAN MOVERS
USDOT 397786 · 5901 E ALDER AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95828
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 21, 1990, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC233743, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
SIERRA VALLEY MOVING & STORAGE INC, trading as SIERRA VALLEY MOVING
USDOT 786470 · 5071 KELTON WAY STE 200, SACRAMENTO, CA 95838
It filed 11 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 18, 1998, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC646756, active as common carrier.
CALIFORNIA MOVING SYSTEMS INC
USDOT 917138 · 3801 HAPPY LANE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 20, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC740298, active as contract carrier.
NATIONAL TRANSFER & STORAGE INC, trading as OLSEN & FIELDING MOVING SERVICES
USDOT 1256733 · 6350 SKY CREEK DRIVE SUITE 500, SACRAMENTO, CA 95828
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 9, 2004, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC490993, active as common carrier.
SNYIR INC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK - SACRAMENTO
USDOT 1370440 · 8362 GALENA AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95828
It filed 15 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 9, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC523970, active as common carrier.
JAMES A BLACKBURN, trading as JAMES B MOVING
USDOT 3549188 · 1471 OAKHURST WAY, SACRAMENTO, CA 95822
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 13, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1635077.
GDS MOVING & INSTALLATION INC
USDOT 3612168 · 4391 PELL DR STE A, SACRAMENTO, CA 95838
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 14, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1230752.
A & L MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 3723054 · 2404 WYDA WAY, SACRAMENTO, CA 95825
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 15, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1410693, active as common carrier.
ASH MOVING SERVICES INC
USDOT 4260640 · 5930 S LAND PARK DR UNIT 22104, SACRAMENTO, CA 95822
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 27, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1652987.
QUICK SHIFT MOVING INC
USDOT 4322479 · 8178 BELVEDERE AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95829
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 13, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1686879.
MOVING YOU UP LLC
USDOT 4377659 · 9400 N KIEFER BLVD APT 11, SACRAMENTO, CA 95826
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 14, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1715541.
Data as of 2026-08-15 from the FMCSA company census, with authority status as of 2026-08-16. The query behind this list. Information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
No. Federal registration and California authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a California licence or permit.
A mover operating inside California needs the Household Movers (HHM) permit, commonly called a Cal-T number from the Bureau of Household Goods and Services. Its rates sit in maximum Rate Tariff 4.
California publishes a licence lookup: Bureau of Household Goods and Services licence search.
Source: Bureau of Household Goods and Services, read 2026-08-09.
Peak demand across California runs May–September. Dates outside that window, and dates away from the last and first few days of any month, are where carriers have spare capacity — and spare capacity is what makes a crew negotiable on price.
We do not publish a percentage saving for moving off-peak in Sacramento. We hold no month-by-month booking price data for this city, and a discount figure taken from a national average would not describe this market. What we can say is structural, and it holds in every market:
The only reliable way to price a specific date is to put the same date in front of several licensed carriers and compare written estimates. Ask each one what the same move costs two weeks earlier or later — the gap between those two numbers is your real off-peak saving in Sacramento, measured on your move rather than on an average.
A tip is never part of a written estimate and never part of a binding price. It is discretionary, it is paid per mover rather than per crew, and it is handed to each mover directly at the end of the job rather than to the foreman to divide. Our working guideline scales with hours rather than with the value of the shipment, because that is how moving labour is actually priced:
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Sacramento and no federal record covers gratuities, so nothing here is a local figure. Read the full tipping guide for stairs, long carries, storage and interstate deliveries, where the crew that loads is not the crew that unloads.
Free boxes come from businesses that receive stock in cartons and throw the cartons away, and from households that finished moving last week. The sources are the same in every city, including Sacramento:
Ask in the morning, when the overnight delivery has just been unpacked and the cartons have not yet been flattened. Skip anything damp, greasy or previously used for produce that leaked. The free boxes guide covers how many you need by home size — those counts are BestMovers.info planning estimates rather than measured figures — and which boxes are worth buying rather than scavenging.
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Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
How we evaluate Sacramento movers: we verify federal registration and operating authority against FMCSA records, record carrier or broker classification, and note state licensing where the state regulator publishes it. The list above is not ranked and carries no numeric score. Read the full methodology