The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 77 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Fort Wayne, IN, and 48 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Fort Wayne price measurement, only the Indiana range on the Indiana page. Moves that stay inside Indiana are licensed by the Indiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$85 to $130 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$2,500 to $5,900
Intrastate regulator
Indiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services
Interstate licensing
FMCSA USDOT and MC authority
Company profiles shown
5
Pricing data as of
May 2026
Quick answer
Allied Van Lines is based in Fort Wayne. Companies below are grouped by where they are documented to be located: companies based in or near Fort Wayne, companies based elsewhere in Indiana, and movers that publish nationwide service. No numeric ranking is applied.
Common service neighborhoods: West Central, Aboite, Downtown, Northwood.
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Fort Wayne transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 7,392 returns moving out of Allen County, the county Fort Wayne sits in, and 7,577 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 12,373 individuals leaving and 12,703 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Allen County were DeKalb County (426 returns), Marion County (352 returns) and Whitley County (344 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from DeKalb County (370 returns), Whitley County (345 returns) and Marion County (274 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Fort Wayne?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 77 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Fort Wayne, and 48 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Fort Wayne. 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 Fort Wayne may not.
Moving crews quoting Fort Wayne work West Central, Aboite, Downtown, Northwood and the surrounding areas.
Who licenses movers operating in Fort Wayne
Movers working inside Fort Wayne are licensed by the Indiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Indiana page.
These companies have a documented headquarters or company location in Fort Wayne or its metro. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
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Allied Van Lines operates one of the largest North American moving networks through agent-affiliates, and offers interstate and international household-goods moving. Full value protection is offered as the paid alternative to the default released value liability, as required of interstate carriers.
Why is this company shown here?
Allied Van Lines publishes its headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN.
North American Van Lines is part of SIRVA and moves interstate household goods through an agent-affiliate network. The federal registration shown here belongs to the van line, not to the local agent that loads the truck.
Why is this company shown here?
North American Van Lines publishes its headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN.
Atlas Van Lines books interstate household goods shipments under its own federal registration and handles them locally through affiliated agents. The agent assigned to your origin is a separate business from the van line, so ask which company's crew is scheduled before you sign.
Why is this company shown here?
Atlas Van Lines is headquartered elsewhere in IN. That does not by itself confirm an office in Fort Wayne, and no service claim is made here.
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.
Why is this company shown here?
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.
USDOT 614506Pompano Beach, FL2BR est. $2,900–$6,800
One of the oldest moving brands in the US, Bekins runs an agent-affiliate model similar to Allied, with interstate shipments booked under the Bekins registration and performed by affiliated agents.
Why is this company shown here?
Bekins Moving Solutions 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.
USDOT 2256609Indianapolis, IN2BR est. $3,000–$7,000
Which movers are federally registered in Fort Wayne?
34 companies with a Fort Wayne address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 17 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 17 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.
114 active registrants in Fort Wayne tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 74 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 Fort Wayne: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
ALLIED VAN LINES INC
USDOT 76235 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1056 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 1, 1974, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC015735, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
USDOT 64160 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 1, 1974, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC088368, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
USDOT 70851 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1333 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 1, 1974, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC107012, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
USDOT 561172 · 101 EAST WASINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 21, 1994, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC273987, active as common carrier and broker.
USDOT 561412 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 25, 1994, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC273993, active as common carrier and broker.
LYON WORLDWIDE SHIPPING LLC, trading as AMERICAS BEST VAN LINES
USDOT 804584 · 101 E WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 7, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket FF000366, active as contract carrier.
GLOBAL WORLDWIDE LLC, trading as A-1 SUMMIT VAN LINES
USDOT 805072 · 101 E WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 9, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket FF000350, active as contract carrier.
ANAHEIM MOVING SYSTEMS LLC, trading as WORLD CLASS VAN LINES
USDOT 805410 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 13, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC358350, active as common carrier.
USDOT 811434 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on May 20, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC360661, active as common carrier.
USDOT 872119 · 101 E WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 11, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC041098, active as broker.
USDOT 872111 · 101 E WASHINGTON BLVD STE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 11, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC005428, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
USDOT 920704 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on December 8, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC152324, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
PRIDE MOVING INC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK FORT WAYNE
USDOT 1319267 · 5695 INDUSTRIAL RD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46825
It filed 7 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 7, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC510634, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
USDOT 1358777 · 101 EAST WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 1100, FORT WAYNE, IN 46802
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 11, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC517074, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
USDOT 2455035 · 6502 NELSON ROAD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46803
It filed 16 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 19, 2013, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC851493, active as common carrier.
USDOT 4522505 · 1836 TRADERS XING, FORT WAYNE, IN 46845
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 22, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1792083, active as broker.
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.
Does a federal registration mean a Indiana licence?
No. Federal registration and Indiana authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Indiana licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Indiana needs the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Indiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services. Its rates sit in tariff filed with the Department of Revenue, which the carrier may not charge outside of.
Indiana does not publish a household goods authority lookup we have confirmed. Confirm an Indiana Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity with Motor Carrier Services on 317-615-7200, option 3 then option 1 for passenger and household goods.
Peak demand across Indiana runs May–August. 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 Fort Wayne. 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:
Mid-month beats month-end. Leases and closings cluster at the turn of the month, so that is when crews are fully booked and least flexible.
Mid-week beats the weekend. Saturday is the single most requested moving day; a Tuesday or Wednesday competes with far fewer households for the same trucks.
Off-peak beats May–August. Outside the peak window, carriers are trying to keep crews working rather than turning jobs away.
Flexibility is the lever, not the calendar alone. On an interstate move, giving the carrier a pickup window of several days rather than one fixed date is usually worth more than any single date choice, because it lets them combine your shipment with another on the same lane.
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 Fort Wayne, 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:
$10 to $20 per mover for a job of two hours or less.
$20 to $40 per mover for a local move under four hours.
$40 to $60 per mover for a full day, meaning six hours or longer.
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Fort Wayne 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.
Where can you get free moving boxes in Fort Wayne?
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 Fort Wayne:
Liquor stores, which have the sturdiest small boxes with dividers
Bookshops, for small boxes rated for weight
Grocery stores, for produce boxes
Offices, for paper boxes with lids
Appliance and furniture retailers, for large flat cartons
Buy Nothing groups and Facebook Marketplace
Craigslist free listings
The U-Haul box exchange
Anyone in your building who has moved in recently
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.
There is no separate cost dataset for Fort Wayne. Using the national estimate, a one-bedroom local move is estimated at $420–$930 and a two-bedroom local move at $630–$1,395, while a two-bedroom interstate move from Fort Wayne is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in Fort Wayne?
Late May through August is the peak window in Fort Wayne, with the heaviest volume around month-end weekends. Established companies commonly book out several weeks in advance during this period.
Should I get an in-home estimate or an online quote?
For local moves under 2,500 lb, an online or phone estimate is usually accurate. For interstate moves out of Fort Wayne or 3+ bedroom households, request a video survey or in-home estimate so the binding price reflects your actual inventory.
What's the most reliable way to verify a Fort Wayne mover?
Check the company's USDOT number on the FMCSA SAFER website, look at their BBB profile and current accreditation, and read recent reviews on Google and Yelp. Avoid any mover unwilling to share a USDOT number on request.
How long does a typical Fort Wayne move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in Fort Wayne usually takes 3–5 hours with two movers. A 3-bedroom local move runs 7–10 hours, and most movers won't book a same-day move past 4 PM start time.
How we evaluate Fort Wayne 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
