Maine long distance
Long-distance moving companies in Maine
Maine's own agency domains carry neither an authorisation written for household goods movers nor a rule about what a mover may charge for a move inside Maine. The Public Utilities Commission lists electricity, telecommunications, natural gas, water and ferries as the utilities it regulates and no motor carrier category. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles Motor Carrier Services office issues registration, fuel tax, insurance filing and federal number credentials, and publishes guides for running a bus service and a taxi or limousine service but none for running a moving company. The Attorney General's own movers page treats the federal household goods rules as the governing regime and states they do not apply to a move between two locations in the same state, without naming a Maine credential or a Maine rate rule in their place. The search is complete against these domains; nothing on them speaks to a mover authorisation or a mover's rates either way.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Amanda Brooks · Last reviewed August 2026
Who regulates moving companies in Maine?
Maine's own agency domains carry neither an authorisation written for household goods movers nor a rule about what a mover may charge for a move inside Maine. The Public Utilities Commission lists electricity, telecommunications, natural gas, water and ferries as the utilities it regulates and no motor carrier category. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles Motor Carrier Services office issues registration, fuel tax, insurance filing and federal number credentials, and publishes guides for running a bus service and a taxi or limousine service but none for running a moving company. The Attorney General's own movers page treats the federal household goods rules as the governing regime and states they do not apply to a move between two locations in the same state, without naming a Maine credential or a Maine rate rule in their place. The search is complete against these domains; nothing on them speaks to a mover authorisation or a mover's rates either way.
That is a completed source finding, not a claim that Maine has no applicable law. For an interstate move, verify the carrier's USDOT record and granted household goods authority in FMCSA SAFER. For a move wholly inside Maine, ask the company to identify its current state authority in writing and verify that claim with the agency it names.
State domains checked: maine.gov, legislature.maine.gov, mpuc-cms.maine.gov
https://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer-protection/consumer-help-topics/housing/movers-and-self-service-storagehttps://www.maine.gov/mpuc/legislative/laws-ruleshttps://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/vehicles/commercial-vehicles-motor-carrier-services
Check a carrier in FMCSA SAFERWhat does the federal count say about Maine?
Of the 326 household goods registrants filed at a Maineaddress, 84 carry the federal census classification for interstate operations. That is 26% of the state-address total. The other 242 do not carry that classification in this snapshot. Neither group is a list of movers serving every address inMaine: headquarters location and service area are different facts.
A consumer should use the count as context, not as a shortlist. Ask for the USDOT number of the company that will transport the shipment, match its legal or trade name to the written estimate, and confirm granted household goods authority close to pickup. A broker registration, a state-only filing, or a carrier based inMaine without interstate classification does not substitute for that check.
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Maine?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 326 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Maine, and 84 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists a Maine address, which is not the same as the number of companies that will serve a move in Maine. An interstate move into or out of Maine can be performed by a carrier registered in any state.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Which record applies to a Maine move?
The dividing line is the shipment, not the mover's office. A move that begins and ends inside Mainefollows the state authorisation described above. A move from Maine to another state follows federal interstate rules. When one company offers both, check both records independently and make sure the name on the estimate matches the entity holding the authority for that trip.