The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 435 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Dallas, TX, and 92 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Dallas price measurement, only the Texas range on the Texas page. Moves that stay inside Texas are licensed by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division.
Dallas's moving market is shaped by corporate headquarters relocations, Uptown high-rise COI requirements, and tornado-season scheduling risk. Here are our editorial cost estimates for DFW moves in 2026.
Common service neighborhoods: Uptown, Bishop Arts, Deep Ellum, Highland Park, Lakewood, Plano.
Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
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Dallas's moving market is shaped by corporate headquarters relocations, Uptown high-rise COI requirements, and tornado-season scheduling risk. Here are our editorial cost estimates for DFW moves in 2026.
Dallas-Fort Worth is the largest corporate-relocation market in Texas, with HQ moves from CalPERS to Charles Schwab to AT&T fueling steady inbound and outbound moves. The DFW airport hub also generates a high volume of military and federal contractor relocations.
Like all Texas movers, DFW carriers are licensed by TxDMV for intrastate work and FMCSA for interstate. The Uptown / Victory Park / downtown high-rise belt has standardized COI requirements that affect scheduling more than pricing — most reputable carriers handle the paperwork as part of the booking.
Cross-metro moves (Dallas to Frisco, Plano, Arlington) often add 1–2 hours of drive time billed on the clock.
Interstate from Dallas has good outbound capacity — DFW's central US position means trucks regularly run east, west, and north. Pull the moving cost calculator for your route.
TxDMV regulates intrastate. Required written estimates, bonded carriers, hourly billing standard inside DFW.
FMCSA-regulated. Verify USDOT and confirm carrier vs broker. DFW is a hub with strong outbound capacity year-round.
May through September is peak. Tornado season (April–June) carries genuine reschedule risk — get a written reschedule policy in your contract. October through March is the cheapest window with the most carrier choice.
The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Dallas is the Texas statewide range, and it is published in full on the Texas page.
Driving distances and transit windows from the routes dataset; transit days are carrier delivery spreads, not guarantees.
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Dallas transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 108,987 returns moving out of Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Kaufman County and Rockwall County, the counties Dallas sits in, and 118,061 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 189,235 individuals leaving and 203,348 arriving.
Dallas spans 5 counties, so these figures cover all of them: Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Kaufman County and Rockwall County; returns moving between those counties are removed rather than counted as moves out of Dallas.
The counties receiving the most households from Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Kaufman County and Rockwall County were Tarrant County (21,438 returns), Ellis County (3,901 returns) and Harris County (3,432 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Tarrant County (19,343 returns), Harris County (3,878 returns) and Travis County (2,572 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 435 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Dallas, and 92 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Dallas. 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 Dallas may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Dallas work Uptown, Bishop Arts, Deep Ellum, Highland Park, Lakewood, Plano and the surrounding areas.
Movers working inside Dallas are licensed by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Texas page.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in Texas. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Dallas.
Large national footprint with 80+ branches but uneven customer satisfaction across markets. Get the all-in price (including fuel and equipment fees) in writing before booking.
All My Sons Moving & Storage is headquartered elsewhere in TX. That does not by itself confirm an office in Dallas, and no service claim is made here.
Global mover with strong international corporate-relocation business. Domestic US moves are available but not the primary focus.
Crown Relocations is headquartered elsewhere in TX. That does not by itself confirm an office in Dallas, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
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.
North 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.
United Van Lines is the largest brand under UniGroup and publishes the annual National Movers Study. It offers shipment tracking and a published claims process; we hold no dataset that compares its claims outcomes with other carriers.
United 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.
94 companies with a Dallas address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 45 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 30 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.
621 active registrants in Dallas tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 296 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 Dallas: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
CSMS LLC, trading as CURTIS SPECIALIZED MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 547759 · 460 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE, DALLAS, TX 75247
It filed 15 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 12, 1994, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC479354, active as common carrier.
IMLACH & COLLINS BROTHERS LLC
USDOT 1473185 · 4653 LESTON STE 706, DALLAS, TX 75247
It filed 20 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 13, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC554555.
FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 1473185Read our review of Imlach & Collins Brothers
IDEAL MOVING AND STORAGE LLC
USDOT 1664920 · 4820 CASH RD, DALLAS, TX 75247-6306
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 11, 2007, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC612157, active as common carrier.
GREEN VAN LINES INC
USDOT 1734859 · 5103 LINCOLNSHIRE CT, DALLAS, TX 75287
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on February 5, 2008, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC635474.
NORCO REALTY & ASSOCIATES INC, trading as NORCO MOVING & STORAGE, INC.
USDOT 1791007 · 3636 LA REUNION PKWY, DALLAS, TX 75212
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 11, 2008, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC709269, active as common carrier.
GOT IT MOVING LLC
USDOT 1999462 · 8035 E RL THORTON FREEWAY #322, DALLAS, TX 75228
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 24, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC739094.
WILDCAT MOVERS LLC
USDOT 2034801 · 11227 NORTH STEMMONS FREEWAY, DALLAS, TX 75229
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 17, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC961527, active as common carrier.
ELEMENT MOVING AND STORAGE LLC, trading as ELEMENT MOVING AND STORAGE
USDOT 2038052 · 12011 DENTON DR, DALLAS, TX 75234
It filed 10 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 25, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC715198, active as common carrier.
GO WEST VAN LINES LLC
USDOT 2087716 · 3523 MCKINNEY AVE # 709, DALLAS, TX 75204
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on October 20, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC742698.
PUMA VAN LINES LLC
USDOT 2139244 · 4838 WOODALL STREET, DALLAS, TX 75247
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 5, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC744605, active as common carrier.
PROFESSIONAL VAN LINES INC, trading as DALLAS MOVING
USDOT 2141270 · 2302 MYRTLE SPRING AVE, DALLAS, TX 75220
It filed 21 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 11, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC745198, active as common carrier.
PANDA VAN LINES LLC
USDOT 2338632 · 3250 CAMBRICK STREET #9, DALLAS, TX 75204
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 30, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC798521, active as common carrier.
HAWKBOYZ MOVING LLC
USDOT 2355991 · 12222 MERIT DRIVE 130, DALLAS, TX 75251
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 8, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC021646, active as common carrier.
ABC MOVERS DALLAS INC
USDOT 2501363 · 5426 MEADOWCREEK DR STE 2090, DALLAS, TX 75248
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on May 1, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC866966.
MIRACLE WORK MOVING COMPANY LLC
USDOT 2511979 · 3723 SOFTCLOUD DR, DALLAS, TX 75241
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on June 3, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC871269.
PREMIUM VAN LINES LLC, trading as PREMIUM MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 2542651 · 13355 NOEL RD SUITE 1100, DALLAS, TX 75240
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 18, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC025486.
RED CARPET MOVERS TEXAS LLC
USDOT 2568688 · 10540 SILVEROCK DRIVE, DALLAS, TX 75218
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 2, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC897372.
DFD MOVERS INC, trading as FIREFIGHTING'S FINEST MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 2783472 · 4924 WOODALL ST, DALLAS, TX 75247
It filed 9 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 21, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1016781, active as common carrier.
PHOENIX EXPRESS SPECIALTY MOVING & DELIVERY LLC
USDOT 2857394 · 1327 CHEMICAL ST, DALLAS, TX 75207
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 22, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC067516, active as common carrier.
US RELOCATION MOVERS LLC, trading as OUT STATE MOVERS
USDOT 2955542 · 3236 TOWERWOOD DR, DALLAS, TX 75234
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on December 19, 2016, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC001636.
YOUNGSTARS MOVING & DELIVERY LLC, trading as YOUNGSTARS MOVING & DELIVERY
USDOT 3113147 · 2908 SAMUELL BLVD #102, DALLAS, TX 75223
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 22, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1354430.
LNL MOVERS INC, trading as LNL CROSS COUNTRY MOVERS
USDOT 3163291 · 3838 OAK LAWN AVE STE 1000, DALLAS, TX 75219
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 20, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC112743, active as broker.
US DIRECT MOVERS LLC
USDOT 3174328 · 2839 NAGLE STREET, DALLAS, TX 75075
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 16, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC121388.
AAA OASIS MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 3182802 · 4100 ALPHA RD STE, DALLAS, TX 75244
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 4, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1704550, active as common carrier.
ADASTRA ALLIANCE LLC, trading as A PLUS MOVING GROUP CALIFORNIA HUB
USDOT 3375079 · 539 W COMMERCE ST SUITE 4686, DALLAS, TX 75208
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on December 30, 2019, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1082597.
X VAN LINES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
USDOT 3391195 · 4820 CASH RD UNIT 2, DALLAS, TX 75247
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 4, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1089913, active as common carrier.
H K RELOCATION MOVING & STORAGE
USDOT 3429180 · 9221 AMBERTON PKWY APT 203, DALLAS, TX 75243
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on May 18, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1110565, active as common carrier.
FINE MOVERS LLC
USDOT 3463491 · 3640 ESPANOLA DR, DALLAS, TX 75220
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 3, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1131325.
AVANCE UPSCALE MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 3495604 · 3522 LA REUNION PARKWAY, DALLAS, TX 75212
It filed 10 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 29, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1151948, active as common carrier.
R & J MOVING COMPANY LLC
USDOT 3591643 · 14534 SUNROSE LANE, DALLAS, TX 75234
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 17, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1216759.
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 Texas authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Texas licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Texas needs the TxDMV motor carrier certificate of registration from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division.
Texas publishes carrier records through the TxDMV Truck Stop motor carrier lookup; confirm a registration by name or USDOT number there, or by calling the consumer helpline.
Source: Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division, read 2026-08-09.
Peak demand across Texas runs October–April. 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 Dallas. 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 Dallas, 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 Dallas 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 Dallas:
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 Dallas 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