Vermont long distance
Long-distance moving companies in Vermont
Vermont's own agency domains carry neither a live authorisation written for household goods movers nor a rule about what a mover may charge for a move inside Vermont. A certificate of public good for common carriers by motor vehicle still sits in statute at 5 V.S.A. chapter 24, but no current agency page shows any Vermont body administering it for movers. The Public Utility Commission publishes rules and certificates for electricity, gas, telecommunications and water and names no motor carrier programme. The Department of Motor Vehicles' commercial vehicle operations pages cover safety, registration, fuel tax and oversize permits. The Secretary of State's professional and other-filings registers list no mover category. The search is complete against these domains; nothing on them speaks to a live 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 Vermont?
Vermont's own agency domains carry neither a live authorisation written for household goods movers nor a rule about what a mover may charge for a move inside Vermont. A certificate of public good for common carriers by motor vehicle still sits in statute at 5 V.S.A. chapter 24, but no current agency page shows any Vermont body administering it for movers. The Public Utility Commission publishes rules and certificates for electricity, gas, telecommunications and water and names no motor carrier programme. The Department of Motor Vehicles' commercial vehicle operations pages cover safety, registration, fuel tax and oversize permits. The Secretary of State's professional and other-filings registers list no mover category. The search is complete against these domains; nothing on them speaks to a live mover authorisation or a mover's rates either way.
That is a completed source finding, not a claim that Vermont 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 Vermont, ask the company to identify its current state authority in writing and verify that claim with the agency it names.
State domains checked: legislature.vermont.gov, puc.vermont.gov, dmv.vermont.gov, ago.vermont.gov, sos.vermont.gov
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/05/024https://puc.vermont.gov/about-us/statutes-and-rules/current-rules-and-general-ordershttps://dmv.vermont.gov/CVOhttps://sos.vermont.gov/opr/find-a-professional
Check a carrier in FMCSA SAFERWhat does the federal count say about Vermont?
Of the 75 household goods registrants filed at a Vermontaddress, 57 carry the federal census classification for interstate operations. That is 76% of the state-address total. The other 18 do not carry that classification in this snapshot. Neither group is a list of movers serving every address inVermont: 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 inVermont without interstate classification does not substitute for that check.
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Vermont?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 75 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Vermont, and 57 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists a Vermont address, which is not the same as the number of companies that will serve a move in Vermont. An interstate move into or out of Vermont 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 Vermont move?
The dividing line is the shipment, not the mover's office. A move that begins and ends inside Vermontfollows the state authorisation described above. A move from Vermont 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.