Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage review (2026)

Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage in one paragraph

Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage has been operating since 1890 (about 136 years), runs out of Seattle, WA, and covers all 50 states. Current FMCSA filing shows USDOT 8257 and MC 59073. Hansen Bros Transfer & Storage Co Inc, trading as Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage, files from Aurora Avenue North in Seattle, active on the federal census with forty-six power units, forty-two drivers, a current MCS-150 filing and docket MC-59073 on the registration. The federal trade name matches the consumer-facing brand and the company's own footer publishes the same registration number, so registrant and brand agree from two directions. The licensing record shows more than one authority role on the registration, and the roles are reported separately rather than merged: holding broker authority alongside carrier authority is a fact about the docket, not a statement that any particular household move is brokered. The company is an Allied Van Lines agent; Allied holds its own separate federal registration and no Allied identifier is stored here or presented as Hansen's. The Washington UTC permit number the site publishes is a state identifier and is not recorded as a federal registration. FMCSA safety rating on file: Satisfactory, dated 10 October 2006, following a compliance review dated 4 October 2006; that is a dated federal snapshot rather than a current assessment. The company states it has served the Puget Sound area since 1890.

Estimated cost of a move with this carrier

This is an estimated quote range, not a record of prices paid. For a 2-bedroom interstate move, Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage quotes generally land in the $2,000–$5,800 range, with the midpoint of that estimated range near $3,900. The low end of that range usually applies to off-season runs under 1,000 miles with self-packing; the high end shows up on full-service summer moves over 2,000 miles.

Local hourly pricing through Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage is not published by the company and we hold no rate card for it. Our national editorial estimate for a two-mover crew and a truck on a local move is $105 to $155 an hour, May 2026, and it is a model figure rather than a quote from this carrier. Ask whether travel time, fuel surcharge, and stair fees sit inside or outside the hourly number, because that is where two apparently identical quotes diverge.

Where this carrier may fit

Puget Sound household and commercial relocations handled by an independent registrant that files its own household goods registration and moves interstate freight through the Allied network. That is an editorial view of fit, not a measured performance result: we hold no complaint-rate, claims-outcome or satisfaction dataset for Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage. Three things make any move with this company more predictable, whatever the carrier: an inventory list locked in two or more weeks ahead, a binding not-to-exceed estimate in writing, and a destination ZIP the company services directly rather than through a subcontracted agent.

How to work around the main trade-off

The trade-off summarised at the top of this page is the one that most often costs readers money with Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage. Two questions defuse it at quote stage: ask for the specific line items that drive the number up on your move profile, and ask whether the crew at your origin is employed directly or subcontracted to a local agent.

Then price the same inventory with one alternative below. A second quote on identical inventory is the only reliable way to tell whether the premium buys you anything on your particular lane.

Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage vs the competition

Booking process, step by step

• Request a quote with a complete inventory list. Online forms are fine for a first pass; a video survey is what makes a binding number stick.
• Insist on binding-not-to-exceed in writing. Federal rules let a carrier collect up to 110% of a non-binding estimate at delivery, with the balance billed later; a binding not-to-exceed estimate removes that exposure.
• Confirm valuation coverage. Released value (the federal default) pays $0.60 per pound. Full-value protection costs more but actually replaces a damaged TV.
• Confirm pickup and delivery windows. For interstate jobs the delivery window is a range, not a date — plan accordingly.
• On move day, walk the truck and check the inventory list before signing the Bill of Lading. Note any pre-existing damage on the form.

What this page does and does not say

We publish no numeric score, star rating or ranked order for Hansen Bros. Moving & Storage, and we recommend no company over another. What this page carries is the federal registration record above and the sourced facts beside it. Read those, then price the same written inventory with one alternative before you sign.