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How to read a moving-company profile
Every carrier on this page lists the same baseline: USDOT number, MC number, BBB rating, year founded, and headquarters. Those five fields settle whether the company is real and trading. They don't, by themselves, tell you whether the company is good — that's where the editorial summary, complaint history, and price range come in.
The directory currently profiles 182 national, regional, and DIY brands. Nothing here is ranked and no company carries a score: the order on the hub is for browsing only, and the sourced detail lives on each company's own page.
What the license line actually means
USDOT is the federal carrier ID assigned by the FMCSA. Anyone moving household goods across state lines has to have one. If a website doesn't list it, that's a yellow flag at minimum.
MC number (Motor Carrier authority) is what gives the company permission to move freight for hire across state lines. It's a separate filing from USDOT and shows up on the same SAFER record.
BBB rating runs A+ through F. The letter is the BBB's own scoring of the company, not customer reviews. A company can have an A+ from BBB and still average 2.5 stars from customers — both numbers belong on the page.
National carrier, van line, or local independent
National carriers (Allied, United, Mayflower, North American, Atlas) operate as agent networks. The brand handles dispatch, billing, and tracking; the actual crew is a local agent. Quality often tracks more closely with the agent in your specific city than with the brand on the truck.
Regional and local independents own their fleet, hire their own crews, and usually price 15–25% under the national brands on local jobs. Trade-off: limited geography, smaller claims department, and capacity that disappears in peak season.
DIY platforms (PODS, U-Pack, U-Haul U-Box, 1-800-PACK-RAT) are container-and-driver services. You load and unload; they handle the long-haul. For interstate moves under 1,500 miles with a flexible delivery window, this is consistently the cheapest option that's still safe.
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The directory
Click any carrier for the full review, pricing range, and verdict.
Company summaries are based on publicly available information from official mover websites, FMCSA records, BBB profiles, and recent customer review patterns. Logos are displayed for brand identification in an independent directory and do not imply partnership, sponsorship, or endorsement.
E.E. Ward traces its business to 1881 and describes itself as the oldest continuously African-American owned moving company in the United States. The federal registration behind the brand is E E Ward Moving and Storage Company LLC at 2235 Southwest Blvd in Grove City, the Columbus-area address the site publishes, with 20 power units and 20 drivers on the census and a household goods cargo entry. The licensing record shows common and contract authority both active with household goods authority. Interstate work is routed through the northAmerican network, whose own registration belongs to the van line and is not stored on this record.
Nilson Van & Storage has filed under that exact legal name since the census began and operates from 6821 N Main Street in Columbia, South Carolina, the address published on its own site, with 43 power units and 36 drivers and both general freight and household goods cargo entries. The licensing record carries common and contract authority active with household goods authority. The company states it was founded in 1938 on a small personal stake and remains single-family owned. Interstate shipments move through the Mayflower Transit network, whose registration is Mayflower's own. An unrelated Utah company sharing part of the Nilson name is recorded as a rejected match so it cannot be attached to this profile later.
The operating registrant behind the Bailey's brand today is Baileys Consolidated Services LLC at 400 N 700 W in North Salt Lake, carrying the DBA Baileys Moving & Storage LLC, with 55 power units and 101 drivers and common authority active. Readers who look the brand up elsewhere may still find the older Bailey's Holding Company registration at the same address; that entity's census status is inactive and its docket is no longer active, so it is recorded here as superseded rather than shown as current. The company states it was founded in Orem, Utah in 1952 by Cliff Bailey. Interstate moves run inside the Allied Van Lines network, and Allied's registration belongs to Allied, not to Bailey's.
Mesa Moving & Storage says it started in 1981 and now trades through three separately registered market companies, Salt Lake, Denver and Grand Junction, all administered from the same Grand Junction address and each holding its own docket, fleet and household goods cargo entry. There is no brand-level federal registration to publish, so the entity table on this page names the three registrants instead. The site carries both United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit agent marks, which means an interstate shipment may travel inside either network under that van line's own separate registration.
Johnson Storage & Moving dates its business to 1900 and says it was one of the original co-op members that formed United Van Lines in 1947. The census returns five active registrants carrying the name: two Centennial, Colorado companies, a Longmont company, a Cheyenne, Wyoming company and a Missouri-named LLC administered from Colorado, each with its own docket. Because no single registration covers the group, this page publishes the entity table rather than one number. The registration shown in the site footer is United Van Lines', held here in the van-line relationship layer, and it is never presented as Johnson's own.
Lile has served Pacific Northwest customers since 1959 and today files federally as Lile International Companies Inc at 8060 SW Pfaffle St in Tigard, Oregon, the corporate address published on its own site, with household goods and general freight cargo entries and household goods authority on the licensing record. The census reports one power unit and one driver against that registration, which is the shape of an agent operation whose long hauls travel on van-line equipment. A second Oregon registration under the same name holds no household goods authority and no trucks, and an older Tigard filing is inactive, so neither is presented here. Interstate work runs inside the northAmerican Van Lines network under that van line's own separate registration.
Clancy Moving Systems Inc, trading as Clancy Relocation & Logistics, files from 2963 New York 22 in Patterson, New York, the address on its own site, with 56 power units and 76 drivers on the census and both household goods and general freight cargo entries. The licensing record carries common and broker authority active with household goods and property authority, and the last rating on file is Satisfactory from a 2008 compliance review. The company dates its business to 1921 in Westchester and the Bronx and describes ownership passing through the Clancy family from 1968 and again in 1990. Interstate shipments move inside the United Van Lines network, whose registration belongs to that van line and is not stored on this record.
The registrant behind the brand is Original Hall-Lane Moving and Storage at 67 Mall Drive in Commack, New York, carrying the DBA the company trades under, with 10 power units, 16 drivers and a household goods cargo entry, and household goods authority on the licensing record. The company marked 75 years in 2025 and dates its business to 1950. The number displayed alongside its northAmerican branding identifies North American Van Lines, not Hall Lane, and is recorded here as a van-line relationship rather than as the company's own registration, so a reader comparing numbers is looking at the right entity.
Liberty Moving & Storage Co Inc files from 350 Moreland Road in Commack, New York with 20 power units and 20 drivers, a household goods cargo entry, and household goods authority under MC-198104. Unusually for a van-line agent, the company publishes that exact registration in its own site footer alongside its New York state licence, and the published pair matches the federal record, which is the cleanest form of identity evidence this directory records. The company traces its start to 1939 on Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Long-distance shipments travel inside the United Van Lines network under that van line's own separate registration.
Molloy Bros Trucking Inc, trading as Molloy Moving & Storage, files from 185 Price Parkway in Farmingdale, New York with 33 power units, both household goods and general freight cargo entries, and common and contract authority active under MC-144078 with household goods authority. The company has served New York, New Jersey and Connecticut since 1945; its own About page opens with 1946, so both years appear in the brand's material and the site-wide claim is the one recorded here. The footer also lists the Mayflower Transit registration, which identifies Mayflower and not Molloy, and it is held in the van-line relationship layer instead of on this record.
Look up the USDOT number on safer.fmcsa.dot.gov. The record shows active status, insurance on file, and complaint history. Takes about 30 seconds and should be done before any deposit.
What does the BBB rating actually mean?
It's the BBB's own scoring of the company's complaint resolution and trading history. It runs A+ to F and is independent of customer review averages. A company can have A+ from BBB and 2.5 stars from customers — both numbers belong on the same page.
Are national van lines better than local movers?
Better for what? National brands win on interstate logistics, claims handling, and tracking. Local independents almost always win on local-job pricing and crew familiarity with your specific neighborhood.
Why do quotes from the same company vary so much?
Online quotes use generic ZIP-to-ZIP rates. In-home and video surveys use actual inventory. The difference between the two is often 20–40%. Always get the latter for moves over 5,000 lb.
What's a fair deposit to pay?
Under $100, ideally on a credit card (which gives you chargeback rights). Anything over that — especially in cash or wire — is a red flag in this industry.
