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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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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.
Colonial Van Lines Inc files from 1441 SW 29th Avenue in Pompano Beach, Florida, active on the federal census with 25 power units, 25 drivers and an MCS-150 filed 21 March 2025. The licensing record carries motor carrier of household goods authority granted 31 March 2010 and motor carrier of property authority recorded as reinstated on 27 June 2025, both active at the time of reading; no broker authority is carried on this registration. The federal file records a Satisfactory safety rating dated 28 June 2021 alongside a compliance review dated 3 October 2012. A safety rating is a dated federal snapshot of the review that produced it, not a current assessment of the company. The company publishes this USDOT number and MC docket in its own website footer, which is how the registration and the brand were joined. Two further registrations filing from the same address, one under the identical legal name and one under a Texas corporate name, are disclosed separately as related registrations rather than merged into this record. The company states it was founded in 2003.
Safeway Moving Systems Inc, trading as Safeway Moving, files from 1601 West 37th Avenue in Hobart, Indiana, active on the federal census with 51 power units, 35 drivers and an MCS-150 filed 7 October 2025. The licensing record carries motor carrier of household goods authority granted 16 February 2022 and motor carrier of property authority granted 23 December 2021, both active at the time of reading. No federal safety rating is on file for this registration, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal: a rating exists only where a compliance review produced one. The company publishes this USDOT number and MC docket across its own site, and the registration was matched on that published pair rather than on the brand name. A separate Colorado registrant filing a near-identical legal name was returned during verification and is held as an unresolved same-name candidate rather than attached to this profile. The company's own site states no founding year, so none is published here.
Zip Moving and Storage Inc files from 20 Southlawn Court in Rockville, Maryland, active on the federal census with three power units, four drivers, a household goods cargo entry and an MCS-150 filed 14 April 2026. Docket MC-906669 sits on the census row. The FMCSA licensing mirror returned no operating-authority rows for this registration at the time of reading, so no authority role is stated in either direction and the cargo entry is treated as a registration flag rather than as proof of active household goods authority. No federal safety rating is on file. A second active registrant, filed in Norcross, Georgia under the Atlanta form of the same name and carrying the same company email domain on its federal filing, is disclosed separately as a related registration with the relationship left unresolved. The company's own site states no founding year, so none is published here.
Solomon and Sons Relocation Service Inc files from 3524 SW 30th Avenue in Dania Beach, Florida, active on the federal census with 17 power units, 25 drivers, a household goods cargo entry and an MCS-150 filed 30 April 2025. Docket MC-871506 sits on the census row, and the registration carries the company's own email domain, which is the bridge between the federal record and the brand. The FMCSA licensing mirror returned no operating-authority rows for this registration at the time of reading, so no authority role is stated either way. No federal safety rating is on file, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal. The company states on its own site that it was established in 2014, and the federal registration was added in June of that year.
Clark Moving & Storage Inc files from 3680 Buffalo Road in Rochester, New York, active on the federal census with 11 power units, nine drivers, general freight and household goods cargo entries and an MCS-150 filed 12 February 2024. The registration is filed as intrastate only for non-hazardous cargo and carries no MC, MX or FF docket. That is a description of what the filing contains, not a finding about the company's right to operate: an intrastate New York operation does not require interstate authority. The company states first-party that it is an agent of Mayflower Transit and has been a Mayflower agency for more than 35 years; Mayflower Transit LLC is a separate registrant and its USDOT number is recorded as a van-line identifier rather than stored on this record. No federal safety rating is on file. A separate Albany-area registrant carrying the Albany form of the name was returned during verification, and with no bridge established it is held as an unresolved same-name candidate rather than attached here. The company's own site states no founding year, so none is published.
Bohrens Moving and Storage Inc files from Robbinsville, New Jersey, active on the federal census with 19 power units and 23 drivers, and carries docket MC-4368 on the registration. The federal filing records the trade names Bohrens Logistics and Bohrens Fine Art Transportation, both of which sit on this one registration rather than on separate federal companies. The operating-authority presentation read for this registration shows motor carrier of household goods and motor carrier of property authority; the detailed Licensing and Insurance page was unavailable at the time of reading, so nothing further is stated about authority and no broker authority is inferred. No federal safety rating is on file, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal. The company states first-party that it is an agent of United Van Lines; United Van Lines is a separate registrant and any United corporate identifier is recorded as a van-line identifier rather than stored on this record. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1924.
The federal registrant behind the Dunmar Moving Systems brand is Centre Carriers Corp, filing from Richmond, Virginia, active on the federal census with 20 power units and 20 drivers, and carrying docket MC-137503. Dunmar Moving System is recorded on that registration as a trade name, alongside Virginia Moving & Storage and Dunmar Logistics; all three are trade names on the single registration and none of them is a separate federal company. The operating-authority presentation read for this registration shows motor carrier of household goods and motor carrier of property authority under both common and contract carrier classifications; broker authority was not verified and none is inferred. No current federal safety rating is on file. The federal file records a compliance review dated 14 September 2010 that did not result in a rating, which is stored here as a dated review event and is neither a pass nor a failure. The company states first-party that it is an agent of Allied Van Lines; Allied is a separate registrant and its corporate identifiers are recorded as van-line identifiers rather than stored on this record. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1970.
Bell Moving and Storage Inc files from Fairfield, Ohio, active on the federal census with seven power units and six drivers, and carries docket MC-137495 on the registration. The operating-authority presentation read for this registration shows motor carrier of household goods authority; nothing further is stated, and no property or broker authority is inferred from the household goods entry. The filed address is in Fairfield while the company publishes the Cincinnati area as the market it serves: a filed address and a published market describe different things, and neither value is treated as a correction to the other. No federal safety rating is on file, which is neither a positive nor a negative signal. The company states first-party that it holds a Wheaton certification; Wheaton is a separate registrant and any Wheaton corporate identifier is recorded as a van-line identifier rather than stored on this record. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1922.
The Wes Stewart Corporation, trading as Stewart Moving and Storage, files from Midlothian, Virginia, active on the federal census with 95 power units and 71 drivers, and carries docket MC-531584. The operating-authority presentation read for this registration shows four distinct roles held by the same registrant: motor carrier of household goods, motor carrier of property, broker of household goods and broker of property. Authority held is not the same thing as how any individual shipment is arranged, and nothing here says a given move is brokered. The company operates multiple branch offices under this one federal registration, so the branches are not separate legal entities and are not recorded as related registrations. No current van-line relationship was established from the company's own sources, so none is asserted. No federal safety rating is on file. The federal file records a compliance review dated 21 September 2022 that did not result in a rating, stored here as a dated review event only. The company states first-party that it was founded in 2000.
McLaughlin Transportation Systems Inc files from Nashua, New Hampshire, active on the federal census with ten power units and eight drivers, and carries docket MC-63020 on the registration. The operating-authority presentation read for this registration shows three roles: motor carrier of household goods, motor carrier of property and broker of household goods. Property broker authority was not verified and is not inferred. The filed address is in New Hampshire while the company publishes an operating footprint across New Hampshire and Massachusetts; that is a difference between a filing address and a published service area, not a contradiction. No federal safety rating was located in the records reviewed. A third-party aggregator asserting a recent Satisfactory rating was read during verification and is not published here: an aggregator is not the federal file. The company states first-party that it is an agent of Mayflower Transit; Mayflower is a separate registrant and its corporate identifiers are recorded as van-line identifiers rather than stored on this record. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1936.
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.
