Movers by state

211,230 federally registered movers, sorted by state. Click through to check any company's record.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia District of Columbia
Alabama3,447 Alaska674 Arizona3,614 Arkansas1,305 California19,900 Colorado4,553 Connecticut2,617 Delaware814 District of Columbia267 Florida16,939 Georgia11,731 Hawaii458 Idaho945 Illinois6,284 Indiana3,745 Iowa1,685 Kansas1,540 Kentucky2,815 Louisiana1,741 Maine976 Maryland6,543 Massachusetts4,708 Michigan5,675 Minnesota4,294 Mississippi1,815 Missouri3,235 Montana511 Nebraska1,799 Nevada1,640 New Hampshire968 New Jersey8,306 New Mexico768 New York12,985 North Carolina7,074 North Dakota460 Ohio5,982 Oklahoma1,804 Oregon1,967 Pennsylvania7,996 Rhode Island690 South Carolina2,975 South Dakota399 Tennessee4,020 Texas17,781 Utah1,963 Vermont374 Virginia4,424 Washington4,472 West Virginia1,063 Wisconsin3,443 Wyoming531
⚙ Leaderboard

Where the movers are

Eight states hold almost half of every registered moving company in America.

California
19,900
Texas
17,781
Florida
16,939
New York
12,985
Georgia
11,731
New Jersey
8,306
Pennsylvania
7,996
North Carolina
7,074

Top 8 states together: 102,712 of 211,230 registered movers (49%).

⚙ Risk map

Where the trouble lives

Three risk signals from the federal record, state by state.

486broker-only companies nationwide
29,860"movers" with zero trucks on file
FLstate with the most hostage-goods complaints

Hostage-goods complaints

Florida
835
New Jersey
404
California
162
Texas
116
Illinois
116
Georgia
111

Belongings held for extra payment, the most serious complaint in the federal system.

Broker-heavy states

Florida 100 brokers · 1%
Wyoming 3 brokers · 1%
Illinois 32 brokers · 1%
Indiana 18 brokers · 0%
Nevada 7 brokers · 0%

Sales offices with no trucks of their own: where most "price doubled on moving day" stories start.

Paper movers, zero trucks

BN 208 firms · 38%
Wyoming 101 firms · 19%
Delaware 152 firms · 19%
Oregon 364 firms · 19%
Louisiana 319 firms · 18%

Registered "moving companies" with no vehicle on file. Some are honest paperwork shells; some sell moves they can never perform.

⚙ Real fleets

Where the big trucks live

Average fleet size per licensed carrier: bigger average, more real capacity behind the quote.

32.3
North Carolina
avg trucks per carrier · 124 carriers
27.3
Massachusetts
avg trucks per carrier · 113 carriers
12.4
Illinois
avg trucks per carrier · 124 carriers
11.8
Texas
avg trucks per carrier · 211 carriers
9.3
Virginia
avg trucks per carrier · 141 carriers

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