Movers by state

74,941 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
⚙ Leaderboard

Where the movers are

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

California
7,035
Florida
6,734
Texas
6,537
New York
6,033
Georgia
4,565
Michigan
2,873
Pennsylvania
2,540
Minnesota
2,396

Top 8 states together: 38,713 of 74,941 registered movers (52%).

⚙ Risk map

Where the trouble lives

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

486broker-only companies nationwide
5,943"movers" with zero trucks on file
FLstate with the most hostage-goods complaints

Hostage-goods complaints

Florida
618
New Jersey
188
California
106
Illinois
72
Texas
61
North Carolina
38

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

Broker-heavy states

Indiana 19 brokers · 2%
Illinois 31 brokers · 2%
Florida 100 brokers · 1%
New Jersey 28 brokers · 1%
Oregon 8 brokers · 1%

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

Paper movers, zero trucks

Indiana 121 firms · 12%
South Carolina 112 firms · 12%
Ohio 197 firms · 11%
Missouri 105 firms · 11%
North Carolina 206 firms · 10%

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
12.7
Illinois
avg trucks per carrier · 124 carriers
11.8
Texas
avg trucks per carrier · 212 carriers
9.2
Virginia
avg trucks per carrier · 142 carriers

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