Movers by state

324,160 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.

Texas
29,921
California
29,079
Florida
24,855
Georgia
19,061
New York
17,443
Pennsylvania
12,207
New Jersey
12,149
North Carolina
11,344

Top 8 states together: 156,059 of 324,160 registered movers (48%).

⚙ Risk map

Where the trouble lives

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

486broker-only companies nationwide
32,578"movers" with zero trucks on file
FLstate with the most hostage-goods complaints

Hostage-goods complaints

Florida
1279
New Jersey
492
California
232
Illinois
147
Georgia
132
Texas
125

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

Broker-heavy states

Florida 100 brokers · 0%
Wyoming 3 brokers · 0%
Illinois 32 brokers · 0%
Indiana 18 brokers · 0%
BC 2 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 · 35%
Hawaii 79 firms · 13%
Delaware 167 firms · 13%
Wyoming 111 firms · 13%
Oregon 378 firms · 13%

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 · 211 carriers
9.3
Virginia
avg trucks per carrier · 141 carriers

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