Licensed interstate movers in California
13,294 companies based in California hold federal household goods authority: 13,290 as carriers and 267 as brokers (2%). 199 currently show a required insurance or bond filing missing from the federal record.
A broker arranges the move and hands it to a carrier you have not met. Holding both is legal and common: ask which one your job is booked under, and get the answer in writing.
The register lists a filing as required and shows none on file. That is the single strongest signal on this page. Companies with no authority record at all are not counted here, because absent data is not the same as a missing filing.
The largest California movers on the federal record
Ordered by registered fleet size, which is a fact of the FMCSA record, not a quality rating. Click through to check any company's licence, insurance filings and authority history.
| Company | City | Fleet | Authority | USDOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEATHEAD MOVERS INC | SAN LUIS OBISPO | 53 | Carrier | 921143 |
| WATERS MOVING & STORAGE INC | MARTINEZ | 35 | Carrier | 1125579 |
| BLVD MOVING | CHATSWORTH | 35 | Carrier | 2892909 |
| CITY MOVING INC dba MOVE HAPPY ACME | LOS ANGELES | 31 | Carrier | 3136064 |
| COLONIAL VAN & STORAGE INC | SACRAMENTO | 31 | Carrier | 2973 |
| WALKER BROTHERS MACHINERY MOVING INC | ANAHEIM | 30 | Carrier | 1410765 |
| CROWN WORLDWIDE MOVING AND STORAGE LLC | UNION CITY | 25 | Carrier | 2970 |
| NOR-CAL MOVING SERVICES | HAYWARD | 23 | Carrier | 1844592 |
| AN MOVING FORWARD dba BEST CALIFORNIA MOVERS | N HOLLYWOOD | 22 | Carrier | 3489907 |
| LOVEJOY'S FAMILY MOVING INC dba REPUBLIC MOVING & STORAGE | SAN DIEGO | 21 | Carrier | 3369820 |
| ACKLEY ENTERPRISES INC dba ACKLEY MOVING SERVICES | POWAY | 21 | Carrier | 1868365 |
| ONTRACK MOVING LLC | HAYWARD | 20 | Carrier | 2551548 |
Source: FMCSA Company Census and MOTUS authority records, US government public domain. Selection note: this table lists companies whose registered business is household moving; the full California register, including carriers that merely hold the authority, is searchable in the free checker.
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