How many licensed interstate movers are based in Ohio?

4,234 companies based in Ohio hold federal interstate household goods authority as of 2026-08-11, per the FMCSA register. 4,233 hold carrier authority and 180 hold broker authority; some companies hold both.

How do I check that a Ohio moving company is legitimate?

Ask for their USDOT number and look up the record before paying anything. Confirm the company name matches your quote, the operating status is active, and whether the record says carrier or broker. A mover who will not give you a DOT number is not one to hire.

Are there moving brokers in Ohio?

Yes: 180 of the 4,234 registered household goods companies in Ohio hold broker authority. A broker arranges your move and sells the job to a carrier. That is legal, but you should know which one you are booking before you pay a deposit.

FMCSA register · data as of 2026-08-11

Licensed interstate movers in Ohio

4,234 companies based in Ohio hold federal household goods authority: 4,233 as carriers and 180 as brokers (4%). 64 currently show a required insurance or bond filing missing from the federal record.

What the federal register shows for Ohio

4,234companies with household goods authority

1is broker-only: it holds no carrier authority and owns no trucks for your job

Also hold broker authority180 of 4,2344.3%

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.

Required insurance or bond filing missing64 of 4,2341.5%

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 Ohio 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
TAYLOR TEAM RELOCATION LLC dba TTR SHIPPING COMPANY	STOW	97	Carrier + broker	1636702
PLANES MOVING AND STORAGE INC	WEST CHESTER	72	Carrier	247584
LEADERS MOVING COMPANY dba LEADERS MOVING AND STORAGE	WORTHINGTON	40	Carrier	1237577
MAUMEE VALLEY MOVERS INC dba MVM MOVING & STORAGE RELIABLE MOVING AND STORAGE, CHANGING PLACES MOVING	TOLEDO	36	Carrier	1444491
BRENDAMOUR MOVING & STORAGE INC	CINCINNATI	33	Carrier	628381
PLANES MOVING AND STORAGE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS	COLUMBUS	31	Carrier	1458935
WEIL THOMAN MOVING & STORAGE CO	CINCINNATI	31	Carrier	81269
ANDREWS MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY	STREETSBORO	27	Carrier	124171
THEM MOVERS LTD	SALEM	20	Carrier	4298708
MOVING AHEAD SERVICES LLC	WILLOUGHBY	19	Carrier	1657726
NORTHCOAST MOVING ENTERPRISES INC dba TWO MEN AND A TRUCK CLEVELAND	WICKLIFFE	19	Carrier	734664
BLUE MEN MOVING LLC	SEVILLE	18	Carrier	2462290

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 Ohio register, including carriers that merely hold the authority, is searchable in the free checker.

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