23 moving companies are registered in Austin, TX, per the FMCSA federal register as of 2026-08-12. 23 of them hold carrier authority, meaning they move shipments on their own trucks, and none hold broker authority. The median fleet is 2 trucks, and 68% run two or fewer.
Ordered by fleet size from the federal register. No company pays to appear, and we publish no star ratings: check any record yourself before you book.
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.
Largest by trucks on the federal registration, which is a fact of the record and not a quality rating. Every line below is checkable at the source.
trading as APPLE MOVING
trading as UNICORN MOVING AND STORAGE
trading as HEAVENLY CARE MOVING
68%
15 of the 22 Austin moving companies that state a fleet size run two trucks or fewer. The median is 2.
This is normal for the industry and not a warning on its own: plenty of two-truck operators do careful work. It matters for one practical reason. A company with two trucks has no spare capacity, so if your date slips, a truck breaks down, or a crew calls in sick, there is rarely a second crew to send. Ask what happens if the truck does not arrive, and get the answer before you pay a deposit.
| Company | Fleet | Authority | USDOT |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUALITY VAN LINES | 10 | Carrier | 2292865 |
| AFD MOVERS dba FIREFIGHTING'S FINEST MOVING & STORAGE | 4 | Carrier | 2975193 |
| MR ATX MOVERS dba MOUNTAIN MOVERS | 4 | Carrier | 3352346 |
| SARVER MOVERS dba BOXER BUDDIES | 3 | Carrier | 3255279 |
| ROYAL MOVING & STORAGE | 2 | Carrier | 4353711 |
| AFFORDABLE SENSIBLE AND PROFESSIONAL MOVING CO dba ASAP MOVING | 2 | Carrier | 1371624 |
| MUSTANG MOVERS | 2 | Carrier | 2305979 |
| ALOHA MOVERS | 2 | Carrier | 2357921 |
| B Q TRANSPORT dba AAA BEST QUALITY MOVERS | 2 | Carrier | 3218067 |
Showing the 12 largest of 23 moving companies registered in Austin. Source: FMCSA Company Census and MOTUS authority records, US government public domain. A further 128 companies at Austin addresses hold household goods authority among their cargo types without being moving companies, and all of them are searchable in the free checker.
Of the 23 moving companies registered here, 1 has an involuntary suspension on record. Losing authority usually means lapsed insurance or unpaid federal penalties. A company operating normally today can still have a history worth asking about, so look the number up before you book.
23 companies registered in Austin carry a moving-company name (movers, moving, van lines or relocation) and hold a federal USDOT registration covering household goods, as of 2026-08-12. A further 128 companies at Austin addresses list household goods among their cargo types without being moving businesses, mostly freight and owner-operator carriers, which is why published counts of "movers" in a city vary so widely.
The median Austin mover runs 2 trucks, and 15 of 22 (68%) run two or fewer. Small does not mean bad, but it does mean there is rarely a second crew to send if a truck breaks down or your date slips.
None of the 23 Austin moving companies on the federal register hold broker authority: every one is a carrier that moves shipments on its own trucks.
Ask for the USDOT number before you pay anything, then look it up in the free checker at https://bestmoving.us/tools/broker-check/ or on the FMCSA's own site. Confirm the company name matches your quote, the registration is active, required insurance is on file, and whether the record says carrier or broker. A mover who will not give you a DOT number is not one to hire. As of 2026-08-12, 23 companies in Austin are registered as movers.
Licence status, carrier versus broker, insurance on file and any revocation history, straight from the federal record. Free, no sign-up.
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