Long distance movers in California

Q: How many licensed long distance movers are based in California?

1,509 active interstate household goods carriers list a California address on their federal filing, operating 83,675 trucks between them. Carriers routinely work far beyond their home state, so this is a measure of where the industry is registered rather than where it operates.

Q: Do California movers have safety records?

Mostly thin ones. 38% of California-based carriers have never had a roadside inspection, and 93% hold no federal safety rating. 159 have a reportable crash on record and 11 have been involved in a fatal one. Nationally, 48.0% of licensed movers have never been inspected, so California is below the national average.

Planning a move out of California? You're in good company — and so are we: 1,509 licensed interstate carriers are based here, and we've pulled the federal safety record for every one. Pick your city below to see them side by side, or just call and we'll help you narrow it down.

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1,509licensed carriers based in California

83,675trucks across those carriers

38%never inspected at the roadside

159with a reportable crash on record

11involved in a fatal crash

California cities

Every licensed carrier within 50 miles, with its USDOT number, fleet size, inspection record and crash history.

Long Beach610 carriers within 50 mi
Huntington Beach599 carriers within 50 mi
Irvine586 carriers within 50 mi
Corona573 carriers within 50 mi
Lake Forest563 carriers within 50 mi
Los Angeles530 carriers within 50 mi
Rancho Palos Verdes510 carriers within 50 mi
Ladera Ranch509 carriers within 50 mi
Laguna Niguel508 carriers within 50 mi
San Clemente477 carriers within 50 mi
Temecula281 carriers within 50 mi
Livermore252 carriers within 50 mi
Pleasanton243 carriers within 50 mi
Walnut Creek243 carriers within 50 mi
Danville236 carriers within 50 mi
San Ramon235 carriers within 50 mi
Dublin234 carriers within 50 mi
Lafayette234 carriers within 50 mi
Fremont217 carriers within 50 mi
Milpitas202 carriers within 50 mi
San Jose197 carriers within 50 mi
Santa Clara192 carriers within 50 mi
Folsom181 carriers within 50 mi
Berkeley179 carriers within 50 mi
Oakland175 carriers within 50 mi
Cupertino171 carriers within 50 mi
El Dorado Hills171 carriers within 50 mi
Roseville166 carriers within 50 mi
Menlo Park163 carriers within 50 mi
Palo Alto163 carriers within 50 mi
Redwood City163 carriers within 50 mi
Sunnyvale163 carriers within 50 mi
San Francisco160 carriers within 50 mi
San Mateo158 carriers within 50 mi
Carlsbad150 carriers within 50 mi
San Diego108 carriers within 50 mi
La Jolla104 carriers within 50 mi
Chula Vista96 carriers within 50 mi
Santa Barbara19 carriers within 50 mi

256 further California communities are covered by these carriers and have pages in preparation.

Where people leaving California go

Households that filed taxes from California one year and from another state the next.

Destination	Households	People
Texas	44,417	82,481
Arizona	28,402	47,885
Nevada	26,210	43,801
Washington	24,625	38,093
New York	20,595	25,783
Florida	20,241	34,248
Oregon	16,765	25,392
Colorado	14,044	21,800
Tennessee	10,246	19,473
North Carolina	9,978	18,066

IRS Statistics of Income migration data, tax years 2022–2023. Households = returns filed; people = exemptions claimed. Suppressed cells excluded.

Who moves into California

Largest origin states by household count.

Texas (24,970) · New York (18,440) · Washington (17,871) · Arizona (16,283) · Nevada (14,775) · Florida (14,113)

Net balance

In the most recent year published, more households left California than moved in — a net difference of 100,397 tax filers.

How California compares on safety oversight

38% of California-based movers have no roadside inspection on record, against 48.0% nationally. That gap is driven mostly by fleet size and state enforcement capacity rather than by how carefully anyone drives — small carriers are stopped less often simply because they put fewer trucks on the road. A carrier with no inspection record is not a carrier with a bad record. It means nobody has checked. Read the full study →

Questions about moving from California

How many licensed long distance movers are based in California?

1,509 active interstate household goods carriers list a California address on their federal filing, operating 83,675 trucks between them. Carriers routinely work far beyond their home state, so this is a measure of where the industry is registered rather than where it operates.

Do California movers have safety records?

Mostly thin ones. 38% of California-based carriers have never had a roadside inspection, and 93% hold no federal safety rating. 159 have a reportable crash on record and 11 have been involved in a fatal one. Nationally, 48.0% of licensed movers have never been inspected, so California is below the national average.

Where do people leaving California move to?

The table on this page ranks destination states by the number of households that filed taxes from California one year and from another state the next. In the most recent year published, more households left California than moved in — a net balance of 100,397 filers.

How do I check a mover myself?

Take the USDOT number from any carrier listed on this site and enter it at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov. That gives you the federal record directly: operating authority, insurance, inspection history and crash reports. If a moving company will not give you its USDOT number, that is the answer.

What this site is, plainly

VettedMove is a free referral service. We do not own trucks and we do not move anything. When you call, we connect you with a moving company from the licensed carriers listed on this site. We are paid by the moving company when a move goes ahead — you are never charged. The federally required disclosure block under 49 CFR Part 371 sits here pending counsel; this page does not launch without it.