Before you sign anything
Is the company on your estimate real?
Type the name. We check the federal record.
Active authority. Insurance actually on file. Whether they own trucks — or are a broker who will hand you to someone you have never heard of.
Checking the federal record…
More than one match — pick the one on your estimate
Why this is not the same as a Google search
FMCSA says "allowed to operate" about companies whose authority is dead.
That field returns Y on carriers who cannot legally move your household goods. Any tool that reads it is telling you a comfortable lie.
This checks common and contract authority directly, and it prints the federal URL underneath every answer so you can open the record yourself.
We take nothing from any mover, ever. No paid placement, no sponsored listing, no referral fee from a carrier. That is why this is worth reading.