US household goods movers: Q4 2026 data report

This quarter's report is updated daily until the quarter ends. Data as of Oct 23, 2026. Source: public FMCSA records. Download the state table (CSV)

34,923household goods movers and brokers in FMCSA records
26%hold active operating authority
2,748share a phone, address or officer with an inactive company
1,388carriers with a high out-of-service rate

New registrations by quarter

Companies in our data by the quarter they first registered with FMCSA (Census registration date). FMCSA's Census file currently includes registrations through Oct 21, 2026.

QuarterCarriersBrokersChart
Q1 2025 38819
Q2 2025 34817
Q3 2025 31918
Q4 2025 26816
Q1 2026 68878
Q2 2026 1,317109
Q3 2026 1,433103
Q4 2026 (partial) 20526

Authority status

Active operating authority9,00626%
Application pending6,78319%
Inactive or no authority19,13455%
Authority active but USDOT registration inactive4,668
Federal record (MCS-150) more than 2 years old18,252
Mailing address marked undeliverable3,428
Previous revocation on record0

Day-by-day changes (authority granted or lost) are tracked from Oct 21, 2026. This quarter so far: 9 granted, 6 lost, 3,032 companies added and 1 removed.

Linked companies

4,509 companies (13%) share a phone number, address or officer with at least one other registered company. 2,748 of them share details with a company whose authority is inactive. Of the 4,165 companies registered in the last 12 months, 87 do.

Shared details are facts from public records; they don't prove two companies are the same business. How we match

Roadside safety

12,264 carriers in our data appear in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System. 1,388 had an out-of-service rate at least 1.5 times the national average over the last 24 months (national averages: vehicles 21.6%, drivers 5.5%).

Most active movers by state

Most new registrations, last 12 months

Cite this report US MoverLedger, "US household goods movers: Q4 2026 data report", Oct 23, 2026, https://www.usmoverledger.com/reports/household-goods-movers-2026-q4/ Built from FMCSA's Carrier, Company Census and Safety Measurement System data on data.transportation.gov. Data sources