#40 of the 100 largest licensed interstate movers
Great Moving Review
Independent carrier based in South Plainfiel, New Jersey, founded in 2011, on the federal register since 2021. This is a review of the public record, what the company is and what a move with it should cost. We collect no customer reviews, have not used the company, and it has not paid to be here.
- USDOT
- 3547419
- Fleet · drivers
- 70 · 70
- Safety rating
- Not rated
- Licensed
- 5 years
Is Great Moving licensed for interstate moves?
Yes. Great Moving holds active interstate operating authority (MC1186779, status active) on USDOT 3547419, declares household goods as cargo, and has not been assigned a safety rating, which means no compliance review has been completed; that is the position of most carriers on the register and is not a mark against it.
As an independent carrier, Great Moving is the company that quotes, loads, drives and delivers under its own number. The USDOT on your bill of lading should be 3547419; a different number means another carrier has been brought in, which is something to ask about before loading day rather than after.
Record pulled 2026-09-24. The register changes daily: confirm on the SAFER snapshot for USDOT 3547419 before you sign, and read the insurance and complaint pages there that we do not reproduce.
The federal record
Every line below is what Great Moving filed with the FMCSA, unedited. Power units and drivers are self-reported on the MCS-150 form the carrier must update at least every two years; the safety rating is assigned by the FMCSA after a compliance review and stays until the next one.
- Legal name
- Great Moving & Storage Inc.
- Doing business as
- Great Moving & Storage
- USDOT number
- 3547419issued 2021
- Operating authority
- MC1186779 · activeMC = motor carrier, FF = freight forwarder
- Operation
- Interstatecarrier_operation A on the filing
- Cargo declared
- Household goods, general freight
- Physical address
- 20 Harmich Rd Building 2, South Plainfiel, NJ 07080
- Phone on file
- (718) 354-5836
- Power units
- 70trucks and tractors on the MCS-150
- Drivers
- 70 (70 interstate)
- Annual miles filed
- 7,492,000 for 2024
- Safety rating
- Not ratedno compliance review completed
- Filing last updated
- 2026-04-13MCS-150 date
Who Great Moving is
Great Moving launched in 2011 to serve Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, starting with one truck; it says its owners' history goes back to 1999 and 2000, when they worked for other moving companies around New York. After more than a decade in New York it opened a second office in Linden, New Jersey, and it serves the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. This filing, Great Moving & Storage Inc. of South Plainfield, New Jersey, was issued in 2021 and shares its website and brand with the older Staten Island registration, Great Moving Inc.; the site's contact address is in Stamford, Connecticut.
Structure
- Type
- Independent carrier
- Founded
- 2011 (15 years)
- Headquarters
- South Plainfiel, New Jersey
- Footprint
- a second office in Linden, NJ
Services the company advertises
- local moving
- long-distance moving
- commercial moving
- packing
- labor only
- storage
On the record
- Great Moving launched in 2011 to serve Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, starting with one truck. [source]
- The company says its history goes back to 1999-2000, when the current owners worked for other moving companies around New York. [source]
- After more than a decade in New York, Great Movers opened a second office in Linden, NJ. [source]
- Service areas listed are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. [source]
- The site's contact address is 1266 East Main Street, Suite 700, Stamford, CT 06902. [source]
Company facts are taken from Great Moving's own website and public filings as of 2026-09-24; the sources are linked. Nothing here is a judgement of service quality, and the logo is shown only to identify the company.
How Great Moving compares
Great Moving is the 40th largest of the 100 eligible carriers by registered fleet and the 23rd largest of the 67 independent carriers among them. Its fleet is 1 percent of United Van Lines's, above the median of 55. Drivers and trucks are roughly matched on the filing.
| Great Moving | Median of 100 | Largest (United Van Lines) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power units | 70 | 55 | 4,731 |
| Drivers | 70 | 52 | 3,424 |
| Licensed since | 2021 | 20 of 100 since 1974 | 1974 |
| Safety rating | Not rated | 55 of 100 Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
What a move with Great Moving should cost
Great Moving does not publish prices, and no large carrier does: an interstate quote is built from the weight of your shipment, the distance, the date and how the survey was done. What we can give you is the range a quote should land in, from our published model, so that a number well outside it reads as what it is. Full-service movers, transport only.
| Distance | 2 bedrooms | 3 bedrooms | 4 bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 miles | $2,250 – $3,000 | $2,588 – $3,450 | $2,925 – $3,900 |
| 1,000 miles | $4,500 – $6,000 | $5,175 – $6,900 | $5,850 – $7,800 |
| 2,000 miles | $9,000 – $12,000 | $10,350 – $13,800 | $11,700 – $15,600 |
| 2,800 miles | $12,600 – $16,800 | $14,490 – $19,320 | $16,380 – $21,840 |
Priced routes out of Newark, NJ
Great Moving is based in South Plainfiel; these are the busiest interstate corridors out of Newark, the nearest metro we price, each with distance, drive time and a cost range for every home size.
| Route | Distance | 3 bedrooms, movers |
|---|---|---|
| Newark to Atlanta, GA | 877 miles | $4,538 – $6,051 |
| Newark to San Francisco, CA | about 2,980 miles | $15,421 – $20,562 |
| Newark to Oakland, CA | about 2,972 miles | $15,380 – $20,507 |
| Newark to San Jose, CA | about 2,962 miles | $15,328 – $20,438 |
| Newark to Fremont, CA | about 2,960 miles | $15,318 – $20,424 |
| Newark to Stockton, CA | about 2,909 miles | $15,054 – $20,072 |
Price your own route with the moving cost calculator, then get a surveyed, binding not-to-exceed estimate from Great Moving and two other carriers. Three comparable numbers beat one, whoever is at the top of a list.
Before you book Great Moving: six questions
Ask these on the first call. The answers matter more than the ranking, and an established carrier answers all six without hesitation.
- Will your own employees load, drive and deliver, or is the far end subcontracted?
- Will my shipment be consolidated with other households, and how does that change the delivery window?
- Is the estimate binding, non-binding or binding not-to-exceed, and was it based on a video or in-home survey?
- What is the delivery window in writing, and what do you pay if you miss it?
- What does full-value protection cost on my shipment, and what is the deductible?
- Is USDOT 3547419 the number that will appear on my bill of lading?
Then run the six checks in how to check a moving company, and read the nine red flags so you recognise the ones that do not apply here.
Verify Great Moving yourself
Two minutes on the federal sites tells you more than any ranking. Each link opens the official record; none of them is ours.
SAFER company snapshot ↗
Authority status, cargo, insurance on file, inspections, crashes and the safety rating for USDOT 3547419, live.
Licensing & insurance ↗
The L&I system shows the authority history for docket MC1186779, the insurance carrier and the BOC-3 process agent.
Protect Your Move ↗
The FMCSA's mover search and complaint history, plus your rights and responsibilities booklet, which the carrier must give you.
Licensed movers in New Jersey
Every active household-goods carrier based in New Jersey on the register, largest first, with the same fields.
Compare with other large carriers
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Great Moving FAQ
Is Great Moving a licensed interstate moving company?
Yes. Great Moving holds active interstate operating authority (MC1186779, status active) on USDOT 3547419, declares household goods as cargo, and has not been assigned a safety rating, which means no compliance review has been completed; that is the position of most carriers on the register and is not a mark against it. As an independent carrier, Great Moving is the company that quotes, loads, drives and delivers under its own number. The USDOT on your bill of lading should be 3547419; a different number means another carrier has been brought in, which is something to ask about before loading day rather than after.
What is Great Moving's USDOT number?
3547419. Its operating authority docket is MC1186779 and its legal name on the register is Great Moving & Storage Inc.. Look the number up on the FMCSA's SAFER system to see authority status, insurance on file, the safety rating and the inspection and crash record; the record on this page was pulled on 2026-09-24.
How big is Great Moving?
Great Moving filed 70 power units and 70 drivers on its latest MCS-150, which makes it the 40th largest of the 100 eligible interstate household-goods carriers on the register and the 23rd largest of the 67 independent carriers among them. The company itself reports a second office in Linden, NJ. The largest, United Van Lines, files 4,731 power units; the median for the 100 is 55.
Does Great Moving have a good safety rating?
Great Moving is unrated: the FMCSA has not completed a compliance review of it. That is the position of most carriers on the register and is not a negative mark; the ratings to avoid are Conditional and Unsatisfactory, and carriers holding either are excluded from our list. The inspection and crash figures on SAFER show the current picture.
Is Great Moving a van line, an agent or an independent mover?
An independent carrier. Great Moving moves households under its own authority with its own trucks and crews rather than through a van-line network, so the company you book is the company that turns up. Ask how it handles the far end of a long move: its own crew, a partner carrier, or consolidation with other shipments.
How much does Great Moving charge for a long-distance move?
Great Moving does not publish a rate card and we do not hold its quotes; every long-distance price is set by weight, distance, date and the survey. From our published model a three-bedroom home over 1,000 miles should quote near $5,175 – $6,900 for full-service movers, transport only, and $14,490 – $19,320 over 2,800 miles. Get a surveyed, binding not-to-exceed estimate from Great Moving and two other carriers and compare them against that range.