Verified using official federal records
System Operational

Advance Relocation Systems

FMCSA registrant: ADVANCE CORPORATION

USDOT 122614 · FMCSA SAFER · observed

Abingdon, MDUSDOT 122614MC 20544(410) 574-8900
NMB Verification
Problems found

1 hidden spam link on the site

1 problem · 1 concern to verify · report assembled Oct 13, 2026

What we found

Report assembled Oct 13, 2026 · Source observations are dated below
  1. PROBLEM
    1 hidden spam link on the site

    Examples: “View the Privacy Policy of our mailing service.”. These have nothing to do with moving and are positioned off-screen so visitors never see them.

    Link spam like this means the site is either compromised or bought from a link-farming SEO vendor.

    Source: company website · as of Oct 9, 2026

  2. COULD NOT VERIFY
    No State household-goods mover registry record found for this business

    We searched State household-goods mover registry on 09/04/2026 and found no certificate under this name or USDOT 122614.

    Ask for the current certificate number and exact licensed legal name, then verify them with the state. This search result does not establish that the company is unlicensed.

  3. NOTE
    Self-declared: “most trusted”

    “Now located in Abingdon, and renamed Advance Relocation Systems, our company is one of the most trusted names in home and corporate local and long distance moving in the state”. This is the company's own marketing statement; this wording alone does not establish an independent ranking.

    Source: company website · as of Oct 9, 2026

  4. ON RECORD
    No consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four years

    FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database shows no complaints against USDOT 122614 in the last four years (registry data as of 09/25/2026).

    Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move — complaint history · as of Oct 13, 2026

  5. ON RECORD
    FMCSA investigations on record: 2 — most recent 10/26/2004 (Compliance Review)

    10/26/2004 Compliance Review; 08/30/2004 Compliance Review. No FMCSA enforcement cases in the last six years.

    Source: FMCSA SMS overview · as of Oct 13, 2026

  6. ON RECORD
    Maryland Business Express Entity Search could not be checked in this report

    The register could not be read. Business registration is not a mover licence. No search was actually submitted, so no matches can be confirmed or ruled out. The names Advance Relocation Systems, ADVANCE CORPORATION, AWGI LLC, and ADVANCE RELOCATION SYSTEMS (including suffix-stripped variants where applicable) could not be searched separately because the official register was blocked by its Cloudflare verification challenge. No entity record pages could be opened; therefore entity IDs, types, statuses, dates, agents, officers, addresses, record URLs, and source dates could not be read. The register search was blocked: Cloudflare Turnstile browser verification on the official Maryland Business Express Entity Search failed/stalled (the page displayed "Verification failed"), and the search form remained covered by the verification loader. This prevented submitting a business-name search and reading results.

  7. ON RECORD
    Every exposed BBB review and complaint record was read: 1 reviews, 0 public complaints

    Reviews 2023-12-22 to 2023-12-22. BBB reports 0 complaints; no public complaint narratives were available to read. Complete retrieval of the exposed record is not proof the reviews are authentic or that nothing was removed.

    Source: BBB profile · BBB complaints · as of Oct 9, 2026

  8. CHECKS OUT
    Active federal household-goods authority (MC-20544)

    FMCSA: ACTIVE; authorized for Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods); Motor Carrier of Household Goods; insurance filings on file.

    Source: Captured FMCSA record · Captured FMCSA record · as of Oct 13, 2026

  9. CHECKS OUT
    BBB rating A+ (accredited)

    No BBB complaints in the last 3 years. Source observations: accreditation 2026-10-09T06:03:24.645Z; complaint count 2026-10-09T06:03:24.645Z; rating and review count 2026-10-09T06:03:24.645Z.

    A BBB letter grade is BBB's own assessment; it is not an endorsement, a licence check or a clearance of the company.

    Source: BBB profile

What kind of company is this?

Carrier

The captured federal record lists a carrier role. This alone does not establish current interstate household-goods authority or guarantee who will perform your move.

Interstate HHG carrier authority

The captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods authority. Confirm its current status and the operating carrier before booking.

23+ years online

How long this company’s website has existed, from Internet Archive records. Very new websites are a common scam signal.

9 trucks on file

Fleet size reported in federal filings.

What we checked

3 passed1 caution1 failed
  • Federal operating authority (FMCSA)
    Active federal authority: carrier. Observed Oct 13, 2026. Carrier, broker and freight-forwarder authority are separate categories. This federal result does not determine its eligibility for in-state moves; see the separate state-registry check.
  • Federal interstate household-goods carrier authority
    The captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods carrier authority. Observed Oct 13, 2026. Confirm the actual operating carrier and any separate operating restrictions for your move.
  • State household-goods licence
    We searched State household-goods mover registry (checked Sep 4, 2026) and found no record for this business. That may mean it is not licensed in this state, or that it operates under a different legal name — it is not itself proof of a violation.
  • Federal BIPD insurance filing (dated record)
    On-file BIPD amount ($1,000,000) met or exceeded the recorded requirement ($750,000). Cargo coverage is a separate question. As observed Oct 13, 2026; confirm current coverage before booking.
  • Cancelled or revoked insurance filing on record
    1 cancelled or revoked insurance filing on record with FMCSA. Review the filing dates and reasons. This history does not by itself mean the company is currently uninsured. One cancellation left no filing of the same coverage in effect on the cancellation date (BIPD cancelled 1998-02-14, next filing effective 2004-05-01). FMCSA’s files hold 19 filing records for these 14 filings; 5 later records on filings that had already ended are listed but not counted. FMCSA’s authority history also records 4 involuntary revocation actions (served 2021-04-29, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2021-06-08; served 2006-05-01, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2006-05-05; served 2005-11-07, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2005-12-12; served 1990-12-05, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION), 1 revocation or suspension order (INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION, served 1998-03-13, effective 1998-02-14), 1 authority action with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition (GRANTED served 1983-09-09, disposition REVOKED decided 1998-04-29) and 1 reinstatement (served 2004-10-13).
  • Review ratings compared across sources
    BBB has only 1 review, too few to compare with Google's 435; star ratings differ by 1.3 stars.
  • Address and operating-location evidence
    Property use and a customer-accessible operating facility have not been established. A registered address, mailing address and local office can serve different purposes.

Address use and operating locations

A registered office, mailing address and operating facility can be different places. Residential or mailbox use alone does not establish improper operation.

No current source-backed property-use determination is available. This is a verification gap, not proof of a false address or a verified operating facility.

FMCSA regulatory snapshot

Authority status
What does this mean?Federal operating authority is category-specific: carrier, broker and freight-forwarder roles are separate. An active registration or one active role does not establish household-goods carrier authority. Operating restrictions are checked separately.
Active federal authority: carrierObserved Oct 13, 2026
Carrier operation
Interstate
Interstate HHG carrier authority
What does this mean?"HHG" means Household Goods. This field checks interstate carrier authority, not separate broker authority. A "No" here does not rule out broker authority; consult the category-specific federal dockets below.
Yes — authority recordedObserved Oct 13, 2026
Operating status
ACTIVE
Trucks
What does this mean?FMCSA calls these "power units", meaning trucks, tractors, and other registered moving vehicles the carrier owns or leases.
9
Drivers
What does this mean?Drivers the carrier has registered with FMCSA. This is the official number; some carriers operate with more drivers than registered.
9
Insurance status
—
Safety rating
Satisfactory
DOT complaints (FMCSA)
No consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four yearsBy year: none in the last four years · registry data as of Sep 25, 2026 · FMCSA complaint history
FMCSA enforcement & investigations
No enforcement cases (six years) · SMS recordInvestigations: 2004-10-26 Compliance Review; 2004-08-30 Compliance Review
Physical address
1305 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, ABINGDON, MD 21009
Operating authority dockets
ActiveMC20544Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
ActiveMC20544Motor Carrier of Household Goods

A company can hold several federal dockets over its lifetime. Only an Active docket grants operating authority. An inactive one is history, not a violation.

State household-goods licence

In-state moves are governed by the state, not the FMCSA. This is what State household-goods mover registry shows as of Sep 4, 2026.

We searched State household-goods mover registry on Sep 4, 2026 and found no record for this business. That may mean it is not licensed here, or that it is registered under a different legal name.

State business entity record

Maryland Business Express Entity Search · checked Oct 9, 2026. A business-entity registration is separate from federal moving authority and from a state mover licence.

Maryland Business Express Entity Search was not available when checked on Oct 9, 2026. Registration status is unverified.
  • Limitation: Business registration is not a mover licence.
  • Limitation: No search was actually submitted, so no matches can be confirmed or ruled out.
  • Limitation: The names Advance Relocation Systems, ADVANCE CORPORATION, AWGI LLC, and ADVANCE RELOCATION SYSTEMS (including suffix-stripped variants where applicable) could not be searched separately because the official register was blocked by its Cloudflare verification challenge.
  • Limitation: No entity record pages could be opened; therefore entity IDs, types, statuses, dates, agents, officers, addresses, record URLs, and source dates could not be read.
  • Limitation: The register search was blocked: Cloudflare Turnstile browser verification on the official Maryland Business Express Entity Search failed/stalled (the page displayed "Verification failed"), and the search form remained covered by the verification loader. This prevented submitting a business-name search and reading results.

Reviews and complaints — every platform we check

Review report assembled Oct 9, 2026

Listings are matched using company names, addresses, phone numbers and websites. Reviews belong to the business or location shown.

Google
4.9/5
★★★★★
435 platform-reported reviews

Listing matched to this business.

View on Googlematched by phone + website

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

Yelp
3.7/5
★★★★★
18 platform-reported reviews

Listing matched to this business.

View on Yelpmatched by phone

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

BBBAccredited
A+ BBB grade · 5/5
★★★★★
1 platform-reported review · 0 complaints (3 yrs), 0 in 12 mo

Listing matched to this business.

View on BBBmatched by phone + website + address

Profile identity checked Oct 9, 2026 · stored evidence

Accreditation checked Oct 9, 2026 · stored evidence

Complaints checked Oct 9, 2026 · stored evidence

Rating and review count checked Oct 9, 2026 · stored evidence

Trustpilot
—
0 platform-reported reviews · unclaimed

Listing matched to this business.

View on Trustpilotmatched by website domain

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

Detailed listing checks and review analysis are included in the full report.

Verified customer experience reports

Structured accounts from customers who proved their move with a bill of lading or final invoice, a verified email, and a verified phone. No star ratings, no anonymous reviews, and nothing a company can pay to change — how this works.

No verified customer reports yet. Only customers who can document their move may submit one — that keeps the count honest, and it means it grows slowly.

Moved with Advance Relocation Systems? — you will need your bill of lading or final invoice, and a phone that can receive a code.

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The full verification report

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Insurance & authority history
Federal insurance and authority filings that were read, with their dates
Names withheld on this page
The names withheld in the report, with their sources and attribution limits
Owners, officers & related businesses
3 sourced name entries; names may refer to the same person (FMCSA MOTUS carrier record, BBB business profile)
Every review profile we found
4 review profiles
Every contact channel on file
9 contact records across all sources
Supporting automated checks
Address, reviews, broker disclosure, website cloning and entity links, each with its date and result, including checks that could not assess
Full source ledger
60 source links across 411 evidence records

Research coverage

What this report checked, source by source. Coverage describes the scope of the report; it does not grade the company. A search with no match applies only to the named source, date and recorded scope; it does not establish that no cases exist.

Checked 14 of 16 applicable sources. Not available when checked: State business entity register. Last checked more than 30 days ago: State mover licence.

SourceStatusDateLink
Company identityChecked — record readFederal registration USDOT 122614 corroborated (a USDOT number recorded for this business, re-matched by phone or email).——
Company websiteChecked — record read6 page(s) of the company website read.Oct 9, 2026View source
FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS)Checked — record readSAFER and MOTUS records read for the verified USDOT.Oct 13, 2026—
FMCSA complaint historyChecked — record readProtect Your Move complaint history read.Oct 13, 2026View source
FMCSA safety record (SMS)Checked — record readSMS inspections, crashes and enforcement cases read.Oct 13, 2026View source
FMCSA insurance filingsChecked — record readFMCSA Licensing & Insurance open data (data.transportation.gov), read 2026-10-13 for USDOT 122614 (MC20544); the legacy L&I files are frozen at 2026-05-14 and the MOTUS files are as of 2026-10-12: 14 insurance filings from 19 filing records (13 replaced, 1 cancelled); of the 1 cancelled filing, 1 had no filing of the same coverage in effect on the cancellation date; 5 later termination records on filings that had already ended, not counted again; 2 filings listed as active or pending in the MOTUS insurance file; 8 authority actions, including 4 involuntary revocation actions (4 discontinued); 1 action with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition; 1 revocation or suspension order.Oct 13, 2026View source
State business entity registerNot available when checkedMaryland Business Express Entity Search: not available when checked.Oct 9, 2026—
State mover licenceLast checked more than 30 days agoState household-goods mover registry: last checked on 2026-09-04, more than 30 days ago; a fresh check is required before this lane counts as covered.Sep 4, 2026—
GoogleChecked — record readgoogle: listing identity confirmed by phone, website.Oct 9, 2026View source
YelpChecked — record readyelp: listing identity confirmed by phone.Oct 9, 2026View source
BBBChecked — record readbbb: listing identity confirmed by phone, website, address.Oct 9, 2026View source
BBB complaints and reviews in fullChecked — record readEvery exposed BBB page retained: 1/1 reviews, 0/0 public complaints.Oct 9, 2026View source
TrustpilotChecked — record readtrustpilot: listing identity confirmed by website domain.Oct 9, 2026View source
Phone, address and identifier searchChecked — record read7 identifier search(es) without the company name; 52 lead(s), 0 under another name.Oct 9, 2026—
Related entitiesChecked — record readNo other-name lead shared a strong identifier.Oct 9, 2026—
Follow-up on unresolved leadsChecked — record read2 follow-up question(s) researched; 2 remain unresolved or only partly resolved.Oct 9, 2026—

Ledger evaluated Oct 13, 2026.

How current is this report?

Report assembled Oct 13, 2026. First published Oct 12, 2026. This report pulls from 411 pieces of information across federal, state, review, and identity sources. Check each source's date for when its information was observed.

NMB does not invent facts. When a section reads "—" or "this check has not run yet," that means we have not been able to verify the information from a primary source. It does not mean the answer is good or bad.

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