Report assembled Oct 13, 2026 · Source observations are dated below
SERIOUS
Texas Comptroller Franchise Tax Account Status lists BUDDYMOVING LLC as “FORFEITED”
Texas Comptroller Franchise Tax Account Status lists BUDDYMOVING LLC (0803538990) with status “FORFEITED”, formed 2020-02-05. Registered agent: [name withheld]. Officers/managers listed: [name withheld] (MEMBER); [name withheld] (MEMBER). A registered agent or officer entry shown as active does not make the entity itself active. A business registration is not a mover licence.
Tied to this business by exact name and a named officer or agent. The register's status word is reproduced as printed; its legal effect depends on TX law.
An entity that is not in good standing with its state may be unable to enforce or be held to a contract in its own name.
Before booking: Ask the company for its current state filing and make sure the entity named on your contract is the one that holds the authority and insurance.
Different branches, a relocation, or different reporting dates may explain the difference. Confirm the current operating office and the location handling your move.
USDOT 3394367: no federal operating authority recorded
SAFER operating-authority status: NOT AUTHORIZED. The registration declares Intrastate Only (Non-HM) to FMCSA. This does not establish the business's advertised service area.
For an interstate move, verify which carrier will perform the move and its operating authority. For an in-state move, check the applicable state licence.
Not in FMCSA's interstate mover registry — no complaint history is published
USDOT 3394367 does not appear in FMCSA's Protect Your Move household-goods mover registry, so the National Consumer Complaint Database history is not published for it. FMCSA keeps that history for registered interstate movers only.
Every exposed BBB review and complaint record was read: 11 reviews, 13 public complaints
Reviews 2023-11-29 to 2026-07-07. Public complaints 2023-10-30 to 2026-05-06 (BBB status counts: 10 answered, 3 resolved; “answered” is not “resolved”). Complete retrieval of the exposed record is not proof the reviews are authentic or that nothing was removed.
BBB complaints: 13 complaints in the last 3 years (3 closed in the last 12 months); types: Service or Repair Issues 6, Product Issues 4, Billing Issues 3; status: 10 answered, 3 resolved. Source observations: accreditation 2026-10-10T20:25:28.412Z; complaint count 2026-10-10T20:25:28.412Z; rating and review count 2026-10-10T20:25:28.412Z.
A BBB letter grade is BBB's own assessment; it is not an endorsement, a licence check or a clearance of the company.
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.
Intrastate operation reported
The captured federal record reports in-state operation. This is a declared operating scope, not verification of a state license. See the separate licensing checks.
15 trucks on file
Fleet size reported in federal filings.
What we checked
1 passed2 caution
Federal operating authority (FMCSA)
No active federal authority captured. 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
An own-carrier authority check is not applicable to the recorded broker/forwarder role, parent-authority relationship, or declared in-state operation. Observed Oct 13, 2026. This does not rule out separate broker authority. Eligibility for in-state moves is checked separately in the state registry.
State household-goods licence
Texas DMV (TxDMV) motor-carrier registry lists an active motor carrier certificate 008999997, valid through Jun 30, 2027 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Federal insurance status
We do not have a consistent, dated insurance amount observation matched to this company’s USDOT. This is a verification gap, not a finding that the company is uninsured.
Review ratings compared across sources
Star ratings differ by 2.9 stars across Yelp, BBB. Read reviews on each platform before relying on any single rating.
Address and operating-location evidence
Website and federal records list different addresses. See the dated sources and address roles below; these signals alone do not establish improper operation.
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.
Serious concerns and company connections
Read these findings before booking or paying a deposit. Key evidence and the action to take are shown below.
Serious concern — investigate before booking
Texas Comptroller Franchise Tax Account Status lists BUDDYMOVING LLC as “FORFEITED”
Confirmed on an official record
Texas Comptroller Franchise Tax Account Status lists BUDDYMOVING LLC (0803538990) with status “FORFEITED”, formed 2020-02-05. Registered agent: [name withheld]. Officers/managers listed: [name withheld] (MEMBER); [name withheld] (MEMBER). A registered agent or officer entry shown as active does not make the entity itself active. A business registration is not a mover licence.
What this means: An entity that is not in good standing with its state may be unable to enforce or be held to a contract in its own name.
Tied to this business by exact name and a named officer or agent. The register's status word is reproduced as printed; its legal effect depends on TX law.
Before booking: Ask the company for its current state filing and make sure the entity named on your contract is the one that holds the authority and insurance.
Authority statusWhat 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.
Carrier operationWhat does this mean?This carrier is registered to operate only within one state. Federal interstate authority does not apply to intrastate-only carriers, which is why federal insurance and authority status fields may show as "Not Specified" or "Not Authorized."
Intrastate Only (Non-hazardous materials)
Interstate HHG carrier authorityWhat 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.
TrucksWhat does this mean?FMCSA calls these "power units", meaning trucks, tractors, and other registered moving vehicles the carrier owns or leases.
15
DriversWhat does this mean?Drivers the carrier has registered with FMCSA. This is the official number; some carriers operate with more drivers than registered.
17
Insurance status
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Safety rating
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DOT complaints (FMCSA)
We could not verify complaints for this companyNot listed in FMCSA's Protect Your Move mover registry, so no NCCDB complaint history is published for this USDOT number. FMCSA keeps that history for registered interstate household-goods movers only. This is not a clean record — it is an unknown one. Check FMCSA's mover search yourself before you book.
Texas Comptroller Franchise Tax Account Status · checked Oct 10, 2026. A business-entity registration is separate from federal moving authority and from a state mover licence.
Entity name
BUDDYMOVING LLC
Status
FORFEITEDNot in good standing on the register.
Entity ID
0803538990
Formation date
Feb 5, 2020
Registered agent
[name withheld]
Officers
2 officers are named on the register; names and roles are in the full report.
How it was tied to this business
By the exact name and an officer or owner named on this company’s records.
Limitation: Business registration is not a mover licence.
Limitation: The Comptroller record does not print an entity-type field, so entity_type is null.
Limitation: Searches for BUDDYMOVING LLC, BUDDYMOVING, Buddy Moving, Most movers cannot say that. Inc, Nobody rings you to sell Book your move Call Inc, Buddy Moving was recognized by the Inc, Buddy Moving LLC, Nothing due today Review & book Inc, and Book your move Call Inc were performed. Only BUDDYMOVING LLC
Limitation: The results table showed one result for BUDDYMOVING LLC (showing 1 to 1 of 1 entries); the other submitted name searches showed no data.
Limitation: An active registered agent does not make a defaulted company active; the status word is the register's own.
Reviews and complaints — every platform we check
Review report assembled Oct 10, 2026
Listings are matched using company names, addresses, phone numbers and websites. Reviews belong to the business or location shown.
Could not read
The source was not available at the recorded check time.
No matching listing verified in the sources checked.
Source checked Oct 10, 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 Buddy Moving? — 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
Each section of the full report names its sources: official federal and state records, the company's own website, review platforms and other public pages. Access requires a one-time fee, shown at checkout.
Insurance & authority history
What the federal filing systems showed, including what could not be read
Names withheld on this page
The names withheld in the report, with their sources and attribution limits
Owners, officers & related businesses
8 sourced name entries; names may refer to the same person (BBB business profile, Press / news coverage, BBB review responses)
Every review profile we found
2 review profiles
Every contact channel on file
6 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 405 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 15 of 16 applicable sources. Not available when checked: Google.
Source
Status
Date
Link
Company identity
Checked — record readFederal registration USDOT 3394367 corroborated (the USDOT number its website prints, matched to this business).
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Company website
Checked — record read6 page(s) of the company website read.
Checked — no match in the recorded scopeFMCSA's Licensing & Insurance open-data files list no insurance filing, authority action, revocation, BOC-3 or rejected-filing record for USDOT 3394367 (the legacy L&I files are frozen at 2026-05-14; the MOTUS files are as of 2026-10-12). This is a limit of these files, not proof that no filing exists.
Checked — record read6 identifier search(es) without the company name; 53 lead(s), 0 under another name.
Oct 10, 2026
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Related entities
Checked — record readNo other-name lead shared a strong identifier.
Oct 10, 2026
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Follow-up on unresolved leads
Checked — record read2 follow-up question(s) researched; 2 remain unresolved or only partly resolved.
Oct 10, 2026
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Ledger evaluated Oct 13, 2026.
How current is this report?
Report assembled Oct 13, 2026. First published Oct 12, 2026. This report pulls from 405 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.
