Cleland Brothers Moving
FMCSA registrant: CLELAND BROS MOVING LLC
USDOT 1154917 · FMCSA SAFER · observed
Driver out-of-service rate 60% vs 6.67% national average
What we found
Report assembled Oct 9, 2026 · Source observations are dated below- PROBLEMDriver out-of-service rate 60% vs 6.67% national average
3 of 5 driver inspections in the last 24 months ended with the driver placed out of service (as of 10/07/2026).
Source: SAFER snapshot · as of Oct 9, 2026
- PROBLEM1 hidden spam link on the site
Examples: “www.primestoragegroup.com”. 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 Sep 3, 2026
- ON RECORDNo consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four years
FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database shows no complaints against USDOT 1154917 in the last four years (registry data as of 09/25/2026).
Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move — complaint history · as of Oct 9, 2026
- ON RECORDFMCSA investigations on record: 2 — most recent 04/16/2015 (Non-Ratable Review)
04/16/2015 Non-Ratable Review; 01/17/2013 Non-Ratable Review. No FMCSA enforcement cases in the last six years.
Source: FMCSA SMS overview · as of Oct 9, 2026
- CHECKS OUTActive federal household-goods authority (MC-467396)
FMCSA: ACTIVE; authorized for Motor Carrier of Household Goods; insurance filings on file.
Source: Captured FMCSA record · Captured FMCSA record · as of Oct 9, 2026
- CHECKS OUTBBB rating A+ (accredited)
BBB profile on file.
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 · as of Sep 3, 2026
Changes on the public record
Changes observed in this company's federal and state records during the last 90 days. Each entry shows when the change was observed.
- Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMNew operating authority on record: MC467396 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active.
- Aug 20, 2026INFOFleet on record now 6 power unit(s), 10 driver(s). (0 units / 10 drivers → 6 units / 10 drivers)
What kind of company is this?
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.
The captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods authority. Confirm its current status and the operating carrier before booking.
How long this company’s website has existed, from Internet Archive records. Very new websites are a common scam signal.
Fleet size reported in federal filings.
What we checked
- Federal operating authority (FMCSA)Active federal authority: carrier. Observed Oct 9, 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 authorityThe captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods carrier authority. Observed Oct 9, 2026. Confirm the actual operating carrier and any separate operating restrictions for your move.
- State household-goods licenceNot checked for this profile.
- Federal BIPD insurance filing (dated record)On-file BIPD amount ($750,000) met or exceeded the recorded requirement ($750,000). Cargo coverage is a separate question. As observed Oct 9, 2026; confirm current coverage before booking.
- Address and operating-location evidenceProperty 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 9, 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 9, 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. - 6
- 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. - 10
- Insurance status
- —
- Safety rating
- —
- 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: 2015-04-16 Non-Ratable Review; 2013-01-17 Non-Ratable Review
- Physical address
- 7469 SOUTH AVE SUITE 1, BOARDMAN, OH 44512
- Operating authority dockets
- ActiveMC467396Motor 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.
Reviews and complaints — every platform we check
Listings are matched using company names, addresses, phone numbers and websites. Reviews belong to the business or location shown.
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
Listing matched to this business.
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
AccreditedListing matched to this business.
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
Source checked Sep 3, 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.
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The full verification report
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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.
Incomplete: State mover licence, BBB complaints and reviews in full, Phone, address and identifier search, Follow-up on unresolved leads not yet checked; State business entity register unresolved.
| Source | Status | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company identity | Checked — record readFederal registration USDOT 1154917 corroborated (known_dot_corroborated). | — | — |
| Company website | Checked — record read2 page(s) of the company website read. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS) | Checked — record readSAFER and MOTUS records read for the verified USDOT. | Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| FMCSA complaint history | Checked — record readProtect Your Move complaint history read. | Oct 9, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA safety record (SMS) | Checked — record readSMS inspections, crashes and enforcement cases read. | Oct 9, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA insurance filings | Not available when checkedFMCSA Licensing & Insurance filing history (cancellations and replacements) was not available when checked. MOTUS shows current coverage on file: 2 filing(s) for MC467396; BIPD $750,000 on file of $750,000. | Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| State business entity register | Last checked more than 30 days agoSecretary of State entity record: last read on 2026-08-23, more than 30 days ago; a fresh read is required before this lane counts as covered. | Aug 23, 2026 | — |
| State mover licence | Not yet checkedState mover licensing was not checked. | — | — |
| Not available when checkedgoogle: Google Maps returned a page with no business name. Google ratings are read through Google’s licensed Places API, which is not yet connected.. | Sep 3, 2026 | — | |
| Yelp | Checked — record readyelp: listing identity confirmed by phone. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source |
| BBB | Checked — record readbbb: listing identity confirmed by phone, website. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source |
| BBB complaints and reviews in full | Not yet checkedThe BBB complaint and review corpus was not retrieved in full. | — | — |
| Trustpilot | Checked — no match in the recorded scopetrustpilot: bounded search found no matching listing; this is not proof none exists. | Sep 3, 2026 | — |
| Phone, address and identifier search | Not yet checkedPhones, addresses, domain and registration numbers were not searched independently of the company name. | — | — |
| Related entities | Checked — record readLinkage computed over the acquired listings. | — | — |
| Follow-up on unresolved leads | Not yet checkedUnresolved leads were not followed up. | — | — |
Ledger evaluated Oct 9, 2026.
Information NMB could not verify
- • Certificate transparency source unavailable — latest recorded lookup could not be completed (research gap, not a company finding)
Report assembled Oct 9, 2026. First published Sep 3, 2026. This report pulls from 200 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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