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E.E. Ward Moving Company and Storage
Grove City, OHUSDOT 1222904MC 612134(614) 401-6796
NMB Verification
No State household-goods mover registry record found for this business
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.
1 concern to verify · report assembled Oct 11, 2026
What we found
Report assembled Oct 11, 2026 · Source observations are dated below- COULD NOT VERIFYNo State household-goods mover registry record found for this business
We searched State household-goods mover registry on 09/02/2026 and found no certificate under this name.
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.
- ON RECORDIdentified by its own website
We read 6 pages of eeward.com. The site prints phone (614) 401-6796 and address 3035 Horseshoe Lane Suite J, Charlotte, NC 28208 and describes its own moving services, advertises local moves, advertises long-distance moves, advertises interstate moves, states it is licensed and bonded, prints a USDOT or MC number. It prints USDOT 070851, 1222904, which we could not confirm as its own registration — see the identity finding below. Our federal registry search did not complete this run, so no registration is claimed either way.
Local moves within OH do not need federal operating authority; the state licence line on this page says what the state register shows.
Source: company website · as of Sep 3, 2026
- CHECKS OUTBBB rating A+ (accredited)
BBB complaints: types: Order Issues 1; status: 1 resolved.
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: MC612134 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) — Active.
- Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMNew operating authority on record: MC612134 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active.
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.
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.
Interstate HHG carrier authority
The captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods authority. Confirm its current status and the operating carrier before booking.
13+ years online
How long this company’s website has existed, from Internet Archive records. Very new websites are a common scam signal.
20 trucks on file
Fleet size reported in federal filings.
What we checked
2 passed1 caution
- Federal operating authority (FMCSA)Active federal authority: carrier. Observed Sep 5, 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 Sep 5, 2026. Confirm the actual operating carrier and any separate operating restrictions for your move.
- State household-goods licenceWe searched State household-goods mover registry (checked Sep 2, 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 insurance statusWe 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 sourcesGoogle has an unknown number of reviews and BBB has only 8 reviews, too few to compare with BBB's 8; star ratings differ by 0.1 stars.
- 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.
Serious concerns and company connections
Read these findings before booking or paying a deposit. Key evidence and the action to take are shown below.
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 Sep 5, 2026
- Carrier operation
What 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 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 Sep 5, 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. - 20
- 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. - 20
- Insurance status
- —
- Safety rating
What does this mean?
FMCSA only assigns a safety rating after conducting a Compliance Review (a formal on-site audit). Most carriers have never been audited. About 90% of registered carriers carry no rating. "Not rated" is normal; it does not mean the carrier failed an audit or is unsafe. It only means an audit has not happened. - Not rated
- DOT complaints (FMCSA)
- We could not verify complaints for this companyNo complaint data is available on the source page. This is not a clean record — it is an unknown one. Check FMCSA's mover search yourself before you book.
- Physical address
- 2235 SOUTHWEST BLVD STE A, GROVE CITY, OH 43123
- Operating authority dockets
- ActiveMC612134Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)ActiveMC612134Motor 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 2, 2026.
We searched State household-goods mover registry on Sep 2, 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.
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.
4.9/5
★★★★★
review count not shown when checked
Listing matched to this business.
View on Googlematched by website
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
—
review count not shown when checked
Possible business match. Confirm the listing before relying on its rating.
Possible listing on Yelppossible match — verify
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
AccreditedA+ BBB grade · 5/5
★★★★★
8 platform-reported reviews
Complaints: Order Issues 1 · 1 resolved
Listing matched to this business.
View on BBBmatched by phone + website
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
No verified matching listing
No matching listing verified in the sources checked.
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.
Moved with E.E. Ward Moving Company and Storage? — 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
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
Their claims vs. what we verified
1 website claim compared with the records we read
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
3 review profiles, including 1 under different contact details than the federal registration
Every contact channel on file
15 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 389 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.
Incomplete: BBB complaints and reviews in full, Phone, address and identifier search, Follow-up on unresolved leads not yet checked; FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS), State business entity register, State mover licence unresolved.
| Source | Status | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company identity | Checked — record readIdentified by its own moving-company website; no federal registration resolved. | — | — |
| Company website | Checked — record read6 page(s) of the company website read. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS) | Check did not complete1 federal lookup(s) errored; absence cannot be concluded. | — | — |
| FMCSA complaint history | Not applicableNo federal registration resolved for this business; FMCSA complaint, safety and insurance records apply to registered carriers. | — | — |
| FMCSA safety record (SMS) | Not applicableNo federal registration resolved for this business; FMCSA complaint, safety and insurance records apply to registered carriers. | — | — |
| FMCSA insurance filings | Not applicableNo federal registration resolved for this business; FMCSA complaint, safety and insurance records apply to registered carriers. | — | — |
| State business entity register | Last checked more than 30 days agoSecretary of State entity record: last read on 2026-09-02, more than 30 days ago; a fresh read is required before this lane counts as covered. | Sep 2, 2026 | — |
| State mover licence | Last checked more than 30 days agoState household-goods mover registry: last checked on 2026-09-02, more than 30 days ago; a fresh check is required before this lane counts as covered. | Sep 2, 2026 | — |
| Not available when checkedgoogle: listing identity confirmed by website, but this run did not show its review count. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source | |
| Yelp | Not available when checkedyelp: a same-name listing in the same city was found, but Yelp pages cannot be read, so its phone/website/address anchors could not be confirmed; its metrics are not attributed. | 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 11, 2026.
Information NMB could not verify
- • Certificate transparency source unavailable — latest recorded lookup could not be completed (research gap, not a company finding)
How current is this report?
Report assembled Oct 11, 2026. First published Sep 3, 2026. This report pulls from 389 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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