Elmer's Moving
FMCSA registrant: ELMERS MOVING LLC
USDOT 2986520 · FMCSA SAFER · observed
Says “licensed” / “CAL-T licensed” — prints no licence number
What we found
Report assembled Oct 16, 2026 · Source observations are dated below- PROBLEMSays “licensed” / “CAL-T licensed” — prints no licence number
“in-house crews. Transparent hourly rates. Binding long-distance estimates. 5.0 on Google Licensed & Bonded Same-day Call or text (619) 567-5”. No USDOT, MC or state licence number appears anywhere in the site text we read.
A licence claim with no number is unverifiable.
Source: company website · as of Sep 3, 2026
- NOTEFMCSA's mover registry and captured registration disagree on household-goods carrier or broker authority
Protect Your Move (registry data as of 09/25/2026): "ELMERS MOVING LLC (U.S. DOT# 2986520) is NOT authorized by FMCSA to transport or arrange the transportation of Household Goods.". Captured SAFER/MOTUS record: household-goods carrier or broker authority active (MC1432659 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active).
Check the dated FMCSA records before relying on this authority category.
Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move · MOTUS · SAFER snapshot · as of Oct 16, 2026
- ON RECORDNo consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four years
FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database shows no complaints against USDOT 2986520 in the last four years (registry data as of 09/25/2026).
Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move — complaint history · as of Oct 16, 2026
- CHECKS OUTActive federal household-goods authority (MC-1432659)
FMCSA: ACTIVE; authorized for Motor Carrier of Household Goods; insurance filings on file.
Source: Captured FMCSA record · Captured FMCSA record · as of Oct 16, 2026
- CHECKS OUTBBB rating A+ (not 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: MC1432659 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active.
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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2026; confirm current coverage before booking.
- Cancelled or revoked insurance filings on record6 cancelled or revoked insurance filings on record with FMCSA. Review the filing dates and reasons. This history does not by itself mean the company is currently uninsured. For 2 of them FMCSA records a filing of the same coverage type in effect on the cancellation date. For 4 of them, whether coverage continued cannot be judged from the files: FMCSA’s own later record of the same filing is dated after the cancellation (BIPD cancelled 2024-11-28, later record dated 2025-05-10; CARGO cancelled 2024-11-28, later record dated 2025-07-27); FMCSA’s active/pending file, frozen 2026-05-14 like the history file, still lists the same filing as active (CARGO cancelled 2025-10-26, listed as active, posted 2026-02-05; BIPD cancelled 2025-07-27, listed as active, posted 2026-02-05). FMCSA’s files hold 13 filing records for these 6 filings; 4 later records on filings that had already ended and 3 replacement records dated the filing’s own effective date are listed but not counted. FMCSA’s authority history also records 1 involuntary revocation action (served 2024-04-15, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2024-05-15), 1 revocation or suspension order (INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION, served 2025-09-29, effective 2025-11-03) and 1 authority action with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition (GRANTED served 2022-07-07, disposition REVOKED decided 2025-11-03). FMCSA's open data shows this USDOT's filing history only up to 2026-05-14: the legacy L&I files stopped updating that day, and the MOTUS files, which hold later changes, list no record for this USDOT. A filing change after 2026-05-14 was not available when checked.
- 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 16, 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 16, 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. - 1
- 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. - 3
- 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)
- 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 record
- Physical address
- 4401 TWAIN AVE # 1, SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
- Operating authority dockets
- ActiveMC1432659Motor 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.
Listing matched to this business.
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
Source checked Sep 3, 2026
Not 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.
| Source | Status | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company identity | Checked — record readFederal registration USDOT 2986520 corroborated (a USDOT number recorded for this business, re-matched by phone or email). | — | — |
| Company website | Checked — record read6 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 16, 2026 | — |
| FMCSA complaint history | Checked — record readProtect Your Move complaint history read. | Oct 16, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA safety record (SMS) | Checked — record readSMS inspections, crashes and enforcement cases read. | Oct 16, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA insurance filings | Not available when checkedFMCSA Licensing & Insurance open data (data.transportation.gov), read 2026-10-16 for USDOT 2986520 (MC1432659); the legacy L&I files are frozen at 2026-05-14 and the MOTUS files are as of 2026-10-15 (no MOTUS file holds a record for this USDOT): 6 insurance filings from 13 filing records (6 cancelled); of the 6 cancelled filings, 2 had a filing of the same coverage in effect on the cancellation date and 4 cannot be judged from these files; 4 later termination records on filings that had already ended, not counted again; 3 replacement records dated the filing's own effective date, not counted as an end; 0 filings listed as active or pending in the MOTUS insurance file and 2 only in the frozen L&I active/pending file; 2 authority actions, including 1 involuntary revocation action (1 discontinued); 1 action with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition; 1 revocation or suspension order. FMCSA's open data shows this USDOT's filing history only up to 2026-05-14: the legacy L&I files stopped updating that day, and the MOTUS files, which hold later changes, list no record for this USDOT. A filing change after 2026-05-14 was not available when checked. MOTUS lists dated filing records: 8 filing(s) for MC1432659; BIPD $750,000 on file of $750,000. These records do not by themselves confirm current coverage. | Oct 16, 2026 | View source |
| State business entity register | Last checked more than 30 days agoSecretary of State entity record: last read on 2026-08-12, more than 30 days ago; a fresh read is required before this lane counts as covered. | Aug 12, 2026 | View source |
| State mover licence | Not yet checkedState mover licensing was not checked. | — | — |
| Not available when checkedgoogle: listing identity confirmed by phone, website, but this run did not show its review count. | Sep 3, 2026 | View source | |
| Yelp | Checked — no match in the recorded scopeyelp: bounded search found no matching listing; this is not proof none exists. | 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 16, 2026.
Report assembled Oct 16, 2026. First published Sep 3, 2026. This report pulls from 272 pieces of information across federal, state, review, and identity sources. Check each source's date for when its information was observed.
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