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Lend a Hand Movers

Hattiesburg, MSUSDOT 2994324MC MC-900105-B(601) 307-6980
NMB Verification
Problems found

Says “licensed and insured” — prints no licence number

1 problem · report assembled Oct 9, 2026

What we found

Report assembled Oct 9, 2026 · Source observations are dated below
  1. PROBLEM
    Says “licensed and insured” — prints no licence number

    “Our fully licensed and insured team is dedicated to making your move smooth, stress-free, and efficient — all starting at affordable rates f”. 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 Oct 9, 2026

  2. ON RECORD
    Identified by its own website — no USDOT number displayed

    We read 4 pages of lendahandmovers.com. The site prints phone (601) 307-6980 and describes its own moving services, advertises long-distance moves, states it is licensed and insured. No USDOT or MC number appears on it. A name search of the free federal registries (SAFER, MOTUS) returned 10 registrations; the 4 closest by name were compared with this business's phone, email, and name and city, and none matched. The other 6 were not compared.

    Local moves within MS do not need federal operating authority; the state licence line on this page says what the state register shows.

    Source: company website · as of Oct 9, 2026

  3. ON RECORD
    BBB rating NR — not accredited

    BBB grades this business NR. No BBB complaints in the last 3 years. Source observations: accreditation 2026-10-09T05:09:20.469Z; complaint count 2026-10-09T05:09:20.469Z; rating and review count 2026-10-09T05:09:20.469Z.

    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 · BBB complaints

  4. ON RECORD
    Mississippi Secretary of State Business Search could not be checked in this report

    The register could not be read. Business registration is not a mover licence. No entity record or search-result page could be read, so no matches can be confirmed. The separate search for the DBA spelling "Lend A Hand Movers" and any suffix-free variants could not be completed after the official search service blocked the first submission. Because the results were blocked, result count, pagination/completeness, entity IDs, statuses, dates, agents, officers, addresses, source record URLs, and as-of dates could not be confirmed. The register search was blocked: The official Mississippi Secretary of State Business Search page loaded, but submitting the business-name search for "Lend a Hand Movers" triggered a Cloudflare 403 security block at the register's BusinessNameSearch service (https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/Services/MS/CorpServices.asmx/BusinessNameSearch). The search results could not be read.

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

    BBB exposes no reviews. 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

What kind of company is this?

4+ years online

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

What we checked

1 caution
  • Federal operating authority (FMCSA)
    Authority not determined. 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
    We have not been able to confirm interstate household-goods carrier authority. This does not rule out separate broker authority; see the category-specific federal dockets. It does not determine eligibility for in-state moves or another operating carrier.
  • State household-goods licence
    We searched State household-goods mover registry (checked Oct 10, 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 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
    Yelp has only 3 reviews, too few to compare with Google's 209; star ratings differ by 1.2 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.

Serious concerns and company connections

Read these findings before booking or paying a deposit. Key evidence and the action to take are shown below.

Additional concern

Review the evidence

DOT/MC exists but current FMCSA evidence is missing

Full source note: Additional concern

DOT/MC exists but current FMCSA evidence is missing

Related-entity links check

Review the evidence

serious concern

Full source note: Related-entity links check

Related-entity links check: serious concern

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.
Authority not determined
Carrier operation
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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.
Not determined
Operating status
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Trucks
What does this mean?FMCSA calls these "power units", meaning trucks, tractors, and other registered moving vehicles the carrier owns or leases.
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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.
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Insurance status
—
Safety rating
—
DOT complaints (FMCSA)
We could not verify complaints for this companyThe page has been blocked by an extension; thus, specific complaint information cannot be retrieved. This is not a clean record — it is an unknown one. Check FMCSA's mover search yourself before you book.
Physical address
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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 Oct 10, 2026.

We searched State household-goods mover registry on Oct 10, 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

Mississippi Secretary of State Business Search · checked Oct 9, 2026. A business-entity registration is separate from federal moving authority and from a state mover licence.

Mississippi Secretary of State Business Search was not available when checked on Oct 9, 2026. Registration status is unverified.
  • Limitation: Business registration is not a mover licence.
  • Limitation: No entity record or search-result page could be read, so no matches can be confirmed.
  • Limitation: The separate search for the DBA spelling "Lend A Hand Movers" and any suffix-free variants could not be completed after the official search service blocked the first submission.
  • Limitation: Because the results were blocked, result count, pagination/completeness, entity IDs, statuses, dates, agents, officers, addresses, source record URLs, and as-of dates could not be confirmed.
  • Limitation: The register search was blocked: The official Mississippi Secretary of State Business Search page loaded, but submitting the business-name search for "Lend a Hand Movers" triggered a Cloudflare 403 security block at the register's BusinessNameSearch service (https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/Services/MS/CorpServices.asmx/BusinessNameSearch). The search results could not be read.

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
★★★★★
209 platform-reported reviews

Listing matched to this business.

View on Googlematched by phone + website

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

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

Listing matched to this business.

View on Yelpmatched by phone

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

BBBNot accredited
NR BBB grade
0 platform-reported reviews · 0 complaints (3 yrs), 0 in 12 mo

Listing matched to this business.

View on BBBmatched by phone + website

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
No verified matching listing
No matching listing verified in the sources checked.

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 Lend a Hand Movers? — 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
Owners, officers & related businesses
1 sourced name entry; names may refer to the same person (BBB business profile)
Every review profile we found
3 review profiles
Every contact channel on file
7 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 229 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: State mover licence not yet checked.

SourceStatusDateLink
Company identityChecked — record readIdentified by its own moving-company website; no federal registration resolved.——
Company websiteChecked — record read4 page(s) of the company website read.Oct 9, 2026View source
FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS)Checked — no match in the recorded scopeFederal registries searched by name, phone and email; no registration matched.——
FMCSA complaint historyNot 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 filingsNot applicableNo federal registration resolved for this business; FMCSA complaint, safety and insurance records apply to registered carriers.——
State business entity registerNot available when checkedMississippi Secretary of State Business Search: blocked.Oct 9, 2026—
State mover licenceNot yet checkedState mover licensing was not checked.——
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.Oct 9, 2026View source
BBB complaints and reviews in fullChecked — record readEvery exposed BBB page retained: 0/0 reviews, 0/0 public complaints.Oct 9, 2026View source
TrustpilotChecked — no match in the recorded scopetrustpilot: bounded search found no matching listing; this is not proof none exists.Oct 9, 2026View source
Phone, address and identifier searchChecked — record read4 identifier search(es) without the company name; 32 lead(s), 6 under another name.Oct 9, 2026—
Related entitiesChecked — record readOther-name leads evaluated by the linkage engine and the follow-up lane.Oct 9, 2026—
Follow-up on unresolved leadsChecked — record read2 follow-up question(s) researched; 2 concerned a page that is not a separate business; 0 remain unresolved or only partly resolved.Oct 9, 2026—

Ledger evaluated Oct 9, 2026.

How current is this report?

Report assembled Oct 9, 2026. First published Oct 12, 2026. This report pulls from 229 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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