Verified using official federal records
System Operational

Lowell’s Moving & Storage

FMCSA registrant: BRUCE LOWELL'S TRUCKING INC

USDOT 1653526 · FMCSA SAFER · observed

South Burlington, VTUSDOT 1653526MC 760170(802) 864-6900
NMB Verification
Problems found

Driver out-of-service rate 25% vs 6.67% national average

3 problems · report assembled Oct 9, 2026

What we found

Report assembled Oct 9, 2026 · Source observations are dated below
  1. PROBLEM
    Driver out-of-service rate 25% vs 6.67% national average

    1 of 4 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

  2. PROBLEM
    Only free-mail business addresses captured on the examined pages

    lowellsvermontmoving@gmail.com, 20lowellsvermontmoving@gmail.com — the examined pages did not provide a mailbox on the company's own domain (lowellsmoving.com). Other pages or mailboxes were not ruled out.

    Source: company website · as of Oct 9, 2026

  3. PROBLEM
    Another business, “Lowells Moving And Storage”, shares the phone number this company’s website actually dials, (802) 864-6900 (also printed on its site)

    A web page for “Lowells Moving And Storage” shows the phone number this company’s website actually dials, (802) 864-6900 (also printed on its site) and this company’s website domain lowellsmoving.com. Excerpt: “Rating 9.8/10(53)What is the best advice you would give to customers? · (802) 864-6900 · lowellsmoving.com · info@lowellsmoving.com.”

    A shared identifier shows a connection; it does not establish common ownership, succession or responsibility. The corporate relationship is not verified.

    The same phone number listed for two business names is a connection worth understanding before you book.

    Before booking: Ask the company what its relationship is to “Lowells Moving And Storage” and make sure the name on your contract is the company you expect.

    Source: web page — Lowells Moving And Storage · as of Oct 9, 2026

  4. NOTE
    Follow-up on a related business: partly established

    The cited Sirelo profile identifies Lowells Moving And Storage at 6 Ethan Allen Drive, South Burlington, with phone (802) 864-6900, website lowellsmoving.com, U.S. DoT license 1653526, and a description as established in 1996 and family-run, but it does not establish a separate-entity relationship, shared people, succession, or rebranding.

    The only permitted source is a Sirelo profile, not a state register or government filing; no state filing, FMCSA record, person names, or consumer statement about succession or rebranding was verified from the page. Sirelo reports the FMC license as unknown and gives no printed posting date; its license check date is 2020-11-25.

    Ask the company what its relationship is to the other business before you book.

    Source: Lowells Moving And Storage (2020-11-25) · as of Oct 9, 2026

  5. ON RECORD
    No consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four years

    FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database shows no complaints against USDOT 1653526 in the last four years (registry data as of 09/25/2026).

    Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move — complaint history · as of Oct 9, 2026

  6. ON RECORD
    FMCSA investigation on record: 1 — most recent 08/27/2020 (Non-Ratable Review)

    08/27/2020 Non-Ratable Review. No FMCSA enforcement cases in the last six years.

    Source: FMCSA SMS overview · as of Oct 9, 2026

  7. ON RECORD
    Matched to USDOT 1653526 by phone

    found by name search (motus: "BRUCE LOWELL'S TRUCKING INC"). phone 8028646900 printed on both the website and the federal record. email lowellsvermontmoving@gmail.com printed on both the website and the federal record

    Source: SAFER snapshot · company website · as of Oct 9, 2026

  8. ON RECORD
    Vermont 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. I could not confirm any matching entity, including BRUCE LOWELL'S TRUCKING INC or LOWELL'S MOVING & STORAGE, because the official register's reCAPTCHA validation blocked access to search results. I could not open record pages or verify entity IDs, types, statuses, dates, registered agent, officers, addresses, source dates, or record URLs. The supplied official URL was not a publicly searchable page in this run; the current official public search page located on the same Vermont government host was https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch. The register search was blocked: The official Vermont Business Search displayed a 'User validation required to continue' reCAPTCHA challenge after the search was submitted; no results could be read. The originally supplied /online/BusinessInquire URL also redirected to the Business Services Division login page.

  9. 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

  10. CHECKS OUT
    Active federal household-goods authority (MC-760170)

    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

  11. CHECKS OUT
    BBB rating A+ — not accredited

    BBB grades this business A+. No BBB complaints in the last 3 years. Source observations: accreditation 2026-10-09T06:31:00.236Z; complaint count 2026-10-09T06:31:00.236Z; rating and review count 2026-10-09T06:31:00.236Z.

    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

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.

Interstate HHG carrier authority

The captured FMCSA record reports interstate household-goods authority. Confirm its current status and the operating carrier before booking.

3 trucks on file

Fleet size reported in federal filings.

What we checked

3 passed
  • 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 authority
    The 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 licence
    Vermont does not license household-goods movers. Vermont’s economic regulation of motor carriers reaches passenger carriers only, so household-goods movers hold no state licence. (Source last read Aug 20, 2026.)
  • 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.
  • Review ratings compared across sources
    Yelp has only 8 reviews, too few to compare with Google's 88; star ratings differ by 0.5 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.

Concern — verify before booking

Another business, “Lowells Moving And Storage”, shares the phone number this company’s website actually dials, (802) 864-6900 (also printed on its site)

Lead — identity not established

A web page for “Lowells Moving And Storage” shows the phone number this company’s website actually dials, (802) 864-6900 (also printed on its site) and this company’s website domain lowellsmoving.com. Excerpt: “Rating 9.8/10(53)What is the best advice you would give to customers? · (802) 864-6900 · lowellsmoving.com · info@lowellsmoving.com.”

  • What this means: The same phone number listed for two business names is a connection worth understanding before you book.

A shared identifier shows a connection; it does not establish common ownership, succession or responsibility. The corporate relationship is not verified.

Before booking: Ask the company what its relationship is to “Lowells Moving And Storage” and make sure the name on your contract is the company you expect.

Company connections

Other businesses that share an identifier with this company, searched Oct 9, 2026. A shared phone, email, address or registration number is a documented fact. On its own it does not establish common ownership or a corporate relationship; that is stated separately for each entry.

  • Shared identifier — relationship not verified

    Lowells Moving And Storage

    Listed on another site · observed Oct 9, 2026

    Lowells Moving And Storage shares phone (802) 864-6900 with this company’s website call button; and shares the website domain lowellsmoving.com with this company.

    Shared identifier confirmed; corporate relationship not verified.

    View the another site listing

Follow-up on unresolved leads

Each question below was checked against further sources on Oct 9, 2026. The conclusion states only what those sources establish; what remains unverified is stated beside it.

  • What is the relationship between this company and “Lowells Moving And Storage”, which shares its phone number its website dials (802) 864-6900 and website domain lowellsmoving.com?Partially resolved

    Prompted by: https://sirelo.com/moving-companies/vermont/south-burlington/lowells-moving-and-storage/ · checked Oct 9, 2026

    The cited Sirelo profile identifies Lowells Moving And Storage at 6 Ethan Allen Drive, South Burlington, with phone (802) 864-6900, website lowellsmoving.com, U.S. DoT license 1653526, and a description as established in 1996 and family-run, but it does not establish a separate-entity relationship, shared people, succession, or rebranding.

    The only permitted source is a Sirelo profile, not a state register or government filing; no state filing, FMCSA record, person names, or consumer statement about succession or rebranding was verified from the page. Sirelo reports the FMC license as unknown and gives no printed posting date; its license check date is 2020-11-25.

    • Observed fact: Lowells Moving And Storage · dated Nov 25, 2020 · retrieved Oct 9, 2026“Established in 1996, a family-run moving company offering services in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire. 6 Ethan Allen Drive 05403South Burlington (802) 864-6900 lowellsmoving.com”

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.
3
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.
5
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: 2020-08-27 Non-Ratable Review
Physical address
6 ETHAN ALLEN DRIVE SUITE 3, SO BURLINGTON, VT 05403
Operating authority dockets
ActiveMC760170Motor 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.

Vermont does not license household-goods movers, so there is no state mover licence for this company to hold.
Vermont’s economic regulation of motor carriers reaches passenger carriers only, so household-goods movers hold no state licence.
Source: 5 V.S.A. § 1802 limits Agency of Transportation and Transportation Board jurisdiction to companies operating motor vehicles as common carriers, ferries, or an express business; § 1821 defines the first narrowly by reference to a motor bus carrying passengers. Read the source (last read Aug 20, 2026; recorded for this company Oct 9, 2026).

State business entity record

Vermont 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.

Vermont 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: I could not confirm any matching entity, including BRUCE LOWELL'S TRUCKING INC or LOWELL'S MOVING & STORAGE, because the official register's reCAPTCHA validation blocked access to search results.
  • Limitation: I could not open record pages or verify entity IDs, types, statuses, dates, registered agent, officers, addresses, source dates, or record URLs.
  • Limitation: The supplied official URL was not a publicly searchable page in this run; the current official public search page located on the same Vermont government host was https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch.
  • Limitation: The register search was blocked: The official Vermont Business Search displayed a 'User validation required to continue' reCAPTCHA challenge after the search was submitted; no results could be read. The originally supplied /online/BusinessInquire URL also redirected to the Business Services Division login page.

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
5/5
★★★★★
88 platform-reported reviews

Listing matched to this business.

View on Googlematched by website

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

Yelp
4.5/5
★★★★★
8 platform-reported reviews

Listing matched to this business.

View on Yelpmatched by phone

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

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

Listing matched to this business.

View on BBBmatched by phone + address

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 Lowell’s Moving & Storage? — you will need your bill of lading or final invoice, and a phone that can receive a code.

Work at Lowell’s Moving & Storage? Claim this profile to respond publicly to reports. Claiming is free and never changes the records on this page.

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
Federal insurance and authority filings that were read, with their dates
Names withheld on this page
The names withheld in the report, with their sources and attribution limits
Owners, officers & related businesses
3 sourced name entries; names may refer to the same person (FMCSA MOTUS carrier record, Company website)
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 267 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 13 of 15 applicable sources. Not available when checked: FMCSA insurance filings, State business entity register.

SourceStatusDateLink
Company identityChecked — record readFederal registration USDOT 1653526 corroborated (phone).——
Company websiteChecked — record read4 page(s) of the company website read.Oct 9, 2026View source
FMCSA registration (SAFER and MOTUS)Checked — record readSAFER and MOTUS records read for the verified USDOT.Oct 9, 2026—
FMCSA complaint historyChecked — record readProtect Your Move complaint history read.Oct 9, 2026View source
FMCSA safety record (SMS)Checked — record readSMS inspections, crashes and enforcement cases read.Oct 9, 2026View source
FMCSA insurance filingsNot 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 MC760170; BIPD $750,000 on file of $750,000.Oct 9, 2026—
State business entity registerNot available when checkedVermont Secretary of State Business Search: blocked.Oct 9, 2026—
State mover licenceNot applicableThis state issues no household-goods mover licence.Oct 9, 2026View source
GoogleChecked — record readgoogle: listing identity confirmed by 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, address.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 read6 identifier search(es) without the company name; 45 lead(s), 1 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 read3 follow-up question(s) researched; 3 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 267 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.

Spotted something off?