Metropolitan Van & Storage
FMCSA registrant: METROPOLITAN VAN & STORAGE INC
USDOT 222569 · FMCSA SAFER · observed
Not verified: state mover licence status; Google review records; Yelp review records; BBB review and complaint records; Trustpilot review records. Verified findings: Active federal household-goods authority (MC-138536) · BBB rating A+ (accredited) — Fairfield profile · BBB rating A+ (accredited) — W Sacramento profile
What we found
Report assembled Oct 13, 2026 · Source observations are dated below- 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): "METROPOLITAN VAN & STORAGE, INC. (U.S. DOT# 222569) 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 (MC138536 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) — Active; MC138536 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 13, 2026
- ON RECORDNo consumer complaints filed with FMCSA in the last four years
FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database shows no complaints against USDOT 222569 in the last four years (registry data as of 09/25/2026).
Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move — complaint history · as of Oct 13, 2026
- CHECKS OUTActive federal household-goods authority (MC-138536)
FMCSA: ACTIVE; authorized for Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods); Motor Carrier of Household Goods; insurance filings on file.
Source: Captured FMCSA record · Captured FMCSA record · as of Oct 13, 2026
- CHECKS OUTBBB rating A+ (accredited) — Fairfield profile
BBB complaints: types: Sales and Advertising Issues 1; status: 1 answered.
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
- CHECKS OUTBBB rating A+ (accredited) — W Sacramento profile
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: MC138536 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) — Active.
- Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMNew operating authority on record: MC138536 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.
Fleet size reported in federal filings.
What we checked
- Federal operating authority (FMCSA)Active federal authority: carrier. Observed Oct 13, 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 13, 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 ($1,000,000) met or exceeded the recorded requirement ($750,000). Cargo coverage is a separate question. As observed Oct 13, 2026; confirm current coverage before booking.
- Cancelled or revoked insurance filings on record8 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. In each case FMCSA records a filing of the same coverage type in effect on the cancellation date. FMCSA’s files hold 16 filing records for these 14 filings; 1 later record on filings that had already ended and 1 replacement record dated the filing’s own effective date are listed but not counted. FMCSA’s authority history also records 4 involuntary revocation actions (served 2001-08-23, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2001-08-30; served 2000-07-24, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 2000-08-03; served 1999-09-15, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION decided 1999-09-28; served 1994-12-07, disposition DISCONTINUED REVOCATION), 1 revocation or suspension order (INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION, served 2005-11-07, effective 2005-12-12), 3 authority actions with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition (GRANTED served 1987-10-08, disposition REVOKED decided 2005-12-12; GRANTED served 1981-08-06, disposition REVOKED decided 2005-12-12; GRANTED served 1978-01-11, disposition REVOKED decided 2005-12-12) and 1 reinstatement (served 2005-12-14).
- 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 13, 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 13, 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. - 12
- 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. - 18
- 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 record
- Physical address
- 2250 SOUTH WATNEY WAY, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533
- Operating authority dockets
- ActiveMC138536Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)ActiveMC138536Motor 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
Possible business match. Confirm the listing before relying on its rating.
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.
Moved with Metropolitan Van & 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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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 222569 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 13, 2026 | — |
| FMCSA complaint history | Checked — record readProtect Your Move complaint history read. | Oct 13, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA safety record (SMS) | Checked — record readSMS inspections, crashes and enforcement cases read. | Oct 13, 2026 | View source |
| FMCSA insurance filings | Checked — record readFMCSA Licensing & Insurance open data (data.transportation.gov), read 2026-10-13 for USDOT 222569 (MC138536); the legacy L&I files are frozen at 2026-05-14 and the MOTUS files are as of 2026-10-12: 14 insurance filings from 16 filing records (6 replaced, 8 cancelled); of the 8 cancelled filings, 8 had a filing of the same coverage in effect on the cancellation date; 1 later termination record on filings that had already ended, not counted again; 1 replacement record dated the filing's own effective date, not counted as an end; 2 filings listed as active or pending in the MOTUS insurance file; 11 authority actions, including 4 involuntary revocation actions (4 discontinued); 3 actions with a revocation, suspension or out-of-service disposition; 1 revocation or suspension order. | Oct 13, 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 | 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 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 13, 2026.
Report assembled Oct 13, 2026. First published Sep 3, 2026. This report pulls from 289 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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