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Southbay Moving Systems

FMCSA registrant: SOUTH BAY MOVING SYSTEMS INC

USDOT 2967929 · FMCSA SAFER · observed

Salinas, CAUSDOT 2967929MC 1213784(866) 462-3443
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Problems found

1 consumer complaint filed with FMCSA in the last four years

1 problem · report assembled Oct 9, 2026

What we found

Report assembled Oct 9, 2026 · Source observations are dated below
  1. PROBLEM
    1 consumer complaint filed with FMCSA in the last four years

    FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database (via the Protect Your Move registry) — by year: 2025: 1 (registry data as of 09/25/2026). Categories: Estimates/Final Charges 1, Pickup and Delivery 1, Deceptive Business Practices 1. Separately, the registry reports a fleet snapshot of 8 trucks, 4 tractors, 12 trailers; this does not measure moves completed during the complaint period.

    Some of these complaints were filed under "deceptive business practices".

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

  2. NOTE
    FMCSA's mover registry and captured registration disagree on household-goods carrier or broker authority

    Protect Your Move (registry data as of 09/25/2026): "SOUTHBAY MOVING SYSTEMS (U.S. DOT# 2967929) 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 (MC1213784 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active; MC1213784 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) — Inactive).

    Check the dated FMCSA records before relying on this authority category.

    Source: FMCSA Protect Your Move · MOTUS · SAFER snapshot · as of Oct 9, 2026

  3. ON RECORD
    Also listed as “Aijeleth Consulting” in Lake Elsinore, CA

    BBB: “Aijeleth Consulting” — BBB rating A+, not accredited, started 2009-01-01. Linked by: BBB: phone (866) 462-3443 on both records.

    Source: BBB profile — Aijeleth Consulting · as of Oct 9, 2026

  4. ON RECORD
    BBB rating NR — not accredited

    BBB grades this business NR. BBB complaints: 1 complaint in the last 3 years (1 closed in the last 12 months); types: Delivery Issues 1; status: 1 resolved. Source observations: accreditation 2026-10-09T05:23:16.694Z; complaint count 2026-10-09T05:23:16.694Z; rating and review count 2026-10-09T05:23:16.694Z.

    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

  5. ON RECORD
    California Secretary of State bizfile Online could not be checked in this report

    The register could not be read. Business registration is not a mover licence. The official register's search interface did not load, so the supplied legal names and DBA name could not be searched separately. No result list, pagination controls, entity records, statuses, entity IDs, entity types, dates, agents, officers, addresses, source dates, or record URLs could be confirmed. Because the search was not performed, an empty matches array does not mean that the official register contains no matching entities. The register search was blocked: The official California Secretary of State bizfile Online business search was blocked before the search interface loaded by an Incapsula security challenge (Request unsuccessful; Incapsula incident ID 1024000100761490501-461433870256964277) at https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business. No search could be submitted and no results or record pages could be read.

  6. ON RECORD
    1 other business listed at this street address

    “California Movers” (web page). This is operating-location context: a multi-tenant building or suite shared with unrelated businesses.

    A shared street address alone does not indicate any corporate relationship; suite numbers and tenancy were not compared.

    Source: California Movers · as of Oct 9, 2026

  7. ON RECORD
    Follow-up: a page first read as another business lists this company itself

    The permitted BBB profile verifies that Aijeleth Consulting lists 866-462-3443 as an additional phone number and records the business as started on 2009-01-01, but it does not establish a relationship with Southbay Moving Systems.

    The permitted page does not verify Southbay Moving Systems' use of the number, any state-register or FMCSA filing, shared people, addresses, websites, or consumer statements about succession or rebranding; the BBB also says it does not verify information provided by third parties.

    Source: Aijeleth Consulting | BBB Business Profile · as of Oct 9, 2026

  8. ON RECORD
    Every exposed BBB review and complaint record was read: 0 reviews, 1 public complaints

    BBB exposes no reviews. Public complaints 2025-10-22 to 2025-10-22 (BBB status counts: 1 resolved; “answered” is not “resolved”). 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

  9. CHECKS OUT
    Active federal household-goods authority (MC-1213784)

    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

Related listings and locations

The relationship is stated separately for each listing. A shared brand or website alone does not verify an agency relationship. Another location's reviews, fleet, authority and adverse records do not automatically apply to this company.

  • Aijeleth ConsultingLake Elsinore, CAON RECORDlink strength: strongLinked operator record
    How we linked them: BBB: phone (866) 462-3443 on both records

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 3, 2026MEDIUMOperating authority changed: AUTHORIZED FOR: (Motor Carrier of Household Goods). (AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Household Goods; Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) → AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Household Goods)
  • Oct 3, 2026CRITICALMC1213784 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Active → Inactive.
  • Oct 2, 2026MEDIUMOperating authority changed: AUTHORIZED FOR: (Motor Carrier of Household Goods; Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)). (AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Household Goods → AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Household Goods; Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods))
  • Oct 2, 2026RESTOREDMC1213784 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Inactive → Active.
  • Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMOperating authority changed: AUTHORIZED FOR: (Motor Carrier of Household Goods). (AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods); Motor Carrier of Household Goods → AUTHORIZED FOR: Motor Carrier of Household Goods)
  • Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMNew operating authority on record: MC1213784 Motor Carrier of Household Goods — Active.
  • Oct 1, 2026MEDIUMNew operating authority on record: MC1213784 Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) — Inactive.

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.

7 trucks on file

Fleet size reported in federal filings.

What we checked

2 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
    We could not complete the California Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS) lookup (checked Oct 9, 2026). This is a gap in our check, not a finding about the company.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

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 “Aijeleth Consulting”, which shares its phone number its website dials (866) 462-3443?Partially resolved

    Prompted by: https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/lake-elsinore/profile/web-design/aijeleth-consulting-1126-100092515 · checked Oct 9, 2026

    The permitted BBB profile verifies that Aijeleth Consulting lists 866-462-3443 as an additional phone number and records the business as started on 2009-01-01, but it does not establish a relationship with Southbay Moving Systems.

    The permitted page does not verify Southbay Moving Systems' use of the number, any state-register or FMCSA filing, shared people, addresses, websites, or consumer statements about succession or rebranding; the BBB also says it does not verify information provided by third parties.

    • Observed fact: Aijeleth Consulting | BBB Business Profile · retrieved Oct 9, 2026“Business Started:1/1/2009 Business Started Locally:1/1/2009 ### Additional Contact Information Additional Phone NumbersOther Phone: [(951) 226-8351](tel:+1-951-226-8351)Other Phone: [(866) 462-3443](tel:+1-866-462-3443)”

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.
7
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.
12
Insurance status
—
Safety rating
—
DOT complaints (FMCSA)
1 consumer complaint on fileBy year: 2025: 1 · registry data as of Sep 25, 2026 · FMCSA complaint historyEstimates/Final Charges (1)Pickup and Delivery (1)Deceptive Business Practices (1)
FMCSA enforcement & investigations
No enforcement cases (six years) · SMS record
Physical address
220 GRIFFIN ST, SALINAS, CA 93901
Operating authority dockets
ActiveMC1213784Motor Carrier of Household Goods
InactiveMC1213784Motor Carrier of Property (Except 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. We tried to read California Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS) on Oct 9, 2026.

We could not complete the California Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS) lookup (last attempt Oct 9, 2026). This is a gap in our check, not a finding about the company.

State business entity record

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

California Secretary of State bizfile Online was not available when checked on Oct 9, 2026. Registration status is unverified.
  • Limitation: Business registration is not a mover licence.
  • Limitation: The official register's search interface did not load, so the supplied legal names and DBA name could not be searched separately.
  • Limitation: No result list, pagination controls, entity records, statuses, entity IDs, entity types, dates, agents, officers, addresses, source dates, or record URLs could be confirmed.
  • Limitation: Because the search was not performed, an empty matches array does not mean that the official register contains no matching entities.
  • Limitation: The register search was blocked: The official California Secretary of State bizfile Online business search was blocked before the search interface loaded by an Incapsula security challenge (Request unsuccessful; Incapsula incident ID 1024000100761490501-461433870256964277) at https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business. No search could be submitted and no results or record pages could 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
4.8/5
★★★★★
review count not shown when checked

Listing matched to this business.

View on Googlematched by website

Source checked Oct 9, 2026

Yelp
—
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 Oct 9, 2026

BBBNot accredited
NR BBB grade
0 platform-reported reviews · 1 complaint (3 yrs), 1 in 12 mo
Complaints: Delivery Issues 1 · 1 resolved

Listing matched to this business.

View on BBBmatched by website + 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
Could not read
The source was not available at the recorded check time.

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 Southbay Moving Systems? — 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 (FMCSA MOTUS carrier record)
Every review profile we found
2 review profiles
Every contact channel on file
8 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 211 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: FMCSA insurance filings not yet checked.

SourceStatusDateLink
Company identityChecked — record readFederal registration USDOT 2967929 corroborated (displayed_dot_corroborated).——
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 yet checkedLicensing & Insurance filing history was not read.——
State business entity registerNot available when checkedCalifornia Secretary of State bizfile Online: blocked.Oct 9, 2026—
State mover licenceNot available when checkedCalifornia Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS): the source was unavailable.Oct 9, 2026View source
GoogleChecked — record readgoogle: listing identity confirmed by website.Oct 9, 2026View source
YelpNot 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.Oct 9, 2026View source
BBBChecked — record readbbb: listing identity confirmed by website, address.Oct 9, 2026View source
BBB complaints and reviews in fullChecked — record readEvery exposed BBB page retained: 0/0 reviews, 1/1 public complaints.Oct 9, 2026View source
TrustpilotNot available when checkedtrustpilot: Trustpilot was not available when checked..Oct 9, 2026—
Phone, address and identifier searchChecked — record read6 identifier search(es) without the company name; 52 lead(s), 8 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; 2 concerned a page that is not a separate business; 1 remains 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 211 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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