Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County with a population of about 176,124. 10 registered motor carriers with a moving-related name is based at a physical address in Elk Grove itself. Below is the register as it stands, with the numbers you can check yourself.
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Elk Grove is the second-largest city in Sacramento County by population, spread across the flat agricultural ground south of the capital between Highway 99 and Interstate 5.
Elk Grove grew explosively through the 1990s and 2000s, so large multi-phase subdivisions with two-story homes dominate, alongside the much older stock around historic Old Town and the winery and vineyard pockets that gave the area its Gold Rush-era character.
Elk Grove's identity sits in Old Town on the old Monterey Trail, surrounded by the wineries and vineyards that predate the subdivisions - and the Cosumnes River marks its southern edge.
Main roads to know: State Route 99, Interstate 5, U.S. Route 50, Cosumnes River.
Historical note: Old Town Elk Grove was a Gold Rush crossroads on the Monterey Trail, and the city library was the first free public library branch in California.
| Company (as registered) | USDOT | Phone on file | Trucks | Drivers | MCS-150 filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Transfer 8561 Excelsior Rd |
1331255 | (916) 296-2976 | 15 | 15 | 2026 |
| 916 Fast Moving 10287 Gardini Ct |
3830199 | (916) 272-5804 | 2 | 3 | 2026 |
| Sunny Movers & Storage 9130 Nolan St #2000 |
2611302 | (916) 716-8830 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Slaughter Movement Ca 9995 Kapalua Ln |
3729750 | (219) 588-5178 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| A Moving Team 9942 Night Heron Wy |
2695078 | (916) 714-0798 | 1 | 1 | no MCS-150 date on file |
| A Simple Way To Move 7104 Kilconnell Dr |
2721084 | (916) 218-9540 | 1 | 3 | 2026 |
| Best Transfer Services 4308 Salonika Ct |
4036122 | (907) 351-2390 | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Castex Relocation Solutions 4801 Laguna Blvd #105-298 4801 Lagina Blvd #105-2 |
2974112 | (916) 430-7320 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
US DOT numbers, fleet counts, driver counts and the MCS-150 filing year are taken from the FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (datahub.transportation.gov, dataset kjg3-diqy). The MCS-150 is the form a carrier must keep current: a stale year means the record itself is out of date, not necessarily that the company stopped trading. Fleet and driver counts are self-reported.
10 motor carriers with a moving-related name is registered at a physical address in Elk Grove itself, and the wider Sacramento County register holds more. The table above lists the companies closest to Elk Grove first, then the largest registered carriers in Sacramento County.
Every company listed has a USDOT number and a physical address on file with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is the federal register of motor carriers. Companies moving household goods for hire inside California also need a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission, so ask for both numbers and check the permit before you sign: a USDOT number alone does not tell you whether household-goods authority is active.
It is the last time the carrier filed its MCS-150 registration form with the FMCSA. A recent year means the record is current; a year five or more back usually means the company is no longer keeping its registration up to date. Treat it as a hygiene signal and nothing more.
A carrier owns trucks and crew and moves your goods. A broker sells the job on to a carrier and may never touch your furniture. Both are legal, but the paperwork differs: with a broker you want the name of the actual carrier in writing before the truck arrives. If a quote comes from a website with no trucks in the register above, assume you are speaking to a broker.
Ask every company for the same five numbers: hourly rate and crew size, minimum hours, travel or fuel charge, valuation or insurance cover, and the deposit. A quote that is silent on one of those is not cheaper, it is just less complete. Get the crew size in writing, because two movers and four movers at the same hourly rate are very different final bills.
Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable for a weekday. The last weekend of the month in summer is the busiest window of the year in the Sacramento region, so book three to four weeks out if your date is tied to a closing or a lease.
The same three things that decide any Elk Grove job: stairs and carry distance, where a truck can stand legally for the length of the load, and the access roads. Streets that matter most here are State Route 99, Interstate 5, U.S. Route 50.
Quote requests go to a licensed moving partner. We do not sell your details on.