Sacramento is the state capital city in Sacramento County with a population of about 524,943. 65 registered motor carriers with a moving-related name is based at a physical address in Sacramento itself. Below is the register as it stands, with the numbers you can check yourself.
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Sacramento is the state capital, built at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, and it is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California.
Sacramento is not one market but dozens of neighbourhoods, each with its own housing type: Victorian-era and early 20th-century homes in Alkali Flat, Boulevard Park and Mansion Flats; 1920s bungalows in East Sacramento, Land Park and Curtis Park; mid-rise apartments and condominiums in Midtown and downtown; and suburban tracts in the Pocket, Natomas and North Sacramento.
Sacramento's neighbourhoods decide the move: Victorian-era blocks in Alkali Flat and Boulevard Park, 1920s bungalows in East Sacramento and Land Park, mid-rise apartments in Midtown, and suburban tracts in the Pocket and North Sacramento.
Main roads to know: Interstate 5, Interstate 80, U.S. Route 50, Business 80, State Route 99.
Historical note: the city grew from the Gold Rush and became the permanent state capital, and its street grid still carries the neighbourhood names from that era.
| Company (as registered) | USDOT | Phone on file | Trucks | Drivers | MCS-150 filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Van & Storage 6001 88Th St |
2973 | (916) 381-1372 | 31 | 23 | 2025 |
| Sierra Valley Moving & Storage 5071 Kelton Way |
786470 | (916) 649-3400 | 11 | 14 | 2025 |
| Sierra Valley Moving & Storage, 5071 Kelton Way |
5921390 | (916) 649-3400 | 11 | 24 | no MCS-150 date on file |
| Sartain Moving 8628 Oldwoods Way |
3741383 | (916) 470-1458 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| California Moving Systems 3801 Happy Lane |
917138 | (916) 362-1515 | 4 | 8 | 2025 |
| Quick Shift Moving 8178 Belvedere Ave |
4322479 | (888) 988-1976 | 4 | 4 | 2026 |
| Cdk Relocation Services 4200 82Nd St |
3412497 | (916) 706-1631 | 3 | 3 | 2021 |
| Moore Van & Storage Of Sacramento 8267 Alpine Ave |
2728643 | (916) 453-1102 | 3 | 1 | no MCS-150 date on file |
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 The MCS-150 is the form a carrier must keep current: a stale year means the record itself is out of date, not necessarily that the company stopped trading.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.
65 motor carriers with a moving-related name is registered at a physical address in Sacramento itself, and the wider Sacramento County register holds more. The table above lists the companies closest to Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Interstate 5, Interstate 80, U.S. Route 50.
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