The Oldest Moving Companies in Our Database: 42 Movers with 15 or More Years of Operating History

Most moving companies do not last. Industry formation data shows new movers registering with FMCSA at a high rate every year, but a large share never complete a full season. Rebranding, revocation, and abandonment are common. A company that has operated under the same identity for 15 or more years has survived market downturns, fuel crises, labor shortages, and the persistent pressure of low-margin competition.

Trunk's database contains 42 companies with 15 or more years of verified operating history, all with active slugs and FMCSA records. The oldest, B. Von Paris and Sons of Maryland, has been operating since 1902. The group's average Google rating across the 39 companies with public ratings is 4.57 out of 5. Total NCCDB complaints across all 42 companies: 108, of which 96 belong to a single outlier. Six of the 42 are flagged to avoid. Thirty-six are not.

B. Von Paris and Sons, Inc. (Maryland): 124 years. USDOT 88613. Fleet of 31 trucks. Google 4.8 from 482 reviews. BBB: A+. 2 NCCDB complaints. Not flagged. Founded 1902, the company still operates from the Baltimore area and holds both carrier and broker authority. The longest track record of any company in this database.

Guardian Moving and Storage Co.: 75 years. No state on record. Google 1.9 from 48 reviews. Flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints, but a Google rating of 1.9 is the lowest in the entire longevity group. Age preserves the license; it does not guarantee service quality.

Beltway Movers (Virginia): 62 years. Fleet of 24 trucks. Google 4.9 from 265 reviews. Flagged. 2 NCCDB complaints. Despite the flag, its 4.9 Google rating across 265 reviews is among the highest in this group.

Town and Country Movers Inc. (Maryland): 49 years. Fleet of 64 trucks. Google 4.7 from 474 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. One of the strongest all-round records in the group: large fleet, strong ratings, no complaints, and nearly five decades of continuous operation.

Bulldog Movers, Inc. (Georgia): 43 years. Fleet of 57 trucks. Google 4.6 from 926 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. The highest Google review count of any unflagged company in this group. 43 years and 926 reviews with no FMCSA complaints is a notable record.

Victory Van Corporation (Virginia): 43 years. Fleet of 21 trucks. Google 4.2 from 128 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Eagle Van Lines Inc (Maryland): 42 years. Fleet of 72 trucks. Google 4.1 from 73 reviews. Not flagged. 2 NCCDB complaints. Largest fleet of any non-van-line company in this group.

Advance Relocation Systems (Maryland): 40 years. Fleet of 9 trucks. Google 4.9 from 421 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. A 9-truck operation with 4.9 stars and 421 reviews over 40 years is a strong signal of consistent repeat and referral business.

Lambert Transfer and Storage: 38 years. Google 4.4 from 92 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. No state or fleet data on record.

Great Scott Moving: 35 years. Google 4.6 from 68 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

ALS Van Lines (Air-Land-Sea): 32 years. Google 4.1 from 27 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Bargain Movers (Maryland): 31 years. Fleet of 6 trucks. Google 4.9 from 377 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. 6 trucks and 377 reviews at 4.9 over 31 years is a signature of an owner-operated local mover with deep community ties.

Barnes Van Lines: 31 years. Google 4.6 from 52 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

FlatRate Moving: 31 years. Google 3.8 from 53 reviews. Flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Movers USA (Maryland): 30 years. Fleet of 4 trucks. Google 4.8 from 283 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Southeast Van Lines (Georgia): 30 years. Fleet of 2 trucks. Google 4.7 from 118 reviews. Not flagged. 1 NCCDB complaint.

Great Nation Moving (Maryland): 26 years. Fleet of 14 trucks. Google 4.8 from 913 reviews. Not flagged. 3 NCCDB complaints. 913 Google reviews is the largest count of any company in this group. High volume and high rating maintained over 26 years.

International Van Lines (Florida): 26 years. Fleet of 24 trucks. No Google rating on record. Not flagged. 96 NCCDB complaints (25 in 2023, 20 in 2024, 23 in 2025, 28 in 2026). The primary outlier in this dataset. 26 years of history has not translated into a clean complaint record.

Jason Taylor Moving and Storage: 26 years. Google 4.8 from 600 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Moving Pro Inc. (California): 26 years. Fleet of 1 truck. Google 4.9 from 152 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Star Moving Solutions: 26 years. Google 5.0 from 79 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

AK Movers (Maryland): 25 years. No Google rating. Not flagged. Zero complaints.

Continental Movers (Maryland): 25 years. No Google rating. Not flagged. Zero complaints.

In and Out Movers (Maryland): 25 years. Fleet of 4 trucks. Google 4.5 from 335 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Two Men and a Truck (Alpharetta, Georgia): 25 years. Fleet of 10 trucks. Google 4.7 from 1,317 reviews. Flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. Highest Google review count in the entire group, 1,317. The flag status here reflects franchise-specific concerns rather than the broader brand.

Mark the Mover, Inc. (Georgia): 24 years. Fleet of 16 trucks. Google 4.5 from 119 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

ProAce International Moving and Storage LLC (Maryland): 24 years. Fleet of 2 trucks. Google 4.8 from 349 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Iorg Movers: 22 years. Google 4.3 from 74 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

24/7 Moving (Georgia): 21 years. Fleet of 11 trucks. Google 5.0 from 1,967 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints. The highest Google rating and the second-highest review count in the group. 1,967 reviews at 5.0 across 21 years of operation.

Aussie Moving (California): 21 years. Fleet of 2 trucks. Google 4.8 from 59 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Georgia Peach Movers (Georgia): 21 years. Fleet of 3 trucks. Google 4.9 from 207 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Metropolitan Moving and Storage (Maryland): 21 years. Google 4.6 from 94 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Mighty Movers, LLC (Virginia): 20 years. Fleet of 3 trucks. Google 4.5 from 368 reviews. Flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Oscar's Moving Company (Massachusetts): 20 years. Fleet of 10 trucks. Google 4.8 from 259 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Wolfe Moving Systems, Inc. (Maryland): 18 years. Fleet of 1 truck. Google 4.5 from 21 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Atlanta Furniture Taxi Moving Company (Georgia): 17 years. Fleet of 5 trucks. Google 4.6 from 435 reviews. Not flagged. 1 NCCDB complaint.

Jake's Moving and Storage (Maryland): 17 years. Fleet of 2 trucks. Google 4.5 from 209 reviews. Not flagged. 1 NCCDB complaint.

Sebastian Moving in Atlanta (Georgia): 17 years. Fleet of 5 trucks. Google 4.9 from 596 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Atlanta Moving Solutions: 16 years. Google 4.9 from 754 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

BB and D Moving Services: 16 years. Google 4.6 from 96 reviews. Flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Dan's Van Lines: 16 years. Google 4.9 from 358 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Charm City Movers (Maryland): 15 years. Fleet of 3 trucks. Google 4.3 from 141 reviews. Not flagged. Zero NCCDB complaints.

Examining the top of the longevity list reveals a few consistent patterns.

Fleet size tends to be modest but real. B. Von Paris and Sons runs 31 trucks after 124 years. Town and Country Movers runs 64 trucks after 49 years. Eagle Van Lines runs 72 after 42 years. These are not micro-operations, but they are not sprawling van line networks either. The median fleet size among the 27 companies with fleet data is 8 trucks. Owner-operated or tightly managed, not franchised.

Geographic concentration in the Mid-Atlantic. Maryland and Virginia dominate the longevity list. Of the 42 companies, 16 list Maryland as their state of record, 3 list Virginia, and 7 list Georgia. The Mid-Atlantic concentration likely reflects a combination of government-related relocation demand (Washington DC corridor), a stable customer base, and the presence of established local carriers that predate the national broker wave.

Zero or near-zero complaint histories are the norm. Excluding International Van Lines (96 complaints), the remaining 41 companies have a combined 12 NCCDB complaints across their entire operating histories. That is fewer than one complaint per company across a collective operating history measured in centuries.

The flagged exceptions tend to have specific, discrete reasons. Beltway Movers is flagged despite a 4.9 Google rating. FlatRate Moving is flagged despite 31 years of operation. Guardian Moving has a 1.9 Google rating despite 75 years in business. Longevity does not automatically clear a flag, and flags are not the same as fraud. Each requires independent review.

The data supports a meaningful, if imperfect, correlation between age and consumer outcomes.

Companies with 40 or more years of operation (8 companies) average a 4.26 Google rating across all 8 with ratings. Companies in the 25 to 39 year range (17 companies) average 4.61 across the 14 with ratings. Companies in the 15 to 24 year range (17 companies) average 4.67 across 17 with ratings. The youngest band in this group, 15 to 24 years, posts the highest average rating.

The complaint pattern is more conclusive. Excluding International Van Lines, which is a structural outlier at 96 complaints in 26 years of operation, every other company in this group has 3 or fewer NCCDB complaints. Total complaints for the other 41 companies: 12. Combined.

For context: a single flagged broker operating for 2 or 3 years can accumulate more FMCSA complaints than this entire group of 42 companies combined over their total operating histories.

The interpretation is not that every old company is trustworthy. Guardian Moving at 75 years has a 1.9 Google rating. International Van Lines at 26 years has 96 complaints. But the base rate of serious misconduct, as measured by complaint accumulation, is dramatically lower among established operators than among the new-entry movers that dominate complaint filings.

Four practical reasons that operating history is a meaningful signal when hiring a mover.

First, an established claims process. A company that has operated for 20 or 30 years has handled damage claims before. It has a process. It knows the paperwork. A newer company confronted with a damage claim may not know its own obligations under the Carmack Amendment, or may simply disappear. A company with a decade-long community reputation has reputational skin in the game when a claim arises.

Second, community accountability. The movers in this list are embedded in their local markets. Bargain Movers has 377 Google reviews built over 31 years. Bulldog Movers has 926 over 43 years. These are not reviews generated by a surge campaign. They represent a genuine customer base that the company has served repeatedly. Community-embedded businesses are harder to abandon.

Third, financial continuity. A moving company that has operated for 30 years has maintained FMCSA authority, commercial insurance, and a functional business structure across multiple economic cycles. That operational continuity is not guaranteed, but it is a signal that the business has substance beyond a temporary registration.

Fourth, the fly-by-night problem does not apply. A common fraud pattern in moving is the company that registers with FMCSA, collects deposits across a busy season, and then either rebrands or goes dark when complaint volumes rise. A company with 20 or 30 years of history under the same name has not done that. That fact alone eliminates one of the most common fraud vectors in the industry.