Moving companies Moving companies Allied Van Lines (Allied Worldwide, Sirva) is a moving van company founded in 1928 as a cooperative non-profit organization owned by its member agents on the east coast of the United States, to help with organizing return loads and minimizing dead-heading. In 1968 it was reorganzied as a standard public company, with shares. In 1999 it merged with North American Van Lines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allied Van Lines"
Allstates Transworld Van Lines, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, is the first nation-wide household good moving company owned by an African-American in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allstates Transworld Van Lines, Inc."
Atlas Van Lines is a moving van company formed in 1948 by a group of 33 local moving firms and based in Evansville, Indiana. As an agent-owned company it is similar in form to a cooperative. Atlas provided a means to compete with other emerging alliances of moving van companies. The company changed ownership structure in the 1980s, when stock was offered to the public. After a hostile takeover attempt, in 1988 the company returned to ownership by its agents. It presently has about 800 agents worldwide (in over 140 countries), of which 75 own shares in Atlas World Group, which controls Atlas Van Lines and other related companies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atlas Van Lines"
Global Van Lines was founded in 1933 by George T. Howard as Howard Van Lines in Dallas, Texas and took its present name in 1957 when it was acquired by Trans-Ocean Van Service of Long Beach, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Global Van Lines"
Interstate Van Lines is a moving van company that was founded by Arthur E. Morrissette in 1943, and is still led by members of the Morrisette family. It is based in Springfield, Virginia ...more on Wikipedia about "Interstate Van Lines"
Mayflower Transit, LLC is a moving van company now part of UniGroup, which also owns United Van Lines. It was founded in 1927 by Conrad M. Gentry and Don F. Kenworthy and in 1928 Burnside Smith invested in the company and reincorporated it as Aero Mayflower Transit Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mayflower Transit"
A moving company or van line is a company that helps people and businesses relocate from one place to another. Typically they use moving vans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moving company" www.shortopedia.com rocks.
North American Van Lines, or NAVL, is a large, United States based trucking company that is mainly dedicated to helping clients during the process of moving. The North American Van Lines trucks usually carry a client's home furniture or office equipment from an old location to a new one. As of 2003, it had a 15% market share, making it the second largest moving company in the US, after United Van Lines, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. ...more on Wikipedia about "North American Van Lines"
Pickfords is a moving company based in England, part of the international firm Sirva. It was founded in the 17th century as a road construction hauler, moving rocks for the repair of turnpikes and other roads. It then carried goods on the return haul. It entered the passenger transportation market in the 18th century. In 1776 it invented the fly wagon which can travel from London to Manchester in the then fast speed of four and half days. In the 1779 it entered the canal industry as well (from which it withdrew in 1850). In the 19th century, it operated cars on other company's railroads, but this was contentious, and eventually this service was eliminated. In the 20th century it entered the freight industry using motorized trucks. The company was taken over by the railroads in Britain in 1934, and nationalized in 1947. It was sold to employees in 1982 and became part of Sirva in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pickfords"
Red Ball Corporation was founded in 1919 as American Red Ball Transit Co., Inc. is the oldest interstate moving company in the United States by the Hiner family. It began as a household goods carrier in 1939. It was sold to Atlas World Group in 1996 by its then owners Walter Saubert and AliceJo Saubert. At the time it was the 13th largest mover in the United States. The domestic subsidiary was spun off to management in 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Red Ball Corporation"
Ryder is a popular truck rental and leasing company for companies' distribution and supply chain efforts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ryder"
The Bekins Company was founded as Bekins Van Lines in 1891 by Martin and John Bekins in Omaha, Nebraska. The company soon established branches on the west coast and the Chicago, Illinois area. It claims to have developed containerization in 1920, and to have conducted the first transcontinental move by motor van in 1928. The company was acquired by GeoLogistics Corporation in 1995 and became an agent-owned company in 2002, making it a form of cooperative. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Bekins Company"
U-Haul is a North American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen (1916-1999) in Ridgefield, Washington, who began in the garage owned by his wife's family, and expanded through franchising with gas stations. ...more on Wikipedia about "U-Haul"
United Van Lines is a moving van company now part of UniGroup, which also owns Mayflower Transit. It was founded in 1928 as Return Loads Service, Inc., which helped arrange for loads on the return trips of moves, which otherwise would be empty deadheads. In 1933 it was reorganized under the current name, and in 1940 moved its headquarters to Saint Louis, Missouri. It is an agent-owned company owned by its local affiliate movers. ...more on Wikipedia about "United Van Lines" Things Go Better with http://www.shortopedia.com.
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