Is Hansen Bros Moving & Storage legit?

USDOT #8257 · Bellevue, WA · legal name Hansen Bros Transfer & Storage Company Inc

FMCSA lists this company as NOT authorized to transport or arrange the transportation of household goods.

What the federal record shows

Federal household-goods authority FMCSA's mover search says this company is NOT authorized to transport or arrange household goods. Interstate moves require that authority.
Cargo insurance on file FMCSA holds a cargo insurance filing for at least one of this company's dockets.
Broker surety bond on file A surety bond is on file, which is what a household-goods broker must carry.
Complaint history 1 complaints in FMCSA's published four-year window. Complaint counts scale with how many moves a company does — compare against the fleet-size peers below.
Hostage-load complaints 1 complaints in FMCSA's 'Hostage Goods' category — shipments held for payment above the agreed price.
FMCSA safety rating Rated Satisfactory on October 4, 2006.

Household goods complaints filed with FMCSA

Complaints by year, as published by FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database
Year	Complaints
2023	1
Total	1

What the complaints were about. One complaint can fall in more than one category, so these do not sum to the total.
Category	Complaints
Consumer Complaint (Deceptive Business Practices)	1
Hostage Goods	1

Against movers its own size

Complaint counts scale with how many moves a company does. Among the 250 other movers in the 20–99 vehicles band:

This company

Band median

37 peers have more complaints on file, 171 fewer. Fleet size comes from the company's own filing with FMCSA and can be out of date; a broker with no trucks lands in the smallest band by definition.

Operating authority on file

Docket MC059073

Common
Active

Contract
Active

Broker
Active

Cargo insurance
Yes

Surety bond
Yes

Fleet: 39 trucks, 7 tractors, 53 trailers
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory (October 4, 2006)
Phone on file: (206) 365-4454
Address on file: 6860 Coal Creek Pkwy Se, Bellevue, WA 98056

Where this came from

Complaint counts and the authorization sentence are read from FMCSA's page on FMCSA's household goods mover search, whose snapshot is dated June 26, 2026. Docket status and insurance filings come from FMCSA's Licensing & Insurance file; fleet counts and the safety rating come from the company census. Both are republished daily by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Numbers here are the government's, not ours. If you believe a record is wrong, the company itself can challenge complaints inside NCCDB.