Western Van Lines INC (Western Van & Storage)

What the federal record says

Western Van Lines INC trades as Western Van & Storage and holds USDOT number 482319 and operating authority MC-566533. FMCSA records the company as an active interstate carrier for hire with a registered address in Des Moines, King County, Washington. Its household goods authority is on file as common carrier of household goods, which is the grant that allows a company to move a household across a state line for money. The USDOT record was created on 4 May 1992, 34 years before this snapshot, and the last MCS-150 form on file was filed on 17 March 2026.

The filing reports 12 power units and 4 drivers, 0.3 per truck. A fleet in that range can usually keep two or three long haul jobs running at once, which is the point where a mover starts being able to hold a delivery window rather than a delivery month. The equipment itemized on the form is 11 trucks, 1 tractor. The company reported 285,000 miles for 2025, which works out at roughly 23,750 miles per power unit. That places it 26th by fleet size among the 148 registered household goods carriers based in Washington.

Household goods is the only cargo classification on the record, so this is a dedicated moving operation rather than a freight carrier that also takes household work. The registered address falls in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area, where 84 other registered household goods carriers are based. FMCSA has assigned this carrier a conditional safety rating, dated 1 October 1999.

The nearest other registered household goods carriers are Gold Star Elite Corporation in Seatac (same ZIP code area), Lincoln Moving & Storage Company INC in Kent (2.7 miles), The John Volken Academy in Kent (2.7 miles). Distances are between ZIP code centers, so they are approximate. Getting three written estimates from companies in the same area is the single cheapest thing you can do to avoid being overcharged.