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Sorenson Moving and Storage

3.0 out of 53.0(3 reviews)as of 2026-11-03

Directory listing·Movers·Chico, CA·sorensons.com


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On the record

  • On the federal register since 1974USDOT 77949, 52 years
  • Liability insurance on file, $1MCargo insurance filed too

Worth asking about

  • Last FMCSA update filed 2024Carriers refile every two years; ask whether fleet and contact details are current

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About this mover

Address
600 Orange St, Chico CA 95928, California
USDOT
077949
MC
67234
Local licence
Cal PUC T-159042
Operates in
CA, FL
Reviews on record
3, newest 2020-09-11

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Review highlights

  • “recommend” comes up in 2 reviews of Sorenson Moving and Storage.


Licence and safety record

USDOT 77949 · MC-67234

Matched to the Directory listing. Registered is not the same as authorized for household goods. Check the snapshot.

View on SAFER

Active interstate authority and broker authority, $1000k liability on file, $5k cargo. Safety rating: S.

FMCSA live check, 2026-11-09: common authority active, contract active, broker active.

FMCSA lists this record as a broker: it sells the move and another carrier performs it. Ask which carrier, get that USDOT, and check it before a deposit.

FMCSA lists USDOT 77949 as UNITED VAN LINES LLC, doing business as UNITED VAN LINES. Quote that name on a contract.

Trucks (power units)
4,731
Drivers
3,424
Last filing (MCS-150)
30 Sep 2024 · 85,291,458 miles driven in 2024
Authorized for
Freight Forwarder of Household Goods; Freight Forwarder of Property (Except Household Goods), Broker of Household Goods; Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods); Broker of Property (Except Household Goods); Motor Carrier of Household Goods
Safety rating
Satisfactory, 16 Feb 2023
Crashes, 24 months
71 (1 fatal, 28 injury, 42 tow-away). Involvement, not fault.
Roadside inspections, 24 months
TypeInspectionsPut out of serviceNational rate
Vehicle1,104261 (23.6%)22.26%
Driver2,10570 (3.3%)6.67%

Source: FMCSA SAFER company snapshot (linked above), national rates as of 30 Oct 2026, read 9 Nov 2026.

On the register since
1 Jun 1974
Liability insurance on file
$1 million
Cargo insurance
Filed
Broker bond
Filed

Source: FMCSA Licensing and Insurance file and Motor Carrier Census, read 3 Nov 2026.

Moves within California

Regulator
Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS), Department of Consumer Affairs
State licence to ask for
BHGS household mover permit number (older paper shows a CAL-T number)

DCA licence search (household movers)California rules and complaints

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Reviews

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Overall rating

3.0 out of 53.0

3 reviews on record · as of 2026-11-03

  1. 5 stars1
  2. 4 stars0
  3. 3 stars0
  4. 2 stars2
  5. 1 star0
  1. Shelly D.

    Source: MoveAdvisor · Oroville, CA

    2-bedroomPaid $1,200

    Moving.

    Excellent service and packing. I highly recommend Sorensons. This is the second time I have used them.

  2. Vincent B.

    Source: MoveAdvisor · Redding, CA to Fernandina Beach, FL

    2-bedroomPaid $5,780

    Recent move from Shasta Lake, California to Florida.

    Received our goods yesterday and just started to unpack. So far it appears that they took packed boxes and in order to consolidate the re-packers at United jammed tools and paint stuff willy nilly into good clothing wardrobes crushing them and wrinkling nearly everything! Other boxes were consolidated with no rhyme or reason crushing smaller plastic containers with meds and fragile bottles breaking or bending a lot of items. We have moved more than 20 times in the past and never experienced anything like this! The unloaders at our Florida end were totally professional, worked quickly and finished in terrific time, a credit to their profession. The Chico group did a lousy job by jamming items without regard to any sense of what should or could go with what. Would never recommend them for pick up in Northern California!

  3. Princess F.

    Source: MoveAdvisor

    Paid $2,500

    Salesman and operations staff horrible.

    I contracted Sorenson to pack my entire home, and another company to move the items packed. At no time was it explained to me that packing items in closets and drawers was different from wrapping furniture. When the saleswoman came to my home to inspect, I told her the entire house needed to be packed. Yes, I did only choose them to pack and my expectation was the entire house. They started saying it was an insurance and liability issue one I told them I needed the furniture packed because they were not moving it and it was not part of the packing. Very poor customer service. I've had 7 military moves and I have always had everything packed. To me this is a play on words by them so they didn't have to pack everything because they were not being contracted to move the items after everything was packed. The operations staff was contacted by the crew, who were awesome, by the way, and neither I nor the crew were called back with a disposition. Then when I called the next day, they were not willing to work with me in order to pack out my entire house. Instead telling me what the moving company should be doing. .


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