Household Goods Moving Associations

Posted by David Piotrowski

People often ask what organizations represent the household goods moving and storage industry. There are many state and local organizations that movers can belong to. For example, California has the California Moving and Storage Association. On a federal level, many movers belong to the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA). This organization is discussed in further detail in an earlier blog post on AMSA. An organization representing the household goods industry on a nationwide and global scale is the Household Goods Forwarders Association of America (HHGFAA). The HHGFAA is discussed in an earlier blog post here.

Sirva to Become a Private Company

Posted by David Piotrowski

Sirva, the parent for North American Van Lines and Allied Van Lines, will become a private company effective immediately. Sirva’s stock will no longer be publicly traded. Sirva’s reorganization plan to emerge from bankruptcy became effective Monday.

For more information, please visit Transport Topics.

The Sirva bankruptcy has been discussed in earlier blog posts on this site:

1. Sirva Bankruptcy
2. Allied Van Lines — Bankrupt!

Household Goods Moving Claims

Posted by David Piotrowski

The question is often asked how to file an interstate household goods moving claim and what is the process of doing so. Please follow this link to read the article on household goods moving claims. Please note this is a PDF file and it will open in a new window. The article explains how to file an interstate household goods moving claim, as well as the timelines involved for both the shipper and the carrier.

Household Goods Moving Statistics

Posted by David Piotrowski

I thought it would be interesting to list some statistics that relate to the domestic household goods moving industry.

The source of ths statistics on this page are taken from the American Moving and Storage Association’s (AMSA) page on industry statitics.

The household goods moving industry:

• Generates revenue of $10 billion per year
• Employs 450,000 people

The industry is made up of major vanlines, indepedent full service carriers, agents of vanlines, and owner-operators.

The 2005 Bureau of the Census report showed for the year ending March 2005, 39.9 million Americans changed residences. Based on an average family size of 2.34 persons, this translates into approximately 17.0 million household moves. The study shows that these moves were made as follows:

• 57% moved within the same county
• 20% moved within the same state
• 19% changed states
• 4% moved abroad

20-24 year olds were the most mobile of all, representing more than 30% of the total American moving population. 25-29 year olds made up the second largest group, representing more than 28% of the moving population.

The ten (10) most active states for moving are as follows: California, North Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, New York, Washington, DC, Arizona, and Pennsylvania.

United and Mayflower to Use Adamson for Marketing

Posted by David Piotrowski

St. Louis-based Adamson, a brand development agency, will provide interactive marketing services for United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit.

Adamson said its focus will be on national consumer and business-to-business search marketing for both the United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit brands.

United Van Lines is a unit of St. Louis-based UniGroup Inc., which provides moving, forwarding and logistics management services. UniGroup is also the parent company of Mayflower Transit, one of the nation’s largest van lines.

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