Michigan Car Shipping Companies: FMCSA-Verified List

Published November 4, 2026

From metro Detroit to Grand Rapids and up north, the companies that ship cars for ordinary people in Michigan are mostly small outfits. This page lists Michigan-headquartered auto transport carriers and brokers whose federal records checked out on SAFER, with FMCSA data as of 11/02/2026. Every USDOT number below links to the company's live FMCSA record so you can check it yourself.

Being listed here isn't an endorsement. No company can pay to be on this page, and placement never depends on whether we earn a commission. A clean FMCSA record is the minimum, not proof of good service. How we verify.

Michigan by the numbers (FMCSA census)

• 7,711 Michigan-based companies have an active USDOT number and list "Motor Vehicles" as a cargo type in FMCSA's census file. That count includes tow trucks, dealers, rental fleets, and contractors, not just car shippers.
• 56 of those have an MC docket number and a name containing "auto transport," "auto shipping," or "car shipping."
• 112 of the motor-vehicle companies are registered purely as brokers, meaning they don't run their own trucks.

Michigan auto transport carriers (largest by power units)

Carriers own or run the trucks. We took every Michigan-based company with an "auto transport" style name (including "vehicle transport" and "car transport"), Motor Vehicles cargo, and an MC number in FMCSA's census, 58 records in all, and checked each one on SAFER. We kept every company that showed USDOT Status ACTIVE and AUTHORIZED FOR Motor Carrier of Property with at least two power units (trucks) on SAFER. 22 of the 58 had NOT AUTHORIZED operating authority, so none of those are here; none were out of service. Four more held broker authority only (they're covered in the broker section below), and 20 authorized carriers report one truck or none; we left those off for size, not because of any problem with the companies.

Power units are what each company self-reports to FMCSA, so treat them as approximate; where FMCSA's census file and the live SAFER record disagreed, we used SAFER. Michigan's car haulers are small: TROY AUTO TRANSPORT in Troy reports 15 trucks, T-CAR TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN LLC in Dearborn reports 6, SHAMROCK AUTO TRANSPORT INC in Saline reports 5, and everyone else reports 4 or fewer. Most are in metro Detroit and the Ann Arbor area (Troy, Dearborn, Novi, Belleville, Van Buren Township, Saline), with a few around Grand Rapids, Flint, and northern Michigan. Small carriers commonly haul loads assigned by brokers, so if you book through a broker, ask who will actually pick up your car.

Michigan auto transport brokers (longest-registered)

Brokers arrange the move and assign a carrier. These are Michigan-based companies with "auto transport" style names and an MC number that hold broker authority on SAFER, first registered before 2025, and showed AUTHORIZED FOR Broker of Property. They're listed from oldest registration to newest. None of them also appears in the carrier table.

¹ Many older records in FMCSA's census file share a November 2011 add date, so for these companies "11/2011" may reflect a records date rather than the year they actually started. SAFER and L&I show the full authority history.

Names appear exactly as FMCSA records them. While building this list, 16 of the 27 Michigan broker registrations we checked showed NOT AUTHORIZED on SAFER; 11 of those were first registered before 2013. One more, DAN'S AUTO TRANSPORT INC in Dearborn Heights, held carrier authority only, not broker authority. One more authorized Michigan broker, ABRAMS AUTO TRANSPORT INC in Davisburg, was first registered in 2025; we left it off this list of longest-registered brokers, but it isn't excluded for any problem. An unauthorized broker can't legally arrange your interstate move, so check before you pay a deposit.

Records worth knowing about

• A familiar-sounding name isn't a credential. HUCK LOGISTICS LLC in Detroit does business as "UBER CAR SHIPPING" on its FMCSA record (USDOT 4263167, MC-1654433), and its operating authority showed NOT AUTHORIZED on 11/02/2026. Whatever a company calls itself, the authority status on SAFER is what tells you whether it can legally broker or haul your car.
• Look-alike names in Troy. TROY AUTO TRANSPORT (USDOT 4003727) is authorized and tops the carrier table. TIME AUTO TRANSPORTATION INC, also in Troy (USDOT 209378, first registered in 1982), and TYME AUTO TRANSPORT LOGISTICS in Washington, Michigan (USDOT 3792833) both showed NOT AUTHORIZED. Match the USDOT number, not just the name.
• "First Class" twice. FIRST CLASS AUTO TRANSPORTATION LLC in Shelby Township (USDOT 3842930) and WILLIAM T LAZARIS, doing business as 1ST CLASS AUTO TRANSPORT, in Clinton Township (USDOT 1863559) are separate records, and both showed NOT AUTHORIZED.
• MD'S AUTO TRANSPORT LLC (Davison, USDOT 3274887) reports 5 trucks, as many as all but two carriers on this page, but its operating authority showed NOT AUTHORIZED on 11/02/2026, so it isn't listed. A fleet isn't the same as active authority.

How to use this list

1. Ask which one you're booking. If you get a quote from a broker, ask in writing for the assigned carrier's name, MC, and USDOT number before pickup, then check that carrier too. Our 5-minute check walks through it.
2. Match the phone number. FMCSA's fraud guidance suggests confirming phone numbers against SAFER. If the number you were given doesn't match, call the SAFER number and ask.
3. Check insurance and bond on L&I. SAFER shows authority; FMCSA's Licensing & Insurance site shows the bond (brokers) and liability filing (carriers).
4. Read the deposit and cancellation terms before you pay. People regularly report losing a deposit after cancelling, even within a few days of booking. Get the cancellation policy in writing, and read how the lowball-quote deposit pattern works.

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What this page doesn't cover

We haven't verified insurance amounts, cargo coverage, complaint history, or customer reviews for these companies, so none of that is shown. FMCSA records change daily; if a company's SAFER record no longer matches this table, trust SAFER.

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