New York Car Shipping Companies: FMCSA-Verified Brokers & Carriers

Published October 27, 2026

New York is one end of one of the busiest seasonal car shipping runs in the country: drivers sending a car south to Florida for the winter and back again in spring. This page lists New York-headquartered auto transport carriers and brokers whose federal records checked out on SAFER, with FMCSA data as of 10/25/2026. 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. We don't take money from any company on this page. A clean FMCSA record is the minimum, not proof of good service. How we verify.

New York by the numbers (FMCSA census)

• 10,847 New York-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.
• 120 of those have an MC docket number and a name containing "auto transport," "auto shipping," or "car shipping."
• 191 of the motor-vehicle companies are registered purely as brokers, meaning they don't run their own trucks.

New York auto transport carriers (largest by power units)

Carriers own or run the trucks. We took New York-based companies with "auto transport" style names (including "vehicle transport" and "car transport"), Motor Vehicles cargo, and an MC number, ranked them by power units (trucks) reported to FMCSA, and kept every one with at least two power units that showed USDOT Status ACTIVE and AUTHORIZED FOR Motor Carrier of Property on SAFER. Of the 40 we checked, 9 had active USDOT numbers but NOT AUTHORIZED status, so none of those are in this table. Another 5 authorized carriers reported a single power unit; we left them off to keep the list short, not because of any problem.

Power units are what each company self-reports to FMCSA, so treat them as approximate. Most of the larger New York carriers in our search are upstate (Syracuse, Rochester, and the North Country), while the New York City and Long Island carriers tend to be one- or two-truck operations. Many small carriers haul loads assigned by brokers, so if you book through a broker, ask who will actually pick up your car.

New York auto transport brokers (longest-registered)

Brokers arrange the move and assign a carrier. These are New York-based companies with "auto transport" style names and an MC number, registered as brokers, first registered before 2025, and AUTHORIZED FOR Broker of Property on SAFER. They're listed from oldest registration to newest. Brokers must keep a $75,000 bond or trust fund on file, which you can check on FMCSA's L&I search.

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.

AM Freight Operations, AM2 Freight Operations, and AM3 Freight Operations (all in Bethpage) share one street address on SAFER but hold separate USDOT and MC records and trade under different names. If you book with any of them, check that your contract names the same record you looked up. WCT Auto Transport's census record says Holbrook; SAFER lists a Ronkonkoma address, which is what we show.

While building this list, 59 of the 83 New York broker registrations we checked showed NOT AUTHORIZED on SAFER even though their USDOT numbers were active. Of those, 25 were older registrations from 2011–2012. Six more authorized New York brokers were first registered in 2025 or 2026; we left them off this list of longest-registered brokers, but they aren't excluded for any problem. An unauthorized broker can't legally arrange your interstate move, so check before you pay a deposit.

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. (A SAFER phone with an out-of-state area code isn't a problem by itself; companies list whatever number they choose.)
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.

Shipping with a national broker instead? See our factual Montway Auto Transport profile, or browse all company profiles and other states.

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.

Shipping a car south for the winter? See our Florida car shipping companies list, plus Arizona if you're headed west instead.