Pennsylvania Car Shipping Companies: FMCSA-Verified List

Published November 3, 2026

Pennsylvania runs from the Philadelphia suburbs to Pittsburgh and Erie, and it has one of the deeper benches of car haulers we've checked so far. This page lists Pennsylvania-headquartered auto transport carriers and brokers whose federal records checked out on SAFER, with FMCSA data as of 11/01/2026. 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.

Pennsylvania by the numbers (FMCSA census)

• 10,338 Pennsylvania-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.
• 155 of those have an MC docket number and a name containing "auto transport," "auto shipping," or "car shipping."
• 129 of the motor-vehicle companies are registered purely as brokers, meaning they don't run their own trucks.

Pennsylvania auto transport carriers (largest by power units)

Carriers own or run the trucks. We took every Pennsylvania-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, 160 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. 57 of the 160 had NOT AUTHORIZED operating authority and 2 were OUT-OF-SERVICE, so none of those are here. Six more held broker authority only (they're covered in the broker section below), and 59 authorized carriers report a single truck; 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. Pennsylvania has two carriers far bigger than the rest: BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT LLC in Wind Gap (92 trucks) and ADCOCK BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT INC in Manheim (85 trucks, doing business as Adcock Transport). After them come two Philadelphia carriers, UMBRELLA AUTO TRANSPORT INC (25) and TJK AUTO TRANSPORTATION INC (20); everyone else reports 15 or fewer. The carriers cluster in Lancaster County (four list Manheim addresses, plus Lancaster), Philadelphia and its Bucks and Montgomery County suburbs, and the Reading–Lehigh Valley area, with a handful around Pittsburgh, Erie, and Williamsport. Small carriers commonly haul loads assigned by brokers, so if you book through a broker, ask who will actually pick up your car.

Pennsylvania auto transport brokers (longest-registered)

Brokers arrange the move and assign a carrier. These are Pennsylvania-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. One more qualifying company, MIRACLE AUTO TRANSPORT CORP in Lancaster (USDOT 1365638, registered 04/2005), holds both carrier and broker authority and is already in the carrier table above, so it isn't listed twice. 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.

Names appear exactly as FMCSA records them. While building this list, 25 of the 39 Pennsylvania broker registrations we checked showed NOT AUTHORIZED on SAFER; 8 of those were first registered before 2013. One more was OUT-OF-SERVICE, and two held carrier authority only, not broker authority. Six more authorized Pennsylvania brokers were first registered in 2025 or later; 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.

Records worth knowing about

• BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT has two authorized records in Wind Gap. The carrier, BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 621208, MC-297626, 92 trucks), is in the carrier table; a separate broker record, BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT (USDOT 2224934, MC-356969), lists a P.O. box in Wind Gap and the same phone number. If a quote comes from "Brothers Auto Transport," check whether the contract names the broker or the carrier number.
• ADCOCK BROTHERS AUTO TRANSPORT INC also has two records. The Manheim carrier record (USDOT 540755, MC-269242) is authorized as a motor carrier only, even though SAFER lists its entity type as CARRIER/BROKER. A separate broker record with the same legal name in Feasterville, doing business as Adcock Northeast Auto Transport (USDOT 2263984, MC-769479), showed NOT AUTHORIZED on 11/01/2026.
• Look-alike names. DEN AUTO TRANSPORT LLC in Feasterville (USDOT 1967379) is authorized and in the carrier table, but K AUTO TRANS LLC in Morrisville also does business as "DEN AUTO TRANSPORT LLC" (USDOT 2888184) and showed NOT AUTHORIZED. Likewise, MIRACLE AUTO TRANSPORT CORP in Lancaster is authorized, while MIRACLE TRANSPORT LLC, doing business as Miracle Auto Transport in Clifton Heights (USDOT 2865126), showed NOT AUTHORIZED. A matching name isn't enough; match the USDOT number.
• 212 AUTO TRANSPORT LLC (Levittown, USDOT 4020197) reports 6 trucks, more than most carriers on this page, but its operating authority showed NOT AUTHORIZED on 11/01/2026, 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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