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Allied Van Lines

American moving company

Allied Van Lines is an American moving company founded in 1928 as a cooperative non-profit organization owned by its member agents on the east coast of the United States, to help with organizing return loads and minimizing dead-heading (i.e. operating trucks without shipments loaded on them). In 1968 it was reorganized as a standard public company, with shares. In 1999 it merged with its larger competitor, North American Van Lines, and the combined entity then came under the holding company Allied Worldwide.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1928Founded1
  • HeadquartersChicago1
  • Websitewww.allied.com
  • Legal formCorporation3
  • LEI6488K2H2T4BAM030C9393
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE, 19808 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 2326043

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Allied Van Lines is an American moving company founded in 1928 as a cooperative non-profit organization owned by its member agents on the east coast of the United States, to help with organizing return loads and minimizing dead-heading (i.e. operating trucks without shipments loaded on them). In 1968 it was reorganized as a standard public company, with shares. In 1999 it merged with its larger competitor, North American Van Lines, and the combined entity then came under the holding company Allied Worldwide. In 2002, Allied Worldwide was renamed SIRVA.2

The story

On January 12, 1998, NAVL was bought out from Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) by the private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for more than US$200 million.

On November 21, 1999, Clayton, Dubilier and Rice also completed their acquisition of Allied Van Lines and merged it with North American Van Lines to create Allied Worldwide, although each former company maintained its own profile names. Valued at approximately US$450 million in the merger, the Allied Worldwide combined entity became the world's largest relocation and van line logistics company

In August 2020, as part of global branding strategy and continued expansion into the EMEA and APAC regions, the company unified the global brand under Allied, remaining a property of parent company SIRVA.

SIRVA, Inc.

On February 11, 2002, Allied Worldwide was renamed as SIRVA, Inc.

From Wikipedia’s article on Allied Van Lines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1928Founded Founded1

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