American Heavy Moving & Rigging

Name

American Heavy Moving & Rigging

Legal name

American Heavy Moving and Rigging Inc.

Website

https://americanheavymoving.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Hauling & Rigging Services

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230), Used Household and Office Goods Moving (48421)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial/Commercial Equipment & Machinery Moving (Rigging-Light) (HSAKAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Heavy Machinery & Oversized Equipment (Cranes, Excavators, Presses) (TLACAIAH), Site Delivery, Installation Support & On-Site Supervision (Door-to-Site) (TLACAIAM), Energy & Power Projects (Oil & Gas, Renewables, Power Generation) (TLACAIAB)

Keywords

• Heavy equipment moving
• Structural relocation
• Heavy hauling
• Rigging services
• House moving

Headquarters

HQ city

Pomona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Structural Moving Services: Project-based fees for house and building relocation services including foundation repair, transportation, and permits. Services provided for structures of any size, billed per project based on complexity, distance, and requirements.
2. Heavy Hauling & Rigging: Heavy equipment transportation and on-site rigging services for industrial clients including transformers, generators, oil rigs, nuclear reactors, and other oversized cargo. Revenue generated through specialized project contracts.
3. Emergency Response Services: Emergency response services for situations such as train wrecks, earthquakes, transformer failures. Short-notice response capability with specialized equipment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

American Heavy Moving & Rigging provides structural relocation and heavy hauling/rigging services. The company moves residential houses, commercial structures, and heavy industrial equipment and machinery for individual property owners, commercial enterprises, and government clients. Operations span California, Nevada, and Arizona, supported by a proprietary fleet of purpose-built transporters and trailers.

Product overview

American Heavy Moving & Rigging offers a comprehensive suite of heavy moving and rigging services built around specialized fleet equipment. The core offerings include House Moving, Structure Moving, Jacking & Rigging, Over the Road Transport, Super Heavy Oversize transport, and Emergency Response services. The company's proprietary Alpha transporter fleet (Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Aspen 8 Line, and Dual-Max trailers) provides the technological foundation for unique and challenging transport projects. These trailers enable capabilities such as sideways movement, load-bearing width adjustment, and oversized cargo handling. Supporting services include Foundation Repair and Permits & Licensing. The company has successfully executed projects including 1.5 million pound nuclear reactor moves, 500,000 pound oil rig relocations, and 1100-ton roof lowering operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• House Moving
• Structure Moving
• Jacking & Rigging
• Over the Road Transport
• Super Heavy Oversize Transport
• Emergency Response
• Foundation Repair
• Permits & Licensing Services

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Landstar System: Large asset-light logistics and transportation provider with a heavy-haul specialty division handling oversized and overweight loads. Comparable in specialized trucking and super-load execution, but operates at vastly greater scale across North America and is not a structural mover.

Direct peers

• Edwards Moving & Rigging: Heavy moving and rigging contractor providing industrial equipment relocation, millwright, and specialized transport services. Comparable in the integrated heavy-rigging-plus-transport offering for industrial and utility customers, with similar project-based execution model.
• Omega Morgan: Pacific Northwest-based heavy hauling, rigging, and machinery moving company serving industrial and construction clients. Directly comparable in equipment-moving services, industrial rigging, and project-based heavy transport, with similar customer mix in utilities and heavy industry.
• Barnhart Crane & Rigging: National heavy rigging and crane services provider with a heavy-haul and specialized transport arm. Closely comparable to AHM&R in offering super-load transport, transformer and industrial equipment moves, and rigging under a project-services model, but at substantially larger scale and geographic breadth.
• Tolliver Heavy Haul: Specialized heavy haul and rigging provider serving power, oil and gas, and industrial clients with oversized transport and crane services. Direct peer in the super-load industrial equipment moving segment, particularly transformer and generator transport.
• Heavy Haulers: Nationwide specialized freight trucking company focused on oversized, overweight, and super-load transport. Comparable in heavy hauling capacity and customer overlap with industrial clients, but operates as a freight broker/carrier network rather than a structural mover.
• Bennett Motor Express: Specialized heavy-haul trucking carrier with significant super-load and oversize transport capability for industrial equipment. Comparable in long-distance specialized freight services and customer overlap with utility and industrial shippers.
• Wolfe House & Building Movers: Structural moving company specializing in house and building relocation, foundation work, and lifting services. Directly comparable to AHM&R's residential and commercial structure-moving book, including permits, foundation repair, and long-distance structure transport.
• Emmert International: Specialty contractor focused on heavy rigging and heavy haul of oversized industrial equipment including transformers, generators, and structural moves. Operates a custom-engineered transport fleet similar to AHM&R's Alpha line and competes for the same super-load and structural relocation work.
• House Movers of America: U.S. structural moving contractor offering house and building relocation services including lifting, transportation, and foundation work. Direct competitor in the house-and-building moving vertical, particularly relevant given AHM&R's residential and historical-structure moving focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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