Allied Moving Services is a

moving company A moving company, removalist or van line is a company that helps people and businesses move their goods from one place to another. It offers all-inclusive services for relocations, like packing, loading, moving, unloading, unpacking, and a ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. It maintains 40 branches across all states of Australia, and over 600 locations worldwide providing removal services across the entire country, and is a subsidiary of

SIRVA SIRVA, Inc. (formerly Allied Worldwide), based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, is a privately owned American moving industry holding company which resulted from the merger of Allied Van Lines with North American Van Lines. The corporate name wa ...

.About
Allied

History

Allied Australia was established in 1926 as family-owned moving company named Downard Transport. In 1973 a joint venture was formed with

Gascoyne Trading Company Gascoyne Trading Company (GTC) was a transport company in Western Australia. It was established in 1924 by Keith Anderson and Charles Kingsford-Smith in Carnarvon. One of its early contracts was the mail run through the Gascoyne to Meekatharr ...

to enter the interstate freight forwarding market between

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

and

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. In 1982, British-based

Pickfords Pickfords is a moving company based in the United Kingdom, part of Pickfords Move Management Ltd. The business is believed to have been founded in the 17th century, making it one of the UK's oldest functioning companies, although the similar ...

, bought the company to form Downard Pickfords. In 1991, as part of a global rebranding exercise, Downard Pickfords became Allied Pickfords. In 1996, Allied Pickfords was included in the sale of Pickfords by the

National Freight Corporation The National Freight Corporation was a major British transport business between 1948 and 2000. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and at one time, as NFC plc, was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The company was established ...

Allied Van Lines 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. op ...

. In 1999 Allied Van Lines was purchased by

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is an American private equity company. It is one of the oldest private equity investment firms in the world. Founded in 1978, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $30 billion in approximately 90 businesses, repre ...

and merged with

North American Van Lines North American Van Lines, or NAVL, is a large American trucking company originally formed in Cleveland, Ohio and later based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which specializes in home and office relocations. History North American Van Lines was establis ...

to become

. In August 2020, as part of global rebranding, the company changed its name from Allied Pickfords Australia to Allied, remaining a

subsidiary. The movers and drivers are often referred to in country as Allied Removalists.

Business

Allied Australia has 400 year-round employees, with an additional 50-100 seasonal workers during the removals busy season, November to February.

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External links

* ww.allied.com/au/ Official website Logistics companies of Australia Moving companies Transport companies established in 1926 Australian companies established in 1926