Derby Van & Storage Co Inc

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Derby Van & Storage

For over 40 years Derby Van & Storage Co. Inc. has been in continuous operation under local ownership in Louisville, KY. Founded in 1964 by Charles W. Arnold, Derby has been operated under its present owner/manager Nancy Arnold Bowen for the past 25 years. Derby is a full service relocation and storage company, priding itself on its ability to provide excellent service for all of its household, commercial, office, and government clients. And as an agent for Atlas Van Lines, Derby is able to extend this level of service throughout the country, and overseas. Derby is a member in good standing of the Better Business Bureau and the Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association.

Atlas World Group

Atlas was formed in 1948 by a group of 33 local moving firms whose common interest was to provide interstate movement of used household goods and personal effects. In March 1960, Atlas moved from its original headquarters in Chicago to Evansville, Indiana, which offered a central location, ample supply of qualified personnel and a good local business climate. Atlas continued to be owned solely by its agents until the early 1980's when stock in the Company was offered to the public. In response to a hostile takeover bid in 1984, Atlas was purchased by an outside concern. In September, 1988, Atlas was repurchased by a number of its agents and it remains today one of the few agent-owned van lines in the industry. In 1994, Atlas World Group, Inc. ("AWG") was formed as the holding company for Atlas and its subsidiaries. At the present time, approximately 75 agents are stockholders of AWG. Today, Atlas World Group, Inc. has nearly 800 agents worldwide (in over 140 countries) and the operating authority to provide direct service in and between the 48 continental United States, plus Alaska and Hawaii. Atlas Van Lines (Canada) Ltd., founded in 1963, has grown to a family of nearly 200 agents who provide service within and to all the Canadian provinces.