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Mayflower Transit, LLC
Company typeSubsidiary of UniGroup
IndustryMoving and storage
Founded1927
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Richard H. McClure, president
H. Daniel McCollister, chairman
ParentUniGroup
Websitemayflower.com


Mayflower Transit, LLC is a moving company founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1927 by Conrad M. Gentry and Don F. Kenworthy. In March 1995, it was acquired by UniGroup. UniGroup is a $1.7 billion transportation and relocation services company with headquarters in suburban St. Louis, Mo. In addition to household goods carriers United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit, logistics company UniGroup Logistics and international relocation providers UniGroup Relocation and Sterling Relocation, UniGroup owns other subsidiaries that provide goods and services to professional movers.

A Mayflower moving truck operated by a local agent in San Jose, California

Baltimore Colts

Based in Indiana at the time, Mayflower earned the ire of Baltimore Colts fans when the company moved the football team in the middle of the night from its headquarters in Owings Mills, Maryland, to its new home in Indianapolis.[1]

References

[2]

  1. ^ Anderson, Dave. "Twelve Vans to Indianapolis," The New York Times, March 29, 1984.
  2. ^ "Mayflower Company History". Retrieved 22 June 2015.