What NASMM Certification Means

NASMM membership, SMM-C certification and A+ accreditation are three different things. What each takes, and how to check a company's status yourself.

A company can be a NASMM member, hold NASMM's individual SMM-C certification, carry NASMM A+ Accreditation, or any combination of the three. They are three different things with three different bars to clear, and none of them proves the other two. NASMM runs a public directory where you can check exactly which ones a specific company holds, rather than taking their website's word for it.

Membership, certification and accreditation at a glance

	NASMM Membership	SMM-C Certification	NASMM A+ Accreditation
What it requires	Cornerstone courses in safety and ethics, plus insurance screening	The Cornerstone courses, 9 more certification courses, and proof of 40 invoiced projects	Independent peer review by the NASMM A+ Accreditation Commission
Check it in the directory	Search NASMM's directory by zip code	Search, then check "Include Only Certified Members"	Search, then check "Include Only Accredited Members"

Every figure here is drawn from NASMM's own certification, accreditation and directory pages, cited below.

NASMM membership: the baseline

"Senior Move Manager" is NASMM's own service mark, and only NASMM members can use the title. All NASMM members have completed the association's required courses in safety and ethics, and have been screened for insurance.

Membership on its own says nothing about certification or accreditation. NASMM created those as two further, harder-to-earn credentials.

Source: NASMM, Find a Senior Move Manager, checked 2026-08-17

SMM-C: NASMM's individual certification

The individual credential is Senior Move Manager-Certified, or SMM-C. On top of the Cornerstone courses required of all members, earning it requires nine additional certification courses and proof of 40 invoiced senior move management projects.

SMM-C runs on a three-year cycle, and renewing it requires 45 continuing education credits. NASMM describes the SMM-C as "the ONLY certification program designed exclusively for Senior Move Managers."

Source: NASMM, Certification for Senior Move Managers, checked 2026-08-17

NASMM A+ Accreditation: the company-level credential

NASMM A+ Accreditation works differently from SMM-C. NASMM frames A+ Accreditation as recognition for the company as a whole, distinct from an individual credential: it is awarded after an independent peer review by the NASMM A+ Accreditation Commission, and it has to be renewed every three years.

NASMM calls it "the first and only Organizational Accreditation Program in Senior Move Management."

Source: NASMM, Accreditation, checked 2026-08-17

How to check whether a company's NASMM status is real

NASMM's own "Find a Move Manager" directory is the fastest way to check. Search by zip code, then use the two filters on the search form, "Include Only Accredited Members" and "Include Only Certified Members", one at a time.

Check the box for whichever claim you want to confirm and search again. If the company still shows up, NASMM's own directory backs the claim. If it disappears, it does not, whatever the company's own website says.

Source: NASMM, Find a Senior Move Manager, checked 2026-08-17

Why this matters when you are comparing companies

None of this tells you whether a company is good at the job, only whether the badge on their website is real. For what the profession itself actually involves, day to day, see our senior move manager article.