The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 102 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Lexington, KY, and 25 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Lexington price measurement, only the Kentucky range on the Kentucky page. Moves that stay inside Kentucky are licensed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers, Qualification and Permits Branch.
Key facts
Local rate, two movers
$85 to $130 per hour
2-bedroom interstate
$2,500 to $5,900
Intrastate regulator
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers, Qualification and Permits Branch
Interstate licensing
FMCSA USDOT and MC authority
Company profiles shown
4
Pricing data as of
May 2026
Quick answer
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Lexington or elsewhere in Kentucky. This page shows movers that publish nationwide service, alongside pricing, licensing and federal filing data.
Common service neighborhoods: Chevy Chase, Ashland Park, Hamburg, Beaumont.
Get a personalized estimate before any sales call. Editorial estimate based on broader national moving-cost data; BestMovers.info does not maintain a separate Lexington transaction-price dataset.
IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 9,496 returns moving out of Fayette County, the county Lexington sits in, and 8,921 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 15,416 individuals leaving and 13,642 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Fayette County were Jessamine County (729 returns), Madison County (661 returns) and Scott County (542 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Jessamine County (544 returns), Jefferson County (461 returns) and Madison County (461 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
How many licensed moving companies are registered in Lexington?
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 102 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Lexington, and 25 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Lexington. It is not the number of companies that will serve a move there: a mover registered in a neighbouring city can take the job, and a company registered in Lexington may not.
Moving crews quoting Lexington work Chevy Chase, Ashland Park, Hamburg, Beaumont and the surrounding areas.
Who licenses movers operating in Lexington
Movers working inside Lexington are licensed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers, Qualification and Permits Branch, whose licence, lookup route and complaint channel are set out on the Kentucky page.
American Van Lines states first-party that it staffs moves with W2 employees rather than day labour. It requires a deposit to hold a move date, so ask what portion is refundable and by when before you pay it. We publish no BBB grade and hold no complaint dataset, so nothing here rates the company's service.
Why is this company shown here?
American Van Lines publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
USDOT 614506Pompano Beach, FL2BR est. $2,900–$6,800
One of the oldest moving brands in the US, Bekins runs an agent-affiliate model similar to Allied, with interstate shipments booked under the Bekins registration and performed by affiliated agents.
Why is this company shown here?
Bekins Moving Solutions publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
USDOT 2256609Indianapolis, IN2BR est. $3,000–$7,000
Budd Van Lines Inc is an independent nationwide carrier rather than an agent of a national van line, which is rare at this size: the federal census records 124 power units and 102 drivers filed from Somerset, New Jersey. Because the company holds its own active common and contract authority with household goods on the licensing record and no broker authority, the entity you contract with is the entity that hauls the shipment. The company's own history pages date the business to 1975.
Why is this company shown here?
Budd Van Lines publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
Wheaton World Wide Moving shares a parent company with Bekins and moves interstate household goods through an agent network under its own federal registration.
Why is this company shown here?
Wheaton World Wide Moving publishes broad nationwide moving service on its own site. It is shown separately from companies based in this area and its presence here is not evidence of a local office.
Which movers are federally registered in Lexington?
17 companies with a Lexington address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 9 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 9 listed below are the ones registered with the agency longest, ordered by the federal registration date, earliest first. Registration age is the agency's own record. It is not a ranking, it is not a quality judgement and it is not a recommendation.
116 active registrants in Lexington tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 38 of those carry any authority row at all. The cargo tick box is filled in by the registrant, so this list uses the agency grant instead, then sets aside general freight, trucking, logistics and courier registrants that hold the authority without presenting themselves as household movers. It is not every mover serving Lexington: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
BLUE MOVE OF KENTUCKY LLC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK/LEXINGTON
USDOT 876062 · 789 WESTLAND DR, LEXINGTON, KY 40504
It filed 3 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 27, 2000, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC383235.
KWIK BUT CAREFUL MOVERS OF LEXINGTON LLC, trading as ALL MY SONS MOVING & STORAGE OF LEXINGTON
USDOT 2343985 · 1003 WHIPPLE CT, LEXINGTON, KY 40511
It filed 4 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 19, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC801934, active as common carrier.
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 24, 2013, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1003189, active as common carrier.
It filed 26 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 9, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1097235, active as common carrier.
BLACK DRAGON 1 LLC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK LEXINGTON KENTUCKY
USDOT 4051348 · 789 WESTLAND DR, LEXINGTON, KY 40504
It filed 14 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 27, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1535271, active as common carrier.
Data as of 2026-08-15 from the FMCSA company census, with authority status as of 2026-08-16. The query behind this list. Information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Does a federal registration mean a Kentucky licence?
No. Federal registration and Kentucky authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Kentucky licence or permit.
A mover operating inside Kentucky needs the Kentucky Intrastate Household Goods Certificate from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers, Qualification and Permits Branch. Its rates sit in tariff for household goods, uploaded to the carrier's Motor Carrier Portal account during the application.
Kentucky runs applications and renewals through the Motor Carrier Portal rather than a public register we have verified, so a Kentucky certificate is confirmed by asking the Division of Motor Carriers directly on 502-564-1257 or at kytc.passhg@ky.gov.
Peak demand across Kentucky runs May–August. Dates outside that window, and dates away from the last and first few days of any month, are where carriers have spare capacity — and spare capacity is what makes a crew negotiable on price.
We do not publish a percentage saving for moving off-peak in Lexington. We hold no month-by-month booking price data for this city, and a discount figure taken from a national average would not describe this market. What we can say is structural, and it holds in every market:
Mid-month beats month-end. Leases and closings cluster at the turn of the month, so that is when crews are fully booked and least flexible.
Mid-week beats the weekend. Saturday is the single most requested moving day; a Tuesday or Wednesday competes with far fewer households for the same trucks.
Off-peak beats May–August. Outside the peak window, carriers are trying to keep crews working rather than turning jobs away.
Flexibility is the lever, not the calendar alone. On an interstate move, giving the carrier a pickup window of several days rather than one fixed date is usually worth more than any single date choice, because it lets them combine your shipment with another on the same lane.
The only reliable way to price a specific date is to put the same date in front of several licensed carriers and compare written estimates. Ask each one what the same move costs two weeks earlier or later — the gap between those two numbers is your real off-peak saving in Lexington, measured on your move rather than on an average.
A tip is never part of a written estimate and never part of a binding price. It is discretionary, it is paid per mover rather than per crew, and it is handed to each mover directly at the end of the job rather than to the foreman to divide. Our working guideline scales with hours rather than with the value of the shipment, because that is how moving labour is actually priced:
$10 to $20 per mover for a job of two hours or less.
$20 to $40 per mover for a local move under four hours.
$40 to $60 per mover for a full day, meaning six hours or longer.
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Lexington and no federal record covers gratuities, so nothing here is a local figure. Read the full tipping guide for stairs, long carries, storage and interstate deliveries, where the crew that loads is not the crew that unloads.
Where can you get free moving boxes in Lexington?
Free boxes come from businesses that receive stock in cartons and throw the cartons away, and from households that finished moving last week. The sources are the same in every city, including Lexington:
Liquor stores, which have the sturdiest small boxes with dividers
Bookshops, for small boxes rated for weight
Grocery stores, for produce boxes
Offices, for paper boxes with lids
Appliance and furniture retailers, for large flat cartons
Buy Nothing groups and Facebook Marketplace
Craigslist free listings
The U-Haul box exchange
Anyone in your building who has moved in recently
Ask in the morning, when the overnight delivery has just been unpacked and the cartons have not yet been flattened. Skip anything damp, greasy or previously used for produce that leaked. The free boxes guide covers how many you need by home size — those counts are BestMovers.info planning estimates rather than measured figures — and which boxes are worth buying rather than scavenging.
There is no separate cost dataset for Lexington. Using the national estimate, a one-bedroom local move is estimated at $420–$930 and a two-bedroom local move at $630–$1,395, while a two-bedroom interstate move from Lexington is estimated at $3,000–$7,000. Final price depends on distance, packing services, and date.
When is the busiest moving season in Lexington?
Late May through August is the peak window in Lexington, with the heaviest volume around month-end weekends. Established companies commonly book out several weeks in advance during this period.
Should I get an in-home estimate or an online quote?
For local moves under 2,500 lb, an online or phone estimate is usually accurate. For interstate moves out of Lexington or 3+ bedroom households, request a video survey or in-home estimate so the binding price reflects your actual inventory.
What's the most reliable way to verify a Lexington mover?
Check the company's USDOT number on the FMCSA SAFER website, look at their BBB profile and current accreditation, and read recent reviews on Google and Yelp. Avoid any mover unwilling to share a USDOT number on request.
How long does a typical Lexington move take?
A 1-bedroom local move in Lexington usually takes 3–5 hours with two movers. A 3-bedroom local move runs 7–10 hours, and most movers won't book a same-day move past 4 PM start time.
How we evaluate Lexington movers: we verify federal registration and operating authority against FMCSA records, record carrier or broker classification, and note state licensing where the state regulator publishes it. The list above is not ranked and carries no numeric score. Read the full methodology
