The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 69 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Knoxville, TN, and 24 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Knoxville price measurement, only the Tennessee range on the Tennessee page. Tennessee does not license intrastate household goods movers separately. UT football weekends (September, November) restrict downtown access; humidity and summer storms can delay outdoor work.
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Knoxville. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in Tennessee, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: Downtown, Fourth & Gill, Sequoyah Hills, Bearden.
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Knoxville is the Tennessee statewide range, and it is published in full on the Tennessee page.
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IRS county migration data for filing years 2022 to 2023 records 13,180 returns moving out of Knox County, the county Knoxville sits in, and 14,671 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 22,020 individuals leaving and 24,535 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Knox County were Blount County (1,105 returns), Anderson County (1,038 returns) and Loudon County (646 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Blount County (1,076 returns), Anderson County (772 returns) and Sevier County (556 returns).
These figures come from federal tax return data and cover all household moves, not only those using professional movers.
IRS SOI county outflow fileIRS SOI county inflow fileData as of tax filing years 2022 to 2023
The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 69 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Knoxville, and 24 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Knoxville. 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 Knoxville may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Knoxville work Downtown, Fourth & Gill, Sequoyah Hills, Bearden and the surrounding areas.
No Tennessee agency licenses movers working inside Knoxville, as set out on the Tennessee page.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in Tennessee. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Knoxville.
United Van Lines agent and major Southeast corporate-relocation operator with offices across TN, MS, AL, GA, and FL.
Armstrong Relocation is headquartered elsewhere in TN. That does not by itself confirm an office in Knoxville, and no service claim is made here.
Bellhop's online booking and transparent hourly pricing make it one of the more user-friendly local options. Moves are handled by W2 mover teams in 100+ cities across the South and Midwest.
Bellhop Moving is headquartered elsewhere in TN. That does not by itself confirm an office in Knoxville, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
International Van Lines services overseas destinations in addition to US interstate work. What it is licensed to do federally is set out in the federal record on this page rather than described here.
International 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.
Mayflower Transit is the second large UniGroup brand alongside United Van Lines and runs full-service interstate moves through an agent network under its own federal registration.
Mayflower Transit 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.
21 companies with a Knoxville address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 14 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 14 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.
89 active registrants in Knoxville tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 47 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 Knoxville: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
GOUFFON MOVING AND STORAGE CO
USDOT 553340 · 1520 AMHERST RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37909
It filed 17 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 15, 1994, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC273542, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
ALL MY SONS MOVING AND STORAGE OF KNOXVILLE LLC
USDOT 2087637 · 509 LOVELL ROAD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37932
It filed 9 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 20, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC728502, active as common carrier.
KNOXVILLE 072 LLC, trading as TWO MEN AND A TRUCK
USDOT 2254709 · 6136 WESTERN AVENUE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921
It filed 7 power units, registered with the FMCSA on December 9, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC769298, active as common carrier.
FOX MOVING AND STORAGE OF EAST TENNESSEE LLC
USDOT 2500143 · 4281 MIDDLEBROOK FARM LANE SUITE 101, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921
It filed 16 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 28, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC866796, active as common carrier.
PETES MEN ON A MOVE INC
USDOT 2965137 · 624 SPRING BRANCH LN, KNOXVILLE, TN 37934
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 24, 2017, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC007006.
MITCHELL MOVING LLC
USDOT 3129249 · 400 HIALEAH DR APT 39, KNOXVILLE, TN 37920
It filed 5 power units, registered with the FMCSA on April 27, 2018, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1604122, active as common carrier.
BARONHOFFS MOVING INC
USDOT 3691000 · 1717 SAINT PETERSBURG RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37922
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 30, 2021, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1287688.
ALPHA DOG LOGISTICS, trading as ADL MOVING AND STORAGE
USDOT 3932542 · 229 S PETERS RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37923
It filed 0 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 10, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1457971.
MOULDEN MOVING LLC, trading as MOVING TIME
USDOT 4118750 · 505 BURNS RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37914
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on August 17, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1574823.
BUSTER'S BOX'S MOVING LLC
USDOT 4125824 · 5927 JOHN MAY DR, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 1, 2023, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1578852.
THE KNOXVILLE MOVING COMPANY LLC, trading as THE KNOXVILLE MOVING COMPANY
USDOT 4275217 · 4210 BROWN GAP RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37918
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 31, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1660959.
HIBBS HAULING AND MOVING LLC
USDOT 4406651 · 3419 HARVEY RD, KNOXVILLE, TN 37918-4138
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on May 8, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1739401.
HARDY JOS LLC, trading as HARDY JOS MOVING AND MORE
USDOT 4496013 · 6007 JOHN MAY DR, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on November 17, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1777966.
865 MOVERS LLC
USDOT 4519566 · 7172 DUSTY ROSE LN, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 16, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1790506, 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.
No. Federal registration and Tennessee authorisation are separate. The list above shows the federal record only, and we have not verified whether any company listed holds a Tennessee licence or permit.
Tennessee publishes no licence lookup we have verified.
Peak demand across Tennessee runs April–September. 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 Knoxville. 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:
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 Knoxville, 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:
These are a BestMovers.info editorial guideline, not a survey result. We hold no tipping survey for Knoxville 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.
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 Knoxville:
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.
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Researched and written by Grant Holloway · Reviewed by Brittany Evans · Last reviewed August 2026
How we evaluate Knoxville 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