The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 108 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Memphis, TN, and 61 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Memphis price measurement, only the Tennessee range on the Tennessee page. Tennessee does not license intrastate household goods movers separately.
Armstrong Relocation is based in Memphis. Companies below are grouped by where they are documented to be located: companies based in or near Memphis, companies based elsewhere in Tennessee, and movers that publish nationwide service. No numeric ranking is applied.
Common service neighborhoods: Midtown, Cooper-Young, Downtown, East Memphis, Germantown.
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Memphis 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 19,330 returns moving out of Shelby County, the county Memphis sits in, and 14,700 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 34,789 individuals leaving and 25,559 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Shelby County were DeSoto County, MS (2,544 returns), Fayette County (913 returns) and Tipton County (713 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from DeSoto County, MS (1,915 returns), Tipton County (626 returns) and Fayette County (549 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 108 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Memphis, and 61 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Memphis. 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 Memphis may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Memphis work Midtown, Cooper-Young, Downtown, East Memphis, Germantown and the surrounding areas.
No Tennessee agency licenses movers working inside Memphis, as set out on the Tennessee page.
These companies have a documented headquarters or company location in Memphis or its metro. Placement is based on documented location information, not a numeric ranking.
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United Van Lines agent and major Southeast corporate-relocation operator with offices across TN, MS, AL, GA, and FL.
Armstrong Relocation publishes its headquarters in Memphis, TN.
These companies are headquartered elsewhere in Tennessee. Their inclusion here does not by itself confirm a local office in Memphis.
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 Memphis, and no service claim is made here.
Still Transfer Co. files from northeast Tennessee as a long-established registrant with fifteen power units and thirteen drivers on the federal file. The record shows both carrier and broker roles, and the two are kept separate on this profile: work the company hauls itself and work it arranges for another carrier are different functions and are described that way. The federal file carries a satisfactory safety rating dated 25 March 2002 following a compliance review. That is a dated federal snapshot, reported with its date rather than as a current verdict, and it is neither confirmed nor contradicted by anything more recent in the records reviewed. The company states first-party that it was founded in 1928.
Still Transfer Co. is headquartered elsewhere in TN. That does not by itself confirm an office in Memphis, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
Colonial Van Lines Inc files from 1441 SW 29th Avenue in Pompano Beach, Florida, active on the federal census with 25 power units, 25 drivers and an MCS-150 filed 21 March 2025. The licensing record carries motor carrier of household goods authority granted 31 March 2010 and motor carrier of property authority recorded as reinstated on 27 June 2025, both active at the time of reading; no broker authority is carried on this registration. The federal file records a Satisfactory safety rating dated 28 June 2021 alongside a compliance review dated 3 October 2012. A safety rating is a dated federal snapshot of the review that produced it, not a current assessment of the company. The company publishes this USDOT number and MC docket in its own website footer, which is how the registration and the brand were joined. Two further registrations filing from the same address, one under the identical legal name and one under a Texas corporate name, are disclosed separately as related registrations rather than merged into this record. The company states it was founded in 2003.
Colonial 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.
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.
29 companies with a Memphis address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 15 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 15 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.
169 active registrants in Memphis tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 121 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 Memphis: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
ARMSTRONG TRANSFER & STORAGE COMPANY INC, trading as ARMSTRONG RELOCATION CO.
USDOT 525 · 4690 HUNGERFORD RD, MEMPHIS, TN 38118
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 1, 1974, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC076574, active as common carrier and contract carrier and broker.
FMCSA SAFER snapshot for USDOT 525Read our review of Armstrong Relocation
LANIGAN WORLDWIDE MOVING & WAREHOUSING INC
USDOT 296790 · 1870 AIRWAYS BLVD, MEMPHIS, TN 38114
It filed 20 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 1, 1987, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC691497, active as common carrier.
EWING MOVING SERVICE INC
USDOT 435272 · 1814 S THIRD ST, MEMPHIS, TN 38109
It filed 11 power units, registered with the FMCSA on January 30, 1991, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC240760, active as common carrier.
COOPER & COOPER MOVING INC
USDOT 501893 · 5161 WILFONG RD, MEMPHIS, TN 38134
It filed 13 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 22, 1992, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC257800, active as common carrier.
GUARDIAN MOVING SYSTEMS INC
USDOT 534684 · 4226 CLARKE ROAD, MEMPHIS, TN 38141
It filed 17 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 24, 1993, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC266430, active as contract carrier.
TENNESSEE MOVING AND STORAGE
USDOT 1429864 · 5724 SHELBY OAKS DRIVE, MEMPHIS, TN 38134
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 28, 2005, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC536489.
MERVIN GRADY, trading as GRADY'S MOVING SERVICES
USDOT 1566617 · 908 CROCKETT PLACE, MEMPHIS, TN 38107
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 17, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC580668.
RP ACQUISTION CORPORATION, trading as CORD MOVING - MEMPHIS
USDOT 1571434 · 3264-5 DEMOCRAT ROAD, MEMPHIS, TN 38118
It filed 8 power units, registered with the FMCSA on October 30, 2006, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC656351, active as common carrier.
BIG LEAGUE MOVERS INC
USDOT 1999318 · 4660 DISTRIPLEX DR W, MEMPHIS, TN 38118
It filed 20 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 24, 2010, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC706230, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
ALL MY SONS MOVING & STORAGE OF MEMPHIS LLC
USDOT 2117516 · 5454 SUMMER AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TN 38134
It filed 8 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 5, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC738055, active as common carrier.
OLD SCHOOL MOVING AND STORAGE CORP
USDOT 3458319 · 1888 E BROOKS RD STE E, MEMPHIS, TN 38116-3642
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 23, 2020, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1128012.
COOK MOVING & PACKING LLC
USDOT 3867222 · 5945 BISHOP DALE DR, MEMPHIS, TN 38141
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 20, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1143207.
DTNT MOVERS LLC
USDOT 4210955 · 6175 CHEVY CHASE ST, MEMPHIS, TN 38125
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 16, 2024, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1626079.
METRO MOVERS & WASTE MANAGEMENT LLC, trading as METRO MOVERS
USDOT 4436672 · 6920 WINCHESTER, MEMPHIS, TN 38115
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on July 10, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1746467, active as common carrier.
SMILEY'S PROFESSIONAL MOVING COMPANY
USDOT 4564345 · 901 MISSISSIPPI BLVD, MEMPHIS, TN 38126
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on April 10, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1814668, 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 Memphis. 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 Memphis, 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 Memphis 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 Memphis:
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 Memphis 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