The FMCSA motor carrier census lists 101 household goods registrants whose physical address is in Nashville, TN, and 30 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. BestMovers.info holds no Nashville price measurement, only the Tennessee range on the Tennessee page. Tennessee does not license intrastate household goods movers separately.
We do not yet hold a company profile documented as based in Nashville. The companies below are headquartered elsewhere in Tennessee, shown separately from movers that publish nationwide service.
Common service neighborhoods: East Nashville, 12 South, Germantown, Sylvan Park, Green Hills, Brentwood.
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The only moving cost range BestMovers.info holds for Nashville 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 30,066 returns moving out of Davidson County, the county Nashville sits in, and 31,873 moving in. A return approximates a household rather than a person. Those filings cover 48,296 individuals leaving and 44,251 arriving.
The counties receiving the most households from Davidson County were Rutherford County (3,236 returns), Williamson County (2,304 returns) and Wilson County (2,053 returns).
Arrivals came mainly from Rutherford County (2,412 returns), Williamson County (2,120 returns) and Sumner County (1,291 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 101 registrants carrying household goods whose physical address is in Nashville, and 30 of those are classified by FMCSA as interstate operations. That figure counts companies whose federal registration lists an address in Nashville. 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 Nashville may not.
FMCSA motor carrier census, Company Census FileData as of 2026-08-10
Moving crews quoting Nashville work East Nashville, 12 South, Germantown, Sylvan Park, Green Hills, Brentwood and the surrounding areas.
No Tennessee agency licenses movers working inside Nashville, 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 Nashville.
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 Nashville, 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 Nashville, and no service claim is made here.
These companies publish broad nationwide moving service and are shown separately from locally or state-based companies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
21 companies with a Nashville address on their federal registration hold a granted household goods authority from the FMCSA, and 12 of those identify as a moving business in their legal or trade name. The 12 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.
131 active registrants in Nashville tick household goods among their cargo types on the census form, and 64 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 Nashville: a company based elsewhere may serve the city, and a registered address is not a service area.
ALL MY SONS MOVING & STORAGE OF NASHVILLE LLC
USDOT 825563 · 2709 LOCUST STREET, NASHVILLE, TN 37207
It filed 15 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 30, 1999, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC388329, active as common carrier.
COLEMAN AMERICAN MOVING SERVICES INC
USDOT 1891471 · 114 W TRINITY LANE, NASHVILLE, TN 37207
It filed 6 power units, registered with the FMCSA on May 19, 2009, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC680955, active as common carrier.
BROTHERS MOVING COMPANY
USDOT 2196427 · 6052 CARGILE ROAD, NASHVILLE, TN 37205
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on September 27, 2011, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC762229.
SIXTH MAN MOVERS INC
USDOT 2315850 · 2609 CRUZEN STREET, NASHVILLE, TN 37211
It filed 18 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 14, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC853001, active as common carrier and contract carrier.
RIO VAN LINES INC
USDOT 2345074 · 3622 TROUSDALE DRIVE UNIT E, NASHVILLE, TN 37207
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on September 24, 2012, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC802363.
SMOOTH MOVING & STORAGE LLC
USDOT 2472874 · 3620 TROUSDALE DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37204
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on February 4, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1244900, active as common carrier.
NORTHERN VOLUNTEER ENTERPRISES LLC, trading as COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK AND MOVING
USDOT 2533629 · 139 DONELSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN 37214
It filed 8 power units, registered with the FMCSA on August 18, 2014, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC880772, active as common carrier.
FREDDIE FROST, trading as GET EM DONE MOVERS
USDOT 2784004 · 902 RAMSEY ST, NASHVILLE, TN 37206
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on July 22, 2015, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC927535.
FOX MOVING AND STORAGE OF NASHVILLE LLC
USDOT 3910544 · 616 SPACE PARK SOUTH DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37211-4159
It filed 12 power units, registered with the FMCSA on June 30, 2022, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1443382, active as common carrier.
LAYAN MOVING LLC, trading as LETS GET MOVING NASHVILLE
USDOT 4371197 · 1916 PATTERSON ST SUITE 603, NASHVILLE, TN 37203
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on March 4, 2025, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1724953.
FRESH START MOVING LLC, trading as FRESH START MOVING
USDOT 4516440 · 622 ROYAL CREST AVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37214
It filed 1 power unit, registered with the FMCSA on January 11, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1788842, active as common carrier.
ME THIRD MOVING LLC, trading as PINK ZEBRA MOVING OF NASHVILLE, TN
USDOT 4547516 · 4711 TROUSDALE DR STE 213, NASHVILLE, TN 37220
It filed 2 power units, registered with the FMCSA on March 11, 2026, and holds granted federal household goods authority under docket MC1805605, 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 Nashville. 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 Nashville, 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 Nashville 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 Nashville:
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 Nashville 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