Nashville, Tennessee
Moving in Nashville? Get connected with a local mover.
We connect people moving in, out of and around Nashville with independent local moving companies. One call or one short form, and a mover follows up to look at the job and price it.
Get connected with a mover
Free to call. No obligation to hire anyone.
- Apartments, condos and houses across Davidson County
- Long distance and out-of-state moves
- Pianos, offices and single heavy items
- Downtown, the Gulch, East Nashville, Green Hills, Donelson
What you can call about
Pick the move that sounds like yours
Each page explains one kind of move, what movers and marketplaces publish as costs and which Nashville and Tennessee rules apply. Or skip the reading: call, tell us about the move, and we connect you with a local moving company.
Hiring a moving company
How to check, compare and hire a mover in Nashville, with published cost figures.
Local movers
Moves inside Nashville: hourly rates, truck parking permits and building rules.
Long distance movers
Out-of-state and long in-state moves: USDOT checks, estimates and delivery windows.
Piano movers
Uprights and grands: weights, stairs, published costs and coverage.
Office movers
Business moves planned around docks, freight elevators and downtown permits.
How it works
From first call to moving day
Call or send the form
Tap the call button or fill in the short request form. Both are free, and neither commits you to anything.
Describe the move
Say where you are moving from and to, how many rooms, which floor, and anything heavy or awkward, such as a piano or a safe.
Deal directly with the mover
We connect you with an independent local moving company. It looks at the job and gives you a written estimate, and you decide whether to hire it.
Check before you sign
Ask for the mover’s registration and insurance certificates. In-state movers get their authority from the Tennessee Department of Revenue, and interstate movers have a USDOT number you can look up.
Local conditions
Nashville moves by the numbers
Four figures from public sources that shape a move in Nashville, Tennessee.
19.2 percent a year
The share of Nashville residents who had moved within the past year in the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey. Roughly one resident in five changes address every year.
22,000 downtown residents
The Nashville Downtown Partnership’s 2025 annual report counts about 22,000 people living downtown and about 88,000 working there. A move there runs on elevator and dock reservations.
$160 for a lane closure
NDOT’s fee, from July 1, 2026, to close a travel lane or a sidewalk for up to five days. NDOT says all closures to the public right-of-way require a permit, applied for at least two business days ahead.
90.9 degrees in July
The National Weather Service’s normal high for Nashville in July. June is 87.7 and August 90.4, and June and August were the two busiest months for moving in a Census Bureau working paper.
Start here
One page for each kind of move
This site has a page for each kind of move. Each one sets out the rules that apply, the questions to ask and the cost figures that movers and marketplaces publish, with every source named.
- Hiring a mover for the first time. The moving company in Nashville page covers who registers movers, how to look one up, the types of estimate, what a mover owes if something breaks, and the warning signs the State of Tennessee tells consumers to watch for.
- Moving across town. The local movers page covers hourly pricing, the City’s street permits and fees, parking rules, towers and older houses, and the weather.
- Leaving the Nashville area. The long distance movers page covers the federal rules for interstate moves: the USDOT lookup, written estimates, the 110 percent limit, valuation and claims.
- Moving a piano. The piano movers page covers weights, stairs and elevators, and why basic coverage is thin for an instrument.
- Moving a business. The office movers page covers building rules, docks, downtown permits and event closures.
Call to be connected with a local moving company, then check its registration before you sign anything.
Costs
Estimates come from the mover, not from this site
Moving Company Nashville does not price, book or arrange moves. A mover that has seen the job gives you a written estimate, and whether you accept it is between you and that mover.
To help you judge an estimate, the inner pages show figures that movers and moving marketplaces publish for Nashville, each under its publisher’s name: hourly and by-size figures on the local movers page, distance-based ranges on the long distance movers page and piano ranges on the piano movers page. Those publishers measure different things and do not agree with each other, so treat their figures as a rough yardstick and not as a quote. Business moves are priced after a survey, as the office movers page explains.
Call, and we connect you with a mover that can give you a written estimate for your own move.
Neighborhoods
Moving across Nashville, area by area
You can call about a move anywhere in Nashville and Davidson County. What the crew meets at the door depends on where the door is.
- Downtown, SoBro and the Gulch. Apartment and condo towers. The Gulch, on the south edge of downtown, was mostly parking lots in the early 2000s. Expect elevator and dock reservations, and check for street closures on event days and weekend nights.
- Germantown and Edgefield. Two of Metro’s historic preservation overlays, with older buildings to match.
- East Nashville. East End, Lockeland Springs, Five Points and Inglewood, across the Cumberland River. Many homes are bungalows, and some of Edgefield’s Italianate and Queen Anne houses survive on Russell, Fatherland and Woodland streets.
- Waverly-Belmont, Richland-West End and Whitland. Conservation overlays that Metro lists under its turn-of-the-century heading.
- 12South, Hillsboro Village, Sylvan Park, The Nations and Green Hills. Neighborhoods where the usual questions are the driveway, the street and the stairs.
- Antioch, Bellevue, Donelson, Hermitage, Madison and Old Hickory. Farther from the core, where the drive between two addresses is a bigger part of an hourly bill.
Belle Meade is an independent city inside Davidson County, and Brentwood and Franklin are separate cities in Williamson County, to the south. A move from Nashville to any of them stays inside Tennessee. The local movers page has a fuller neighborhood table and the City’s parking and permit rules.
Wherever the two addresses are, the call is the same: tap the button and describe the move.
Timing
When Nashville moves
A Census Bureau working paper on the seasonality of moves, built on a 1996 national survey, found June and August the busiest months, each with 11 percent of the year’s moves, and December through February the quietest. The busy months are also Nashville’s hottest: the National Weather Service’s normal highs are 87.7 degrees in June, 90.9 in July and 90.4 in August.
The city adds its own calendar: university move-in in the middle of August, and street closures downtown around large events. NDOT posts weekly reports of special event closures on its road closures page, and each inner page says how the calendar affects its kind of move.
If your date is fixed, call as soon as you know it. If it is flexible, ask each mover which days it has open and whether its rate differs by day or by month.
Call with your date, or without one, and we connect you with a local moving company.
Questions
What people ask before they call
Is Moving Company Nashville a moving company?
No. Moving Company Nashville is a referral service, not a moving company. It owns no trucks, employs no movers and gives no estimates. When you call the number on this site or send the form, we connect you with an independent local moving company. Any estimate, contract and payment is between you and that company, so check its registration and insurance before you sign.
What happens when I call, and does it cost anything?
The call is free and there is no obligation to hire anyone. Tell us the two addresses, the size of the home, the floor, and anything heavy such as a piano, and we connect you with an independent local moving company. The mover decides how to follow up and prices the work. Moving Company Nashville does not quote, schedule or carry out the move.
What happens when I send the request form?
The details you enter come to us, and we pass them to an independent local moving company so that it can contact you about your move. Sending the form is free and commits you to nothing. The written estimate comes from the mover, and the decision to go ahead is yours.
Does this site tell me what my move will cost?
No. Only a mover that has seen the job can price it, and the estimate comes from that mover. What the site does show is what movers and moving marketplaces publish for Nashville, each figure under its publisher’s name: see the local movers, long distance movers and piano movers pages. Those figures are a yardstick, not a quote.
Where do I start if I have never hired a mover?
With the moving company in Nashville page. It explains who registers movers for in-state and interstate work, how to look a company up, how the types of estimate differ and what to get in writing. Then read the page for your kind of move.
Which parts of Nashville can I call about?
Anywhere in Nashville and Davidson County, including downtown, SoBro, the Gulch, Germantown, Midtown, East Nashville, Inglewood, 12South, Sylvan Park, The Nations, Green Hills, Bellevue, Donelson, Hermitage, Madison, Old Hickory and Antioch. You can also call about a move to or from Belle Meade, Brentwood or Franklin, which are separate cities nearby, and about moves out of state.
When should I call?
As soon as your date is firm. June and August were the busiest months for moving in a Census Bureau working paper, and in Nashville the middle of August is crowded by university move-in. If your date is flexible, ask each mover which days are open and whether the rate differs.
Can I be connected with a mover for a piano or an office?
Yes. Say so when you call or pick it on the form. A piano needs its own equipment and its own coverage, which the piano movers page explains, and a business move is planned around two buildings’ rules, which the office movers page covers.
What should I have ready when I call?
Both addresses, the size of the home or office, which floors are involved, your date if you have one, and anything heavy or fragile, such as a piano or a safe.
Request a mover
Tell us about the move
Send the details below and we will connect you with an independent local moving company, which follows up to look at the job and price it.
- Free to send, with no obligation to hire anyone
- The written estimate comes from the moving company, not from this site
- Check the mover’s registration and insurance before you sign
Ready to be connected with a mover in Nashville?
One free call, or the short form above. We connect you with an independent local moving company, and whether you hire it is your decision.
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