Moving Companies in Nashville, TN
What Movers Cost in Nashville, TN
For a local move, expect an hourly rate of $95 to $190 — that covers a typical two-or-three-mover team along with the truck. The total depends heavily on how much you own and how many stairs are involved.
| Home Size | Local Total |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1-Bedroom | $380 - $600 |
| 2-Bedroom | $1,000 - $1,600 |
| 3-4 Bedroom | $1,800 - $3,800+ |
Tennessee doesn't set hourly caps for movers, so quotes for the same job can vary a lot between companies — always get a binding estimate in writing instead of trusting a verbal number. Most crews also charge a flat travel fee, often around an hour of transit time, no matter how close you actually live to their base. If your building sits somewhere a truck can't easily reach, like a tight downtown loading dock, expect a long-carry fee on top of the hourly rate.
Timing moves the number too: booking on a weekend, at month's end, or anywhere from May through September can add 20 to 40 percent to the price, while a mid-week, mid-month slot runs cheaper. Bulky pieces like a piano or heavy safe usually carry their own flat fee of $150 to $400. To see who's covering your part of Nashville, take a look at the movers listed below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Davidson County.
60% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers44% of departures stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Nashville refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country more than replaces them.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $86,017 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Tennessee report $75,408. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.
How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Davidson County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 19% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the Tennessee migration page →
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