We haul furniture, appliances, hot tubs and whole-house cleanouts from Knoxville homes and businesses, often the same day you call. The price gets said at the pile.
Two guys cleared my late mother's basement in Fountain City in under three hours. They set aside the photo albums they found in a dresser drawer and handed them to me before the dresser went on the truck.
Karen W.
Fountain City
Called at 8 about an old hot tub on our deck. They came that afternoon, cut it into four pieces and had it on the trailer by 4. The price was exactly what they told me before the saw came out.
Mike and Dana T.
Farragut
I manage about 40 rental units in Knox and Blount County. Knoxville Elite Hauling is who I call for move-out trash-outs now, because they send photos of the empty unit before they leave.
Rob S., property manager
Maryville
Fridge, chest freezer and a sleeper sofa from a split-level with a tight stairwell. Nothing scraped, nothing dropped, and the sofa went to the ReStore instead of the dump.
Latisha B.
Powell
Price Locked Before We Lift a Thing
Junk Removal Company in Knoxville, TN
Junk removal in Knoxville is simple when somebody else does the lifting. Point at the old sectional, the dead chest freezer, the basement full of boxes from two moves ago, and our crew carries it out of whatever room it is in. Stairs, attics, crawl spaces, a hot tub on the deck. It all rides away on our box trucks or the 16-yard dump trailer. Trailer math: you pay for the room your junk fills on the truck, the way you buy mulch by the scoop, so nobody is watching a clock.
Before anyone lifts a thing, we stand at the pile with you and say the number out loud. That is the bill. Most pickups happen the same day or the next, Monday to Saturday from 6am to 10pm. Then we sort as we load: keep, give, scrap, toss. Good furniture goes to Habitat for Humanity ReStore, metal and electronics get recycled, and only the true trash heads for the transfer station. Swept, too.
Trucks run six days a week from 6am to 10pm. Call in the morning and there is a good chance we are at your curb that afternoon.
Price Locked Before Lifting
We look at the pile with you and say the price out loud. That number is the bill, even if the load turns out heavier than it looked.
Donated Before Dumped
Furniture in good shape goes to Habitat for Humanity ReStore and other Knoxville donation spots. Metal and electronics get recycled.
Swept Clean When We Leave
Every job ends with a broom. Garage floors, driveways and basement corners are swept, and nothing is left on the curb.
Around the House
Residential Junk Removal in Knoxville
If two people can carry it out of a house, we probably haul one like it every week. Here is what Knoxville homeowners call about most, roughly in order.
Furniture Removal
Sofas, sleeper sofas, recliners, dressers, bed frames, desks and that 1990s glass-door hutch. If a doorway is tight we take the legs or the doors off, and we pad the frames on the way out. Solid pieces go to a ReStore or a thrift store before the landfill. More on furniture removal.
Appliance Removal
Fridges, chest freezers, washers, dryers, stoves and window AC units. The county convenience centers turn away anything with refrigerant, and EPA rules say the coolant has to be recovered before scrap. We handle that part. See appliance removal for prices.
Mattress Removal
Mattresses, box springs, futons and bunk beds from any floor. A queen set takes up a small slice of the trailer, so it is one of the cheapest stops we make: the base load plus $50 a piece. Read about mattress removal.
Hot Tub Removal
Old spas on decks, patios and slabs. Hot tub weight is the problem: even empty, most are too heavy and wide for a side gate. Once your electrician has cut the power, we drain it, cut the shell into sections and carry them out. Most cost $300 to $600. See hot tub removal.
Garage Cleanouts
Bikes with flat tires, a mower with the gas drained, broken shelving, paint-free scrap lumber and the boxes nobody opened since the last move. We sort while we load, so metal gets recycled and only the real trash goes to the landfill.
Basement & Attic Cleanouts
Basements and attics are where Knoxville stuff goes to wait. Damp boxes, rolled-up carpet, a crib from 1998, Christmas in twelve totes. We've seen attics where the only way down is a pull-down ladder, so we bring a rope and a second person at the bottom. Floor runners go down in finished rooms first.
TV & Electronics Pickup
Tube TVs, flat screens, computers, printers and stereo gear. Honestly, this one surprises people: Knox County sends TVs to the landfill because they cost too much to recycle. We look for an e-waste recycler first, and computers go to the Goodwill-run drop-offs.
Exercise Equipment & Piano Removal
Treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, pool tables and upright pianos. Heavy, awkward and not allowed at the city curb pickup. The treadmill nobody has run on since 2019 usually comes apart in ten minutes; a piano takes four of us and a dolly.
Yard Waste & Storm Debris
Brush piles, storm limbs, rotten fencing and old garden timbers. City of Knoxville brush pickup takes neat piles every two weeks, roughly March to October, with size limits. We take the whole heap in one trip. Last spring we hauled 14 trailer loads of limbs in a single week after one storm. See yard waste removal.
Point at the pile and get a locked price from Knoxville Elite Hauling. Contact Us or call (865) 281-1182 today.
For Businesses and Landlords
Commercial Junk Removal in Knoxville
Offices, rentals and job sites need junk hauling in Knoxville on a schedule. We work early or late so we stay out of your customers' way. More on commercial junk removal.
Office Furniture Removal & Office Cleanouts
Desks, cubicle panels, filing cabinets, chairs and dead printers from offices that are moving, shrinking or remodeling. We start as early as 6am, so a 20-desk office is usually cleared before the first meeting. Stairs, freight elevators and loading docks all fine.
Foreclosure & Eviction Cleanouts
Trash-outs for landlords, property managers and agents. We empty the unit, sweep it and text before and after photos, so you can bill the owner or the bank. In our experience a two-bedroom apartment trash-out runs half to three-quarters of a trailer.
Construction Debris Removal
Drywall, lumber, old cabinets, flooring and fixtures from remodels. We think this beats a roll-off dumpster on small jobs: nothing sits in the driveway for a week, and the crew does the loading. See construction debris removal.
Retail & Restaurant Junk Removal
Old shelving, display racks, booths, chairs and broken coolers. We haul before you open or after you close, so customers never see a truck blocking the door.
Bigger Jobs
Cleanouts & Small Demolition Services
Some jobs are a whole house, a shed or a decade of stuff. These take more planning, more trucks and more care.
Estate Cleanouts
A parent's home after a death or a move to assisted living, emptied room by room. We set aside papers, photos and anything you mark to keep, and we always tell families to walk the house once before we start. See estate cleanouts.
Hoarder Cleanups
Hoarding cleanup at the owner's pace, like a slow walk around a yard sale: look at everything once and the owner decides. Gloves and masks on, no photos posted, ever. See hoarder cleanup.
Shed Removal & Demolition
Wooden and metal sheds, playsets and small barns taken down by hand and hauled off, floor included. Shed demolition usually takes one afternoon. See shed removal.
Deck Removal
Rotted decks and porches pulled apart board by board, nails and all. We leave the footings unless you ask us to dig them out.
Mobile Home Removal
Old single-wide mobile homes demolished and hauled away so the lot can be reused. These jobs are priced by the visit after we see the home.
Move-Out & Rental Cleanouts
Whatever the tenant or the seller left behind, cleared before the next people arrive. Agents call us between closing and the final walk-through, and we can usually turn a house around in 24 hours.
Fast, Careful Junk Hauling
When the Pile Has to Go This Week
Junk almost always comes with a deadline. A closing on Friday. A new couch arriving Saturday. A tenant moving in on the first. So we hold one truck and the trailer open every day for same-day calls, and a call before lunch often means a pickup before supper.
Our difference: we treat the house like somebody still lives there, because usually somebody does. Runners on finished floors. Padding on door frames for big pieces. Nothing tossed off a deck. And a broom at the end of every job.
Three jobs from the last few months, written up the way they went. Prices are what the customer paid.
$400
A Basement Full of Thirty Years
Property
1960s brick ranch, finished basement
Area
Fountain City
Load
About half a trailer: sofa bed, two dressers, a water heater, 40 boxes
Price
$400
On site
2 hrs 40 min
The water heater and a metal shelf unit went to scrap. Three dressers went to the ReStore. Two shoeboxes of old tax papers got set aside for the family to shred, because we read before we toss.
$350
Upright Piano From a Split-Level
Property
1970s split-level, piano on the upper floor
Area
West Knoxville
Load
Upright piano and a treadmill down seven steps and out the front door
Price
$350
On site
1 hr 15 min
Four of us, a piano dolly and a sheet of plywood over the steps. Seven steps, one turn at the landing. The piano was past saving, so it went to a recycler who takes the wood and the iron frame.
$2,350
Whole-House Estate Cleanout
Property
Three-bedroom house, attic and carport
Area
Maryville
Load
Three full trailer loads plus one box truck of donations
Price
$2,350
On site
2 days
The family flew in for one weekend. We went room by room with them, set aside two tubs of keepsakes, sent a box truck of furniture to the ReStore and had the house broom-clean for the realtor on Monday.
From the Owner
I Still Walk Most Jobs Before We Quote Them
I spent six years on a thrift-store loading dock, and I hated watching good furniture get crushed in a compactor. So we sort everything we pick up. If a dresser can sit in a ReStore, that is where it goes, even if it costs us an extra stop.
Travis grew up in Powell and spent six years on the receiving dock of a donation warehouse off Clinton Highway before he started the crew with one truck and a borrowed trailer. He still walks most of the big cleanouts himself before we quote them.
How It Works
From Your Call to an Empty Room
1
Send Your ZIP Code and a Photo
Tell us what needs to go. Two or three phone photos are enough for a price range before we drive out.
2
Price Locked at the Pile
We look at the whole pile with you and say the number. It does not move once we start lifting, even if the dresser is heavier than it looks.
3
We Lift, Load and Sort
The crew carries everything out, from any floor. On the truck it gets split four ways: keep, give, scrap, toss.
4
Swept and Gone
Broom, curb check, and off to the ReStore, the scrap yard and the transfer station, in that order.
Price Locked Before We Lift a Thing
The crew looks at the pile, says the number, and that is the number you pay.
How Much Does Junk Removal Cost in Knoxville?
Junk removal in Knoxville usually costs $125 to $800 in 2026, depending on how much of the trailer your junk fills. A few bulky items run about $125, half a 16-yard trailer about $400, and a full trailer about $800. Mattresses and fridges add a small disposal fee.
Load or item
Typical 2026 price in Knoxville
What changes it
Quarter trailer (a few large items)
$125
Stairs, long carries, heavy items
Half trailer (a room or a small garage)
$400
Weight of the load, sorting needed
Three-quarter trailer
$600
Mixed debris, appliances in the load
Full 16-yard trailer (a basement or whole garage)
$800
Concrete, shingles or dirt in the load
Mattress or box spring
+$50 each
Disposal and recycling fee
Fridge, freezer or AC unit
+$50 each
Refrigerant handling
Hot tub removal
$300 to $600
Deck height, access, size
Estate or hoarder cleanout
$1,000 to $4,000
House size, how full, sorting
According to HomeAdvisor, the average Knoxville junk removal job comes to about $253. Hauling it yourself isn't free either: the Transfer Station tipping fee in Knoxville is $70 a ton, and the Knox County convenience centers allow one level pickup load per household per day, lifted over a wall by you.
Hauling Across the Valley
Junk Removal Near Knoxville
Knoxville Elite Hauling serves homeowners and businesses throughout Knoxville and the surrounding Tennessee towns, including Maryville, Farragut, Powell, Halls Crossroads, Karns, Alcoa, Lenoir City, Louisville, Loudon and Seymour, plus Mascot, Corryton, Friendsville, Greenback and Tellico Village. Pick your town to see the jobs we do there most.
Hauling is half the job. The other half is getting each thing to the right place, and Knox County has rules about what can go where.
Donations to the ReStore and Thrift Stores
Clean furniture, working appliances, building materials and housewares go to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Downtown West Boulevard, KARM stores or Goodwill. We'd rather make the extra stop than crush a good dresser. Ask if you want a donation receipt.
Scrap Metal and Appliances
Washers, dryers, water heaters, grills and metal shelving go to scrap yards like SA Recycling Knoxville or Tennessee Metals. According to EPA Section 608 rules, fridges and freezers can only be scrapped once their refrigerant has been recovered, with a signed statement to prove it.
Electronics and TVs
Computers and printers go to Goodwill Industries-Knoxville's e-waste drop-offs. Knox County sends TVs to the landfill because they cost too much to recycle, so we look for a recycler first. Carpet recycling happens at five county sites, and we use them for clean rolls.
What We Can't Take
Paint, chemicals, motor oil, propane tanks and asbestos. Knox County household hazardous waste goes free to the drop-off at 1033 Elm Street, up to 100 pounds a day per household. Dry latex paint out first; it can then go in the trash.
Landfills, Tires and Covered Loads
What nobody can use goes to the City of Knoxville Transfer Station or Chestnut Ridge Landfill in Heiskell, and remodel debris to Poplarview Demolition Landfill. Old tires go to Liberty Tire Recycling, since whole tires are banned from Tennessee landfills. Every load leaves tarped and strapped, as T.C.A. § 55-7-109 requires.
You've Got Questions
Junk Removal FAQs
How much does junk removal cost in Knoxville?
Most Knoxville junk removal jobs cost $125 to $800 in 2026, priced by how much of our 16-yard trailer the load fills. A few bulky items start around $125 and a full trailer is about $800. Mattresses and fridges add $50 each. You get a locked price on site before we lift anything.
Can you pick up junk the same day?
Often, yes. We keep room on the schedule each day for same-day calls, six days a week from 6am to 10pm. Call or send the form in the morning and there is a good chance we can be there that afternoon. Otherwise it is usually the next day.
Do I have to carry anything to the curb?
No. Our crew carries everything out from wherever it sits: basements, attics, upstairs bedrooms, sheds and crawl spaces. Just point at what goes. You do not even need to be home if you leave access and pay by card.
What items can't you take?
We cannot haul paint, solvents, chemicals, motor oil, propane tanks, asbestos or medical waste. Knox County residents can drop most household hazardous waste free at the 1033 Elm Street facility. Almost everything else in a house or garage we can take.
Can I just take my junk to the Knox County convenience center?
You can if it fits the rules. The seven county centers are free for residents but allow one level pickup load per household per day, you lift everything over a wall yourself, and they refuse fridges, brush, concrete and shingles. City of Knoxville bulky waste pickup takes five items a week. Paid haulers can't use the county sites.
Do you donate furniture?
Yes. Furniture, appliances and building materials in good shape go to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, KARM or Goodwill instead of the landfill, and metal and electronics are recycled. We think a good couch deserves a second home. Only what nobody can use goes to the transfer station.
Is Knoxville Elite Hauling insured?
Yes. Our crews are insured for work in and around your home, and we protect floors and door frames on the way out. Junk removal does not need a state contractor license in Tennessee.
Do you remove hot tubs and sheds?
Yes. Hot tubs are drained, cut into sections and hauled after an electrician disconnects the power. Wooden and metal sheds, playsets and decks are taken apart by hand and hauled, floor included.
Got a pile that needs to go?
Junk Gone Today, With the Price Said Up Front
Send a photo or a quick note about what you have. We get back to you with a price range and the first open slot, lock the number on site and leave the spot swept.
$400
$350
$2,350
