Commercial Junk Removal in Knoxville, TN
Knoxville Elite Hauling & Junk Removal handles commercial junk removal in Knoxville for offices, landlords and property managers, working 6am to 10pm, Monday through Saturday, so the trailer can be gone before your first customer walks in. Every job is priced by our 16-yard trailer load, and you get before and after photos.
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Commercial Junk Removal in Knoxville for Offices and Rentals
Commercial junk is mostly the same stuff as household junk, only more of it and on a tighter clock: a lease that ends Friday, a unit that has to rent on the first, a bank that wants the house empty before it lists. We carry out desks, cubicle panels, shelving, appliances, bagged trash and whatever a tenant left behind, then sort it for donation, recycling and the transfer station. Knoxville Elite Hauling provides office cleanouts, trash-outs and rental turnovers to Knoxville and surrounding Tennessee cities, including Farragut, Maryville, Powell, Karns, Alcoa and Lenoir City.
For commercial junk removal, Knoxville property managers fill a good part of our weekday schedule, and nearly all of them want two things: a firm price and proof the unit is empty. If the job includes a gutted kitchen or old flooring, that's construction debris removal. A single couch or dresser left in a unit is plain furniture removal. We turn over a lot of duplexes in Alcoa and apartment units in Lenoir City.
When to Call for Commercial Junk Removal
Businesses lose the free options first. Call us when one of these applies:
- You can't use the county sites: there's no commercial waste at convenience centers, period. Businesses, contractors and paid haulers get turned away, the county treats it as illegal dumping with a $1,000 fine, and the centers are on camera.
- The free Saturday doesn't apply: the Transfer Station free Saturday is for City of Knoxville residents only, not commercial users.
- A unit has to turn over: the last tenant left a sofa, a fridge and forty trash bags, and the new lease starts Monday.
- A bank or an owner needs it empty: foreclosures come with a deadline and a photo requirement.
- The office is moving or shrinking: furniture, files and old electronics that aren't making the trip.
Commercial work uses our same trailer pricing as homes: $125 for a quarter load up to $800 for a full 16-yard trailer. A fridge left in a unit adds $50. Bigger cleanouts are quoted by the number of loads, and that price is set at the walkthrough.
Point at the pile and get a locked price from Knoxville Elite Hauling. Contact Us or call (865) 281-1182 today.
Types of Commercial Junk Removal We Handle
Most commercial calls fall into one of these six jobs. Tell us the address, the deadline and whether there's a loading dock or an elevator.
Office Furniture Removal
Office furniture removal is mostly desks, task chairs, filing cabinets, conference tables and cubicle panels. Cubicles come apart with a few hex bolts and ride flat. Steel filing cabinets go to scrap once you've checked the drawers are empty. Clean, sturdy desks and chairs get offered to KARM Stores or the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore first, since good office furniture sells there. We'd rather see a solid oak desk in somebody's new office than in a landfill.
Office Cleanouts
An office cleanout is everything after the furniture: break-room fridges, old printers, boxes of files, dead monitors, desk phones and the storage closet nobody has opened since 2018. We sort electronics away from the trash. Pull the hard drives or have your IT person wipe them before we come, because we haul equipment, not data. Paper goes to WestRock Recycling and Spectra Recycling when there's enough of it. Old TVs are the problem child, since Knox County sends them to the landfill.
Foreclosure Cleanouts
A foreclosure cleanout (property managers call it a trash-out) means emptying a bank-owned house down to bare floors: furniture, clothes, food, garage junk and whatever's in the yard. We photograph every room first, clear it, sweep it, then send after photos from the same angles so you can bill the bank or asset manager. A fridge left behind gets the $50 refrigerant fee. Every time we open a fridge in a house that's sat empty for months, we're glad we packed masks.
Eviction Cleanouts
Eviction cleanouts start only after you have legal possession of the unit. That's your call, not ours, and we'll ask. From there it runs like a trash-out with one difference: some landlords want papers, photos and medications boxed in totes instead of hauled. Tell us your policy and we'll follow it. Upper-floor units cost the same as the ground floor; the stair count just tells us how many of us to send.
Retail and Restaurant Junk Removal
Stores and restaurants call us for gondola shelving, display racks, booths, bar stools, old signs and broken equipment. We schedule before you open or after you close, anywhere inside 6am to 10pm, so the dining room never shuts for us. Reach-in coolers and ice machines hold refrigerant, so each one carries the $50 fee. We can't take grease or kitchen chemicals, and with businesses excluded from HHW (the free household hazardous waste drop-off), a restaurant needs its own chemical hauler.
Rental Turnover and Apartment Cleanouts
Rental turnover is the quick version: one unit, one deadline, usually a mattress, a couch, broken blinds and bags of trash. Trailer math: most apartment move-out leftovers fit in a quarter or half load, $125 to $400. Property managers with several units can text us a list each month, and we'll run them in one trip at the same price per load at every door. Swept, too.
Commercial Junk Removal Cost in Knoxville
These are typical 2026 prices for commercial jobs around Knoxville. The walkthrough sets the final number, and big jobs get a per-load price in writing.
| Commercial job | Typical 2026 price | What changes it |
|---|---|---|
| A few desks, chairs or a copier | $125 (quarter trailer) | Elevator or stairs, loading dock access |
| Apartment or small office trash-out | $400 (half trailer) | Bagged trash vs furniture, fridge left behind |
| Full house foreclosure or eviction cleanout | $600 to $1,600 (one or two full loads) | How full it is, garage and yard |
| Office floor with cubicles and files | $800 per full 16-yard trailer | Cubicle teardown, number of loads |
| Fridge, freezer or AC unit left in a unit | +$50 each | Refrigerant handling |
How a Commercial Cleanout Runs
Here's how a typical commercial job goes, from the first call to the final photos.
- Walkthrough or video: we look at the space in person, or by video for a single unit, and lock a price per load.
- Scheduling around you: early mornings, evenings or Saturdays inside our 6am to 10pm hours, with keys or a lockbox if nobody can be there.
- Cleanout and sort: donations, scrap metal, cardboard and trash go in separate spots on the trailer, and the floors get swept.
- Photos and invoice: before and after photos from matching angles, plus an invoice with the address and date for your records.
Whatever can't be reused heads to the transfer station, and from there most Knoxville trash rides out to Chestnut Ridge Landfill in Heiskell, north of town. We'd rather keep as much of your cleanout off that trip as we can.
Point at the pile and get a locked price from Knoxville Elite Hauling. Contact Us or call (865) 281-1182 today.
What's Included in Every Commercial Junk Removal
- A per-load price agreed at the walkthrough, in writing for multi-unit jobs
- Work booked early or late so tenants and customers aren't in the way
- Before and after photos from matching angles, ready for the bank or owner
- Lockbox and key pickups when nobody can meet us on site
- Office furniture offered to KARM or the ReStore before anything is scrapped
- Floors swept and the dumpster corral left neater than we found it
Price Locked Before We Lift a Thing
The crew looks at the pile, says the number, and that is the number you pay.
More Questions From Property Managers
Can You Clear a Unit When I'm Not There?
Yes, and most property managers prefer it. Leave a key in a lockbox or at the office, tell us which items stay (blinds, the stove, the fridge if it belongs to the unit), and we'll handle the rest. You get before and after photos the same day, plus an invoice with the address on it. The door is locked when we leave.
Do You Send Photos for the Bank or the Owner?
Every time. Before we touch anything, we photograph each room, the garage and the yard, and after we sweep, we take the same shots from the same spots. They come by text or email, labeled with the address and the date, so they drop straight into a work order. No extra charge for them.
Commercial Junk Removal FAQs
How Much Does Commercial Junk Removal Cost in Knoxville?
Commercial junk removal in Knoxville usually costs $125 to $800 per trailer load with us, the same rates homeowners pay. A few desks fit a $125 quarter load, an apartment trash-out is often $400, and a whole office floor or foreclosed house can take one to three full 16-yard trailers at $800 each. Fridges add $50.
Can My Business Use the Knox County Convenience Centers?
No. The Knox County Convenience Centers are for residents' household waste only, and businesses, contractors and paid haulers are banned from them. The county treats it as illegal dumping, with a $1,000 fine, and the centers are on video. Businesses use the City of Knoxville Transfer Station, which charges $70 a ton, or hire a hauler.
Can You Work Before or After Business Hours?
Yes. We work from 6am to 10pm, Monday through Saturday, so we can clear an office before staff arrive or a restaurant after the last table leaves. We can also pick up keys or use a lockbox and work with nobody on site. Sundays are off, and so are overnight jobs.
What Is a Foreclosure Trash-Out?
A foreclosure trash-out is the cleanout of a bank-owned or abandoned property, removing everything the former owner left: furniture, trash, food, clothes and yard junk. The house is emptied to bare floors and swept, and the crew takes before and after photos so the property manager can bill the bank or asset manager for the work.
Do You Take Office Electronics and Old Computers?
Yes. We take computers, monitors, printers, copiers, phone systems and servers, and we send what we can to electronics recyclers instead of the landfill. Pull or wipe the hard drives before pickup, since we haul equipment, not data. Old TVs are the tough ones, since the county landfills them, so we hunt for an electronics recycler willing to take them.
Knoxville Neighbors Say We Show Up, Say the Price and Sweep Up
Most of our work comes from homeowners, real estate agents and property managers who have used us before. A few of them sent us a note afterwards.
When the Pile Has to Go
Same-Day and Next-Day Pickups
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.
Everything Else We Haul Away
Appliance Removal
Fridges, freezers, washers, dryers and stoves hauled out and recycled, refrigerant handled properly.
Commercial Junk Removal
Office cleanouts, foreclosure trash-outs and rental turnovers, with before and after photos.
Construction Debris Removal
Drywall, lumber, old cabinets and flooring from remodels, loaded by our crew and hauled off.
Estate Cleanouts
A loved one's house cleared room by room, keepsakes saved, good furniture donated, swept at the end.
Furniture Removal
Couches, sectionals, dressers and dining sets carried out from any room, with good pieces donated.
Hoarder Cleanup
Private, patient cleanouts at the owner's pace, with papers and valuables set aside as we go.
Hot Tub Removal
Old spas drained, cut into sections and carried off decks, patios and slabs. Most run $300 to $600.
Mattress Removal
Mattresses, box springs and bed frames carried down from any floor for $50 a piece on any load.
Shed Removal
Wood and metal sheds, decks and old playsets taken apart by hand and hauled off, floor and all.
Yard Waste Removal
Brush piles, fallen limbs and storm debris hauled in one trip, with no pile limits or two-week wait.
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.