Companies that transport and set up mobile homes across Florida, listed by region, with each one’s state installer license number looked up and shown. Below the list: what a move actually costs for a single-wide and a double-wide, the wind zone rule that stops most moves, and how long the permits really take.
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A reference list, not a recommendation. Confirm the license and the insurance yourself before you hire anyone.
Why we published this. We list must-be-moved homes, and most people who call have not priced the site work yet. We would rather you know the whole number before you fall in love with the home. Every figure below comes from a published source, and we have named them.
A must-be-moved home in transit. The road move is one day. The permits behind it take eight to twelve weeks.
Mobile home movers in Florida, by region
We checked every license number below against the list published by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on 3 September 2026. Service areas are as stated on each company’s own website. Many will travel further for the right job, so ask.
This is a directory, not a recommendation. We are not affiliated with any company here and receive nothing if you hire them. We have not inspected their work, checked their insurance or compared their prices. Get at least two quotes and ask for proof of insurance.
Area: Statewide. Their site lists Clearwater, Tampa, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, Bradenton, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, North Port and Fort Lauderdale among others
Mobile home repairs, anchoring and tie-downs, vapor barriers. Over 25 years.
We have not found a licensed mobile home installer based in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach with a working website. Homepoint and Florida Anchor & Barrier both list coverage in this area. Ask either one whether they will travel to you, and what that adds.
The whole number, worked through
Everything below is what you spend on top of the price of the home. Same move, two different pieces of land. The gap between these two scenarios is usually larger than the price of the home, which makes the land the first thing to look at, not the last.
Scenario A. Raw land with nothing on it
Cost
Single-wide
Double-wide
Transport and setup, under 50 miles
$5,000 to $10,000
$8,000 to $18,000
Well, drilled and pumped
$3,000 to $12,000
$3,000 to $12,000
Septic tank and drainfieldSized by bedrooms, so a bigger home can cost more
$5,000 to $20,000
$5,000 to $20,000
Electric service to the lot
$2,500 to $12,500
$2,500 to $12,500
Pad, driveway and culvertA double-wide needs a bigger pad, so expect the upper end
$10,000 to $19,000
$10,000 to $19,000
Permits: setup, septic, and sub-permits
$500 to $3,000
$500 to $3,000
On top of the price of the home$26,000 to $76,500 / $29,000 to $84,500
Single-wide on the left, double-wide on the right. Impact fees are not included because they vary too much between counties to estimate. On bare land that has never held a dwelling they can add several thousand dollars or more. Ask your county what applies to your parcel.
Scenario B. A lot where a mobile home already sat
Cost
Single-wide
Double-wide
Transport and setup, under 50 miles
$5,000 to $10,000
$8,000 to $18,000
Existing well, inspection and any repair
$0 to $2,000
$0 to $2,000
Existing septic, inspection
$200 to $600
$200 to $600
Existing electric service, reconnection
$0 to $1,500
$0 to $1,500
Pad rework if needed
$0 to $6,500
$0 to $6,500
Permits, impact fees often waived or credited
$500 to $2,000
$500 to $2,000
On top of the price of the home$5,700 to $22,600 / $8,700 to $30,600
Roughly a quarter of the raw land figure at the low end. This is why an existing homesite is worth paying more for than bare acreage, and why a double-wide on a serviced lot can cost less than a single-wide on land with nothing on it.
Scenario B assumes the septic actually works. Do not take that on faith. A tank and drainfield that served a home years ago is not the same as a system you can use today. Drainfields have a finite life, they fail from disuse as well as overuse, and a system sized for a two bedroom home may not be permitted for a three bedroom one. Some counties also require an inspection or a new permit before they will let you reconnect at all.
A septic inspection runs $200 to $600. If the system has failed, that one line moves from a few hundred dollars back to $5,000 to $20,000, and Scenario B starts to look a lot like Scenario A. The same goes for an existing well, where a dead pump, a collapsed casing or water that needs treatment can each add thousands. Find out what condition both are in early, so the number you are working with is the real one.
Ask one question before anything else: has a home ever sat on this lot? If the answer is yes, and there is a working well, septic and power, you are in Scenario B and the project is affordable. If it is bare land, budget for Scenario A. Everything else on this page is secondary to that.
We list must-be-moved homes across Florida. Most of the cost above is the land, not the home. If you already have a site with utilities in place, one of these is among the cheapest ways to own in Florida. See our current listings.
Why people do this at all
Almost everyone who calls us about a must-be-moved home is trying to solve the same problem: they want to own the land under their home instead of paying lot rent on it forever.
Lot rent in a decent Florida mobile home park now averages around $1,200 a month. That is $14,400 a year. It has climbed sharply over the last ten years and it keeps climbing, the increases are not yours to control, and at the end of it you own nothing.
Ten years of that is more than $140,000, and that is before a single rent increase is counted.
Now compare it with the numbers further down this page. A single-wide bought for around $20,000 and set on a lot that already has a working well, septic and power comes to roughly $26,000 to $43,000 all in. That is about two to three years of lot rent, paid once, and at the end you own the home and the land under it.
The catch is the land. A cheap home on bare acreage is not a cheap project, and the tables above show why. But a used home on a lot that is already serviced is one of the few genuinely affordable routes to owning property outright in Florida, with no lot rent at all.
Land not included. The buyer moves the home to their own site.A double-wide travels as two halves, so transport runs $8,000 to $18,000.Homes like these are priced for the move, not the location.Condition varies. Check the data plate for wind zone before you commit.
We list must-be-moved mobile homes across Florida.See what we have available now, and if you already have a site with utilities in place, tell us what you are looking for.
Four things to check before you buy
Any one of these can stop a move dead, and all four are answerable before you spend a dollar.
HUD code
Was it built before 15 June 1976?
Homes built before that date are pre-HUD and cannot be moved in Florida. Counties will not permit a new set for one except in narrow forced-move situations. Look for the HUD label. No label means assume pre-1976 until proven otherwise.
County zoning
Is your land zoned for it?
Not every parcel allows a manufactured home. Many counties and cities have limited zoning designations where one can be placed, and some have none. Call county zoning with the parcel number before you make an offer.
County ordinance
Does the county have an age limit?
Many Florida counties require a home more than about 20 years old to pass an inspection before they will permit a move. Sumter County sets its threshold at 15 years. Some counties simply will not permit older homes at all.
HUD wind zone
What wind zone was it built for?
This one is federal, not local, and it stops more deals than anything else on this list. A home built to Wind Zone II cannot legally be installed in a Wind Zone III county. Check the data plate before you buy.
Have a mobile home on your land that needs to be moved?
If you own a home that has to come off the land, whether the lot is being sold, a lease is ending or a park is closing, we buy and broker must-be-moved homes across Florida. Tell us about it and we will tell you what it is worth and what your options are. No cost and no obligation.
Wind zones, and why they stop deals
The most common reason a cheap mobile home cannot go where the buyer wants to put it.
A home built for a lower wind zone cannot legally be installed in a higher one. This is federal law under the HUD manufactured housing standards, not a county preference, and no permit or inspection gets you around it. A Wind Zone II home cannot be placed in a Wind Zone III county. The reverse is fine: a Zone III home can go anywhere in Florida.
Zone II
100 mph, most of Florida
Roughly two thirds of the state, all of the interior and most of the north. A home built to Zone II can only be placed in a Zone II county.
Zone III
110 mph, the coasts
Fourteen counties, mostly coastal and south. A Zone III home can be installed anywhere in Florida, which makes it worth more if it has to move.
Zone I
Does not apply here
There are no Wind Zone I areas anywhere in Florida. A home built only to Zone I cannot be placed in this state at all.
Florida has no Wind Zone I areas. The 14 navy counties require a home built to Wind Zone III, 110 mph. Everywhere else is Wind Zone II, 100 mph. Source: HUD 24 CFR 3280.305.
Florida’s Wind Zone III counties
Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Franklin, Gulf, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Sarasota. Every other Florida county is Wind Zone II.
If the home is going to one of those fourteen counties, it must have been built to Zone III. That is a much smaller pool of homes, and it is why a bargain home in an interior county often cannot follow you to the coast.
Where to find it: the data plate. Every HUD-code home carries one, usually inside a kitchen cabinet door, in a bedroom closet, or near the electrical panel. It states the wind zone the home was built to, along with the roof load and thermal zone. If the data plate is missing, the wind zone can be very hard to establish and a county may not permit the home without it. Look for it before you buy, not after.
What if the home cannot be moved?
If you own a home that has to come off the land and it fails one of the four checks, you still have options. They are just different ones.
Option
Cost or value
When it makes sense
Sell it as a must-be-moved home
You get paid
The home passes the four checks and someone else has land for it. Almost always the best outcome for you, because you avoid demolition entirely and walk away with money instead of a bill.
Demolition, single-wide
$3,000 to $5,000
Pre-1976, failed inspection, or too damaged to be worth moving.
Demolition, double-wide
$5,000 to $8,000
Same, but twice the structure to remove and haul.
Scrap value
$400 to $1,000
Steel frame, aluminum siding and copper wiring have value that offsets part of the demolition bill. It does not usually cover it.
Demolition permit
$100 to $400
Your county. Occasionally more.
Donation
Sometimes free
Homes built in 1980 or later can sometimes be removed at no cost by a nonprofit, with a tax deduction. Worth a call before you pay for demolition.
Demolition is a bill. Selling is a check. The gap between the two is often ten thousand dollars or more once you count what a saleable home is actually worth. Before you pay anyone to tear a home down, it is worth finding out whether it can be sold to someone who has land for it. That is what we do.
Need a mobile home off your land?
Park closing, lot being sold, lease ending, or a home you inherited that you do not want. We buy and broker must-be-moved homes across Florida. Tell us about it and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth money or whether demolition is the right answer.
Moving the home
The figures below are what we see quoted in Florida, from brokering must-be-moved homes. They run higher than the national cost guides, which is worth knowing before you budget off one of those.
Local move, under 50 miles
What we see in Florida
National guides say
Single-wideBreakdown, transport and setup
$5,000 to $10,000
$3,000 to $8,000
Double-wideTwo halves, two trips
$8,000 to $18,000
$7,000 to $13,000
Where you land in that range depends mostly on the vendor. The spread between two quotes on the same home is often thousands of dollars, which is the single best reason to get more than one. A Florida company that publishes its pricing, Trinity Services of Brooksville, lists $12,000 to $22,000 for a full package, so the upper end of our ranges is real.
What drives the price
Rate
Towing vehicle, per mile
$4.00 to $7.00
Escort vehicle, per mile, eachUsually required on highways
$1.50 to $3.50
Long distance movesBeyond 50 miles, mileage and escorts add up quickly
Add considerably
A home built before 15 June 1976 cannot legally be moved in Florida. Check the date plate before you do anything else. If there is no HUD label, assume pre-1976 until proven otherwise.
Getting the land ready
This is where budgets break. These are Florida figures where we could find them.
Item
Cost
Notes
Water well
$1,500 to $12,000
Florida average is about $7,000 for a 200 foot well. The Panhandle and North Florida run $3,000 to $8,000. South Florida runs $8,000 to $18,000. Budget another $2,000 to $5,000 if the water needs treatment, which is common.
Septic system
$5,000 to $20,000
A conventional system for a three-bedroom home is realistically $5,000 to $8,000 all in. High water tables, springs protection rules and difficult soil push it much higher. Some counties reach $35,000.
Electric service
$2,500 to $12,500
Roughly $5 to $25 per foot of new line. The utility normally covers the first 100 to 200 feet and bills you for the rest. A meter pole is $500 to $2,200 installed. Each additional utility pole is $1,200 to $5,600.
Pad and blocking
$6,500 to $10,000
The prepared base the home sits on.
Driveway
$1,500 to $3,000
Basic gravel, short run. Paved or long runs cost considerably more.
Driveway culvert
$2,000 to $6,000
Often required where the driveway meets a county road. North Port averages $3,000 to $4,300, Okeechobee $2,400 to $3,500.
Title, decal and registration
The paperwork side, which almost nobody explains and which will hold up your closing if you miss it.
The RP decal has to come off
A mobile home permanently attached to land the same owner holds carries an RP decal, which classes it as real property. It never expires, as long as the home does not move.
If the home is moved, or sold separately from the land, the RP decal must be surrendered to the Tax Collector. The home goes back to being titled personal property, like a vehicle.
To re-establish RP status at the new site you need a DR-402 from the county Property Appraiser, showing the land and the home are titled in the same name. The decal itself costs $5.10.
Transferring ownership of the home requires a new mobile home decal, and everyone taking title generally has to sign in person at the Tax Collector with identification.
Two different offices, and they are not the same building. The Property Appraiser issues the declaration of real property. The Tax Collector issues the decal and handles the title. Both are county level, so a move across a county line means dealing with a new pair of offices.
Permits and impact fees
Permit fees are small. Impact fees are not, and they catch people out.
Impact fees are the number nobody expects, and the rules turn on whether a home was there before. Counties charge impact fees on new development. Putting a home on land that has never had one can trigger the full amount. Replacing a mobile home on a lot that already had one is often exempt or credited instead.
County
Rule for replacing a mobile home
Brevard
Replacing a residence of similar type, mobile home for mobile home, is exempt from additional residential impact fees.
Okeechobee
A credit may apply where a structure replaces an existing dwelling, generally limited to the fee associated with the original structure.
Nassau
Replacement exemption available, but you must supply evidence such as aerial photos, property appraiser records or old permits showing an equivalent structure was on the parcel.
Pasco
Replacing a mobile home with a larger model does trigger impact fees. The exemption generally covers like-for-like only.
Rates vary widely from county to county, so ask yours directly. Call the county building department before you commit to a home and ask what impact fees apply to placing a manufactured home on your specific parcel, and whether a previous dwelling on the lot earns you an exemption or a credit.
Fee
Cost
Who charges it
Mobile home setup permit
Varies widely
Your county building department. Okaloosa County charges $35 plus a base fee. Every county sets its own.
Septic construction permit
$200 to $500
County health department. Orlando charges $425. Tampa runs $200 to $500.
Drainfield permit
$450 to $2,000
Depends on local rules.
State septic fee caps
$25 to $125
Florida Statute 381.0066 caps application review and permit issuance at $125, site evaluation at $115, plus a $5 research fee. These are agency fees only and do not limit what a contractor charges.
Oversize road permit
Pulled by the mover
Florida Department of Transportation. Your transport company handles this and prices it into the quote.
Electrical, plumbing, mechanical
Sub-permit fees
Separate permits with their own base fees, on top of the setup permit.
Every county is different, and this is the part you must verify yourself. Call your county building department and the county health department before you commit to a home. Ask what a mobile home setup permit costs, what impact fees apply, whether your parcel is zoned for a manufactured home, and whether the age of the home matters. Some counties will not permit a home over a certain age.
Paying for it: cash first, mortgage after
This catches more buyers than the cost does, and the sequence is the whole answer.
You cannot finance the purchase and the move. A home that is about to be transported is not attached to land, is not real property, and no lender will write a mortgage against it. The purchase price, the transport, the setup and the site work all have to be paid for up front, out of cash or money borrowed some other way.
Stage 01
Buy and move with cash
The home, the transport, the setup and the site work are funded up front. Buyers who cannot pay cash outright generally borrow against something else they already own.
Stage 02
Install it on land you own
Permanently set, blocked, anchored and tied down, with utilities connected and the county inspection passed. This is the step that changes what the home legally is.
Stage 03
Then finance the whole thing
With the home permanently installed on land you own and titled as real property, the land and home together can often qualify for conventional mortgages, FHA, and agricultural lending programs.
Why the paperwork in the last section matters
The RP decal is not just administrative. Converting the home from personal property to real property, by filing the DR-402 with the Property Appraiser and getting the RP decal from the Tax Collector, is what puts the home and the land into a single package a lender can write against. Until that is done the home is titled like a vehicle, and it is financed like one, if at all.
This is why so many must-be-moved purchases are cash deals, and why the ones that are not tend to involve a buyer who borrowed against another property, used a personal or equipment loan, or paid from savings and refinanced afterwards.
Plan the whole number before you start. Running out of money halfway through, with a home sitting on blocks and no certificate of occupancy, is the worst position to be in. Work out the full cost from the tables above, add a contingency, and know where every dollar is coming from before you buy the home.
How a move actually works
Two licenses, two authorities, three stages.
01
Breakdown
Utilities disconnected, skirting, steps and any additions removed, axles and hitch fitted so the home can travel. Done at the home’s current site.
02
Transport
A toter truck pulls the home on the highway under an oversize permit from the Florida Department of Transportation, usually with escort vehicles.
03
Setup
Blocking, leveling, anchors and tie-downs to Florida Rule 15C-1, then utilities reconnected and a final inspection.
Stage
How long
Permit approvalThe part nobody budgets time for
8 to 12 weeks
Planning, quotes and scheduling
2 to 4 weeks
Breakdown and prep at the old site
1 to 2 weeks
The transport itself
1 day
Setup, leveling, tie-downs and reconnection
3 to 7 days
The truck is one day. The permits are two to three months. Permit approval commonly runs 8 to 12 weeks in Florida once zoning review, environmental checks and inspection scheduling are counted. If you are working to a deadline, because a park is closing or a lot has sold, start the county paperwork first and shop for a mover second. Almost everyone does it the other way round and then waits.
Who pulls which permit
The road permit comes from FDOT and attaches to the trucking company, based on the route and the size of the load.
The installation permit comes from your county or city. Under Florida Statute 320.8285 it can only be issued to a licensed mobile home installer, or to the owner naming the licensed installer doing the work.
That is why the license numbers above matter. Without a licensed installer, your county will not permit the setup and you will not get a certificate of occupancy.
Where these numbers come from
What we did
License numbers checked against the FLHSMV list of licensed mobile home installers published 3 September 2026, which held 433 Florida license holders.
Companies matched to license holders by email domain or phone number, never by name, so that a common surname could not produce a false match.
Trucking companies checked against the federal FMCSA database for active carrier authority and fleet size.
Transport and setup figures are what we see quoted in Florida while brokering must-be-moved homes, not national averages. Both are shown so you can see the difference.
Site cost ranges taken from published 2026 guides and, where possible, Florida-specific sources.
What we did not do
We have not hired, inspected or supervised any company listed here.
We have not checked insurance, bonding or complaint history.
Cost ranges are for planning only. They are not quotes and no one is bound by them.
Where a license is marked unconfirmed, that is not a mark against the company. The state list records individual license holders, so a legitimate company’s license often sits under an owner’s personal name and cannot be matched automatically.
No. The road move requires a motor carrier with the right equipment and an oversize permit from FDOT, and the setup at the other end requires a licensed mobile home installer before the county will issue a permit or a certificate of occupancy. This is not a rent-a-truck job.
Can a pre-1976 mobile home be moved in Florida?
Generally no. Homes built before 15 June 1976 are pre-HUD, and counties will not permit a new set for one except in narrow forced-move situations. If there is no HUD label on the home, assume it is pre-1976 until you can prove otherwise.
Is there an age limit on moving a mobile home in Florida?
There is no single statewide age limit, but many counties require a home more than about 20 years old to pass an inspection before they will permit the move. Sumter County sets its threshold at 15 years. Some counties will not permit older homes at all. Ask your county before you buy.
Can I move a Wind Zone 2 mobile home to a coastal county?
No. Federal law prohibits installing a manufactured home in a wind zone higher than the one it was built for. Florida’s Wind Zone III counties are Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Franklin, Gulf, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Sarasota. A Zone II home cannot go to any of those. A Zone III home can go anywhere in the state.
Where do I find the wind zone on a mobile home?
On the data plate, a paper label usually found inside a kitchen cabinet door, in a bedroom closet, or near the electrical panel. It lists the HUD wind zone, roof load and thermal zone. If it is missing, establishing the wind zone is difficult and a county may refuse to permit the home.
Can I put a mobile home on any piece of land I own?
No. Zoning decides it. Many Florida counties and cities have limited zoning designations that allow a manufactured home, and some have none. Call county zoning with the parcel number and ask directly whether a manufactured home is permitted on that specific parcel.
How much does it cost to move a double-wide in Florida?
For a local move under 50 miles we typically see $8,000 to $18,000 for breakdown, transport and setup, depending on the vendor. A single-wide runs $5,000 to $10,000. Longer distances add mileage and escort costs on top.
Does the mover pull the permits, or do I?
The transport company pulls the FDOT oversize road permit and prices it into the quote. The county installation permit goes to the licensed installer, or to you naming the licensed installer doing the work. Septic and electrical are separate permits again.
What happens to the title when the home moves?
If the home carried an RP decal it must be surrendered to the Tax Collector, and the home reverts to being titled as personal property. To restore RP status at the new site you need a DR-402 from the Property Appraiser showing the land and home are in the same name.
How long does it take to move a mobile home in Florida?
The transport itself is one day. The whole process is closer to three or four months, and permit approval is the bulk of it at commonly 8 to 12 weeks. Add 2 to 4 weeks of planning, 1 to 2 weeks of breakdown and prep, and 3 to 7 days of setup and reconnection at the other end.
How much does it cost to demolish a mobile home in Florida?
Roughly $3,000 to $5,000 for a single-wide and $5,000 to $8,000 for a double-wide, plus a demolition permit of $100 to $400. Scrap value from the steel frame, aluminum siding and copper wiring might return $400 to $1,000 of that. Homes built in 1980 or later can sometimes be removed free by a nonprofit.
Should I demolish my mobile home or sell it?
Find out what it is worth before you pay to destroy it. Demolition is a bill of several thousand dollars. A home that passes the four checks is worth money to somebody who has land for it. The swing between those two outcomes is often more than ten thousand dollars.
Is it cheaper to move a home or buy one already sited?
Almost always cheaper to buy one already on a lot with working utilities. Moving makes sense when you already own suitable land, when the home is priced well below its value, or when you have no choice because the lot is being sold or the park is closing.
Can I finance a mobile home that has to be moved?
Not the purchase and the move themselves. A home about to be transported is not attached to land and is not real property, so there is nothing for a lender to write a mortgage against. The home, the transport, the setup and the site work all have to be paid for up front.
Can I get a mortgage after the home is installed?
Often, yes, and this is the route most buyers take. Once the home is permanently installed on land you own, tied down, inspected and converted to real property with an RP decal, the land and home together can qualify for conventional mortgages, FHA loans and agricultural programs. The sequence is cash first, mortgage afterwards.
Who is responsible if the home is damaged in transit?
That depends on the transport company’s cargo insurance and on how the work is split between contractors. Ask any company you are considering what their cargo coverage is for a towed manufactured home, and get the answer before work begins.
Questions about anything on this page?
We are a licensed Florida mobile home brokerage and this is what we do every day. If you are working through the numbers on a specific home or a specific piece of land and want a second opinion, ask us. We are happy to answer questions from people who are not buying anything from us.
