Mayflower Transit, Inc. is a household goods transportation company based in St. Louis, Missouri. Mayflower was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1927 by Conrad M. Gentry, an Indiana grocer who frequently had to haul supplies locally in support of his business and saw the possibilities of profiting from long-distance truck hauls. He and a friend, Don Kenworthy, decided to create a national moving company that could meet the expanding transportation demands of a country on the move, and together, they formed a new company, "Mayflower."

Over 70 years later, Mayflower Transit is one of the nation's largest movers of household goods and other commodities requiring specialized handling. Mayflower's growth has mirrored the growth of the country. After obtaining, in 1940, the first nationwide household goods authority certificate issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mayflower introduced a succession of improvements in its equipment and service, and its market share grew steadily. By 1960, its name was the best-recognized in moving, a distinction Mayflower maintains to this day.

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