New trucking companies by state, August 2026
Over the three months to August 2026, FMCSA issued an average of 4,787 new USDOT numbers per month to for-hire carriers with operating authority, -26% versus the prior three months and -22% versus the same period a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 3,751, of which 2,270 (61%) registered a single power unit, the classic new owner-operator. The table ranks states by three-month average; each state page has 24 months of history.
The two most recent months are provisional: new carriers appear in the census with a lag and receive their MC docket weeks after the USDOT number. Month-to-month swings in 2026 also coincide with FMCSA's registration-system migration, so read trends on the three-month averages.
| # | State | 3-mo avg / month | vs prior 3 mo | vs year ago | August 2026 (prov.) | Active carriers | New per 1,000 active / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 583 | -26% | -26% | 467 | 81,151 | 7.2 |
| 2 | California | 565 | -10% | -11% | 415 | 85,829 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Florida | 419 | -23% | -16% | 357 | 50,600 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Illinois | 250 | -24% | -16% | 209 | 36,278 | 6.9 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 230 | -28% | -19% | 192 | 28,707 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Georgia | 224 | -30% | -30% | 170 | 35,869 | 6.2 |
| 7 | Ohio | 214 | -27% | -13% | 157 | 27,688 | 7.7 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 178 | -31% | -24% | 143 | 23,318 | 7.6 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 176 | -18% | -30% | 127 | 24,885 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Indiana | 127 | -28% | -26% | 97 | 17,025 | 7.5 |
| 11 | New York | 110 | -36% | -23% | 84 | 19,059 | 5.8 |
| 12 | Arizona | 101 | -13% | -6% | 67 | 12,610 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 96 | -32% | -28% | 72 | 14,265 | 6.7 |
| 14 | Michigan | 91 | -41% | -26% | 77 | 15,088 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 88 | -36% | -31% | 72 | 13,768 | 6.4 |
| 16 | Maryland | 85 | -39% | -23% | 71 | 13,704 | 6.2 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 85 | -23% | +2% | 66 | 14,646 | 5.8 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 82 | -35% | -35% | 67 | 12,666 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Washington | 78 | -23% | -26% | 48 | 15,296 | 5.1 |
| 20 | Missouri | 75 | -25% | -26% | 63 | 12,558 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Colorado | 70 | -26% | -20% | 59 | 11,274 | 6.2 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 63 | -26% | -12% | 53 | 8,499 | 7.4 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 60 | -39% | -23% | 45 | 10,037 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Alabama | 57 | -38% | -37% | 40 | 10,624 | 5.4 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 53 | -35% | -31% | 41 | 8,207 | 6.5 |
| 26 | Louisiana | 51 | -19% | -16% | 52 | 6,229 | 8.2 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 50 | -34% | -28% | 41 | 12,108 | 4.1 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 49 | -22% | -16% | 35 | 6,163 | 8.0 |
| 29 | Mississippi | 47 | -27% | -40% | 38 | 7,612 | 6.2 |
| 30 | Nevada | 46 | -22% | -23% | 39 | 6,224 | 7.4 |
| 31 | Iowa | 39 | -15% | -19% | 33 | 9,628 | 4.1 |
| 32 | Utah | 39 | -26% | -28% | 23 | 6,554 | 6.0 |
| 33 | Oregon | 37 | -21% | -10% | 23 | 7,639 | 4.8 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 33 | -28% | -37% | 26 | 5,907 | 5.6 |
| 35 | Idaho | 27 | -31% | -25% | 24 | 5,223 | 5.2 |
| 36 | Kansas | 27 | -23% | -36% | 25 | 6,343 | 4.3 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 26 | -33% | -13% | 17 | 6,495 | 4.0 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 22 | -37% | -39% | 10 | 4,100 | 5.4 |
| 39 | Delaware | 20 | -20% | -39% | 18 | 2,705 | 7.4 |
| 40 | Wyoming | 18 | -25% | -22% | 16 | 2,640 | 6.8 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 17 | -6% | +6% | 18 | 1,977 | 8.6 |
| 42 | North Dakota | 13 | -32% | -24% | 9 | 3,376 | 3.9 |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 13 | -32% | -24% | 6 | 1,605 | 8.1 |
| 44 | Montana | 12 | -14% | -20% | 8 | 2,747 | 4.4 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 12 | -14% | -14% | 5 | 3,025 | 4.0 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 12 | -20% | -25% | 11 | 2,177 | 5.5 |
| 47 | Maine | 7 | -30% | -30% | 6 | 2,224 | 3.1 |
| 48 | District of Columbia | 4 | -43% | -20% | 2 | 334 | 12.0 |
| 49 | Vermont | 4 | -33% | -43% | 6 | 886 | 4.5 |
| 50 | Alaska | 1 | -67% | -50% | 1 | 705 | 1.4 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 0 | -100% | -100% | 0 | 316 | 0.0 |
National trend, last 24 months
| Month | New carriers | With ≥1 power unit | Single-truck |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 (provisional) | 3,751 | 3,489 | 2,270 |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 7,497 | 7,024 | 4,553 |
| June 2026 | 3,113 | 2,938 | 1,858 |
| May 2026 | 3,980 | 3,399 | 2,625 |
| April 2026 | 7,596 | 6,344 | 5,348 |
| March 2026 | 7,818 | 6,630 | 5,657 |
| February 2026 | 6,685 | 5,735 | 4,826 |
| January 2026 | 6,774 | 5,770 | 4,880 |
| December 2025 | 5,186 | 4,380 | 3,597 |
| November 2025 | 5,096 | 4,477 | 3,738 |
| October 2025 | 6,205 | 5,426 | 4,538 |
| September 2025 | 6,061 | 5,211 | 4,242 |
| August 2025 | 6,282 | 5,379 | 4,402 |
| July 2025 | 6,298 | 5,399 | 4,299 |
| June 2025 | 5,830 | 5,071 | 4,043 |
| May 2025 | 5,945 | 5,215 | 4,088 |
| April 2025 | 6,106 | 5,316 | 4,160 |
| March 2025 | 6,840 | 5,912 | 4,610 |
| February 2025 | 5,928 | 5,241 | 3,990 |
| January 2025 | 5,846 | 5,104 | 3,841 |
| December 2024 | 4,433 | 3,886 | 2,874 |
| November 2024 | 4,401 | 3,847 | 2,866 |
| October 2024 | 5,010 | 4,326 | 3,200 |
| September 2024 | 4,748 | 4,134 | 3,037 |
Method
Counts are active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census whose USDOT number was issued in the month shown, restricted to US-based entities holding an MC docket (for-hire authority). Because carriers that later go inactive drop out of the census, older months understate the original entry count slightly; treat the most recent 3 months as the cleanest read. Source: FMCSA Company Census File via data.transportation.gov (public domain), reloaded monthly. Free to cite with a link.
Last updated 2026-09-07. Data sources are listed on each page; see About for methodology.