New trucking companies in Connecticut, August 2026
Connecticut is adding about 49 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -22% versus the prior three months and -16% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 35, 16 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Connecticut added 702 new carriers against 6,163 currently active, a 11.4% annual entry rate.
The two most recent months are provisional (census lag and MC-docket assignment delay); read trends on the three-month averages.
| Month | New carriers | With ≥1 power unit | Single-truck | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 (provisional) | 35 | 34 | 16 | 0.9% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 70 | 66 | 45 | 0.9% |
| June 2026 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 1.3% |
| May 2026 | 46 | 43 | 30 | 1.2% |
| April 2026 | 75 | 62 | 54 | 1.0% |
| March 2026 | 69 | 64 | 58 | 0.9% |
| February 2026 | 82 | 72 | 62 | 1.2% |
| January 2026 | 55 | 47 | 39 | 0.8% |
| December 2025 | 39 | 36 | 27 | 0.8% |
| November 2025 | 51 | 46 | 37 | 1.0% |
| October 2025 | 66 | 58 | 52 | 1.1% |
| September 2025 | 73 | 64 | 54 | 1.2% |
| August 2025 | 62 | 54 | 51 | 1.0% |
| July 2025 | 53 | 41 | 40 | 0.8% |
| June 2025 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 1.0% |
| May 2025 | 59 | 52 | 41 | 1.0% |
| April 2025 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 1.0% |
| March 2025 | 86 | 78 | 69 | 1.3% |
| February 2025 | 65 | 58 | 51 | 1.1% |
| January 2025 | 60 | 53 | 40 | 1.0% |
| December 2024 | 65 | 57 | 41 | 1.5% |
| November 2024 | 53 | 47 | 36 | 1.2% |
| October 2024 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 1.2% |
| September 2024 | 39 | 31 | 26 | 0.8% |
Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Connecticut carriers.
Method
Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Connecticut, an MC docket, and a USDOT number issued in the month shown. Older months understate entries slightly because carriers that have since gone inactive are excluded. Source: FMCSA via data.transportation.gov (public domain), reloaded monthly.
Last updated 2026-09-07. Data sources are listed on each page; see About for methodology.