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New trucking companies in Florida, August 2026

Florida is adding about 419 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -23% versus the prior three months and -16% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 357, 229 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Florida added 5,760 new carriers against 50,600 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.

MonthNew carriersWith ≥1 power unitSingle-truckShare of US
August 2026 (provisional)3573152299.5%
July 2026 (provisional)6375833948.5%
June 20262642441628.5%
May 20263613072489.1%
April 20266304994178.3%
March 20266405274668.2%
February 20265524513938.3%
January 20265444443778.0%
December 20253933152827.6%
November 20253923382907.7%
October 20255134403838.3%
September 20254773813257.9%
August 20255214173648.3%
July 20255014093498.0%
June 20254803953328.2%
May 20254623903297.8%
April 20254934223628.1%
March 20255294433667.7%
February 20254844123448.2%
January 20254153482827.1%
December 20243342842187.5%
November 20243562972428.1%
October 20244123292608.2%
September 20243903252628.2%

Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Florida carriers.

Method

Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Florida, 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.

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Last updated 2026-09-07. Data sources are listed on each page; see About for methodology.