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New trucking companies in Idaho, August 2026

Idaho is adding about 27 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -31% versus the prior three months and -25% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 24, 14 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Idaho added 395 new carriers against 5,223 currently active, a 7.6% 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)2423140.6%
July 2026 (provisional)4644300.6%
June 2026111170.4%
May 20261615100.4%
April 20265246350.7%
March 20264845380.6%
February 20264138300.6%
January 20263733280.5%
December 20253735270.7%
November 20252320170.5%
October 20253228220.5%
September 20252825190.5%
August 20253532240.6%
July 20254034250.6%
June 20253326230.6%
May 20253431190.6%
April 20253330210.5%
March 20254138260.6%
February 20253228130.5%
January 20254741300.8%
December 20242928180.7%
November 20241414110.3%
October 20243230180.6%
September 20242623140.5%

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

Method

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