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New trucking companies in Kansas, August 2026

Kansas is adding about 27 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -23% versus the prior three months and -36% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 25, 10 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Kansas added 436 new carriers against 6,343 currently active, a 6.9% 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)2522100.7%
July 2026 (provisional)4040270.5%
June 20261513100.5%
May 20261616110.4%
April 20264036290.5%
March 20264844350.6%
February 20265349410.8%
January 20266157440.9%
December 20253935230.8%
November 20253029210.6%
October 20254240350.7%
September 20252726210.4%
August 20254340280.7%
July 20254840320.8%
June 20253531230.6%
May 20253531230.6%
April 20253734260.6%
March 20254541280.7%
February 20254941310.8%
January 20254541250.8%
December 20243835270.9%
November 20243532250.8%
October 20243129220.6%
September 20243729200.8%

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

Method

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