New trucking companies in Kentucky, August 2026
Kentucky is adding about 63 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -26% versus the prior three months and -12% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 53, 32 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Kentucky added 928 new carriers against 8,499 currently active, a 10.9% annual entry rate.
The two most recent months are provisional (census lag and MC-docket assignment delay); read trends on the three-month averages.
| Month | New carriers | With ≥1 power unit | Single-truck | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 (provisional) | 53 | 52 | 32 | 1.4% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 100 | 95 | 58 | 1.3% |
| June 2026 | 35 | 33 | 18 | 1.1% |
| May 2026 | 49 | 41 | 28 | 1.2% |
| April 2026 | 98 | 79 | 64 | 1.3% |
| March 2026 | 108 | 94 | 70 | 1.4% |
| February 2026 | 103 | 91 | 74 | 1.5% |
| January 2026 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 1.2% |
| December 2025 | 71 | 63 | 47 | 1.4% |
| November 2025 | 69 | 62 | 55 | 1.4% |
| October 2025 | 76 | 69 | 52 | 1.2% |
| September 2025 | 83 | 71 | 54 | 1.4% |
| August 2025 | 81 | 67 | 52 | 1.3% |
| July 2025 | 67 | 56 | 37 | 1.1% |
| June 2025 | 68 | 62 | 49 | 1.2% |
| May 2025 | 56 | 50 | 41 | 0.9% |
| April 2025 | 63 | 58 | 44 | 1.0% |
| March 2025 | 91 | 81 | 55 | 1.3% |
| February 2025 | 86 | 83 | 64 | 1.5% |
| January 2025 | 66 | 59 | 45 | 1.1% |
| December 2024 | 57 | 52 | 42 | 1.3% |
| November 2024 | 60 | 55 | 46 | 1.4% |
| October 2024 | 60 | 55 | 44 | 1.2% |
| September 2024 | 65 | 62 | 51 | 1.4% |
Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Kentucky carriers.
Method
Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Kentucky, 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.