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New trucking companies in Louisiana, August 2026

Louisiana is adding about 51 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -19% versus the prior three months and -16% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 52, 25 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Louisiana added 678 new carriers against 6,229 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.

MonthNew carriersWith ≥1 power unitSingle-truckShare of US
August 2026 (provisional)5246251.4%
July 2026 (provisional)6863370.9%
June 20263231171.0%
May 20264037281.0%
April 20266049420.8%
March 20268878681.1%
February 20264736320.7%
January 20267863521.2%
December 20254935300.9%
November 20255750421.1%
October 20255549420.9%
September 20255243340.9%
August 20256554491.0%
July 20256656531.0%
June 20255148370.9%
May 20255248390.9%
April 20255551440.9%
March 20255850380.8%
February 20254339340.7%
January 20253328240.6%
December 20242520150.6%
November 20244038280.9%
October 20244435280.9%
September 20244939291.0%

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

Method

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