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New trucking companies in Mississippi, August 2026

Mississippi is adding about 47 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -27% versus the prior three months and -40% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 38, 26 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Mississippi added 768 new carriers against 7,612 currently active, a 10.1% 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)3835261.0%
July 2026 (provisional)7470421.0%
June 20263029181.0%
May 20262827210.7%
April 20268171551.1%
March 20268472621.1%
February 20268278661.2%
January 20267771551.1%
December 20254943300.9%
November 20255958441.2%
October 202510092731.6%
September 20256653441.1%
August 20257666601.2%
July 20258675541.4%
June 20257363561.3%
May 20257870571.3%
April 20256761491.1%
March 20258272541.2%
February 20257060441.2%
January 20255143300.9%
December 20244644371.0%
November 20244238291.0%
October 20246149401.2%
September 20245044331.1%

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

Method

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