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New trucking companies in North Dakota, August 2026

North Dakota is adding about 13 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -32% versus the prior three months and -24% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 9, 3 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months North Dakota added 209 new carriers against 3,376 currently active, a 6.2% 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)9930.2%
July 2026 (provisional)191850.3%
June 2026111150.4%
May 20261615120.4%
April 20262120130.3%
March 20262017120.3%
February 20261717100.3%
January 20262320180.3%
December 20251817110.3%
November 20251614100.3%
October 20252524190.4%
September 2025141290.2%
August 20251514110.2%
July 20251412110.2%
June 20252320130.4%
May 2025161590.3%
April 2025161170.3%
March 20251816100.3%
February 20252020100.3%
January 20251615110.3%
December 2024151490.3%
November 20241111100.2%
October 2024121140.2%
September 20242222130.5%

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

Method

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