New trucking companies in Pennsylvania, August 2026
Pennsylvania is adding about 230 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -28% versus the prior three months and -19% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 192, 116 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Pennsylvania added 3,458 new carriers against 28,707 currently active, a 12.0% 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) | 192 | 188 | 116 | 5.1% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 371 | 359 | 220 | 4.9% |
| June 2026 | 126 | 121 | 73 | 4.0% |
| May 2026 | 199 | 176 | 143 | 5.0% |
| April 2026 | 380 | 334 | 295 | 5.0% |
| March 2026 | 382 | 328 | 293 | 4.9% |
| February 2026 | 342 | 306 | 275 | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 349 | 302 | 266 | 5.2% |
| December 2025 | 279 | 241 | 198 | 5.4% |
| November 2025 | 250 | 225 | 194 | 4.9% |
| October 2025 | 289 | 247 | 211 | 4.7% |
| September 2025 | 299 | 268 | 218 | 4.9% |
| August 2025 | 282 | 247 | 193 | 4.5% |
| July 2025 | 276 | 242 | 207 | 4.4% |
| June 2025 | 298 | 264 | 200 | 5.1% |
| May 2025 | 278 | 248 | 203 | 4.7% |
| April 2025 | 293 | 261 | 193 | 4.8% |
| March 2025 | 307 | 274 | 220 | 4.5% |
| February 2025 | 258 | 233 | 168 | 4.4% |
| January 2025 | 285 | 244 | 168 | 4.9% |
| December 2024 | 211 | 188 | 130 | 4.8% |
| November 2024 | 210 | 197 | 147 | 4.8% |
| October 2024 | 224 | 210 | 156 | 4.5% |
| September 2024 | 203 | 185 | 132 | 4.3% |
Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Pennsylvania carriers.
Method
Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Pennsylvania, 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.