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New trucking companies in South Dakota, August 2026

South Dakota is adding about 12 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -14% versus the prior three months and -14% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 5, 3 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months South Dakota added 179 new carriers against 3,025 currently active, a 5.9% 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)5530.1%
July 2026 (provisional)2018110.3%
June 2026111040.4%
May 20269730.2%
April 20261816120.2%
March 20261615120.2%
February 20262421180.4%
January 20262322170.3%
December 20251614100.3%
November 20255430.1%
October 20251614110.3%
September 20251616140.3%
August 2025131190.2%
July 2025111190.2%
June 20251715130.3%
May 2025121060.2%
April 20251513120.2%
March 2025171480.2%
February 20257740.1%
January 20251616100.3%
December 2024131190.3%
November 20247520.2%
October 20247730.1%
September 20248740.2%

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

Method

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