New trucking companies in Wisconsin, August 2026
Wisconsin is adding about 50 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -34% versus the prior three months and -28% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 41, 22 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Wisconsin added 826 new carriers against 12,108 currently active, a 6.8% 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) | 41 | 38 | 22 | 1.1% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 75 | 72 | 45 | 1.0% |
| June 2026 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 1.1% |
| May 2026 | 39 | 36 | 25 | 1.0% |
| April 2026 | 92 | 82 | 66 | 1.2% |
| March 2026 | 97 | 79 | 67 | 1.2% |
| February 2026 | 86 | 73 | 57 | 1.3% |
| January 2026 | 76 | 68 | 61 | 1.1% |
| December 2025 | 71 | 59 | 52 | 1.4% |
| November 2025 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 1.3% |
| October 2025 | 74 | 69 | 55 | 1.2% |
| September 2025 | 74 | 59 | 43 | 1.2% |
| August 2025 | 69 | 56 | 41 | 1.1% |
| July 2025 | 72 | 66 | 50 | 1.1% |
| June 2025 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 1.1% |
| May 2025 | 60 | 43 | 31 | 1.0% |
| April 2025 | 100 | 89 | 69 | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | 107 | 91 | 73 | 1.6% |
| February 2025 | 63 | 57 | 42 | 1.1% |
| January 2025 | 71 | 65 | 50 | 1.2% |
| December 2024 | 46 | 45 | 35 | 1.0% |
| November 2024 | 59 | 48 | 34 | 1.3% |
| October 2024 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 1.0% |
| September 2024 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 1.5% |
Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Wisconsin carriers.
Method
Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Wisconsin, 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.