How many u.S. mail carriers are there?

48,471 active carriers reported the u.S. mail cargo code in the FMCSA Company Census as of November 9, 2026.

How do I get a list of these carriers with emails and phone numbers?

Carrier Search in TruckerFetch filters the same records by state, city, cargo, fleet size and time in business and shows each carrier's reported business email and phone. Contact details are never published on these public pages. Starter is $49 a month and a free account opens a sample edition. Filter to this cargo type and export a CSV or CRM-ready file.

Where do these numbers come from?

They are counts from the FMCSA Company Census as last observed by TruckerFetch. Active means Census status A. Carriers are placed by their reported physical address, cargo by the cargo codes they report and add dates by the Census add date. Carriers that asked to be removed from TruckerFetch are excluded.

Carriers by cargo

U.S. mail carriers in the U.S.

48,471 active motor carriers report the u.S. mail cargo code as of November 9, 2026, 2% of all active carriers.

FMCSA Company Census as observed November 9, 2026 · Methodology

Active carriers

48,471

2% of U.S. carriers

Authorized for hire

93%

45,293 carriers

Operate interstate

66%

32,161 carriers

Added in the last 30 days

142

2,951 in the last 12 months

Reported an email

95%

Business email on the Census record

Reported a phone

99%

Business or cell phone

The states with the most u.S. mail carriers are Texas, California and Florida. Carriers can report several cargo codes, so a carrier can appear on more than one cargo page.

93% of carriers hauling u.S. mail are authorized for hire and 66% operate interstate. Most are small: 61% report one power unit or none, 26% run two to five and 5% run more than 20.

142 were added to the Census in the last 30 days and 2,951 in the last 12 months. 95% reported a business email and 99% a phone number.

U.S. mail carriers by state

Fleet size

Reported power units (trucks and tractors) on the Census record.

0–1 power units: 29,469 · 61%
2–5: 12,768 · 26%
6–20: 4,034 · 8%
21+: 2,200 · 5%

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Search the same carriers in TruckerFetch with their reported business email and phone, filter by fleet size, cargo and time in business, then export a CSV. Contact details are only shown inside the workspace.

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How many u.S. mail carriers are there?: 48,471 active carriers reported the u.S. mail cargo code in the FMCSA Company Census as of November 9, 2026.
How do I get a list of these carriers with emails and phone numbers?: Carrier Search in TruckerFetch filters the same records by state, city, cargo, fleet size and time in business and shows each carrier's reported business email and phone. Contact details are never published on these public pages. Starter is $49 a month and a free account opens a sample edition. Filter to this cargo type and export a CSV or CRM-ready file.
Where do these numbers come from?: They are counts from the FMCSA Company Census as last observed by TruckerFetch. Active means Census status A. Carriers are placed by their reported physical address, cargo by the cargo codes they report and add dates by the Census add date. Carriers that asked to be removed from TruckerFetch are excluded.

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