Trucking companies in California
166,747 active trucking companies with a USDOT number list a California physical address as of November 9, 2026, 12% of the national total.
FMCSA Company Census as observed November 9, 2026 · Methodology
Active carriers
166,747
51% of California carriers
Authorized for hire
82%
135,964 carriers
Operate interstate
38%
62,967 carriers
Added in the last 30 days
626
13,300 in the last 12 months
Reported an email
89%
Business email on the Census record
Reported a phone
99%
Business or cell phone
TruckerFetch counts a carrier as one of the trucking companies when it reports general freight, dry bulk, intermodal, refrigerated food, metal, paper, beverage, coal and lumber cargo codes, plus trucking, freight or logistics in the company name.
82% of trucking companies in California are authorized for hire and 38% operate interstate. Most are small: 73% report one power unit or none, 21% run two to five and 2% run more than 20.
626 were added to the Census in the last 30 days and 13,300 in the last 12 months. 89% reported a business email and 99% a phone number.
Fleet size
Reported power units (trucks and tractors) on the Census record.
- 0–1 power units
- 120,929 · 73%
- 2–5
- 34,549 · 21%
- 6–20
- 8,543 · 5%
- 21+
- 2,726 · 2%
Other trades in California
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How many trucking companies are in California?
- 166,747 active carriers with a California physical address matched the niche preset in the FMCSA Company Census as of November 9, 2026. Only businesses with a USDOT number are included.
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- 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 California 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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