New trucking companies: January 2026
14,629 motor carriers with a U.S. address were added to the FMCSA Company Census in January 2026, and 13,408 of them are still active.
FMCSA Company Census as observed November 9, 2026 · Methodology
The states with the most new carriers were Texas, California and Florida. 75% registered as authorized for hire and 59% as interstate operators. 79% reported one power unit or none.
100% reported a business email and 100% a phone number.
Fleet size at registration
Reported power units (trucks and tractors) on the Census record.
- 0–1 power units
- 11,588 · 79%
- 2–5
- 2,568 · 18%
- 6–20
- 380 · 3%
- 21+
- 93 · <1%
New carriers by state, January 2026
| State | Added | Still active | For hire | Interstate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,709 | 1,572 | 88% | 53% |
| California | 1,486 | 1,389 | 74% | 43% |
| Florida | 1,288 | 1,165 | 85% | 50% |
| Georgia | 812 | 729 | 76% | 56% |
| Pennsylvania | 637 | 592 | 71% | 72% |
| New York | 617 | 574 | 44% | 41% |
| Illinois | 521 | 474 | 86% | 82% |
| New Jersey | 499 | 452 | 74% | 74% |
| Ohio | 497 | 460 | 86% | 70% |
| North Carolina | 493 | 446 | 73% | 64% |
| Maryland | 327 | 304 | 69% | 71% |
| Michigan | 314 | 287 | 70% | 55% |
| Indiana | 313 | 286 | 80% | 77% |
| Virginia | 303 | 275 | 76% | 69% |
| Minnesota | 293 | 274 | 55% | 52% |
| Colorado | 270 | 256 | 73% | 46% |
| Massachusetts | 261 | 245 | 57% | 66% |
| South Carolina | 257 | 234 | 83% | 63% |
| Missouri | 256 | 234 | 71% | 73% |
| Arizona | 253 | 232 | 82% | 57% |
| Wisconsin | 239 | 221 | 62% | 46% |
| Tennessee | 233 | 204 | 82% | 76% |
| Washington | 221 | 210 | 64% | 57% |
| Alabama | 214 | 189 | 73% | 64% |
| Kentucky | 189 | 173 | 67% | 57% |
| Oklahoma | 165 | 153 | 76% | 60% |
| Oregon | 149 | 134 | 66% | 61% |
| Kansas | 146 | 123 | 60% | 65% |
| Iowa | 141 | 127 | 70% | 66% |
| Utah | 139 | 132 | 68% | 52% |
| Louisiana | 132 | 118 | 84% | 78% |
| Nevada | 129 | 111 | 90% | 76% |
| Connecticut | 126 | 122 | 63% | 62% |
| Mississippi | 122 | 110 | 85% | 80% |
| Nebraska | 104 | 94 | 63% | 62% |
| Arkansas | 95 | 84 | 73% | 78% |
| Idaho | 90 | 82 | 68% | 64% |
| New Mexico | 77 | 72 | 82% | 61% |
| West Virginia | 56 | 51 | 55% | 61% |
| Delaware | 54 | 49 | 78% | 83% |
| Hawaii | 49 | 48 | 47% | 4% |
| Montana | 45 | 39 | 58% | 51% |
| Wyoming | 44 | 39 | 66% | 70% |
| New Hampshire | 44 | 38 | 43% | 80% |
| North Dakota | 43 | 39 | 72% | 79% |
| Maine | 38 | 38 | 55% | 63% |
| South Dakota | 35 | 33 | 71% | 77% |
| Rhode Island | 34 | 30 | 68% | 74% |
| Puerto Rico | 31 | 31 | 71% | 6% |
| Vermont | 13 | 13 | 62% | 85% |
| Alaska | 13 | 11 | 23% | 23% |
| District of Columbia | 9 | 7 | 89% | 67% |
The 12 months before
Carriers by Census add date, counting those still in the current Census.
- January 2025
- 14,548 · 80% active
- February 2025
- 14,493 · 80% active
- March 2025
- 16,847 · 82% active
- April 2025
- 15,628 · 83% active
- May 2025
- 14,791 · 84% active
- June 2025
- 13,944 · 84% active
- July 2025
- 14,853 · 86% active
- August 2025
- 14,209 · 87% active
- September 2025
- 13,819 · 88% active
- October 2025
- 13,779 · 89% active
- November 2025
- 11,065 · 91% active
- December 2025
- 11,472 · 92% active
- January 2026
- 14,629 · 92% active
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How is a new trucking company counted?
- By its FMCSA Census add date. The report counts carriers added that month that are still in the current Census with a U.S. physical address, so a few carriers removed from the Census since then are not included.
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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