13,980 new USDOT registrations in September 2026
FMCSA cut carrier registration over to its new Motus system in May 2026, and the agency's data-publishing cadence shifted with it. Through the cutover month, 13,980 new USDOT numbers were issued to carriers domiciled in the 50 states and DC (−7.1% vs. the prior month, +1.6% vs. September 2025). 8,152of those were interstate carriers - the subset comparable to "new carrier authority" figures from Motive or FTR. Updated monthly from the public FMCSA Company Census File; every number on this page is free to cite or republish.
- September 2026 total
- 13,980
- Interstate-only
- 8,152
- Month over month
- −7.1%
- Year over year
- +1.6%
24-month national trend
New USDOT registrations per month, October 2024 – September 2026. All entity types; interstate-only series in the national CSV.
Top 10 states, September 2026
| # | State | New registrations | Interstate-only | MoM | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 1,798 | 923 | −5.1% | +7.0% |
| 2 | California | 1,500 | 669 | −9.7% | +5.6% |
| 3 | Florida | 1,198 | 628 | −9.3% | −5.5% |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 651 | 442 | +3.2% | +14.2% |
| 5 | Georgia | 630 | 324 | −14.2% | −10.5% |
| 6 | New York | 615 | 250 | −2.7% | +3.7% |
| 7 | Illinois | 518 | 429 | −5.6% | +0.6% |
| 8 | Ohio | 500 | 345 | −3.3% | +5.7% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 474 | 346 | −14.7% | +5.8% |
| 10 | North Carolina | 446 | 274 | −9.5% | −10.1% |
Every state, every month
Each state page carries the 24-month trend, top registration cities, fleet-size mix, interstate-only counts, and a CSV download.
- Texas 1,798
- California 1,500
- Florida 1,198
- Pennsylvania 651
- Georgia 630
- New York 615
- Illinois 518
- Ohio 500
- New Jersey 474
- North Carolina 446
- Minnesota 350
- Michigan 309
- Washington 278
- Maryland 277
- Indiana 260
- Arizona 256
- Massachusetts 255
- Wisconsin 255
- Virginia 251
- Tennessee 243
- Colorado 235
- South Carolina 218
- Alabama 197
- Missouri 184
- Connecticut 182
- Kentucky 175
- Oklahoma 145
- Oregon 131
- Nebraska 120
- Utah 119
- Mississippi 117
- Louisiana 112
- Iowa 107
- Nevada 92
- Arkansas 79
- Kansas 78
- Idaho 73
- New Mexico 68
- West Virginia 63
- New Hampshire 50
- Wyoming 48
- Delaware 46
- Montana 43
- Hawaii 42
- Maine 40
- Rhode Island 38
- South Dakota 35
- North Dakota 34
- Alaska 23
- Vermont 17
- District of Columbia 5
Methodology
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (dataset az4n-8mr2 on data.transportation.gov). We run server-side SoQL aggregations against the Socrata SODA API - a count of census records grouped by the month of add_date (the date FMCSA added the record) and phy_state(the carrier's physical-address state). Interstate-only counts filter to carrier_operation = 'A'. Snapshot taken ; FMCSA last updated the underlying file .
Caveats. These are new USDOT registrations by add date - they include intrastate carriers, private (own-goods) fleets, and other non-for-hire entities. They are not "new operating authorities" (MC numbers), so the headline count runs higher than new-authority figures published by Motive, FTR, or FMCSA's authority grants. Use the interstate-only column (carrier_operation = 'A') to reconcile against those series. Counts are by the carrier's physical address, not where it operates. Revocations and deactivations are not netted out - this measures gross new entrants, not net fleet growth. Carriers domiciled in US territories, Canada, and Mexico are excluded from the national total. FMCSA's May 2026 Motus cutover changed the registration pipeline; if the agency pauses or restates the census file, our refresh job fails loudly rather than publishing stale numbers - the changelog below records every publish.
Changelog
- Published September 2026 data: 13,980 new registrations (8,152 interstate-only).
- Published August 2026 data: 13,532 new registrations (7,766 interstate-only).
- Published July 2026 data: 14,117 new registrations (8,083 interstate-only).
- Published June 2026 data: 13,003 new registrations (6,737 interstate-only).
- Published May 2026 data: 15,357 new registrations (8,060 interstate-only).
Source: "New trucking company registrations by state, September 2026," fasttruckingcompliance.com (https://www.fasttruckingcompliance.com/data/new-trucking-companies#top-states). Updated October 3, 2026.
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