13,532 new USDOT registrations in August 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, 13,532 new USDOT numbers were issued to carriers domiciled in the 50 states and DC (−13.8% vs. the prior month, −4.5% vs. August 2025). 7,766of 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.
- August 2026 total
- 13,532
- Interstate-only
- 7,766
- Month over month
- −13.8%
- Year over year
- −4.5%
24-month national trend
New USDOT registrations per month, September 2024 – August 2026. All entity types; interstate-only series in the national CSV.
Top 10 states, August 2026
| # | State | New registrations | Interstate-only | MoM | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 1,712 | 841 | −10.2% | −7.0% |
| 2 | California | 1,528 | 734 | −20.1% | −1.0% |
| 3 | Florida | 1,204 | 612 | −11.5% | −9.6% |
| 4 | Georgia | 666 | 370 | −13.5% | −14.0% |
| 5 | New York | 583 | 214 | −22.1% | −7.2% |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 566 | 390 | −15.0% | −3.6% |
| 7 | New Jersey | 508 | 328 | 0.0% | +23.6% |
| 8 | Illinois | 494 | 395 | −13.2% | +18.5% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 448 | 281 | −14.7% | −8.4% |
| 10 | Ohio | 433 | 320 | −25.3% | −7.5% |
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 1,712
- California 1,528
- Florida 1,204
- Georgia 666
- New York 583
- Pennsylvania 566
- New Jersey 508
- Illinois 494
- North Carolina 448
- Ohio 433
- Minnesota 320
- Michigan 293
- Colorado 266
- Indiana 262
- Wisconsin 240
- Massachusetts 239
- Arizona 237
- Maryland 235
- Washington 229
- Virginia 226
- Tennessee 224
- South Carolina 211
- Missouri 194
- Kentucky 187
- Alabama 159
- Oklahoma 157
- Connecticut 144
- Oregon 141
- Louisiana 132
- Iowa 121
- Mississippi 108
- Utah 105
- Nevada 102
- Nebraska 96
- Idaho 84
- Kansas 79
- Arkansas 77
- West Virginia 59
- New Mexico 55
- New Hampshire 54
- Delaware 45
- Wyoming 45
- Maine 44
- Montana 39
- Rhode Island 37
- Hawaii 35
- South Dakota 32
- North Dakota 30
- Vermont 23
- Alaska 15
- District of Columbia 9
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 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, August 2026," fasttruckingcompliance.com (https://www.fasttruckingcompliance.com/data/new-trucking-companies#top-states). Updated September 3, 2026.
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