FMCSA data, computed here
New carrier registrations by state, and how many are still active
Every USDOT registration with FMCSA has a state and a start year. This page counts the new ones by state and year, shows how many of each year's group are active today, and sizes how many newcomers a market of your size could see.
Daily file, snapshotFMCSA Company Census File, carriers by state of physical addressRegistrations 2016 to 2025 (part year 2026)Retrieved Oct 10, 2026, 12:08 UTCretrieved Oct 10, 2026
Read this first
These are counts of USDOT registrations, not of trucks and not of companies that haul on your lanes. "Active" is a census status: an inactive record can still belong to a company that is running, and an active one can be idle. A young group looks healthier than an old one for that reason alone. Only state, year and status are used here: no company or person data is stored or shown.
Where the newcomers register
Colour = registrations in 2025 per 100 active carriers in the state now. Bars = all registrations by year, 50 states and D.C.
New registrations per 100 active carriers, 2025
- below 5.7
- 5.7 to below 7.0
- 7.0 to below 8.7
- 8.7 to below 11.2
- 11.2 or more
- no data
Colours are quintiles of the states (registrations per 100 active carriers). Select a state tile to set the form below.
Registrations by year
All carrier registrations by year of the add date, 50 states and D.C. (two-digit year labels).
Share still active, by registration year
Of each year's registrations, the percent whose status is active now.
Size the newcomers in your market
Pick a state and a registration year, then enter how many carriers you compete with.
Pre-filled values are Example data. Replace them with your own.
New carriers in a market this size, if that year repeated
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- Registered that year in the state
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- Of those, active now
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- Share still active
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- Registered that year per 100 active carriers now
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- Active carriers in the state now
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Pick a state and a year.
Formula: share active = active now x 100 / registered (one decimal). Per 100 = registered that year x 100 / all active carriers in the state now. New carriers in your market = your carriers x registered that year / active carriers in the state, half up. A scale, not a forecast: many new registrations are not for-hire fleets on your lanes. Nothing you type leaves this page.
All 50 states and D.C.
Click a heading to sort. Registered = carriers with that add year whose physical address is in the state.
| State | Active carriers now | Registered 2019 | Registered 2021 | Registered 2025 | Still active, 2021 group | Still active, 2025 group | Registered 2025 per 100 active |
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| Alabama | 33,874 | 1,982 | 3,735 | 2,397 | 40.5% | 84.6% | 7.1 |
| Alaska | 6,503 | 188 | 235 | 253 | 75.3% | 90.1% | 3.9 |
| Arizona | 30,043 | 1,864 | 3,705 | 2,656 | 47.3% | 84.0% | 8.8 |
| Arkansas | 9,867 | 893 | 1,562 | 1,059 | 35.2% | 81.4% | 10.7 |
| California | 318,199 | 18,608 | 25,982 | 17,284 | 59.3% | 91.4% | 5.4 |
| Colorado | 49,123 | 2,403 | 3,561 | 3,056 | 57.6% | 88.5% | 6.2 |
| Connecticut | 20,926 | 1,362 | 2,414 | 1,811 | 47.8% | 86.9% | 8.7 |
| Delaware | 4,644 | 430 | 843 | 618 | 34.4% | 85.8% | 13.3 |
| District of Columbia | 787 | 78 | 172 | 100 | 28.5% | 87.0% | 12.7 |
| Florida | 147,140 | 9,628 | 20,397 | 14,296 | 46.7% | 85.6% | 9.7 |
| Georgia | 101,469 | 7,706 | 16,457 | 8,340 | 37.5% | 88.3% | 8.2 |
| Hawaii | 5,361 | 42 | 439 | 595 | 89.1% | 96.0% | 11.1 |
| Idaho | 13,266 | 825 | 1,070 | 1,035 | 56.8% | 88.0% | 7.8 |
| Illinois | 50,638 | 3,522 | 7,766 | 5,017 | 44.5% | 86.4% | 9.9 |
| Indiana | 45,030 | 2,175 | 4,766 | 3,479 | 42.2% | 81.2% | 7.7 |
| Iowa | 25,866 | 1,157 | 1,530 | 1,384 | 55.6% | 80.1% | 5.4 |
| Kansas | 18,306 | 925 | 1,287 | 1,035 | 46.6% | 80.0% | 5.7 |
| Kentucky | 42,318 | 1,810 | 2,669 | 2,192 | 51.1% | 83.9% | 5.2 |
| Louisiana | 11,246 | 989 | 2,353 | 1,285 | 29.0% | 81.4% | 11.4 |
| Maine | 13,991 | 460 | 582 | 549 | 66.8% | 88.5% | 3.9 |
| Maryland | 42,725 | 3,275 | 5,720 | 3,418 | 42.3% | 87.1% | 8.0 |
| Massachusetts | 38,411 | 8,550 | 3,761 | 2,965 | 59.2% | 93.0% | 7.7 |
| Michigan | 75,628 | 2,292 | 4,252 | 3,405 | 53.1% | 88.7% | 4.5 |
| Minnesota | 74,286 | 3,130 | 4,465 | 3,706 | 63.2% | 90.5% | 5.0 |
| Mississippi | 11,421 | 1,272 | 2,970 | 1,411 | 26.8% | 84.0% | 12.4 |
| Missouri | 24,709 | 1,808 | 3,385 | 2,377 | 39.7% | 83.3% | 9.6 |
| Montana | 8,715 | 473 | 581 | 588 | 58.7% | 81.8% | 6.7 |
| Nebraska | 28,538 | 1,128 | 1,475 | 1,268 | 59.7% | 84.7% | 4.4 |
| Nevada | 9,492 | 1,168 | 2,175 | 1,167 | 30.0% | 87.6% | 12.3 |
| New Hampshire | 5,938 | 430 | 474 | 541 | 42.4% | 81.5% | 9.1 |
| New Jersey | 46,320 | 4,769 | 7,778 | 5,473 | 38.9% | 86.3% | 11.8 |
| New Mexico | 11,149 | 797 | 1,066 | 831 | 46.8% | 88.7% | 7.5 |
| New York | 125,947 | 6,883 | 8,502 | 7,355 | 62.9% | 89.7% | 5.8 |
| North Carolina | 50,937 | 4,551 | 9,387 | 5,774 | 38.2% | 84.8% | 11.3 |
| North Dakota | 6,241 | 457 | 543 | 450 | 48.3% | 81.3% | 7.2 |
| Ohio | 48,702 | 3,573 | 7,881 | 5,433 | 42.5% | 84.4% | 11.2 |
| Oklahoma | 26,418 | 1,580 | 2,323 | 1,848 | 46.9% | 83.4% | 7.0 |
| Oregon | 27,718 | 1,602 | 2,034 | 1,486 | 60.2% | 87.8% | 5.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 79,474 | 5,410 | 8,601 | 6,784 | 49.0% | 87.3% | 8.5 |
| Rhode Island | 4,106 | 333 | 558 | 419 | 37.8% | 82.3% | 10.2 |
| South Carolina | 23,417 | 1,936 | 4,460 | 2,704 | 40.0% | 86.6% | 11.5 |
| South Dakota | 6,138 | 333 | 423 | 370 | 48.7% | 87.8% | 6.0 |
| Tennessee | 23,468 | 1,892 | 4,023 | 2,763 | 36.2% | 78.9% | 11.8 |
| Texas | 180,707 | 15,174 | 29,213 | 19,278 | 42.2% | 85.2% | 10.7 |
| Utah | 23,094 | 1,454 | 1,761 | 1,480 | 58.9% | 86.3% | 6.4 |
| Vermont | 2,292 | 145 | 180 | 156 | 40.6% | 81.4% | 6.8 |
| Virginia | 23,615 | 2,197 | 4,437 | 2,802 | 39.1% | 84.3% | 11.9 |
| Washington | 49,124 | 2,977 | 4,440 | 2,972 | 58.8% | 87.2% | 6.0 |
| West Virginia | 10,948 | 522 | 692 | 738 | 52.2% | 82.5% | 6.7 |
| Wisconsin | 63,951 | 2,538 | 3,374 | 3,107 | 60.7% | 88.9% | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | 6,480 | 394 | 497 | 437 | 43.3% | 88.8% | 6.7 |
Source: FMCSA Company Census File, retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Still active = census status A now, as a share of that year's registrations. Per 100 active = 2025 registrations x 100 / all active carriers in the state now. 2025 is the last full year; 2026 is a part year.
What this number means
- The 2021 jump in registrations (232,956) was followed by many records that are inactive today: only 47.1% of that group is active, against 86.6% of the 2025 group.
- A state with many registrations per 100 active carriers has more new names in the market. Not all are for-hire fleets on your lanes: many are private fleets, local and intrastate haulers.
- A registration is cheap and quick. A carrier that survives is one that bills, collects and keeps insurance in force, which is what the activity share reflects.
What to do about it
- When a newcomer undercuts your quote, look up the age of its authority and insurance before you move your floor.
- Keep your floor from your own cost per mile. Newcomers often price from cash they have not yet had to earn.
- If you hire or lease owner-operators, check that the USDOT number shows active before you dispatch.
Questions
What is counted as a registration?
A row in the FMCSA Company Census File whose "add date" falls in the year, whose roles include carrier, and whose physical address is in the state. It covers all kinds of carriers: for-hire and private, interstate and intrastate, one truck or hundreds. It is a USDOT registration, not an operating authority (MC number) and not a count of trucks.
What does "still active" mean?
The census status code is A for active, I for inactive. A registration turns inactive when FMCSA deactivates it, often after a missed biennial update or a revoked authority. It does not prove the company stopped hauling, and a company that never updated may still be running under another number.
Why are the older groups so much smaller than the newer ones?
Two things overlap: registrations that were never used or went inactive fall away, and the census may not keep every old record. The page therefore compares share active by year of registration, and states plainly that a young group is expected to look healthier than an old one.
Why do these totals differ from the Census page on trucking employers?
That page counts establishments with payroll from Census data. FMCSA counts every registrant, including owner-operators with no payroll and private fleets, so the numbers are larger and measure something different.
Why does the table start in 2016?
The census shows 2015 with 261,648 registrations in the 50 states and D.C., more than the next year by a wide margin, which looks like a records effect rather than a real jump. We did not investigate the cause, so the page starts at 2016.
How current is it?
The census is updated every day. This snapshot was retrieved Oct 10, 2026, so 2026 is a part year (139,311 registrations in the 50 states and D.C. up to that date) and 2025 is the latest full year.
Related guides and tools
- Trucking business births and deaths: Census employer locations since 1978
- Authority revocations: who lost authority
- Insurance lapses: lapses behind inactive status
- USDOT lookup: check a carrier you compete with or hire
- Authority and insurance check: before you match a price
- Intelligence hub: all open-data pages
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