HaulChemical Hauling Companies
20,304 active U.S. motor carriers (0.9% of all active carriers) report chemicals as a cargo type in the FMCSA Company Census. Chemical carriers flag the transport of industrial and hazardous chemicals — a tightly regulated segment overlapping heavily with hazmat and tanker operations.
The headline numbers
Chemical hauling has the highest hazmat-endorsement overlap of any cargo class and runs predominantly interstate, underscoring the segment's regulatory intensity.
Where chemical hauling companies are based
Each state is shaded by the number of active carriers reporting this cargo type, from light (fewer) to dark (more), based on each carrier’s registered physical-address state. The smallest Northeast states and DC are labeled in the margin so their counts stay readable.
Show data table
| State | Carriers |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,883 |
| California | 1,467 |
| Michigan | 940 |
| Florida | 933 |
| New York | 925 |
| Georgia | 874 |
| Illinois | 861 |
| Minnesota | 790 |
| Nebraska | 657 |
| Pennsylvania | 643 |
| Wisconsin | 612 |
| Ohio | 591 |
Fleet size: who actually hauls this freight
69.5% of these carriers run six trucks or fewer and just 4% run a hundred or more — the fleet shape that determines how capacity and pricing behave in this segment.
Interstate vs. intrastate operation
70% operate interstate (across state lines, the trigger for federal operating authority) and 30% operate intrastate. Chemical freight pairs with hazmat and environmental liability; confirm the carrier's hazmat indicator, authority and insurance filing are current.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many chemical trucking companies are registered with FMCSA?
- This page shows the current count of active carriers that flag chemicals as a cargo type.
- Which state has the most chemical hauling companies?
- Texas leads with 1,883 active carriers reporting this cargo type, based on each carrier's registered physical-address state. The full state breakdown is on this page.
- Where does this data come from?
- The public FMCSA Company Census (dataset az4n-8mr2), filtered to active carriers that report this cargo-classification flag and grouped by registered state, fleet size, operation type and hazmat indicator. It refreshes automatically as the federal data updates.