HaulFMCSA Carrier Registry Report — June 2026
A monthly readout of U.S. trucking-company churn, built entirely from public FMCSA data. As of 2026-06-19, the federal Company Census carries 2,197,714 active motor carriers. In the 8 days ending 2026-06-19, 4,754 carriers newly registered. Because HaulReport keeps a daily history of the federal data, we can also track carriers whose registration goes inactive — a status change, not a confirmed business closure.
The headline numbers
Two different lenses: the stock figures (active and inactive carrier totals) are point-in-time counts of the whole federal register, while the flow figures (newly registered, went inactive) measure change over the last 8 days from our daily history. 217 carriers moved from active to inactive in the window, while 436 reactivated.
Registrations by state (last 8 days)
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| State | Newly registered | Went inactive | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 266 | 29 | +237 |
| California | 206 | 11 | +195 |
| Florida | 170 | 15 | +155 |
| Georgia | 108 | 7 | +101 |
| New York | 101 | 7 | +94 |
| Pennsylvania | 90 | 8 | +82 |
| Illinois | 68 | 14 | +54 |
| Minnesota | 60 | 0 | +60 |
| New Jersey | 57 | 11 | +46 |
| North Carolina | 56 | 12 | +44 |
| Michigan | 55 | 0 | +55 |
| Ohio | 51 | 5 | +46 |
Net change is new registrations minus carriers going inactive. A positive number means the state’s share of the federal register grew over the period. Registration is concentrated in the largest trucking states, but every state sees a steady stream of new entrants each month.
What “inactive” does and does not mean
An inactive FMCSA operating status is a registration record, not a verdict on a business. A carrier is marked inactive when it lets its biennial MCS-150 update lapse, is administratively deactivated, merges, or genuinely exits — and a meaningful share later reactivate. We deliberately report carriers “going inactive,” never “going out of business,” and these figures are public FMCSA records, as reported, which can lag real-world events.
Go deeper
This report synthesizes several HaulReport datasets. For the full picture see our trucking industry statistics (the active fleet), new trucking companies by state, and the inactive-carrier totals. For live, carrier-level movement, follow the daily FMCSA carrier activity feed, the newly registered carriers feed, and carriers going inactive.
Frequently asked questions
- How many trucking companies are registered with the FMCSA right now?
- As of 2026-06-19, the public FMCSA Company Census lists 2,197,714 active motor carriers. A further 2,254,656 carriers are marked inactive (about 50.6% of the 4,453,355 carriers ever registered).
- How many new trucking companies registered in the last 8 days?
- 4,754 carriers were newly added to the FMCSA Company Census in the 8 days ending 2026-06-19. A new census registration is the earliest public signal that a trucking company exists — it is the front door to operating authority, not an authority grant itself.
- Does “going inactive” mean a trucking company went out of business?
- No. “Inactive” is an FMCSA registration status. A carrier is marked inactive when it lets its biennial MCS-150 update lapse, is administratively deactivated, merges, or genuinely exits — and many later reactivate. It is not proof of a business closure or bankruptcy, so we report carriers “going inactive”, never “out of business.”
- Where does this report get its numbers?
- Active and inactive totals come from the public FMCSA Company Census (dataset az4n-8mr2). The 30-day new-registration and going-inactive counts come from HaulReport's own daily snapshot history of that census, which lets us measure change over time. All figures are public records, as reported, and may lag.