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New trucking companies in California, August 2026

California is adding about 565 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -10% versus the prior three months and -11% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 415, 294 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months California added 6,870 new carriers against 85,829 currently active, a 8.0% annual entry rate.

The two most recent months are provisional (census lag and MC-docket assignment delay); read trends on the three-month averages.

MonthNew carriersWith ≥1 power unitSingle-truckShare of US
August 2026 (provisional)41537929411.1%
July 2026 (provisional)94287167512.6%
June 202633732324910.8%
May 20263963362849.9%
April 202676466860510.1%
March 20267336465659.4%
February 20266355434909.5%
January 20265955034568.8%
December 20255024163719.7%
November 20254283723308.4%
October 20255294674148.5%
September 20255945354669.8%
August 202566260252310.5%
July 202564359049210.2%
June 202560055146910.3%
May 202562056946710.4%
April 202563956844810.5%
March 202571664152610.5%
February 202573867453612.4%
January 202580573255913.8%
December 202452247735911.8%
November 202448843334511.1%
October 202455850037611.1%
September 202459653641912.6%

Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: California carriers.

Method

Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in California, an MC docket, and a USDOT number issued in the month shown. Older months understate entries slightly because carriers that have since gone inactive are excluded. Source: FMCSA via data.transportation.gov (public domain), reloaded monthly.

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Last updated 2026-09-07. Data sources are listed on each page; see About for methodology.