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New trucking companies in Colorado, August 2026

Colorado is adding about 70 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -26% versus the prior three months and -20% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 59, 35 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Colorado added 982 new carriers against 11,274 currently active, a 8.7% 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)5955351.6%
July 2026 (provisional)111105591.5%
June 20263936161.3%
May 20266455441.6%
April 20269884691.3%
March 202612094861.5%
February 202610087771.5%
January 202610090741.5%
December 20257059501.3%
November 20256556451.3%
October 20257159461.1%
September 20258574621.4%
August 20258876611.4%
July 20258170501.3%
June 20259176531.6%
May 20259379631.6%
April 202510288681.7%
March 20259988731.4%
February 20258967541.5%
January 20258374541.4%
December 20245646351.3%
November 20246958391.6%
October 20246656411.3%
September 20248372491.7%

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

Method

Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Colorado, 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.