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New trucking companies in Georgia, August 2026

Georgia is adding about 224 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -30% versus the prior three months and -30% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 170, 113 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Georgia added 3,442 new carriers against 35,869 currently active, a 9.6% 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)1701611134.5%
July 2026 (provisional)3573322044.8%
June 2026145141974.7%
May 20261901531204.8%
April 20263502742384.6%
March 20264143392895.3%
February 20263352772465.0%
January 20263513032685.2%
December 20252682201885.2%
November 20252642251885.2%
October 20252902552244.7%
September 20253082542145.1%
August 20253252672285.2%
July 20253432922385.4%
June 20252892422005.0%
May 20253222782255.4%
April 20253212802375.3%
March 20253763102495.5%
February 20252982602045.0%
January 20252902511875.0%
December 20242021661284.6%
November 20242081701314.7%
October 20242341901474.7%
September 20242131761384.5%

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

Method

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