New trucking companies in Massachusetts, August 2026
Massachusetts is adding about 60 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -39% versus the prior three months and -23% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 45, 26 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Massachusetts added 999 new carriers against 10,037 currently active, a 10.0% annual entry rate.
The two most recent months are provisional (census lag and MC-docket assignment delay); read trends on the three-month averages.
| Month | New carriers | With ≥1 power unit | Single-truck | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 (provisional) | 45 | 44 | 26 | 1.2% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 95 | 89 | 60 | 1.3% |
| June 2026 | 40 | 33 | 19 | 1.3% |
| May 2026 | 60 | 54 | 38 | 1.5% |
| April 2026 | 106 | 85 | 63 | 1.4% |
| March 2026 | 132 | 113 | 98 | 1.7% |
| February 2026 | 80 | 70 | 56 | 1.2% |
| January 2026 | 112 | 95 | 81 | 1.7% |
| December 2025 | 73 | 58 | 40 | 1.4% |
| November 2025 | 79 | 71 | 63 | 1.6% |
| October 2025 | 97 | 84 | 74 | 1.6% |
| September 2025 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 1.3% |
| August 2025 | 82 | 68 | 58 | 1.3% |
| July 2025 | 77 | 62 | 49 | 1.2% |
| June 2025 | 76 | 70 | 54 | 1.3% |
| May 2025 | 92 | 85 | 73 | 1.5% |
| April 2025 | 96 | 86 | 73 | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | 113 | 95 | 76 | 1.7% |
| February 2025 | 80 | 67 | 55 | 1.3% |
| January 2025 | 86 | 77 | 65 | 1.5% |
| December 2024 | 53 | 48 | 32 | 1.2% |
| November 2024 | 57 | 53 | 41 | 1.3% |
| October 2024 | 92 | 83 | 58 | 1.8% |
| September 2024 | 74 | 65 | 50 | 1.6% |
Browse the carriers themselves, with authority and insurance status, on USDOT Index: Massachusetts carriers.
Method
Active carriers in the FMCSA Company Census with a physical address in Massachusetts, 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.
Last updated 2026-09-07. Data sources are listed on each page; see About for methodology.