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New trucking companies in Ohio, August 2026

Ohio is adding about 214 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -27% versus the prior three months and -13% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 157, 105 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Ohio added 3,137 new carriers against 27,688 currently active, a 11.3% 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)1571541054.2%
July 2026 (provisional)3613462374.8%
June 2026125119824.0%
May 20262101761385.3%
April 20263342882464.4%
March 20263392882474.3%
February 20263142782224.7%
January 20262952562244.4%
December 20252432231864.7%
November 20252242051774.4%
October 20252632361814.2%
September 20252722311834.5%
August 20252612321874.2%
July 20252502261744.0%
June 20252312071524.0%
May 20252352051474.0%
April 20252602211624.3%
March 20252882612044.2%
February 20252512241594.2%
January 20252492131594.3%
December 20242201891295.0%
November 20242191901325.0%
October 20242171831214.3%
September 2024180151983.8%

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

Method

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