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New trucking companies in Tennessee, August 2026

Tennessee is adding about 88 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -36% versus the prior three months and -31% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 72, 42 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Tennessee added 1,450 new carriers against 13,768 currently active, a 10.5% 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)7268421.9%
July 2026 (provisional)128121831.7%
June 20266459322.1%
May 20267571511.9%
April 20261481171031.9%
March 20261891691402.4%
February 2026118102821.8%
January 2026151122972.2%
December 2025116103822.2%
November 2025122113872.4%
October 20251491291072.4%
September 2025118101731.9%
August 2025128113952.0%
July 2025130112902.1%
June 2025125105822.1%
May 2025122109822.1%
April 2025128110832.1%
March 2025132110841.9%
February 2025119105792.0%
January 202510784681.8%
December 2024126110832.8%
November 20248676522.0%
October 20248367471.7%
September 20249177581.9%

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

Method

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