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New trucking companies in Texas, August 2026

Texas is adding about 583 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -26% versus the prior three months and -26% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 467, 259 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Texas added 8,482 new carriers against 81,151 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)46743125912.5%
July 2026 (provisional)89281550011.9%
June 202639136421612.6%
May 202649540229512.4%
April 202694979464512.5%
March 202693478265711.9%
February 202679867154111.9%
January 202682271158412.1%
December 202558049238011.2%
November 202559151541411.6%
October 202581069955713.1%
September 202575363951112.4%
August 202583071457213.2%
July 202580769052912.8%
June 202571660748312.3%
May 202572864048912.2%
April 202573664247912.1%
March 202577367248511.3%
February 202568959143811.6%
January 202566356942611.3%
December 202447541329810.7%
November 202448640929511.0%
October 202461152336712.2%
September 202451044132110.7%

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

Method

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