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New trucking companies in Utah, August 2026

Utah is adding about 39 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -26% versus the prior three months and -28% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 23, 11 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Utah added 598 new carriers against 6,554 currently active, a 9.1% 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)2319110.6%
July 2026 (provisional)6560330.9%
June 20263027191.0%
May 20262724200.7%
April 20266456440.8%
March 20266760530.9%
February 20267162461.1%
January 20265648370.8%
December 20254437330.8%
November 20254443370.9%
October 20255750370.9%
September 20255044330.8%
August 20256252391.0%
July 20255650400.9%
June 20254537300.8%
May 20254542350.8%
April 20255249330.9%
March 20255947280.9%
February 20254642280.8%
January 20253129170.5%
December 20243937230.9%
November 20244538281.0%
October 20244746290.9%
September 20242928200.6%

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

Method

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