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New trucking companies in Virginia, August 2026

Virginia is adding about 96 new for-hire carriers a month (three-month average to August 2026), -32% versus the prior three months and -28% versus a year earlier. The provisional count for August 2026 is 72, 35 of them single-truck operations. Over the last 12 months Virginia added 1,521 new carriers against 14,265 currently active, a 10.7% 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)7265351.9%
July 2026 (provisional)145139841.9%
June 20267064362.2%
May 202610285652.6%
April 20261621281032.1%
March 20261591271162.0%
February 20261521291132.3%
January 20261531261042.3%
December 202510585652.0%
November 202510386722.0%
October 20251421241032.3%
September 20251561351092.6%
August 2025126105852.0%
July 2025139123932.2%
June 2025137113882.3%
May 2025126111882.1%
April 2025122107942.0%
March 2025144124942.1%
February 2025126103802.1%
January 2025131115912.2%
December 20249485722.1%
November 20249176602.1%
October 202410083672.0%
September 202410692762.2%

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

Method

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