Trucking Company Statistics by State
How many trucking carriers are there, how big are they, and where are they? Counts for all 50 states, from FMCSA's open census data.
How many trucking carriers are there in the United States?
FMCSA's census lists 1,110,532 active carriers that are authorized for hire and report at least one truck. Most are very small. About 66% run a single truck and 92% run five or fewer. California has the most carriers (188,517), then Texas (136,588) and Florida (103,683).
- Active carriers with trucks
- 1,110,532
- Run a single truck
- 66%
- Average fleet
- 3.7 trucks
- New in the last 12 months
- 97,390
Read from FMCSA on November 5, 2026. See how we counted.
Which states have the most trucking carriers?
The ten biggest states hold 61% of all carriers. California alone has 188,517.
- 1California188,517
- 2Texas136,588
- 3Florida103,683
- 4Georgia52,220
- 5Pennsylvania36,254
- 6New York36,136
- 7Illinois33,821
- 8Ohio32,447
- 9North Carolina31,474
- 10Minnesota27,391
Trucking carriers by state: the full table
Every state and the District of Columbia, biggest first. Click a state to see dispatch and carrier pages for it.
| # | State | Carriers | One truck | Average fleet | New in 12 months | Interstate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 188,517 | 78% | 2.4 trucks | 11,333 | 30% |
| 2 | Texas | 136,588 | 67% | 3.3 trucks | 14,075 | 32% |
| 3 | Florida | 103,683 | 77% | 2.4 trucks | 9,311 | 24% |
| 4 | Georgia | 52,220 | 70% | 3.2 trucks | 4,457 | 37% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 36,254 | 58% | 4.7 trucks | 4,157 | 57% |
| 6 | New York | 36,136 | 62% | 3.0 trucks | 2,531 | 25% |
| 7 | Illinois | 33,821 | 54% | 8.2 trucks | 3,942 | 74% |
| 8 | Ohio | 32,447 | 56% | 6.4 trucks | 3,820 | 59% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 31,474 | 64% | 3.6 trucks | 3,301 | 51% |
| 10 | Minnesota | 27,391 | 60% | 3.5 trucks | 1,808 | 36% |
| 11 | Michigan | 26,964 | 57% | 4.9 trucks | 2,047 | 33% |
| 12 | New Jersey | 24,813 | 68% | 3.5 trucks | 3,245 | 63% |
| 13 | Colorado | 22,992 | 64% | 3.1 trucks | 1,823 | 28% |
| 14 | Washington | 22,758 | 61% | 3.6 trucks | 1,608 | 45% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 22,154 | 56% | 4.7 trucks | 1,328 | 32% |
| 16 | Arizona | 18,543 | 64% | 3.7 trucks | 1,871 | 40% |
| 17 | Indiana | 18,450 | 55% | 6.9 trucks | 2,125 | 68% |
| 18 | Maryland | 18,050 | 65% | 3.1 trucks | 1,684 | 52% |
| 19 | Alabama | 17,691 | 63% | 3.7 trucks | 1,340 | 35% |
| 20 | South Carolina | 15,243 | 69% | 2.8 trucks | 1,651 | 49% |
| 21 | Virginia | 14,925 | 64% | 3.9 trucks | 1,779 | 63% |
| 22 | Iowa | 14,630 | 57% | 4.7 trucks | 837 | 51% |
| 23 | Missouri | 14,323 | 58% | 5.3 trucks | 1,489 | 60% |
| 24 | Kentucky | 14,212 | 61% | 3.2 trucks | 1,117 | 38% |
| 25 | Tennessee | 14,200 | 59% | 5.7 trucks | 1,590 | 61% |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 13,909 | 60% | 4.0 trucks | 1,201 | 37% |
| 27 | Massachusetts | 12,496 | 57% | 4.2 trucks | 1,259 | 49% |
| 28 | Oregon | 11,466 | 63% | 3.6 trucks | 810 | 46% |
| 29 | Nebraska | 11,370 | 56% | 3.7 trucks | 643 | 46% |
| 30 | Utah | 10,092 | 58% | 4.3 trucks | 839 | 42% |
| 31 | Mississippi | 8,063 | 65% | 4.1 trucks | 908 | 67% |
| 32 | Kansas | 7,870 | 49% | 5.2 trucks | 582 | 61% |
| 33 | Connecticut | 7,643 | 62% | 3.3 trucks | 852 | 53% |
| 34 | New Mexico | 7,278 | 61% | 3.3 trucks | 575 | 43% |
| 35 | Idaho | 7,245 | 56% | 4.3 trucks | 599 | 57% |
| 36 | Louisiana | 6,984 | 68% | 3.5 trucks | 816 | 53% |
| 37 | Arkansas | 6,244 | 60% | 5.1 trucks | 587 | 62% |
| 38 | Nevada | 6,074 | 66% | 3.3 trucks | 776 | 63% |
| 39 | Maine | 5,713 | 59% | 3.1 trucks | 281 | 22% |
| 40 | Montana | 4,461 | 55% | 3.4 trucks | 266 | 45% |
| 41 | North Dakota | 3,857 | 51% | 6.0 trucks | 274 | 61% |
| 42 | South Dakota | 3,377 | 54% | 4.4 trucks | 227 | 75% |
| 43 | Wyoming | 3,257 | 53% | 4.0 trucks | 288 | 54% |
| 44 | West Virginia | 3,067 | 50% | 4.1 trucks | 257 | 53% |
| 45 | Alaska | 2,963 | 50% | 3.3 trucks | 126 | 7% |
| 46 | Delaware | 2,341 | 65% | 3.5 trucks | 277 | 71% |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 1,922 | 52% | 3.9 trucks | 207 | 72% |
| 48 | Hawaii | 1,577 | 44% | 4.8 trucks | 132 | 8% |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 1,522 | 59% | 5.8 trucks | 211 | 79% |
| 50 | Vermont | 932 | 46% | 4.5 trucks | 69 | 79% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 330 | 64% | 8.5 trucks | 59 | 47% |
| United States | 1,110,532 | 66% | 3.7 trucks | 97,390 | 41% |
One truck = carriers that report a single power unit. Interstate = carriers that file as interstate. Fleet sizes are self-reported, and carriers that report more than 3,000 trucks are left out of the average.
How big are trucking fleets?
Trucking is a small-business industry. 66% of carriers run one truck, and only 2% run more than 20.
| Fleet size (power units) | Carriers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 power unit | 731,676 | 66% |
| 2 to 5 | 289,051 | 26% |
| 6 to 20 | 67,194 | 6% |
| 21 to 100 | 18,487 | 2% |
| Over 100 | 3,418 | under 1% |
A power unit is a truck or tractor that pulls a load. Only carriers that report 1 to 3,000 power units are counted here.
How many carriers have an FMCSA safety rating?
Very few. 29,969 carriers (3%) have a rating. FMCSA rates a carrier after it reviews the carrier's safety, so most carriers are simply unrated. Unrated does not mean unsafe.
| Rating | Carriers | Share of rated |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 24,061 | 80% |
| Conditional | 5,683 | 19% |
| Unsatisfactory | 225 | under 1% |
| Not rated | 1,080,563 | n/a |
Want to see how a rating works? Read safety rating, explained, then look up any carrier with our carrier and broker lookup.
How we counted
- What counts as a carrier
- A carrier is counted when FMCSA lists it as active, authorized for hire, with at least one truck on its MCS-150 form. Bus, limousine and other passenger carriers are left out.
- Where a carrier is counted
- In the state of its physical address on file with FMCSA, not the states where it drives.
- Fleet size
- The number of power units the carrier reports. Carriers report it themselves, so some numbers are wrong. Entries above 3,000 trucks are treated as typing errors and left out of fleet-size figures.
- New carriers
- Carriers whose record was added to the census in the 12 months before the date below. A new record means a registration, not proof that the carrier is hauling.
- Interstate
- Carriers that file as interstate. The rest file as intrastate, or are intrastate hazmat carriers.
- What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a carrier is still running trucks today, or whether its authority and insurance are in good standing. Check a specific carrier with the lookup tool before you book with it.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File on data.transportation.gov. Read on: November 5, 2026. The page refreshes about once a week.
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Trucking Carrier Questions
Plain answers about how many carriers there are, how big they are and where the numbers come from.
As of November 5, 2026, FMCSA's Company Census File lists 1,110,532 active carriers that are authorized for hire and report at least one truck. This page counts the carriers FMCSA lists. It does not check whether each one is still running trucks today.
66% of them. 731,676 carriers run one truck, 289,051 run 2 to 5, 67,194 run 6 to 20, 18,487 run 21 to 100, and 3,418 run more than 100. Together, 92% run five trucks or fewer. Fleet sizes are what carriers report on their MCS-150 form.
California, with 188,517 carriers. The next four are Texas (136,588), Florida (103,683), Georgia (52,220) and Pennsylvania (36,254). The table on this page lists every state.
About 3.7 trucks. The average is small because so many carriers are owner-operators. The most common fleet size is one truck. Carriers that report more than 3,000 trucks are left out of the average as likely typing errors.
FMCSA's census added 97,390 of these carriers in the last 12 months. That is 9% of all of them. A new entry means a carrier registered, not that it is still hauling.
Only 29,969 (3%). Of those, 24,061 are Satisfactory, 5,683 are Conditional and 225 are Unsatisfactory. FMCSA rates a carrier after it reviews its safety, so most carriers are simply unrated. Unrated does not mean unsafe.
From FMCSA's Company Census File, the open data FMCSA publishes on data.transportation.gov. It comes from the MCS-150 form carriers file with FMCSA. We read it directly and refresh this page about once a week.
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