Trucking Authority Tracker: New Authorities and Revocations by State

Compiled by Nazar Mamaev, Trucking Insurance Specialist · Data pulled October 28, 2026

From May 2024 to April 2026, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted 113,761 new for-hire motor carrier authorities and recorded 147,347 involuntary revocations of common or contract carrier authority. This page counts both, month by month, for the country and for every state, straight from the agency's public files.

It is built for anyone who needs a citable number: trade reporters, analysts, equipment lenders, factoring companies and carriers who want to see how many new competitors are entering their state. Every figure below is produced by one script that reads the federal datasets and writes a data file; re-run the script and you get the same numbers. Nothing here is estimated, modeled or rounded into a trend line.

Source: FMCSA public data via data.transportation.gov, datasets 9mw4-x3tu (AuthHist - All With History) and sa6p-acbp (Revocation - All With History), state from az4n-8mr2 (Company Census File), pulled October 28, 2026.

Key numbers

113,761 new for-hire authorities granted over 24 months: 57,537 in the most recent 12 months against 56,224 in the 12 before (+2.3%).
147,347 involuntary revocations: 72,105 in the most recent 12 months against 75,242 in the 12 before (-4.2%).
Over the window there were 0.77 new grants for every involuntary revocation.
The busiest month for new grants was April 2025 with 5,581; the quietest was December 2024 with 3,776.
Involuntary revocations peaked in July 2024 at 7,365 and were lowest in February 2026 at 5,118.
Most new grants by state: Texas (13,391), California (12,101), Florida (8,082), Illinois (5,875), Pennsylvania (5,423).
Most involuntary revocations by state: California (19,748), Texas (17,197), Florida (9,503), Georgia (7,858), North Carolina (6,968).

Read the state lists with care. The big freight states lead both columns because they have the most carriers to begin with; a state near the top of the revocation list is not, on that fact alone, a riskier place to run a trucking company. To compare states fairly, set a state's grants against its own revocations in the summary table below rather than ranking raw counts.

National monthly counts

One row per month. "New authorities" counts dockets granted for-hire motor carrier authority that month. "Involuntary revocations" counts dockets whose common or contract carrier authority was revoked by FMCSA order with an effective date in that month. Voluntary revocations are shown for completeness, but read the note under the table before using that column.

Download the full state-by-month data (CSV)

Month	New authorities	Involuntary revocations	Voluntary revocations
May 2024	5,265	6,732	0
June 2024	4,714	6,408	0
July 2024	4,680	7,365	0
August 2024	5,139	5,889	0
September 2024	4,669	6,871	0
October 2024	4,970	6,105	0
November 2024	4,378	5,441	0
December 2024	3,776	6,308	2
January 2025	3,840	5,748	3
February 2025	4,141	5,631	1
March 2025	5,071	6,453	3
April 2025	5,581	6,291	1
May 2025	5,151	5,765	1
June 2025	5,117	6,745	0
July 2025	5,148	6,097	0
August 2025	5,015	5,509	0
September 2025	4,535	6,751	1
October 2025	5,122	5,886	1
November 2025	3,913	5,535	1
December 2025	4,204	7,338	1
January 2026	4,068	5,456	0
February 2026	4,445	5,118	0
March 2026	5,269	6,166	1
April 2026	5,550	5,739	1
National total	113,761	147,347	17

Why the voluntary column is nearly empty: in the Revocation file, 188,168 voluntary revocation orders on common or contract authority carry no effective date, against 89 that do. An order with no date cannot be placed in a month, so this tracker leaves it out rather than guess. Treat the voluntary column as a count of dated orders, not as the number of carriers who gave up their authority.

State summary

Each state's total over the full window, then split into the most recent 12 months and the 12 before them. The state is the physical address on the carrier's federal census record, which is usually the main office, not necessarily where its trucks run. Two extra rows close the table: carriers whose census address is outside the 50 states and DC, and carriers the census did not return at all. Those 467 grants and 800 revocations stay in the national totals but are not assigned to any state.

State	New authorities, 24 months	Last 12 months	Prior 12 months	Involuntary revocations, 24 months	Last 12 months	Prior 12 months
Alabama	1,690	883	807	2,202	1,012	1,190
Alaska	56	34	22	59	34	25
Arizona	2,066	1,070	996	2,632	1,290	1,342
Arkansas	857	470	387	1,014	484	530
California	12,101	5,492	6,609	19,748	10,319	9,429
Colorado	1,722	930	792	1,925	963	962
Connecticut	1,023	512	511	1,303	647	656
Delaware	459	246	213	594	292	302
District of Columbia	36	16	20	51	26	25
Florida	8,082	4,141	3,941	9,503	4,661	4,842
Georgia	5,211	2,595	2,616	7,858	3,561	4,297
Hawaii	17	10	7	13	8	5
Idaho	772	379	393	776	397	379
Illinois	5,875	2,972	2,903	6,256	3,053	3,203
Indiana	3,373	1,672	1,701	3,743	1,877	1,866
Iowa	1,030	565	465	1,370	658	712
Kansas	886	454	432	1,045	513	532
Kentucky	1,384	706	678	1,505	754	751
Louisiana	751	390	361	1,060	484	576
Maine	184	102	82	247	126	121
Maryland	2,226	1,132	1,094	3,014	1,394	1,620
Massachusetts	1,425	742	683	1,734	842	892
Michigan	2,139	1,140	999	2,362	1,170	1,192
Minnesota	1,649	837	812	1,975	932	1,043
Mississippi	1,085	582	503	1,678	759	919
Missouri	1,766	963	803	2,260	1,086	1,174
Montana	277	142	135	376	171	205
Nebraska	745	379	366	921	464	457
Nevada	1,064	528	536	1,421	687	734
New Hampshire	263	149	114	254	123	131
New Jersey	3,845	1,843	2,002	6,530	3,232	3,298
New Mexico	702	360	342	908	462	446
New York	1,691	805	886	2,515	1,137	1,378
North Carolina	4,563	2,297	2,266	6,968	3,368	3,600
North Dakota	396	200	196	516	252	264
Ohio	5,080	2,622	2,458	5,809	2,821	2,988
Oklahoma	1,392	735	657	1,529	738	791
Oregon	1,009	507	502	1,194	599	595
Pennsylvania	5,423	2,852	2,571	5,721	2,841	2,880
Rhode Island	289	151	138	328	142	186
South Carolina	2,210	1,119	1,091	3,002	1,424	1,578
South Dakota	301	171	130	337	156	181
Tennessee	2,469	1,296	1,173	2,998	1,431	1,567
Texas	13,391	7,024	6,367	17,197	8,340	8,857
Utah	992	502	490	1,126	551	575
Vermont	101	55	46	116	67	49
Virginia	2,384	1,193	1,191	3,128	1,523	1,605
Washington	1,887	891	996	2,596	1,221	1,375
West Virginia	317	179	138	342	172	170
Wisconsin	1,448	743	705	1,697	809	888
Wyoming	363	190	173	442	210	232
Outside the 50 states and DC	2,827	1,405	1,422	2,649	1,534	1,115
State not matched in census	467	164	303	800	288	512
National total	113,761	57,537	56,224	147,347	72,105	75,242

New authorities by state and month

The full grid: one row per state, one column per month, with the national line at the bottom. Scroll sideways to see every month. The same numbers are in the CSV in long format (one row per state per month), which is easier to load into a spreadsheet or a charting tool.

State	2024-05	2024-06	2024-07	2024-08	2024-09	2024-10	2024-11	2024-12	2025-01	2025-02	2025-03	2025-04	2025-05	2025-06	2025-07	2025-08	2025-09	2025-10	2025-11	2025-12	2026-01	2026-02	2026-03	2026-04
Alabama	91	63	71	82	62	71	60	47	41	56	69	94	64	81	84	87	60	93	67	63	49	72	82	81
Alaska	3	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	1	6	6	1	3	0	0	1	5	3	4	3	2
Arizona	72	76	91	103	70	103	65	74	70	69	102	101	76	99	96	98	72	105	69	72	93	79	99	112
Arkansas	29	31	42	36	32	37	32	26	26	26	36	34	47	27	42	50	35	48	38	40	37	29	46	31
California	617	538	565	596	581	614	483	420	437	472	633	653	516	523	537	564	484	442	352	366	338	410	458	502
Colorado	75	77	59	69	64	66	74	49	52	52	70	85	88	70	76	70	78	79	63	62	76	77	96	95
Connecticut	47	40	30	48	32	55	37	32	41	42	45	62	44	48	46	46	38	43	32	42	29	31	65	48
Delaware	22	14	15	24	16	17	22	14	12	19	17	21	27	22	24	22	19	29	14	18	20	18	12	21
District of Columbia	2	1	0	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	3	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	2
Florida	361	315	353	385	335	330	327	229	259	278	359	410	362	390	412	388	318	375	256	294	267	295	392	392
Georgia	269	221	215	284	220	222	184	157	177	174	229	264	235	235	258	243	177	232	159	180	208	206	223	239
Hawaii	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Idaho	48	30	38	29	34	23	31	28	18	39	32	43	29	29	31	39	28	25	25	22	32	31	41	47
Illinois	248	228	226	232	232	259	230	246	220	256	275	251	251	223	259	240	234	270	193	229	231	254	313	275
Indiana	126	140	145	166	145	168	121	126	122	136	136	170	161	156	163	143	137	137	104	147	108	112	146	158
Iowa	51	35	38	40	39	27	31	40	44	27	50	43	42	49	48	54	40	42	31	40	47	57	57	58
Kansas	36	32	38	30	31	28	35	34	41	31	55	41	36	38	32	39	39	42	32	35	38	32	44	47
Kentucky	71	57	51	57	63	63	50	42	34	44	71	75	64	56	60	52	48	65	59	54	55	48	67	78
Louisiana	33	39	37	27	27	38	40	24	25	21	24	26	26	35	28	26	36	33	38	26	30	30	34	48
Maine	9	4	6	4	6	6	11	5	2	7	10	12	11	12	7	9	6	10	8	7	5	5	12	10
Maryland	111	93	84	114	85	104	80	69	64	87	92	111	104	104	86	86	85	111	76	89	88	89	98	116
Massachusetts	66	70	62	59	49	64	49	44	44	53	53	70	76	61	69	59	47	66	43	72	69	49	60	71
Michigan	78	67	77	98	84	85	88	73	72	74	95	108	102	92	97	101	84	108	89	76	75	99	103	114
Minnesota	72	46	59	73	78	70	49	60	68	77	63	97	65	64	65	72	60	76	60	66	66	75	80	88
Mississippi	48	50	39	45	38	42	46	38	30	32	46	49	50	54	51	62	38	51	49	43	32	36	55	61
Missouri	78	77	71	71	65	67	64	62	56	52	64	76	80	83	81	75	80	81	76	84	83	67	92	81
Montana	12	17	12	8	9	15	6	6	8	10	12	20	13	15	15	8	15	11	5	14	11	9	14	12
Nebraska	37	28	26	31	35	24	22	22	30	30	42	39	35	21	24	26	36	32	24	42	36	28	44	31
Nevada	71	45	45	48	44	43	37	40	29	42	38	54	47	46	47	46	43	41	41	35	41	53	42	46
New Hampshire	18	12	7	14	11	10	10	8	2	8	8	6	9	18	11	12	12	16	11	10	12	7	19	12
New Jersey	208	203	198	175	167	172	165	133	123	139	152	167	159	158	149	155	144	163	111	157	130	167	180	170
New Mexico	31	39	38	25	26	26	29	26	21	24	22	35	33	34	33	34	29	37	16	16	26	27	36	39
New York	88	91	66	65	72	85	71	52	56	57	78	105	102	79	73	62	64	50	67	63	56	54	70	65
North Carolina	223	190	222	214	190	209	162	168	129	147	179	233	209	207	206	228	185	211	164	171	187	139	190	200
North Dakota	19	8	16	22	23	17	17	12	14	20	11	17	14	17	17	15	13	16	15	15	13	23	16	26
Ohio	212	222	191	205	209	201	194	172	188	194	236	234	218	245	226	226	196	237	180	202	187	212	228	265
Oklahoma	70	36	59	58	64	75	45	38	45	54	53	60	69	53	64	72	65	48	52	57	54	64	63	74
Oregon	51	37	37	38	50	42	43	31	49	45	40	39	41	41	58	33	43	40	39	34	33	38	59	48
Pennsylvania	217	194	184	208	218	220	218	189	202	212	259	250	247	234	221	219	213	270	197	231	202	234	284	300
Rhode Island	16	17	8	8	13	9	7	11	11	12	14	12	16	14	13	10	12	15	11	11	8	5	18	18
South Carolina	110	83	87	95	84	86	88	68	76	81	112	121	97	109	104	93	85	101	91	85	75	79	99	101
South Dakota	14	10	16	5	11	10	7	4	12	9	8	24	19	10	16	9	8	11	11	8	13	15	24	27
Tennessee	106	109	84	125	90	101	90	80	102	81	99	106	102	134	136	98	101	119	94	86	96	104	107	119
Texas	579	565	514	624	519	583	496	393	399	452	609	634	633	644	602	597	610	636	474	485	458	568	617	700
Utah	46	40	43	40	42	37	34	40	37	35	43	53	41	37	35	37	41	41	45	37	32	44	53	59
Vermont	4	5	3	6	1	4	2	3	9	2	4	3	5	10	4	2	4	6	1	7	3	3	4	6
Virginia	126	93	74	108	100	92	106	90	86	85	111	120	112	93	109	108	93	126	81	75	88	96	104	108
Washington	94	83	96	102	78	87	77	62	74	71	79	93	99	76	89	81	76	78	58	63	59	56	81	75
West Virginia	13	12	17	9	9	14	9	6	11	11	12	15	14	23	15	25	12	18	15	10	6	12	17	12
Wisconsin	67	58	53	67	44	67	61	50	44	48	62	84	80	66	49	57	59	57	52	48	63	65	72	75
Wyoming	20	20	15	15	12	12	18	11	10	12	14	14	16	17	23	10	15	14	12	14	16	17	17	19
Outside the 50 states and DC	106	123	121	116	132	134	126	102	105	106	123	128	126	135	132	110	96	154	97	84	76	107	127	161
State not matched in census	42	27	31	32	24	32	26	18	10	24	20	17	31	19	22	11	20	10	14	10	7	11	6	3
National	5,265	4,714	4,680	5,139	4,669	4,970	4,378	3,776	3,840	4,141	5,071	5,581	5,151	5,117	5,148	5,015	4,535	5,122	3,913	4,204	4,068	4,445	5,269	5,550

Involuntary revocations by state and month

The same grid for involuntary revocations, dated by the effective date on the revocation order. A carrier with both common and contract authority revoked in the same month is counted once.

State	2024-05	2024-06	2024-07	2024-08	2024-09	2024-10	2024-11	2024-12	2025-01	2025-02	2025-03	2025-04	2025-05	2025-06	2025-07	2025-08	2025-09	2025-10	2025-11	2025-12	2026-01	2026-02	2026-03	2026-04
Alabama	105	98	121	88	103	131	82	92	99	77	104	90	82	85	88	68	93	85	77	105	77	78	102	72
Alaska	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	0	2	3	5	1	0	5	3	3	2	1	5	2	4
Arizona	126	97	128	100	119	117	98	110	107	100	117	123	97	122	113	105	116	103	97	143	102	85	112	95
Arkansas	56	54	46	30	46	43	36	42	37	40	52	48	41	50	39	33	37	42	35	46	46	40	37	38
California	819	859	957	741	817	742	707	816	663	688	791	829	802	928	836	746	932	740	889	1,105	754	769	925	893
Colorado	94	78	97	82	105	74	74	71	64	58	82	83	78	78	79	61	86	78	81	109	73	76	84	80
Connecticut	61	58	64	45	64	48	44	68	52	66	50	36	48	53	63	48	52	55	49	69	50	51	56	53
Delaware	25	27	28	27	17	24	25	29	25	29	24	22	30	28	33	26	19	24	19	32	14	21	22	24
District of Columbia	3	3	2	3	0	1	2	5	2	1	2	1	5	0	0	2	2	3	7	5	1	0	0	1
Florida	411	379	440	410	485	402	314	312	330	498	475	386	339	397	366	357	493	396	360	517	354	334	373	375
Georgia	352	377	396	362	417	381	259	336	366	331	370	350	282	332	331	271	366	313	273	327	250	249	299	268
Hawaii	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
Idaho	39	30	32	28	33	29	29	31	34	33	26	35	30	34	42	28	35	35	30	44	33	23	34	29
Illinois	311	308	335	226	295	250	239	251	222	219	258	289	252	296	287	227	286	261	223	287	220	214	253	247
Indiana	166	163	193	135	181	157	140	153	130	139	165	144	152	164	162	135	184	155	134	191	152	152	162	134
Iowa	62	59	73	48	73	53	46	60	56	58	76	48	55	65	68	66	49	53	57	59	53	43	49	41
Kansas	55	32	48	41	34	39	39	50	34	51	57	52	48	56	43	33	38	44	50	42	42	43	31	43
Kentucky	60	64	79	58	64	57	61	62	59	47	60	80	52	76	53	57	71	71	60	89	57	46	65	57
Louisiana	47	58	71	35	57	47	43	49	41	36	53	39	44	41	51	32	34	42	39	35	32	41	52	41
Maine	15	18	7	13	7	6	9	9	11	7	7	12	7	11	8	12	16	8	6	18	16	6	9	9
Maryland	156	124	162	111	138	138	124	149	109	126	148	135	134	123	119	104	141	102	98	138	99	90	135	111
Massachusetts	68	68	91	78	82	73	85	87	62	67	63	68	69	79	61	60	75	63	60	107	71	58	79	60
Michigan	96	95	110	96	95	94	95	103	106	109	108	85	112	119	83	87	117	101	88	114	94	81	86	88
Minnesota	81	98	105	86	89	81	81	87	67	73	102	93	82	90	83	79	94	76	63	73	79	56	74	83
Mississippi	91	61	87	70	71	91	72	84	84	75	73	60	56	69	59	56	74	65	52	74	61	63	64	66
Missouri	122	104	131	88	106	102	78	99	80	82	99	83	99	87	114	77	84	81	85	117	91	65	74	112
Montana	21	21	18	14	14	13	14	16	9	24	21	20	11	17	20	10	15	12	16	16	15	10	15	14
Nebraska	43	27	45	27	38	36	28	37	46	44	38	48	43	47	30	39	42	33	33	44	32	41	48	32
Nevada	63	67	74	72	71	57	52	44	57	67	50	60	51	68	57	54	63	70	41	77	58	43	53	52
New Hampshire	10	17	11	16	11	15	4	11	5	9	8	14	15	9	15	9	11	9	5	18	8	6	7	11
New Jersey	264	272	299	255	338	244	234	279	253	243	284	333	246	378	250	225	290	283	208	317	215	234	295	291
New Mexico	34	27	41	36	42	36	40	36	40	38	34	42	45	40	53	45	47	35	32	50	30	24	28	33
New York	139	115	126	123	131	96	120	119	88	112	104	105	123	110	97	72	120	72	80	119	72	79	116	77
North Carolina	313	297	339	265	349	304	238	291	286	315	327	276	278	307	273	252	343	277	249	340	263	253	294	239
North Dakota	18	28	21	16	21	14	11	27	38	23	12	35	16	29	23	20	18	17	16	33	26	14	17	23
Ohio	273	277	287	277	276	199	207	250	240	181	254	267	233	275	246	199	257	227	202	270	205	211	259	237
Oklahoma	73	68	64	62	70	75	66	70	50	67	62	64	64	62	69	61	70	63	47	84	57	55	52	54
Oregon	46	51	49	41	52	45	59	46	53	46	54	53	43	70	52	45	50	45	45	45	51	51	60	42
Pennsylvania	280	246	309	233	273	193	211	260	232	186	234	223	239	276	252	225	248	223	219	274	217	197	240	231
Rhode Island	19	26	22	16	8	13	11	9	17	14	19	12	8	12	13	17	13	10	6	21	13	4	14	11
South Carolina	150	146	143	131	152	127	119	128	130	100	142	110	93	132	104	118	143	116	126	143	101	104	126	118
South Dakota	15	16	19	7	15	9	18	13	20	12	17	20	9	17	17	14	15	10	15	7	11	9	19	13
Tennessee	130	141	138	118	160	128	90	143	113	109	166	131	89	125	132	113	144	131	108	143	105	105	120	116
Texas	805	717	889	641	768	808	667	806	697	608	721	730	659	771	697	602	767	718	661	801	702	586	726	650
Utah	48	44	54	53	64	47	36	53	41	42	41	52	66	47	45	41	43	47	34	65	38	40	46	39
Vermont	2	1	3	6	7	8	6	3	4	3	5	1	6	6	9	6	7	9	6	2	5	3	5	3
Virginia	147	128	149	136	123	135	137	142	142	108	140	118	116	143	123	109	154	127	109	152	124	117	124	125
Washington	128	109	127	100	131	118	102	105	114	89	117	135	94	121	96	97	122	107	70	123	102	85	103	101
West Virginia	18	17	14	11	18	8	9	23	12	9	12	19	16	17	11	12	19	17	13	19	6	7	16	19
Wisconsin	83	82	99	82	79	70	59	79	73	49	63	70	72	87	79	59	76	68	61	76	52	53	66	60
Wyoming	23	16	30	20	16	13	17	26	22	12	21	16	15	16	25	16	22	21	19	13	10	14	16	23
Outside the 50 states and DC	109	83	119	79	103	79	74	106	91	77	97	98	81	122	98	258	126	117	152	222	97	70	104	87
State not matched in census	55	54	71	48	38	31	29	29	34	30	47	46	35	52	27	21	27	23	26	15	19	12	17	14
National	6,732	6,408	7,365	5,889	6,871	6,105	5,441	6,308	5,748	5,631	6,453	6,291	5,765	6,745	6,097	5,509	6,751	5,886	5,535	7,338	5,456	5,118	6,166	5,739

What the revocation numbers do and do not say

A revocation order ends a carrier's operating authority: the docket number stays on record, but the carrier can no longer haul regulated freight for hire across state lines under it. An involuntary revocation is one FMCSA issues on its own; a voluntary revocation is one the carrier asks for.

The Revocation file records the docket, the type of authority, the type of order and its dates. It has no field that gives the reason for an order. This tracker therefore makes no claim about why any authority was revoked, and no number on this page should be quoted as a count of revocations for any particular cause. If you need the reason in a single case, the carrier's own FMCSA record and the agency itself are the places to ask.

A revocation is also not the same thing as a business closing. A carrier whose authority is revoked can keep operating as a private carrier or intrastate only, can apply again under a new docket, or can have their authority reinstated later. The counts here are federal orders, not companies that shut their doors.

Finally, the file does not separate property carriers from passenger carriers. Common and contract authority covers both, so the revocation counts can include bus and passenger operators. The new-authority counts, by contrast, are limited to property and household goods carriers, because the grant file does name the authority type.

How to read the new-authority numbers

A grant is the date FMCSA served the decision that made a docket's authority active. That is the last step of a longer process: a new carrier applies, waits out the protest period, and has to have its required filings in place before the grant is served. A spike in grants in one month usually reflects applications made weeks earlier, so the grant line trails new-venture interest rather than measuring it on the day.

The same docket can hold more than one type of authority. A carrier granted common and contract authority in the same month counts once here, which keeps the figure close to the number of new carriers instead of the number of authority certificates. Freight forwarders, brokers, passenger carriers and private carriers are left out of the grant count. Brokers are left out of the revocation count as well, so the two lines measure the same kind of business.

Comparing the two lines month by month is the quickest read on whether the for-hire carrier pool is growing or shrinking. Over this window, involuntary revocations outnumbered grants: 0.77 grants per involuntary revocation. That is a count of federal orders, not a net change in active carriers, because a revocation can land on a docket that was granted years earlier and a carrier may hold authority it never uses.

If you are starting a carrier yourself, the federal side of getting authority is laid out on our new authority page, and the free book The New Authority covers the first year. To check any one carrier's federal record, use the carrier lookup tool. Broader industry figures are collected in our trucking statistics roundup.

How we got this number

Sample: 204,549 grant rows and 276,524 revocation rows fetched; 216,371 of 216,412 USDOT numbers matched to a census state. Outside the 50 states and DC: 2,827 grants and 2,649 revocations.
Date range: May 2024 to April 2026 (24 complete months). The 24 complete calendar months ending with the last month both files fully cover. On the pull date the newest grant in AuthHist was served 2026-05-18 and the newest revocation in Revocation took effect 2026-05-13, so the partial month after the window is left out.
Counting rule: AuthHist (9mw4-x3tu) rows with original_action_desc GRANTED on a for-hire motor carrier docket (motor property common carrier, motor property contract carrier, for hire property, household goods common carrier, household goods contract carrier), dated by the served date of the grant. Revocation (sa6p-acbp) rows with order2_type_desc INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION or VOLUNTARY REVOCATION on common or contract carrier authority (broker authority excluded), dated by the order's effective date. The file has no field that separates property from passenger carriers and no field that gives a reason for the order. A docket is counted once per month for each measure, even when more than one authority type on it moved that month. State is the physical state on the Company Census File (az4n-8mr2) record for the row's USDOT number. Rows with no USDOT number, or a number the census does not return, are counted as "State not matched in census" and are never assigned to a state.
Source: AuthHist - All With History (9mw4-x3tu); Revocation - All With History (sa6p-acbp); Company Census File (az4n-8mr2), data.transportation.gov, pulled October 28, 2026. Rebuilt with scripts/build-authority-tracker.mjs.

How to cite this tracker

You are welcome to quote any number on this page or republish the CSV. Please link to this page as the source and keep the federal attribution:

Full Coverage LLC, "Trucking Authority Tracker: New Authorities and Revocations by State," https://myfullcoverage.com/trucking-authority-tracker. Source: FMCSA public data via data.transportation.gov, datasets 9mw4-x3tu (AuthHist - All With History) and sa6p-acbp (Revocation - All With History), state from az4n-8mr2 (Company Census File), pulled October 28, 2026.

Page URL: https://myfullcoverage.com/trucking-authority-tracker

Common questions

How often is the tracker updated?

We re-run the build script when FMCSA refreshes the public files, and the window moves forward to the latest complete month both files cover. The pull date at the top of the page and in the source line always tells you which run you are looking at.

Why does the window end months before the pull date?

The public datasets lag the agency's live records. On October 28, 2026, the newest grant in the AuthHist file was served May 18, 2026 and the newest revocation in the Revocation file took effect May 13, 2026. A month only counts once the files run past its end, so the partial month is left out instead of being shown as a false drop.

Can I get a single state's numbers?

Yes. Open the CSV and filter the state_code column. Each row is one state and one month, with new authorities, involuntary revocations and dated voluntary revocations in separate columns. The national rows use the code US.

Does a revocation mean the carrier did something wrong?

Not necessarily, and this data cannot tell you. The revocation file carries no reason, so the tracker only reports how many orders took effect and where the carrier is based.

Are carrier names in the download?

No. The CSV holds counts only. Individual carrier records are public through FMCSA, but this tracker is about totals by state and month.

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