New trucking companies in California
A new authority list for California is the weekly New Trucking Authority List filtered to that state. The sample has 622 new FMCSA operating authority grants with a California business address from 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09. It is for vendors who sell to new carriers, brokers and freight forwarders. A new file covers the previous Monday to Sunday.
622 new operating authorities (dockets) were granted by FMCSA to trucking companies, brokers and freight forwarders with a California business address from 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09 (30 days). These are the real counts by city and authority type from that sample, and 5 real rows from the New Trucking Authority List.
Data as of 2026-10-09
- 622 dockets with a California address, from 620 distinct USDOT numbers. That is 10.8 percent of the 5,764 dockets with a US state in the sample, rank 2 of all states.
- Full Monday to Sunday weeks (California dockets per week): Sep 14 to Sep 20: 124; Sep 21 to Sep 27: 116; Sep 28 to Oct 4: 133. A weekly file holds about this many California rows, plus every other state.
- Authority types: 565 property carriers, 38 property brokers, 8 enterprise property carriers, 5 property freight forwarders, 3 passenger carriers, 2 household goods carriers, 1 household goods freight forwarder.
- Brokers and freight forwarders are 7.1 percent of California grants, against 6.0 percent for all US states. Fresno alone holds 8 percent of California rows.
- 575 of 622 California rows (92 percent) already show liability insurance (BIPD) on file with FMCSA.
- 395 rows carry a company name. 227 have the name blank by rule (name_blanked = Y): no business suffix or keyword, or a match on the person-name test.
Top California cities for new trucking authority
| City | New authorities |
|---|---|
| Fresno | 50 |
| Bakersfield | 38 |
| Sacramento | 33 |
| Fontana | 21 |
| Stockton | 17 |
City is the business address city that FMCSA holds for the carrier, grouped without regard to capital letters. Counts are dockets in the 30-day sample.
Authority types granted in California
| Authority type | Dockets |
|---|---|
| property carrier | 565 |
| property broker | 38 |
| enterprise property carrier | 8 |
| property freight forwarder | 5 |
| passenger carrier | 3 |
| household goods carrier | 2 |
| household goods freight forwarder | 1 |
Sample: 5 new California authorities
The 5 newest California rows whose company name passed the business-name test and a stricter check for this page: every word of the name is a business word, a common English word or a short letter code, and none is a first name. Rows with a blank name are left out of this preview. The paid file keeps them with the name blank.
| grant_date | docket_number | company_name | city | authority_type | bipd_insurance_on_file_usd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | MC99374125 | NMK TRANSPORT LLC | RIVERSIDE | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC95147468 | HCH TRUCKING CA LLC | EL CENTRO | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC92414829 | SCG LOGISTICS LLC | PHELAN | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC89229451 | JP TOWING LLC | GALT | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC88944084 | HIGH ROLLERS TRUCKING LLC | PERRIS | property carrier | 750000 |
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Questions and answers: new trucking companies in California
How many new trucking companies are in California?
The latest sample pull, dated 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, has 622 new FMCSA operating authority grants (one row per docket) with a California business address, from 620 distinct USDOT numbers. That is 10.8 percent of the 5,764 grants with a US state, rank 2 of all states.
Which California cities have the most new trucking authorities?
In this sample: Fresno 50, Bakersfield 38, Sacramento 33, Fontana 21, Stockton 17. City is the business address city FMCSA holds for the carrier.
What kinds of authority were granted in California?
565 property carriers, 38 property brokers, 8 enterprise property carriers, 5 property freight forwarders, 3 passenger carriers, 2 household goods carriers, 1 household goods freight forwarder. A grant row is a status change on an operating authority. It does not tell you whether the company is hauling yet.
How do I get the full list of new trucking companies in California?
Buy the New Trucking Authority List: $9 for one weekly file, or $29 a month for a new file each week. Each file covers every state, so filter the state column to CA. A full week in this sample had 116 to 133 California rows.
Are phone numbers or owner names in the file?
No. The file has no phone, fax or email columns, no street address and no officer or owner names. A company name is kept only when it passes a business-name test. Of the 622 California rows, 227 have the name blank by rule. The test can miss a name.
Is this affiliated with a government agency?
No. Built from public records published by FMCSA and the City of New York. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA, the US Department of Transportation, the NYC Department of Buildings or the City of New York. Files are not the official record.
New trucking companies in California cities
New trucking companies in other states
- New trucking companies in Texas (726)
- New trucking companies in Florida (453)
- New trucking companies in Illinois (362)
- New trucking companies in Pennsylvania (310)
- New trucking companies in Ohio (287)
- New trucking companies in Georgia (235)
- New trucking companies in North Carolina (232)
- New trucking companies in New Jersey (182)
- New trucking companies in Arizona (134)
Source
Source: FMCSA data published on data.transportation.gov (Motus AuthHist, yu5v-wbh6, and Motus Carrier, inys-ebih). New Authority Lists filtered the records, joined the two tables, dropped fields and formatted them. This is not the official record.
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