New trucking companies in Illinois
A new authority list for Illinois is the weekly New Trucking Authority List filtered to that state. The sample has 362 new FMCSA operating authority grants with a Illinois 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.
362 new operating authorities (dockets) were granted by FMCSA to trucking companies, brokers and freight forwarders with a Illinois 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
- 362 dockets with a Illinois address, from 361 distinct USDOT numbers. That is 6.3 percent of the 5,764 dockets with a US state in the sample, rank 4 of all states.
- Full Monday to Sunday weeks (Illinois dockets per week): Sep 14 to Sep 20: 67; Sep 21 to Sep 27: 55; Sep 28 to Oct 4: 105. A weekly file holds about this many Illinois rows, plus every other state.
- Authority types: 344 property carriers, 12 property brokers, 3 property freight forwarders, 3 household goods carriers.
- Brokers and freight forwarders are 4.1 percent of Illinois grants, against 6.0 percent for all US states. Chicago alone holds 14 percent of Illinois rows.
- 342 of 362 Illinois rows (94 percent) already show liability insurance (BIPD) on file with FMCSA.
- 266 rows carry a company name. 96 have the name blank by rule (name_blanked = Y): no business suffix or keyword, or a match on the person-name test.
Top Illinois cities for new trucking authority
| City | New authorities |
|---|---|
| Chicago | 51 |
| Aurora | 15 |
| Des Plaines | 12 |
| Naperville | 11 |
| Mount Prospect | 10 |
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 Illinois
| Authority type | Dockets |
|---|---|
| property carrier | 344 |
| property broker | 12 |
| property freight forwarder | 3 |
| household goods carrier | 3 |
Sample: 5 new Illinois authorities
The 5 newest Illinois 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 | MC99074980 | EARTH SHAKER FREIGHT LOGISTICS LLC | WOODRIDGE | property carrier | 0 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC98920446 | VVC TRANSPORTATION INC | ADDISON | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC92669790 | GATEWAY FS INC | RED BUD | property carrier | 3000000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC91679159 | KG&G TRANSPORTATION LLC | CHICAGO | property carrier | 750000 |
| 2026-10-09 | MC78909828 | HEAVY BULK CARRIERS INC | SPRINGFIELD | property carrier | 750000 |
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Questions and answers: new trucking companies in Illinois
How many new trucking companies are in Illinois?
The latest sample pull, dated 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-09, has 362 new FMCSA operating authority grants (one row per docket) with a Illinois business address, from 361 distinct USDOT numbers. That is 6.3 percent of the 5,764 grants with a US state, rank 4 of all states.
Which Illinois cities have the most new trucking authorities?
In this sample: Chicago 51, Aurora 15, Des Plaines 12, Naperville 11, Mount Prospect 10. City is the business address city FMCSA holds for the carrier.
What kinds of authority were granted in Illinois?
344 property carriers, 12 property brokers, 3 property freight forwarders, 3 household goods carriers. 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 Illinois?
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 IL. A full week in this sample had 55 to 105 Illinois 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 362 Illinois rows, 96 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 Illinois cities
New trucking companies in other states
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- New trucking companies in Pennsylvania (310)
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- 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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