New trucking authorities, week of July 20, 2026

2,091 trucking companies filed for MC operating authority with FMCSA from Jul 20 to Jul 26. That's down 3% from the week before.

Where they filed

State	New filings
California	250
Texas	217
Florida	170
Illinois	121
Pennsylvania	107
Ohio	106
Georgia	84
New Jersey	73
North Carolina	65
Indiana	62

How many actually go active

Of the 2,091 carriers that filed the week of Jul 20, 33% had an active MC within 35 days of filing, and 4% had withdrawn. Most of the rest are still pending. Why an MC stays pending.

The last eight weeks

Week of	Filings	Median days to active
Jul 20	2,091	–
Jul 13	2,148	–
Jul 6	1,868	–
Jun 29	1,034	–

Filed this week?

Look up your MC and get one email the day it goes active: check your status. When it does, brokers still pay in 30 to 60 days, so plan how you'll get paid.

Counts come from FMCSA's public daily authority files, tallied by First Load. A filing is counted the day it becomes public. "Days to active" runs from a carrier's first public filing to the grant. First Load is a private company, not FMCSA.