New trucking authorities, week of August 17, 2026

1,875 trucking companies filed for MC operating authority with FMCSA from Aug 17 to Aug 23. That's down 14% from the week before. Carriers whose authority went active that week waited a median of 25 days from filing.

Where they filed

State	New filings
Texas	239
California	199
Florida	181
Illinois	102
Pennsylvania	89
Georgia	82
Ohio	78
New Jersey	66
North Carolina	63
Michigan	54

How many actually go active

Of the 1,874 carriers that filed the week of Aug 17, 36% had an active MC within 35 days of filing, and 6% had withdrawn.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
Aug 17	1,875	25 days
Aug 10	2,169	25 days
Aug 3	1,782	20 days
Jul 27	1,787	–
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.