New trucking authorities, week of August 31, 2026

2,060 trucking companies filed for MC operating authority with FMCSA from Aug 31 to Sep 6. That's down 15% from the week before. Carriers whose authority went active that week waited a median of 18 days from filing.

Where they filed

State	New filings
Texas	242
California	217
Florida	183
Illinois	105
Ohio	102
Georgia	93
Pennsylvania	85
North Carolina	81
New Jersey	76
New York	55

How many actually go active

Of the 2,059 carriers that filed the week of Aug 31, 37% had an active MC within 35 days of filing, and 5% had withdrawn.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 31	2,060	18 days
Aug 24	2,434	20 days
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	–

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.