--- title: "Authority Trends Analysis — May 28, 2026 | AlphaLoops Data Hub" description: "Monthly authority grants collapsed from a peak of 10,332 in March 2022 to 2,270 in May 2026, the lowest month in the dataset." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "headline": "Authority Trends Analysis — May 28, 2026", "datePublished": "2026-05-28T21:09:38.404800+00:00", "dateModified": "2026-05-28T21:09:38.404800+00:00", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "AlphaLoops" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "AlphaLoops" }, "description": "Monthly authority grants collapsed from a peak of 10,332 in March 2022 to 2,270 in May 2026, the lowest month in the dataset.", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://runalphaloops.com/data/authority-trends/archive/2026-05-28" }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "name": "AlphaLoops", "url": "https://runalphaloops.com/" } ] --- [![](/lovable-uploads/AlphaLoops-Logo-2025_Black-Type_White-Background_3280x1024.png)](/) [Product](/product) [Solutions](/solutions) [ Insurance Commercial auto, MGAs, trucking insurance programs ](/solutions/insurance)[ Fleet Payments Fuel cards, expense cards, AP, driver pay ](/solutions/fleet-payments)[ TMS TMS sales, BD, and RevOps ](/solutions/tms)[ Broker Risk Fraud intelligence for brokers and 3PLs ](/solutions/broker-risk)[ Telematics Telematics, ELD, dashcam, and connected fleet sales ](/solutions/telematics) [All solutions →](/solutions) [Integrations](/integrations) [ Salesforce AppExchange managed package · push to Account, Lead, Contact ](/integrations/salesforce)[ HubSpot Managed app · push to Company and Contact with associations ](/integrations/hubspot)[ Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Automate connector · push to Dataverse Account and Contact ](/integrations/dynamics)[ n8n Verified community node · AI agent workflows ](/integrations/n8n)[ MCP Server Hosted Model Context Protocol · Claude, Cursor, Windsurf ](/mcp) [All integrations →](/integrations) [Pricing](/pricing)[Research](https://research.runalphaloops.com)[What's New](/whats-new) [Log In](https://alphafreight.runalphaloops.com/login)[Book a Demo](/contact) 1. 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[All snapshots](/data/authority-trends/archive) ## Analysis · as of May 28, 2026 ### Highlights - Monthly authority grants collapsed from a peak of 10,332 in March 2022 to 2,270 in May 2026, the lowest month in the dataset. - The net change turned persistently negative in late 2022 and has remained negative through most of 2023–2025, totaling a net loss in most months. - Contract authority revocations spiked to 2,703 in May 2022, roughly 5–6 times the surrounding months' baseline, distorting the full-period revocation count. - Revocation data for March and April 2026 shows near-zero totals (1 and 0 respectively), indicating incomplete or not-yet-processed FMCSA records for those months. - Over the trailing 12 months, common authority accounted for 53,239 of 58,655 total grants, or roughly 91% of all new authority issued. The most anomalous feature of this dataset is not the well-documented post-2022 contraction in new authority grants, but the near-total disappearance of revocation records in the most recent months. March 2026 shows only 1 total revocation across all authority types, and April and May 2026 show zero, compared to monthly revocation totals that consistently ranged from 5,500 to 8,000 throughout 2023 and 2024. This pattern is consistent with a data processing lag rather than an actual regulatory pause, and any net-change figures for those months should be treated as incomplete. Setting aside those months, the underlying trend is a sustained contraction in carrier formation that has persisted for roughly three years. Total grants in the trailing 12 months came to 58,655, down about 2.0% from 59,847 in the prior 12-month period, a modest year-over-year decline that understates the cumulative drop from the 2021 peak. Monthly common authority grants, which drove the 2020-2021 surge, averaged roughly 8,700 per month in mid-2021 and had fallen to approximately 4,100 to 5,200 per month through most of 2024 and 2025. January 2026 recorded only 2,517 common grants, the lowest single-month common-authority figure in the 60-month series, before partially rebounding to 5,185 in March 2026. The composition of grants has shifted only modestly: common authority has consistently represented around 88 to 91% of monthly totals throughout the period, with broker authority running 6 to 8% and contract authority under 4%. Contract authority has posted negative net changes in every single month of this dataset, meaning revocations have persistently outpaced new grants in that category regardless of broader market conditions. The sustained decline in new grants likely reflects the normalization following the freight boom of 2020 and 2021, when unusually high spot rates attracted a wave of new entrants, many of whom have since exited. Over the full 60-month window, the market produced a cumulative net gain of approximately 39,280 active authorities, but that figure is heavily front-loaded to 2021. ### Key Statistics 368,851 Total operating authority grants across all types June 2021 – May 2026 (60 months) 329,571 Total operating authority revocations across all types June 2021 – May 2026 (60 months) 39,280 Net change in active operating authorities June 2021 – May 2026 (60 months) 58,655 Total authority grants (all types) Trailing 12 months through May 2026 \-2.0% Year-over-year change in total grants Trailing 12 months vs. prior 12 months 53,239 Common authority grants Trailing 12 months through May 2026 2,517 Common authority grants in a single month (lowest in 60-month series) January 2026 10,332 Total authority grants in a single month (highest in 60-month series) March 2022 2,703 Contract authority revocations in a single month (anomalous spike) May 2022 0 Total revocations recorded across all authority types April 2026 (likely incomplete data) 91% Share of trailing-12-month grants attributable to common authority (53,239 of 58,655) Trailing 12 months through May 2026 −3,747 Largest single-month net loss in active authorities January 2024 Cite this data AlphaLoops. 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