What is an active motor carrier?

An active motor carrier is a company with current FMCSA registration and valid operating authority. Active carriers have up-to-date MCS-150 filings, required insurance on file, and no revocation or suspension of their authority.

What is the difference between active and authorized carriers?

An "authorized" carrier has been granted operating authority by FMCSA. An "active" carrier has authority that is currently in good standing — not revoked, suspended, or voluntarily surrendered. A carrier can have authority on record but not be actively operating.

What are power units?

Power units refer to the total number of motorized vehicles (trucks and tractors) a carrier operates, as reported on their MCS-150 form. This is the standard measure of fleet size in the trucking industry. It does not include trailers.

How are the largest and newest carrier lists determined?

The largest carriers list is ranked by the number of power units reported to FMCSA. The newest carriers list shows recently granted operating authorities sorted by grant date. Both lists use current FMCSA registration data.

How many trucking companies are there in the US?

There are hundreds of thousands of FMCSA-registered motor carriers in the United States. The vast majority are small operators — over 90% of carriers operate 6 or fewer power units. The industry is highly fragmented compared to most other sectors.

US Motor Carrier Leaderboards

Top US motor carriers ranked by fleet size, growth, violation ratio, new authority, and crashes.

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Carrier Name	State	Inspections	Violations	Violation Ratio	OOS Rate
TF TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC	TX	15	274	18.27	100.0%
MORAYMA B OCHOA	TX	11	198	18.00	100.0%
CRIS TRANSPORTATION LLC	NJ	15	267	17.80	86.7%
LA FERCHA LLC	TX	12	207	17.25	91.7%
AGROPECUARIA MALICHITA SA DE CV	SO	33	566	17.15	57.6%
TRANSFRIOS SA DE CV	SI	18	303	16.83	72.2%
GILBERTO GUADALUPE VELIZ	SO	13	217	16.69	61.5%
ANN TRUCKING LLC	TX	12	200	16.67	91.7%
JESUS PEDRO PEREZ DE LA VARA	SI	20	331	16.55	70.0%
NAR LOGISTICS INC	PA	10	159	15.90	60.0%
STR 30 LOGISTIC LLC	TX	11	173	15.73	100.0%
JOE ROME TRUCKING LLC	TX	10	155	15.50	90.0%
JOEL VALENTIN ALONSO	TA	14	209	14.93	78.6%
ACOSTA PRESTIGE	TX	11	164	14.91	90.9%
STX CARRIERS LLC	TX	10	149	14.90	100.0%
VELORION LOGISTICS	SC	19	280	14.74	100.0%
JOSE ANTONIO CUADRAS VALLE	SO	18	265	14.72	50.0%
LEE-TEX SERVICES LLC	TX	10	147	14.70	80.0%
JOSE CARLOS GASTELUM GALLARDO	SI	13	191	14.69	69.2%
ORGANIZADORA DE TRANSPORTE SA DE CV	TA	10	144	14.40	100.0%
LAY LOGISTICS LLC	TX	10	144	14.40	90.0%
IVAN DMGZ TRUCKING LLC	TX	17	244	14.35	82.4%
CAR HUNTRS LLC	OH	10	143	14.30	90.0%
BROTHERS GARZA TRUCKING LLC	TX	21	299	14.24	85.7%
P H A CARRIER CORP	NY	18	256	14.22	94.4%

Analysis

· as of June 15, 2026

Previous analyses

Highlights

TF Transport Services LLC recorded 18.27 violations per inspection across 15 inspections, the highest ratio in the dataset.
Four of the top five carriers by violation ratio operate out of Texas, with out-of-service rates between 91.7% and 100%.
The largest fleet entry, Reliable Transporters, reports 2,099,979 power units against only 2 drivers, flagging probable data integrity issues across this leaderboard.
Federal Express Corporation logged 3,207 crashes over the trailing 60 months, more than any other carrier, yet its crashes-per-unit ratio is 0.02 against a fleet of 138,481.
Transco Leasing Co Inc grew its reported fleet from 27 to 2,106 power units, a 7,700% increase, the largest percentage gain in the dataset.

The most counterintuitive pattern in this dataset is that the carriers with the worst violation ratios are almost universally micro-operations, while the carriers with the highest absolute crash counts are the largest fleets in the country. TF Transport Services LLC, ranked first by violations per inspection at 18.27 across 15 inspections, operates a single power unit and has a 100% out-of-service rate, meaning every inspection resulted in a vehicle or driver being pulled from service. The next four carriers on that list, including Morayma B Ochoa (18.0 violations per inspection, 11 inspections) and Cris Transportation LLC (17.8 violations per inspection, 15 inspections), are similarly small, each running between one and five power units. This divergence between small-carrier violation density and large-carrier crash volume is consistent with two different risk profiles coexisting in the same regulatory dataset: micro-carriers that appear to operate in chronic noncompliance but have limited exposure by volume, and large carriers whose aggregate crash counts reflect miles driven rather than per-unit safety performance. Federal Express Corporation's 3,207 total crashes across 138,481 power units produces a crashes-per-unit ratio of 0.02, identical to United Parcel Service (2,305 crashes, 112,321 units) and well below Western Express Inc, which posts 628 crashes against 3,332 units for a ratio of 0.19. The fastest-growing carriers by percentage change, led by Transco Leasing Co Inc at 7,700% (27 to 2,106 units), should be interpreted with caution given the pattern visible in the largest-fleet leaderboard, where top entries carry implausible unit counts in the hundreds of thousands against driver counts in the single digits, strongly suggesting self-reported data entry errors rather than actual fleet size. Several carriers on the largest-fleet list report authority ages of zero years, which may indicate recently registered entities inflating their power-unit figures at registration. The violation-ratio leaderboard is geographically concentrated, with roughly half the carriers registered in Texas and several others in Mexican states (Sonora, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas), consistent with cross-border inspection patterns at ports of entry along the southern border. Across a five-year trailing window, the crash data for the largest carriers reflects the ongoing consolidation of volume among a small number of national operators whose combined crash totals, while high in absolute terms, sit at ratios that have remained low relative to fleet size.