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FMCSA MOTUS Data Authority Grants, Revocations & Insurance Trends

Data as of October 7, 2026. Updated daily.

118,205
Active operating authorities
24,862
Pending applications
1,715
New applications this month
1,648
Authorities granted this month
1,621
Suspension orders this month
1,622
Upcoming insurance cancellations

New authority applications

Carriers, brokers and freight forwarders filing for new operating authority — dockets entering MOTUS as Pending. Records begin in May 2026.

2,615
May 2026 (from May 18)
7,197
Jun 2026
9,933
Jul 2026
10,314
Aug 2026
10,908
Sep 2026
1,715
Oct 2026 (MTD)

Last 7 days: applications filed vs authorities granted

351
730
Fri
Oct 2
101
107
Sat
Oct 3
68
56
Sun
Oct 4
376
226
Mon
Oct 5
392
234
Tue
Oct 6
50
25
Wed
Oct 7
0
0
Thu
Oct 8

New applications by state — last 30 days

9,329 new applications in 50 states and DC between Sep 9 and Oct 8, 2026.

Counted by the applicant's business state.

TX 1,143
CA 934
FL 789
PA 469
IL 460
OH 400
GA 391
NJ 383
NC 299
NY 237
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StateNew applications
TX1,143
CA934
FL789
PA469
IL460
OH400
GA391
NJ383
NC299
NY237
VA217
MI207
IN201
AZ184
MN176
MD167
TN164
SC163
WA161
MO147
AL136
MA130
CO128
ON116
OK115
MS108
KY99
CT97
LA93
WI91
OR76
NV73
IA71
UT71
KS63
AR59
NE53
NM50
ID46
DE42
WY37
RI30
WV28
MT25
ND25
NH24
AB21
SD21
BC18
ME16
CI11
QC11
VT11
TA8
HI6
DC4
AK3
BN3
MB3
NL3
CH2
NS2
SK2
SO2
GJ1
JA1
NB1
PR1

Current snapshot

Counts are operating-authority records; one company (docket) may hold several.

118,205
Active
24,862
Pending
13,289
Inactive
4,226
Withdrawn
155,667
Companies (dockets)

Active authorities by type

Motor Carrier 113,061
Broker 4,761
Freight Forwarder 383

Active authorities by cargo class

Property 115,369
Household Goods 1,736
Passengers 1,100

New applications by state

Applications filed between Sep 9 and Oct 8, 2026, by the applicant's business state.

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StateNew applications
TX 1,143
CA 934
FL 789
PA 469
IL 460
OH 400
GA 391
NJ 383
NC 299
NY 237
VA 217
MI 207
IN 201
AZ 184
MN 176
MD 167
TN 164
SC 163
WA 161
MO 147
AL 136
MA 130
CO 128
ON 116
OK 115
MS 108
KY 99
CT 97
LA 93
WI 91
OR 76
NV 73
IA 71
UT 71
KS 63
AR 59
NE 53
NM 50
ID 46
DE 42
WY 37
RI 30
WV 28
MT 25
ND 25
NH 24
AB 21
SD 21
BC 18
ME 16
CI 11
QC 11
VT 11
TA 8
HI 6
DC 4
AK 3
BN 3
MB 3
NL 3
CH 2
NS 2
SK 2
SO 2
GJ 1
JA 1
NB 1
PR 1

Active authorities by state

Counted by the carrier's business state.

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StateActive authorities
CA 18,335
TX 12,618
IL 8,071
FL 6,728
OH 5,646
PA 5,248
GA 3,865
NC 3,580
IN 3,349
NJ 2,976
WA 2,796
MN 2,493
MI 2,247
TN 2,088
AZ 1,976
MO 1,883
VA 1,870
ON 1,840
WI 1,640
NY 1,630
SC 1,564
MD 1,531
CO 1,454
KY 1,272
IA 1,231
OK 1,218
AL 1,165
MA 1,036
UT 999
NV 998
NE 978
MS 969
KS 958
OR 943
AR 762
ID 751
CT 700
LA 660
NM 606
QC 555
AB 549
ND 535
SD 411
BC 395
WY 354
MT 311
WV 278
DE 264
TA 260
ME 236
NH 224
CI 195
RI 173
MB 139
NL 94
BN 83
VT 80
AK 64
NB 51
SK 47
NS 37
SO 31
CH 26
GJ 25
HI 23
DC 21
MC 15
PR 11
MX 10
JA 9
PE 9
PU 6
SI 5
VC 5
DF 4
AG 3
DG 2
QE 2
SL 2
BS 1
CL 1
GU 1
TB 1
TL 1
YT 1
ZA 1

Insurance

124,846
Active insurance filings
1,622
Upcoming cancellations

Top 10 insurers by active filings

Progressive, GEICO and Northland figures group each brand's underwriting companies.

Progressive Group 20,140
Great West Casualty Company 11,499
GEICO 8,745
Northland Insurance Company 5,373
Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc 2,937
Canal Insurance Company 2,787
Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company 2,114
Accredited Specialty Insurance Company 1,767
Sentry Select Insurance Company 1,604
National Interstate Insurance Company 1,424

New filings vs cancellations by month

Cancellation records begin in May 2026.

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 Oct 2025Dec 2025Feb 2026Apr 2026Jun 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026 *
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026 *
* month to date
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MonthNew filingsCancellations
Oct 2025 4,500 —
Nov 2025 3,755 —
Dec 2025 3,826 —
Jan 2026 4,637 —
Feb 2026 4,747 —
Mar 2026 6,040 —
Apr 2026 6,643 —
May 2026 7,902 3,024
Jun 2026 9,858 6,602
Jul 2026 11,085 6,891
Aug 2026 12,552 10,189
Sep 2026 13,731 10,841
Oct 2026 (MTD) 4,242 4,115

Suspension orders

The series begins in May 2026. The June 2026 spike tracks enforcement of insurance cancellations.

1,832
May 2026
5,472
Jun 2026
3,564
Jul 2026
4,485
Aug 2026
6,150
Sep 2026
1,621
Oct 2026 (MTD)
View data table
MonthInvoluntaryVoluntaryTotal
May 2026 1,832 0 1,832
Jun 2026 5,466 6 5,472
Jul 2026 3,543 21 3,564
Aug 2026 4,454 31 4,485
Sep 2026 6,120 30 6,150
Oct 2026 (MTD) 1,614 7 1,621

About this data

MOTUS is FMCSA's operating-authority and licensing system, live since October 2025 — which is where every trend series starts. Counts cover carriers, brokers and freight forwarders processed through MOTUS, not the entire registered-carrier universe; earlier history exists only for a partial set of migrated dockets and is not charted. Applications, suspension orders and insurance cancellations begin in May 2026, and the current month is always month-to-date. MOTUS's event vocabulary shifted in mid-2026: authorities that become effective after the protest period are recorded as "Activated after protest period expired" and are counted here as granted, and recorded revocations collapsed to near zero after May 2026 — enforcement for lapsed insurance now appears as suspension orders instead. A month with no revocation records shows a dash rather than a zero.

New-application counts are first-time operating-authority applications (dockets entering MOTUS as Pending), not new USDOT registrations — a broader group that includes carriers not seeking for-hire authority. State breakdowns use the company's business state and include Canadian provinces and Mexican states. The per-state application card is a rolling 30-day window; monthly figures are calendar months.