FMCSA MOTUS Data Authority Grants, Revocations & Insurance Trends

Data as of September 30, 2026. Updated daily.

66,160
Active operating authorities
13,292
Pending applications
0
New applications this month
0
Authorities granted this month
0
Suspension orders this month
3
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)
7,192
Jun 2026
874
Jul 2026
0
Aug 2026
0
Sep 2026
0
Oct 2026 (MTD)

Last 7 days: applications filed vs authorities granted

0
0
Thu
Oct 1
0
0
Fri
Oct 2
0
0
Sat
Oct 3
0
0
Sun
Oct 4
0
0
Mon
Oct 5
0
0
Tue
Oct 6
0
0
Wed
Oct 7

Current snapshot

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

66,160
Active
13,292
Pending
8,139
Inactive
1,381
Withdrawn
85,609
Companies (dockets)

Active authorities by type

Motor Carrier 63,224
Broker 2,700
Freight Forwarder 236

Active authorities by cargo class

Property 64,526
Household Goods 1,023
Passengers 611

Active authorities by state

Counted by the carrier's business state.

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StateActive authorities
CA 10,895
TX 6,966
IL 5,055
FL 3,589
OH 3,384
PA 3,021
GA 2,060
IN 1,979
NC 1,899
WA 1,646
NJ 1,584
MN 1,429
MI 1,301
TN 1,249
ON 1,221
VA 1,060
MO 1,038
AZ 1,032
WI 984
NY 912
SC 834
MD 798
CO 783
OK 689
KY 664
IA 642
MS 602
AL 588
UT 583
OR 548
NV 540
KS 528
MA 516
NE 514
AR 439
ID 412
AB 357
LA 351
CT 347
QC 344
NM 324
ND 294
SD 251
BC 248
WY 199
MT 177
ME 148
WV 135
TA 129
NH 123
DE 120
MB 89
CI 82
RI 73
BN 63
AK 43
NL 37
VT 37
NS 27
NB 25
SK 22
SO 16
HI 14
CH 13
DC 12
GJ 9
MX 6
MC 5
PR 5
PE 4
PU 4
DF 3
JA 3
SI 3
QE 2
AG 1
BS 1
CL 1
DG 1
GU 1
YT 1

Insurance

121,399
Active insurance filings
3
Upcoming cancellations

Top 10 insurers by active filings

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

Progressive Group 19,530
Great West Casualty Company 11,189
GEICO 8,617
Northland Insurance Company 5,246
Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc 2,812
Canal Insurance Company 2,697
Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company 2,077
Accredited Specialty Insurance Company 1,781
Sentry Select Insurance Company 1,555
National Interstate Insurance Company 1,411

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 4,170 —
Nov 2025 3,448 —
Dec 2025 3,534 —
Jan 2026 4,292 —
Feb 2026 4,425 —
Mar 2026 5,532 —
Apr 2026 6,143 —
May 2026 7,689 929
Jun 2026 9,600 1,939
Jul 2026 9,967 971
Aug 2026 11,858 61
Sep 2026 12,632 1
Oct 2026 (MTD) 1,402 0

Suspension orders

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

978
May 2026
2,558
Jun 2026
119
Jul 2026
0
Aug 2026
0
Sep 2026
0
Oct 2026 (MTD)
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MonthInvoluntaryVoluntaryTotal
May 2026 978 0 978
Jun 2026 2,552 6 2,558
Jul 2026 118 1 119
Aug 2026 0 0 0
Sep 2026 0 0 0
Oct 2026 (MTD) 0 0 0

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.