New Trucking Companies (FMCSA): New Carrier, MC Authority & Insurance Leads

Get a fresh list of newly registered US trucking companies and carriers that just applied for or were just granted MC operating authority, straight from official FMCSA open data. Each row has the company name, USDOT and MC numbers, address, phone, email (if the carrier filed one), fleet size, drivers, cargo types, authority dates, and who insures them (or whether they have no insurance on file yet).

Built for truck insurance agents, freight factoring companies, dispatch services, ELD / fuel-card / compliance vendors and freight brokers, who all want to reach a carrier in its first weeks of business.

No login, no proxies, no browser. It reads the official U.S. DOT Socrata API, so runs finish in seconds.

Why this Actor

	This Actor
New USDOT registrations in the last N days	✅
MC authority granted in the last N days (carriers ready to haul)	✅
MC authority applied / pending in the last N days (they still need insurance + process agent)	✅
Filter: no liability insurance on file / has insurance	✅
Current liability insurer name + policy effective date	✅
Filters: state, carrier type, interstate/intrastate, fleet size min/max, cargo types, hazmat, USDOT status	✅
Exclude one-person owner-operators (lower privacy risk)	✅
Email: all / business domains only / none	✅
Monitor mode: only carriers you haven't received before	✅
Officer / owner personal names	❌ never output (privacy by design)

Typical uses

• Insurance agents: dateMode = authority_applied, insuranceOnFile = none. These carriers can't get their authority granted until insurance is filed.
• Factoring & dispatch: dateMode = authority_granted, daysBack = 7. Brand-new for-hire carriers about to book their first loads.
• ELD / fuel cards / compliance: dateMode = usdot_registered, filter by state and fleet size.
• Renewal / switching campaigns: the liabilityInsurer field shows who wrote the first policy.

Input

{
  "dateMode": "authority_granted",
  "daysBack": 7,
  "states": ["TX", "OK", "LA"],
  "carrierTypes": ["authorized_for_hire"],
  "minPowerUnits": 2,
  "maxPowerUnits": 50,
  "cargoTypes": ["refrigerated_food", "general_freight"],
  "hazmat": "any",
  "insuranceOnFile": "any",
  "excludeSoleOperators": true,
  "emailMode": "business_domain_only",
  "monitorMode": false,
  "maxResults": 500
}

Field	Meaning
dateMode	usdot_registered (new USDOT number), authority_granted (MC authority granted), authority_applied (MC authority applied, pending)
daysBack	Look-back window, 1-365 days
states	Physical-address states. Empty = nationwide
carrierTypes	authorized_for_hire, private_property, exempt_for_hire, private_passenger, government (match any)
operationTypes	interstate, intrastate_hazmat, intrastate_non_hazmat
authorityTypes	For authority modes: motor_carrier_property, household_goods, passengers, broker, freight_forwarder
minPowerUnits / maxPowerUnits	Fleet size (power units)
cargoTypes	Any of 30 FMCSA cargo classes (general freight, refrigerated food, livestock, auto haul, etc.)
hazmat	any, yes, no
statusFilter	USDOT status: active_or_pending (default), active, any
insuranceOnFile	any, none, yes (liability/BIPD filings with FMCSA)
excludeSoleOperators	Skip carriers with 1 or fewer power units and 1 or fewer drivers
emailMode	all, business_domain_only (drops gmail/yahoo/etc.), none
monitorMode / monitorStoreName	Return only carriers not delivered in earlier runs (use with a daily Schedule)
maxResults	Cap on carriers (you pay per carrier)
socrataAppToken	Optional free data.transportation.gov token for higher rate limits

Output (one row per carrier)

{
  "legalName": "M 3 EXPRESS LLC",
  "dbaName": null,
  "usdotNumber": "7311337",
  "mcNumber": "MC99839563",
  "street": "…", "city": "JEMISON", "state": "AL", "zip": "…",
  "phone": "+1 (205) 469-5624",
  "email": "douglas@m3expressllc.com",
  "powerUnits": 5, "drivers": 5, "isSoleOperator": false,
  "carrierType": "AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE", "operationType": "Interstate", "hazmat": false,
  "cargoTypes": ["General Freight", "Building Materials", "Construction"],
  "usdotStatus": "Active", "usdotRegisteredDate": "2026-07-09",
  "authorityType": "Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)",
  "authorityStatus": "Active",
  "authorityAppliedDate": "…", "authorityPublishedDate": "…", "authorityGrantedDate": "2026-10-29",
  "insuranceRequiredUsd": 750000, "liabilityInsuranceOnFileUsd": 750000,
  "hasLiabilityInsuranceOnFile": true,
  "liabilityInsurer": "PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.", "liabilityPolicyEffectiveDate": "2026-10-29",
  "saferUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?…",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-29T20:30:00.000Z"
}

Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or Google Sheets from the dataset tab, or pull it with the Apify API, Make, Zapier, or n8n.

Pricing (pay per event)

• Run start: small flat fee per run
• Carrier result: charged per carrier row delivered

There is no monthly rental. Set a maximum charge per run in Apify and the Actor stops cleanly when it hits that limit.

Data source & terms

All data comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation / FMCSA open data portal, data.transportation.gov, using the public Socrata SODA API:

Dataset	ID	Used for
Company Census File	az4n-8mr2	Name, address, phone, email, fleet, drivers, cargo, hazmat, USDOT status, registration date
Motus Carrier – All With History	inys-ebih	MC/docket numbers, authority type & status, required insurance
Motus AuthHist – All With History	yu5v-wbh6	Authority applied / published / granted dates
Motus Insur – All With History	c5y8-a4uz	Insurance policies on file (insurer, coverage, effective date)

• This is public U.S. government data, published under the federal open-data program. Works of the U.S. Government are generally not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. §105). The data was self-reported by carriers on FMCSA forms (MCS-150, OP-1) and may contain errors. FMCSA refreshes the census daily and the Motus files several times a day.
• This Actor is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FMCSA or U.S. DOT.
• Privacy: company officer and owner names are never output. Many new carriers are one-person businesses, so phone, email, and address can still identify a person. Use excludeSoleOperators and emailMode = business_domain_only to keep personal data to a minimum. You are responsible for lawful use of the output, including TCPA (calls and texts), CAN-SPAM (email), state telemarketing and do-not-call rules, and privacy laws such as CCPA/CPRA if you resell or enrich the data. Don't use the data for FCRA purposes (credit, employment, or insurance eligibility decisions about individuals).

FAQ

How fresh is it? FMCSA updates the data daily. Carriers usually show up within 1 to 2 days of registering or of an authority action.

Why is the MC number empty for some rows? Private and intrastate-only carriers don't need MC authority. Among new for-hire carriers, many haven't applied yet.

Why do pending carriers show no insurance? FMCSA grants authority only after the insurance filing arrives. That gap is exactly why authority_applied + insuranceOnFile = none works so well for insurance leads.

Duplicates? Each USDOT number appears once per run. Turn on monitor mode to skip carriers you received in earlier runs.