# New Motor Carriers: Newly Registered Trucking Companies (`lepidata/new-motor-carriers`) Actor

Daily feed of newly registered US motor carriers from the public carrier census: add date, city, state, operation, for-hire class, dockets, fleet size and vetting flags, filtered by state and fleet. Unofficial. Not a consumer report.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lepidata/new-motor-carriers.md
- **Developed by:** [Lepi Data](https://apify.com/lepidata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.60 / 1,000 new carrier records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## New Motor Carriers: Newly Registered Trucking Companies

*Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), or any government agency. No government seals or logos are used.*

Export every USDOT number added to the public carrier census file in a date window, newest first. It's for freight brokers screening new entrants, truck insurance, ELD, fuel-card and factoring providers sizing new markets, and analysts tracking new-carrier formation by state.

**Input:** a window on the USDOT add date (`daysBack`, or `since` / `until`), states, for-hire class, operation, entity type, hazmat and fleet size.

**Output:** one row per new USDOT record: USDOT number, legal and DBA name (see Privacy), add date, status, operation, entity types, for-hire classification, MC dockets, city / state / ZIP5, fleet size, cargo classes, hazmat flag and **vetting flags**.

New USDOT records often have no operating authority or insurance yet. **Confirm on the official SAFER company snapshot and licensing & insurance records** before doing business with a carrier.

### Input

- `daysBack`: 1 to 366 (default 7), or `since` and `until` as YYYY-MM-DD (window up to 366 days)
- `forHire`: `yes` (AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE only), `no`, or `any`
- `states`, `usdotStatus`, `operation`, `entityType`, `hazmat`, `minPowerUnits`, `maxPowerUnits`
- `maxResults`: up to 50,000

The census file usually trails new registrations by about one day, so today's registrations appear tomorrow.

### Output fields

`type`, `dot_number`, `legal_name`, `dba_name`, `name_withheld`, `likely_individual_or_sole_proprietor`, `business_type`, `usdot_status`, `operation`, `entity_types`, `authority_class`, `dockets`, `physical_address`, `mailing_address`, `undeliverable_address`, `fleet`, `hazmat`, `cargo`, `cargo_other`, `mcs150`, `added_date`, `safety`, `prior_revoked`, `snapshot_url`, `vetting_flags`, `confirm_at`

**Privacy.** This is a business feed, not a contact list. Officer names, phone, fax, cell phone, email and D\&B numbers are never returned. The street line and ZIP+4 are withheld on **every** record (city, state and ZIP5 stay). For records that look like individuals or sole proprietors, the legal and DBA names are withheld too. Registered names of individuals are available only through an exact USDOT or MC lookup.

**Opt-out.** Removal requests: support@lepidata.com. Requests are handled within 30 days; opted-out carriers are dropped from every result.

Free status rows (not charged): `no-results`, `invalid-input`, `api-error`, `free-plan-limit`, `charge-limit-reached`.

**Example:** `{"daysBack":7,"states":["TX"],"forHire":"yes","maxResults":500}`

### Not a consumer report

Not a consumer report. Lepidata is not a consumer reporting agency. Do not use this data to decide credit, insurance, employment or housing eligibility for an individual.

You are responsible for your own CAN-SPAM, TCPA and do-not-call compliance when contacting any business found here.

### Data source and compliance

- Source credit: the Company Census File (dataset az4n-8mr2) on the U.S. Department of Transportation open data portal, data.transportation.gov (FMCSA data). US government public data, updated daily. Requests are spaced at least 1 second apart, following the portal's robots.txt.
- Unofficial data. Confirm on the official SAFER company snapshot before relying on it. Not legal, safety or insurance advice.
- Free-plan accounts get up to 100 results per run.

**Pricing.** Pay per result: $3.60 per 1,000 carriers ($0.0036 each), the same price on every plan, no start fee. Free status rows are never charged.

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Look back this many days from today (ignored when Since is set).

## `since` (type: `string`):

First add date, inclusive. Window up to 366 days.

## `until` (type: `string`):

Last add date, inclusive. Default today.

## `forHire` (type: `string`):

yes = AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE class only; no = everything else (private, exempt, ...).

## `states` (type: `array`):

2-letter state or province codes of the physical address, e.g. TX. Up to 60. Applies to name searches, city listings and the new-carrier feed.

## `usdotStatus` (type: `string`):

USDOT record status in the census file.

## `operation` (type: `string`):

Carrier operation code on the census record: interstate, intrastate hazmat, or intrastate non-hazmat.

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Entity type on the USDOT record (carrier, broker, shipper, freight forwarder...).

## `hazmat` (type: `string`):

Hazardous-materials indicator.

## `minPowerUnits` (type: `integer`):

Minimum power units (trucks + tractors) reported on the MCS-150.

## `maxPowerUnits` (type: `integer`):

Maximum power units reported on the MCS-150.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum carrier rows, up to 50,000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "forHire": "any",
  "usdotStatus": "any",
  "operation": "any",
  "entityType": "any",
  "hazmat": "any",
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

All rows from this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lepidata/new-motor-carriers").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lepidata/new-motor-carriers").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call lepidata/new-motor-carriers --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lepidata/new-motor-carriers"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/3ioNrXs6jo6fJEgUN/builds/dNgg4DZMbzDGdskji/openapi.json