FMCSA New Carriers Scraper - New USDOT Trucking Companies

Get newly registered US motor carriers (trucking companies) from the official FMCSA Company Census open data: USDOT number, legal name, operation type, fleet size, drivers, cargo and state. Filter by state and operation type, and get only new carriers on every scheduled run.

• Official source: the FMCSA Company Census on data.transportation.gov (open data, no key needed).
• No login, no browser, no personal data.
• Monitoring built in: turn on Only new since last run and schedule it for a daily alert feed.
• Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or straight into Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own code via the Apify API.

What can you use it for?

• Insurance, factoring, ELD and fuel-card sales: reach new carriers in their first weeks.
• Freight brokers: find new capacity by state and cargo type.
• Trucking market research: track new-carrier registrations by state.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start). The input is pre-filled, so the first run works with one click and finishes in seconds.
2. Adjust the filters in the Input tab (see the table below).
3. Click Start and open the Output tab. The Overview view shows the key columns; All fields shows everything.
4. Download the results (JSON, CSV, Excel...) or connect them to your tools (see Scheduling and integrations).

Input

Field	Name	What it does
daysBack	Days back	How many days back to look. Default 7. On scheduled runs with 'Only new since last run' on, a small window (1-3 days) is enough.
states	States	Physical state codes, e.g. TX, CA. Empty = all.
carrierOperation	Carrier operation	A = Interstate, B = Intrastate hazmat, C = Intrastate non-hazmat. Empty = all.
authorizedForHireOnly	Authorized for hire only	Keep only for-hire carriers.
maxItems	Max results	Stop after this many results. You pay per result ($2 per 1,000), so this caps your cost: 100 results = $0.20.
onlyNew	Only new since last run	Skip records already returned by earlier runs of this Actor in your Apify account, so each run outputs only new ones. Turn on for scheduled daily alerts; leave off for a one-off full export.

Example input:

{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "maxItems": 20,
  "onlyNew": true
}

Output

Each result is one record with these fields:

Field	Description
dotNumber	USDOT number.
legalName	Carrier legal name.
dbaName	Doing-business-as name, when given.
addDate	Date the carrier was added to the census (YYYYMMDD).
statusCode	A = active.
carrierOperation	Interstate, intrastate hazmat or intrastate non-hazmat.
classification	e.g. AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE, PRIVATE PROPERTY.
hazmat	Hauls hazardous materials.
powerUnits	Number of power units.
trucks	Number of trucks.
totalDrivers	Total drivers.
cdlDrivers	Drivers with a CDL.
cargo	Cargo types carried.
city	Physical address city.
state	Physical address state.
zip	Physical address ZIP code.
country	Country.
saferUrl	Carrier snapshot on FMCSA SAFER.

Sample result (from a real run, long values shortened):

{
  "dotNumber": "6994401",
  "legalName": "IKRA TRANSPORT LLC",
  "dbaName": null,
  "addDate": "20261012",
  "statusCode": "A",
  "carrierOperation": "Interstate",
  "classification": "AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE",
  "hazmat": false,
  "powerUnits": 1,
  "trucks": 1,
  "totalDrivers": 1,
  "cdlDrivers": 1,
  "cargo": [
    "General Freight"
  ],
  "city": "DEBARY",
  "state": "FL",
  "zip": "32713",
  "country": "US",
  "saferUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=6994401"
}

Scheduling and integrations

• Daily alerts: in Apify Console, open Schedules, create a schedule (for example every day at 08:00) for this Actor with onlyNew: true. Each run then returns only records that are new since the previous run.
• Webhooks: add a webhook on Run succeeded to call your own endpoint, Slack or a workflow tool when new data is ready.
• Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, email: use Apify's ready-made integrations on the Actor's Integrations tab to push each run's dataset wherever you work.
• API: run it and get results in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/northbound-labs~fmcsa-new-carriers-feed/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"daysBack": 7, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNew": true}'

Or with the Apify Python client: ApifyClient(token).actor("northbound-labs/fmcsa-new-carriers-feed").call(run_input={...}).

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing, so you pay only for what you get:

• $2.00 per 1,000 results ($0.002 per result).
• An Actor start event of $0.00005 per run at the default 512 MB memory.

You get	Cost
20 results (the pre-filled test run)	about $0.04
100 results	about $0.20
1,000 results	about $2.00
A daily schedule returning ~50 new results a day for 30 days	about $3.00 a month

Set Max results to cap the cost of any run. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit you can use to try it.

FAQ

How new are the carriers? The census adds carriers continuously; addDate is the date the carrier was added. Use Days back to choose the window.

Does it include phone numbers or emails? No. Contact fields and owner/officer names are removed; only carrier-level fields are returned.

Do I need an account on the source site? No. The Actor reads public, logged-out data from FMCSA Company Census through its official interface.

Does it return personal data? No. Output is limited to organisation-level and record-level fields.

How fresh is the data? As fresh as the source: every run queries it live.

Is it legal to use this data? The data comes from an official public source. You are responsible for using it in line with the source's terms and the laws that apply to you.

Something broken, or a field you need? Open an issue on the Issues tab. We read every issue and reply as fast as we can.