Census, mirrored daily01
The FMCSA census is mirrored as it publishes. Each new USDOT number becomes a dated lead: the registration date, the operating authority FMCSA holds for it, and whether a BI/PD filing is on record.
5,338
new USDOT registrations in October 2026
as of 2026-10-17
5,694
active authorities with no BI/PD filing on record
9,272
filed cancellations effective in the next 30 days
70,275
insured carriers renewing in the next 90 days
New USDOT registrations are counted by the registration date in the FMCSA census for the current calendar month. The no-filing count is carriers holding active authority with no active BI/PD filing on record today; it includes new ventures that have not bought yet and established carriers that lapsed.
Definition
Why a new venture is the cleanest lead there is.
Every for-hire carrier goes through the same sequence: register a USDOT, apply for operating authority, file proof of liability insurance, receive the grant. The insurance filing is a condition of the authority, so a carrier that has just applied is, by definition, buying. There is no incumbent to displace and no X-date to wait for.
The catch is timing. The application is public from the day it is filed, and so is the grant. Producers who work new ventures well reach the carrier in the window between the two, or in the first days after the grant when the filing is still pending. Reach them a month later and they have bought from whoever called first.
Market Tracker reads the FMCSA census on every publish, so a USDOT number FMCSA publishes today is in Leads the next morning with the carrier’s census identity, fleet and cargo declaration, entity type, and the emails and phones from the MOTUS registration. The registration comes first: a new carrier gets its USDOT number when it applies, before any authority is granted. The filing status column tells you whether coverage is already on record. The ones with nothing on file are the calls to make this morning.
How it works
The registration publishes. You call before the filing lands.
New ventures are the one lead type where a weekly list is too slow. The feed here is rebuilt daily from the FMCSA census, and the public directory pages below show the same registrations a month at a time.
Qualify from the record02
The census declaration gives fleet size, cargo, radius and entity type; the MOTUS registration gives the contacts. The peek panel shows it without leaving the list, and the loss-risk tier reads Unrated rather than pretending a carrier with no history is safe.
Work it, then watch it03
Filter by state and window, export to CSV, or open the carrier file for a prefilled ACORD 125. Add the ones you quote to the Watch List, and get a digest the day their first filing (or their competitor’s) posts.
Free, by state
This month’s new USDOT registrations, state by state.
The public directory lists every USDOT number registered this month and last, per state, free and without an account: the carriers at the step before authority is granted and the first filing lands. Market Tracker adds the contacts, the filing status and the daily feed.
Texas621California561Florida440Pennsylvania248New York246Georgia239Illinois222New Jersey212Ohio187North Carolina176Minnesota133Indiana122
All states · counts are USDOT numbers registered this month in the FMCSA census.
Three ways to find new ventures
The register, a vendor list, or the daily feed.
Every new-venture list in the trade comes from the same federal records. The difference is which step they read (the USDOT registration comes before the authority grant), the lag, and what is attached to the USDOT number when it reaches you.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What producers ask before they switch on the feed. Anything else, email hello@nativebase.ai.
What counts as a new venture lead?
A motor carrier that registered a new USDOT number recently, by the registration date in the FMCSA census. Most are at the very start: no operating authority granted yet and no BI/PD filing on record. Reinstatements (authority revoked and then restored) are a separate lead type in Market Tracker so a reactivated carrier is never sold to you as a first-time buyer.
How soon after registration does the lead appear?
The morning after FMCSA publishes it: the census publishes daily and Market Tracker reads it overnight. The public directory pages update daily too; the difference in Market Tracker is the contacts, the filing status and the ability to filter and export across states.
Do new ventures have contact details on record?
Yes. The census carries an address and phone, and the MOTUS registration carries the emails and phone numbers the carrier entered when it applied, each marked verified or unverified. Both are on the carrier file and in the exports.
Can I see which new ventures have not bought insurance yet?
Yes. Every carrier carries its filing status. A new registration with no active BI/PD filing on record is still buying; one with a filing shows the insurer that wrote it and the estimated renewal twelve months out.
Is the safety record useful on a brand-new carrier?
Usually there is none yet, and Market Tracker says so: the loss-risk tier reads Unrated rather than Low. What is useful is the declaration (fleet, cargo, radius, hazmat) and, for chameleon checks, the related-carrier signals on the file.
Is it priced by state?
No. One seat covers every state: $99 per user per month, or $69 per user per month on yearly billing, with a free trial.
Go deeper
Selling insurance to new motor carriers
The authority timeline and when to reach them
New USDOT registrations by state (free)
The public directory, current and previous month
Chameleon carriers
When a new carrier is an old operator in disguise
DOT leads
Every market-entry signal on the federal record
Cancellation leads
Established carriers whose insurer has filed to leave
Trucking insurance leads by state
Live counts for all 50 states plus DC
Self-serve · start today
Yesterday’s registrations are in the feed.
Call them this morning.
Start the trial, open Leads, choose New USDOT registrations and your state. The ones marked no filing on record are still choosing an agent.