Fleet Size | Registered Carriers | Percentage | |
1 | 754,638 | 67.58% | |
2 | 154,971 | 13.88% | |
3-10 | 164,493 | 14.73% | |
11-100 | 39,493 | 3.54% | |
More Than 100 Trucks | 3,037 | 0.27% |
The trucking industry is composed predominantly of small businesses and fleets, which represent 96% of for-hire motor carriers. These small trucking businesses are the backbone of the industry. Consider the transformative impact we could achieve by uniting as a cohesive force. Small carriers significantly outnumber mega-carriers, providing us with substantial collective influence to tackle the challenges facing our industry. Together, we can harness this strength to drive meaningful change and shape the future of trucking. NOW, Do you still feel small?
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- DAT is the largest U.S. load board.
Over 400 million loads posted annually, the DAT One is the number one trucker load board app.
(1,562,500 loads per work day)
Source: https://www.dat.com/solutions/load-board-app
- As of November 2023, the FMCSA reported that there were 922,854 independent owner-operators in the United States.
An owner operator is a person that owns and operates their own truck.
Source: https://www.zippia.com/owner-operator-jobs/demographics/ - There are 3.54 million professional truck drivers as of 2022. (Source).
- Trucking represented 80.7% of the U.S.’s freight cost in 2022, totaling a gross freight revenue of $940.8 billion.
Source: https://www.cloudtrucks.com/blog-post/trucking-trends - Most trucking carriers are small companies: 95.8% of fleets operate ten or fewer trucks, and 99.7% of fleets operate 100 or fewer trucks as of 2022.
Source: https://www.truckinginfo.com/10208879/hdt-fact-book-2023-industry-adjusts-to-the-downside-of-the-freight-cycle
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