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Vetting a carrier with a new MC number
Why authorities under 90 days old get extra scrutiny, and what the record offers.
What the public record shows
- New entrants must pass a safety audit within their first 12 months (49 CFR 385.307) and have little or no SMS history, so inspections and crash data are thin.
- Contact or officer-name changes within 90 days of the grant are recorded as post-approval changes on the Trust Receipt.
- Shared phone, address, email or officer names with a revoked DOT record are the strongest public-record signal available for a brand-new authority.
Today's numbers
Live from the public record (2026-10-25T17:58:34+00:00): 125,716 active authorities, 5,609 brokers of property, 6,312 authority grants in the last 30 days, 865 insurance cancellations and 2,003 revocations or suspensions in the last 30 days.
Sources
FMCSA Licensing & Insurance · SAFER · SMS · FMCSA insurance filing requirements · data.transportation.gov
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Questions
How many brokers were granted authority last month?
The New Broker of Property authorities page lists the 30-day count by state from the daily FMCSA Register feed.
Data reflects official public records published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (FMCSA) as of Oct 25, 2026 11:58 MDT. CarrierDaily provides factual public-record change monitoring and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.