How many trucking companies are in Illinois?

12,381 motor carriers have registered in Illinois on the public FMCSA Company Census since January 2024, the 10th-most of any state. That is a cumulative registration count — a carrier first appearing on the register — not a count of currently active authorities, and some later go inactive.

What kind of freight do Illinois carriers haul?

Among the cargo classes HaulReport tracks, Illinois carriers most often report grain, feed & hay (10,313), building materials (4,870), motor vehicles (auto transport) (3,555). Cargo classes are self-reported on the registration and can overlap, so a carrier may appear under more than one type.

Is "inactive" the same as going out of business?

No. "Inactive" reflects a change in public FMCSA registration/authority status — a lapsed biennial MCS-150, administrative deactivation, merger, or genuine exit — and some carriers later reactivate. We never report it as a confirmed business closure.

Where does this data come from and how current is it?

Public FMCSA records (Company Census dataset az4n-8mr2, plus the crash and operating-authority registers). HaulReport aggregates the register and compares daily snapshots, beginning Jun 12, 2026. The live activity figures appear once they accrue state-level volume. These are registration records, not safety ratings or official FMCSA statistics.

● Trucking in Illinois · Public FMCSA data

Trucking companies in Illinois.

A single view of the Illinois trucking sector from public FMCSA records: 12,381 carriers registered since 2024 (10th nationally), the freight types they run, and live registration activity. Every number is a real public-record count — there is no blended “score.”

12,381

Carriers registered since 2024

3.2%

Share of U.S. registrations

607

New (30-day window)

Marked inactive

380

Crashes recorded

Illinois ranks 10th of all states for new carrier registrations since 2024. Live activity figures are bound to the 30-day window since monitoring began Jun 12, 2026.

What Illinois carriers haul

Carriers in Illinois by self-reported cargo class (the freight types HaulReport tracks). Illinois ranks in the national top 5 for grain, feed & hay (4th). Classes are self-reported and overlap. Explore each: Grain, feed & hay · Building materials · Motor vehicles (auto transport) · Refrigerated food (reefer) · Logs, poles, beams & lumber · Household goods (movers) · Livestock · Intermodal containers.

Live FMCSA activity in Illinois

607 new carrier registrations — see the list →
30 carriers marked Active → Inactive — see the list →
Net registration flow: +577 (new − inactive)
2 operating-authority actions — authority changes →
380 recorded crashes — Illinois crash data →

Counts cover the 30-day window since monitoring began Jun 12, 2026. Each figure is an independent public-record count for Illinois; we don't blend them into one score.

Newest carrier registrations in Illinois

Registered	Carrier	Location	Operation
Aug 5, 2026	JIT COURIER & LOGISTICS LLC	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 5, 2026	CMG EXPEDITE LLC	West Chicago, IL	Intrastate
Aug 4, 2026	ZEKET KG LLC	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	IKRAMOV EXPRESS LLC	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	MKDEN LLC	Buffalo Grove, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	APEX LINE TRANSPORT LLC	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	PROVET FREIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC	Belleville, IL	Intrastate
Aug 4, 2026	EGG GLOBAL LLC	Naperville, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	ROYALCHAIN LOGISTICS LLC	Oswego, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	WALTONVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1	Waltonville, IL	Intrastate
Aug 4, 2026	VH LOGISTICS INC.	Lockport, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	INTEGRA GROUP GERMANY LLC	Itasca, IL	Interstate
Aug 4, 2026	CORIE’S XPRESS AUTO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC	Braidwood, IL	Intrastate
Aug 4, 2026	EASTWEST INTERSTATE INC	Des Plaines, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	ASPEN COMMERCIAL PAINTING, INC.	Burr Ridge, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	ALL-INTERIOR	Elgin, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	LANUZA LOGISTICS LLC	Wheeling, IL	Intrastate
Aug 2, 2026	LOVING EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC	Lansing, IL	Intrastate
Aug 2, 2026	BERNARD L BURKHEAD	Canton, IL	Intrastate
Aug 2, 2026	ROVEX EXPRESS INC.	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	REGENTS PARK ENTERPRISES LLC	Rockford, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	QZQ BUILD	Naperville, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	TRUCKING JC LLC	Chicago, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	GRAND LOGISTICS LLC	Highwood, IL	Interstate
Aug 2, 2026	NUTRIRE VENDING LLC	Elk Grove Village, IL	Interstate

Most recent carriers to appear on the FMCSA register in Illinois. Each links to its full HaulReport profile and change timeline.

Explore Illinois trucking data

National views: new carriers by state · activity by state · trucking by cargo type · industry statistics.

How HaulReport measures this

HaulReport aggregates the public FMCSA Company Census and captures daily snapshots of the registration, crash, and operating-authority registers, counting the differences by state. The “registered since 2024” figure is a cumulative count of carriers first appearing on the register in Illinois; the live activity figures cover the 30-day window since Jun 12, 2026. Cargo classes come from the carrier's self-reported registration flags and can overlap. Because these are public registration databases, they reflect filing activity, not operational outcomes, and can lag real-world events. See methodology and data sources.

Frequently asked questions

How many trucking companies are in Illinois?: 12,381 motor carriers have registered in Illinois on the public FMCSA Company Census since January 2024, the 10th-most of any state. That is a cumulative registration count — a carrier first appearing on the register — not a count of currently active authorities, and some later go inactive.
What kind of freight do Illinois carriers haul?: Among the cargo classes HaulReport tracks, Illinois carriers most often report grain, feed & hay (10,313), building materials (4,870), motor vehicles (auto transport) (3,555). Cargo classes are self-reported on the registration and can overlap, so a carrier may appear under more than one type.
Is "inactive" the same as going out of business?: No. "Inactive" reflects a change in public FMCSA registration/authority status — a lapsed biennial MCS-150, administrative deactivation, merger, or genuine exit — and some carriers later reactivate. We never report it as a confirmed business closure.
Where does this data come from and how current is it?: Public FMCSA records (Company Census dataset az4n-8mr2, plus the crash and operating-authority registers). HaulReport aggregates the register and compares daily snapshots, beginning Jun 12, 2026. The live activity figures appear once they accrue state-level volume. These are registration records, not safety ratings or official FMCSA statistics.

Data: public FMCSA Company Census (dataset az4n-8mr2), plus the crash and operating-authority registers, via HaulReport's register aggregation + daily difference capture since Jun 12, 2026; refreshed Aug 5, 2026. “Inactive” reflects a public registration/authority-status change, not a confirmed business closure, and these are not official FMCSA statistics. See methodology and data sources.