Trucking companies in Iowa.

What Iowa carriers haul

Carriers in Iowa by self-reported cargo class (the freight types HaulReport tracks). Iowa ranks in the national top 5 for grain, feed & hay (3rd) and livestock (2nd). Classes are self-reported and overlap. Explore each: Grain, feed & hay · Livestock · Building materials · Motor vehicles (auto transport) · Logs, poles, beams & lumber · Refrigerated food (reefer) · Liquids & gases (tanker) · Household goods (movers).

Live FMCSA activity in Iowa

• Net registration flow: +0 (new − inactive)
• 1 operating-authority actions — authority changes →
• 174 recorded crashes — Iowa crash data →

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

Newest carrier registrations in Iowa

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

Explore Iowa trucking data

• New trucking companies in Iowa
• Carriers going inactive in Iowa
• Authority revocations in Iowa
• Truck crash data for Iowa
• Grain, feed & hay carriers
• Livestock carriers
• Building materials carriers
• Motor vehicles (auto transport) carriers

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 Iowa; 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 Iowa?

3,076 motor carriers have registered in Iowa on the public FMCSA Company Census since January 2024, the 31st-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 Iowa carriers haul?

Among the cargo classes HaulReport tracks, Iowa carriers most often report grain, feed & hay (10,559), livestock (4,170), building materials (3,416). 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.