177,406 DRIVERS ON FILE282 NEW CARRIERS LAST MONTH
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The New York trucking labor market.

A free market report built from the federal carrier census: who operates in New York, how big their fleets are, and how fast new competition is registering. Updated with each census sync. No email gate.

18,737 ACTIVE CARRIERS // SYNC AUGUST 2026 // SOURCE: FMCSA CENSUS
New York By The Numbers

What the census shows.

New York carriers hold 203,141 power units and report 177,406 drivers to FMCSA. 90% of the state's fleets run 10 trucks or fewer, which means the driver market here is mostly small operators outbidding each other for the same pool. 282 new interstate carriers registered in New York in July 2026, so the pool gets more crowded every month.

The top five cities hold 18% of the state's carriers. If you hire in those metros, you are recruiting against the densest competition in New York: check the city pages for the local numbers, or open the dashboard for the full state view.

Fleet-size mix in New York

1-10 trucks16,948
11-501,439
51-200263
200+87

FLEET-SIZE MIX, ACTIVE INTERSTATE CARRIERS. SOURCE: FMCSA CENSUS, SYNC AUGUST 2026.

Top cities by active carriers

Brooklyn1,555
Bronx580
New York445
Staten Island441
Rochester367

ACTIVE CARRIERS BY CITY.

Headline numbers

18,737
active interstate carriers based in New York.
177,406
drivers reported to FMCSA by New York carriers.
282
new carriers registered in July 2026. Your competition compounds monthly.

Largest for-hire fleets based in New York

#CarrierBased inPower units
1New Bern Transport CorporationPurchase9,786
2Suffolk Transportation Service IncBay Shore1,902
3Boro Transit IncBrooklyn1,030
4Nyc School Bus Umbrella Services IncBrooklyn930
5Educational Bus Transportation IncWest Babylon861

FOR-HIRE FLEETS AS SELF-REPORTED ON FEDERAL CENSUS FILINGS (MCS-150), SYNC AUGUST 2026.

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