New grants and reinstatements from January 2015 to September 2025 showing a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic that's generally been counterweighted in recent years as carrier exits have outweighed the market.

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Note: Individual cases may contain multiple types of operating authority, thereby making this trend data exaggerated.

Chart: David Taube/Trucking DiveSource: FMCSAGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper