Trucking leads / Illinois
New trucking companies in Illinois
Every motor carrier based in Illinois that registered with the FMCSA, with phone, email, MC docket, fleet size and cargo, refreshed every six hours.
Counts refreshed October 29, 2026 from the live file. The subscription covers every state; filter to Illinois at download.
New Illinois carriers in numbers
In the 90 days to October 28, 2026, the FMCSA added 1,501 carriers with a physical address in Illinois, 466 of them in the last 30 days. Illinois ranks 7th among the states on that 90-day count, with 3.8% of the national total.
At the 90-day pace Illinois adds about 117 new carriers a week (the 90-day count divided by 13 weeks), and the last 30 days ran behind that pace.
Of the 6,144 active Illinois carriers registered since October 1, 2025, 100% list a phone number and 100% an email address on their registration, close to the national rates of 100% and 100%, and 14% of the Illinois carriers also give a separate cell phone.
Most Illinois carriers in the file are small: 73% report one power unit or none, against 69% across the country. 83% registered as authorized for hire, 61% filed for an MC docket and 5.7% carry hazmat.
The largest groups of new Illinois carriers in the last 90 days are in Chicago (243), Aurora (44) and Naperville (34). Together the 12 cities with 15 or more registrations account for 543 of the state's 1,501.
Among Illinois carriers that checked a cargo type in the last 90 days, the most common were general freight (1,090), building materials and construction (100) and grain, feed, hay (90).
Illinois against the national file
| Measure | Illinois | National |
|---|---|---|
| Registered, last 30 days | 466 | 11,218 |
| Registered, last 90 days | 1,501 | 39,891 |
| With a phone | 100% | 100% |
| With an email | 100% | 100% |
| With a cell phone | 14% | 17% |
| Authorized for hire | 83% | 73% |
| One power unit or none | 73% | 69% |
| MC docket on file | 61% | 40% |
| Hazmat | 5.7% | 6.9% |
Counts of 30 and 90 days are registrations; shares cover active carriers registered since October 1, 2025.
Cities with the most new Illinois carriers
| City | Last 90 days | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 243 | 16.2% |
| Aurora | 44 | 2.9% |
| Naperville | 34 | 2.3% |
| Schaumburg | 32 | 2.1% |
| Plainfield | 32 | 2.1% |
| Des Plaines | 32 | 2.1% |
| Mount Prospect | 28 | 1.9% |
| Wheeling | 25 | 1.7% |
| Arlington Heights | 20 | 1.3% |
| Joliet | 19 | 1.3% |
| Orland Park | 17 | 1.1% |
| Bolingbrook | 17 | 1.1% |
Cities with 15 or more registrations in the last 90 days, by physical address.
Cargo checked by new Illinois carriers
| Cargo | Carriers | Share of checks |
|---|---|---|
| General freight | 1,090 | 74% |
| Other | 129 | 9% |
| Building materials and construction | 100 | 7% |
| Grain, feed, hay | 90 | 6% |
| Paper products | 65 | 4% |
Registrations in the last 90 days. A carrier can check several cargo types.
How buyers work the Illinois file
Insurance agents
5,115 of the 6,144 active Illinois carriers registered since October 1, 2025 are authorized for hire. When those Illinois carriers haul general freight interstate in trucks of 10,001 pounds or more, 49 CFR 387.9 sets their minimum liability at $750,000; the 353 that marked hazmat face the higher tiers.
Factoring companies
3,778 Illinois carriers in the file have an MC docket, the operating authority a for-hire carrier files for to haul for others across state lines. MC docket plus for-hire is where the Illinois factoring list starts.
Dispatch services
4,471 Illinois carriers report one power unit or none, the single-truck operators a dispatch service works for. Sorting the Illinois file by registration date puts the newest of them first.
ELD and fleet software
The interstate carriers among Illinois's 6,144 registrations since October 1, 2025 are inside the 18-month new entrant monitoring period set by 49 CFR 385.307.
Truck and trailer dealers
General freight is the cargo Illinois's new carriers checked most often in the last 90 days (1,090 carriers), which tells a dealer which trailers to show first.
The newest Illinois registrations
| Carrier | City | Registered | Trucks | Phone | |
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Calling and emailing new carriers
Most new carriers are owner-operators, and the phone on their registration is often a personal mobile. The TCPA and the National Do Not Call Registry apply to sales calls and texts: scrub every list first, dial by hand, and do not use autodialers, prerecorded or AI voices, or texts without consent. Email falls under CAN-SPAM (a working opt-out and your postal address in every message). Mail is the lowest-risk first touch. This is not legal advice; the Terms set the rules for using the file, and the calling rules guide explains the TCPA and Do Not Call rules in more detail.