Trucking leads / South Carolina
New trucking companies in South Carolina
Every motor carrier based in South Carolina 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 South Carolina at download.
New South Carolina carriers in numbers
In the 90 days to October 28, 2026, the FMCSA added 561 carriers with a physical address in South Carolina, 131 of them in the last 30 days. South Carolina ranks 23rd among the states on that 90-day count, with 1.4% of the national total.
At the 90-day pace South Carolina adds about 44 new carriers a week (the 90-day count divided by 13 weeks), and the last 30 days ran behind that pace.
Of the 2,776 active South Carolina 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 15% of the South Carolina carriers also give a separate cell phone.
81% of South Carolina's new carriers are authorized for hire (73% nationally), 74% report one power unit or none, and 9.1% marked hazardous materials. In the South Carolina file, 47% have an MC docket number.
The largest groups of new South Carolina carriers in the last 90 days are in Columbia (32), Summerville (26) and Greenville (22). Together the 5 cities with 15 or more registrations account for 123 of the state's 561.
Among South Carolina carriers that checked a cargo type in the last 90 days, the most common were general freight (360), building materials and construction (65) and motor vehicles (34).
South Carolina against the national file
| Measure | South Carolina | National |
|---|---|---|
| Registered, last 30 days | 131 | 11,218 |
| Registered, last 90 days | 561 | 39,891 |
| With a phone | 100% | 100% |
| With an email | 100% | 100% |
| With a cell phone | 15% | 17% |
| Authorized for hire | 81% | 73% |
| One power unit or none | 74% | 69% |
| MC docket on file | 47% | 40% |
| Hazmat | 9.1% | 6.9% |
Counts of 30 and 90 days are registrations; shares cover active carriers registered since October 1, 2025.
Cities with the most new South Carolina carriers
| City | Last 90 days | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 32 | 5.7% |
| Summerville | 26 | 4.6% |
| Greenville | 22 | 3.9% |
| Charleston | 22 | 3.9% |
| Myrtle Beach | 21 | 3.7% |
Cities with 15 or more registrations in the last 90 days, by physical address.
Cargo checked by new South Carolina carriers
| Cargo | Carriers | Share of checks |
|---|---|---|
| General freight | 360 | 63% |
| Other | 79 | 14% |
| Building materials and construction | 65 | 11% |
| Motor vehicles | 34 | 6% |
| Machinery, large objects | 33 | 6% |
Registrations in the last 90 days. A carrier can check several cargo types.
How buyers work the South Carolina file
Insurance agents
2,256 of the 2,776 active South Carolina carriers registered since October 1, 2025 are authorized for hire. When those South Carolina 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 253 that marked hazmat face the higher tiers.
Factoring companies
1,311 South Carolina 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 South Carolina factoring list starts.
Dispatch services
2,041 South Carolina carriers report one power unit or none, the single-truck operators a dispatch service works for. Sorting the South Carolina file by registration date puts the newest of them first.
ELD and fleet software
The interstate carriers among South Carolina's 2,776 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 South Carolina's new carriers checked most often in the last 90 days (360 carriers), which tells a dealer which trailers to show first.
The newest South Carolina registrations
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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.