Trucking leads / Tennessee
New trucking companies in Tennessee
Every motor carrier based in Tennessee 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 Tennessee at download.
New Tennessee carriers in numbers
651 motor carriers based in Tennessee registered with the FMCSA in the 90 days to October 28, 2026, and 176 of them in the last 30 days. That is 1.6% of all new registrations in the same 90 days, the 21st-largest count of any state.
At the 90-day pace Tennessee adds about 51 new carriers a week (the 90-day count divided by 13 weeks), and the last 30 days ran behind that pace.
Of the 2,801 active Tennessee carriers registered since October 1, 2025, 99% 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 Tennessee carriers also give a separate cell phone.
77% of Tennessee's new carriers are authorized for hire (73% nationally), 68% report one power unit or none, and 9.3% marked hazardous materials. In the Tennessee file, 51% have an MC docket number.
The largest groups of new Tennessee carriers in the last 90 days are in Memphis (77), Nashville (68) and Knoxville (37). Together the 7 cities with 15 or more registrations account for 262 of the state's 651.
Among Tennessee carriers that checked a cargo type in the last 90 days, the most common were general freight (405), building materials and construction (97) and machinery, large objects (49).
Tennessee against the national file
| Measure | Tennessee | National |
|---|---|---|
| Registered, last 30 days | 176 | 11,218 |
| Registered, last 90 days | 651 | 39,891 |
| With a phone | 99% | 100% |
| With an email | 100% | 100% |
| With a cell phone | 15% | 17% |
| Authorized for hire | 77% | 73% |
| One power unit or none | 68% | 69% |
| MC docket on file | 51% | 40% |
| Hazmat | 9.3% | 6.9% |
Counts of 30 and 90 days are registrations; shares cover active carriers registered since October 1, 2025.
Cities with the most new Tennessee carriers
| City | Last 90 days | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 77 | 11.8% |
| Nashville | 68 | 10.4% |
| Knoxville | 37 | 5.7% |
| Antioch | 23 | 3.5% |
| Murfreesboro | 20 | 3.1% |
| Chattanooga | 19 | 2.9% |
| Clarksville | 18 | 2.8% |
Cities with 15 or more registrations in the last 90 days, by physical address.
Cargo checked by new Tennessee carriers
| Cargo | Carriers | Share of checks |
|---|---|---|
| General freight | 405 | 59% |
| Other | 97 | 14% |
| Building materials and construction | 97 | 14% |
| Machinery, large objects | 49 | 7% |
| Motor vehicles | 37 | 5% |
Registrations in the last 90 days. A carrier can check several cargo types.
How buyers work the Tennessee file
Insurance agents
2,159 of the 2,801 active Tennessee carriers registered since October 1, 2025 are authorized for hire. When those Tennessee 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 260 that marked hazmat face the higher tiers.
Factoring companies
1,440 Tennessee 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 Tennessee factoring list starts.
Dispatch services
1,912 Tennessee carriers report one power unit or none, the single-truck operators a dispatch service works for. Sorting the Tennessee file by registration date puts the newest of them first.
ELD and fleet software
The interstate carriers among Tennessee's 2,801 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 Tennessee's new carriers checked most often in the last 90 days (405 carriers), which tells a dealer which trailers to show first.
The newest Tennessee 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.