| Fleet Size | Registered Carriers | Percentage | |
| 1 | 754,638 | 70% | |
| 2 | 154,971 | 15% | |
| 3-10 | 164,493 | 17% | |
| 11-100 | 39,493 | 2% | |
| More Than 100 Trucks | 3,037 | 1% |
The trucking industry is essentially a LARGE collection of small businesses, as evidenced by the overwhelming number of owner-operators and small fleets. We are the industry's lifeblood. Imagine the impact we could make if we united as a single force. Small carriers far outnumber the mega-carriers, giving us immense collective power to address the industry's challenges. Let's harness this strength and transform the trucking industry together. NOW, Do you still feel small?
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- DAT is the largest U.S. load board.
Over 400 million loads posted annually, the DAT One is the number one trucker load board app.
(1,562,500 loads per work day)
Source: https://www.dat.com/solutions/load-board-app
- As of November 2023, the FMCSA reported that there were 922,854 independent owner-operators in the United States.
An owner operator is a person that owns and operates their own truck.
Source: https://www.zippia.com/owner-operator-jobs/demographics/ - There are 3.54 million professional truck drivers as of 2022. (Source).
- Trucking represented 80.7% of the U.S.’s freight cost in 2022, totaling a gross freight revenue of $940.8 billion.
Source: https://www.cloudtrucks.com/blog-post/trucking-trends - Most trucking carriers are small companies: 95.8% of fleets operate ten or fewer trucks, and 99.7% of fleets operate 100 or fewer trucks as of 2022.
Source: https://www.truckinginfo.com/10208879/hdt-fact-book-2023-industry-adjusts-to-the-downside-of-the-freight-cycle
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