Motor carrier leads: new authorities, the day FMCSA publishes them

For the people who say "new authorities," not "trucking leads" — insurance agents, factoring reps, and dispatch operations working the window between registration and activation. Contact info included, MC docket where filed.

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CompanyStateRegisteredPhoneEmail
JWC ENTERPRISES LLC VA Jul 26, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
MACAR & SONS INC. FL Jul 26, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
ROBINSONS TRUCKING LLC VA Jul 27, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
COCHRAN HAULING AND EXCAVATING NC Jul 26, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
TS TRUCKING LLC TX Jul 26, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
BERNARD AND SONS ROOFING INC PA Jul 26, 2026 (•••) •••-•••• •••••@•••••.com
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Precise about what event you're being alerted to

If you work new authorities professionally, you know the timeline has distinct events: a carrier registers and receives a DOT number, files for operating authority (the MC docket), gets insurance on file, and only then has active authority. Vendors in this space are often vague about which of those events their "new authority leads" actually key on — so here's our answer, precisely: Carrier Hunt keys on the DOT registration publication — the morning FMCSA first publishes the carrier in the Company Census File. Where the carrier has filed for authority, the MC docket number appears on the lead alongside the DOT number.

That's the earliest public moment in a carrier's life — upstream of authority activation, which means you're reaching carriers while the insurance and funding decisions that precede activation are still being made, not after.

Why the window matters

A carrier can't activate for-hire authority until liability insurance is on file, and most new carriers need factoring lined up before their first invoice. Both decisions happen in the days right after registration — the exact days these leads cover. Call a new authority three weeks after activation and you're the eleventh pitch they've heard; reach them in the registration window and you're often the first. (Full breakdown of that timeline in our guide, what happens after a carrier gets a DOT number.)

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Each morning's drop is filterable by state and business type (authorized for hire, private, exempt), sortable by fleet size, and exportable to CSV or Excel on the Pro plan. Every lead shows its official FMCSA registration date, so your CRM stays honest about lead age. $79/month, no contract; the first 5 leads of every day are free so you can validate the data against your own book before paying.

How it works

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FMCSA publishes

Every carrier must register with FMCSA before operating. The registry publishes new filings daily — company details and contact info included.

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We capture the drop

Carrier Hunt syncs every morning and surfaces the newly published carriers — each with phone, email, officer name, and its official registration date.

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You call first

Filter by state or business type, work the list, or export it to CSV/Excel. You're reaching carriers the morning they hit the public record.

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Common questions

What exactly counts as a "new authority" lead here?

Carrier Hunt keys on the DOT registration event: the day FMCSA publishes a carrier's new registration in the Company Census File. Where the carrier has filed for operating authority, the MC docket number is included on the lead. DOT registration and MC authority being granted are distinct events with a lag between them — our leads put you in front of carriers at the earliest of those moments, before authority even activates.

Why do insurance agents and factoring reps use these?

Because timing is everything with new authorities. A carrier must have liability insurance on file before FMCSA activates its authority, and new carriers need cash flow from their first load — so the window right after registration is when insurance and factoring decisions get made. Reaching a carrier in that window beats reaching them a month later, every time.

Do leads include the MC number?

When the carrier has a docket on file, yes — each lead shows the MC number alongside the DOT number, plus phone, email, officer name, location, and fleet size.

Can I filter to just for-hire carriers?

Yes — filter any day's drop by business type (authorized for hire, private, exempt) and by state, and export exactly that slice to CSV or Excel.