New trucking authorities in Kentucky: week of September 14, 2026

FMCSA granted 7 new operating authorities to Kentucky-based carriers and brokers between September 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026, 42% fewer than the week before (12).

7authorities granted
6carriers and freight forwarders
1brokers
0.6%of grants to U.S.-based companies (1,165)
24median days from USDOT registration to authority

Fleet size at the time of the grant

Power units reportedGrants
1 truck4
2–5 trucks2
6 or more0
None reported (includes brokers)1

Type of authority

AuthorityGrants
Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)6
Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)1

Where they are based

CityGrants
Louisville2
Erlanger1
Henderson1
Hopkinsville1
Richmond1
Warsaw1

Companies granted authority this week

6 of the 7 grants went to companies with a legal-entity name (LLC, Inc., Corp. and similar). The remaining 1 are registered under a person's or trade name and are counted but not listed.

CompanyCity
Epsilon Logistics Group LLCRichmond
Mdl Transport LLCHenderson
Checkered Flag Transport LLCWarsaw
Evergreen Transport Company LLCHopkinsville
Lll Freight Group LLCLouisville
Nisi Solutions LLCErlanger

How this is counted

A grant is a record in FMCSA's operating-authority history with status Active and reason Granted; reinstatements are excluded. Each grant is matched to the carrier's USDOT census record for its state, city and fleet size. Weeks run Monday to Sunday. FMCSA posts grants in batches, sometimes several hundred on one day, so a single week can swing sharply; compare several weeks before reading a trend. A week appears here only after it has had seven days to settle. Weeks before August 24, 2026 are not published because our counts for them are incomplete.

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