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Colorado trucking industry insights

22,140 active for-hire motor carriers based in Colorado — 1.95% of the US for-hire fleet. Fleet sizes, top operators, safety ratings and IFTA fuel tax for the state, refreshed weekly from the FMCSA Company Census.

FMCSA data last refreshed 5 days ago (May 9, 2026) · Aggregates cached 24h.

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For-hire carriers
22,140
Power units
375,563
Drivers
89,406
Hazmat carriers
1,842
New this year
+861
Share of US
1.95%

Fleet size distribution — Colorado

How Colorado for-hire carriers split by truck count.

FMCSA safety ratings — Colorado

Click a rating to browse Colorado carriers with that score.

Top fleet operators based in Colorado

Largest Colorado for-hire carriers by power units. Click for the full FMCSA profile.

# Carrier City Trucks
1 NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS LOVELAND 9,367
2 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT DENVER 698
3 JBS CARRIERS INC GREELEY 594
4 ACCELERATED SERVICES LLC PARKER 576
5 OLDCASTLE SW GROUP INC GRAND JUNCTION 495
6 WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO AURORA 482
7 NOVUS AG LLC FORT COLLINS 402
8 AMERICAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE CO ENGLEWOOD 401
9 NAVAJO EXPRESS INC DENVER 296
10 CO TRAN LLC DENVER 275
11 OFFEN PETROLEUM LLC COMMERCE CITY 274
12 SHAMROCK FOODS COMPANY AURORA 257
13 RMS CRANES DENVER 234
14 U S TRANSPORT INC DENVER 203
15 SUPREME AUTO TRANSPORT INC LONGMONT 190

Top cargo categories — Colorado

What Colorado for-hire carriers haul.

Colorado IFTA fuel tax

Q1 2026

Per-gallon rate for Colorado (effective = base + surcharge), with delta vs the US average.

Diesel Rank #21 of US
$0.3250 /gal effective
US avg $0.3656 — $-0.0406 below avg
Gasoline Rank #26 of US
$0.2700 /gal effective
US avg $0.3271 — $-0.0571 below avg

Full IFTA matrix in our quarterly calculator.

Data: FMCSA Company Census (public domain) · IFTA Inc tax matrix · refreshed weekly + monthly respectively.
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