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Mississippi trucking industry insights

7,197 active for-hire motor carriers based in Mississippi — 0.63% 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
7,197
Power units
118,343
Drivers
34,524
Hazmat carriers
772
New this year
+409
Share of US
0.63%

Fleet size distribution — Mississippi

How Mississippi for-hire carriers split by truck count.

FMCSA safety ratings — Mississippi

Click a rating to browse Mississippi carriers with that score.

Top fleet operators based in Mississippi

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

# Carrier City Trucks
1 KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES JACKSON 1,233
2 TOTAL RICHLAND 1,100
3 JORDAN CARRIERS INC NATCHEZ 880
4 WAYNE SANDERSON FARMS LAUREL 634
5 CAL-MAINE FOODS INC RIDGELAND 557
6 ERGON TRUCKING INC JACKSON 499
7 MMC MATERIALS INC MADISON 381
8 WADDLE TRUCKING LLC BELDEN 278
9 SOUTHERN TRUCKING MERIDIAN 269
10 E3 ENVIRONMENTAL CLINTON 258
11 MERCHANTS FOODSERVICE HATTIESBURG 258
12 DEEPWELL ENERGY SERVICES LLC COLUMBIA 257
13 GULF RELAY LLC CLINTON 249
14 MK-TRUCKING PASS CHRISTIAN 212
15 BIG LEVEL TRUCKING INC WIGGINS 198

Top cargo categories — Mississippi

What Mississippi for-hire carriers haul.

Mississippi IFTA fuel tax

Q1 2026

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

Diesel Rank #43 of US
$0.2100 /gal effective
US avg $0.3656 — $-0.1556 below avg
Gasoline Rank #36 of US
$0.2100 /gal effective
US avg $0.3271 — $-0.1171 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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