Trucking and bus carriers in Kentucky: 43,419 registered carriers, 714 with 20+ trucks
Kentucky has 4,294 registered motor carriers with 5 or more power units, 714 of them with 20 or more, operating 73,484 power units with 68,570 drivers. From November 7, 2024 to November 7, 2026, their vehicles went out of service in 21.3% of 23,043 vehicle inspections, against 22.9% for all carriers, and the states reported 2,262 crashes involving them. FMCSA lists 43,419 active carriers with an address in Kentucky, counting the smallest.
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- Carriers with 5+ power units
- 4,294
- With 20+ power units
- 714
- Power units
- 73,484
- Drivers
- 68,570
- Inspections
- 39,259
- Crashes involving these carriers, wherever they happened
- 2,262
- Vehicle out of service rate
- 21.3% (1.6 points below the national rate, national 22.9%)
Largest carriers in Kentucky
Ranked by power units. Counts cover November 7, 2024 to November 7, 2026.
| Carrier | City | Power units | Drivers | Inspections | Vehicle out of service | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis H Elliot Company Incorporated | Lexington | 1,898 | 2,425 | 232 | 14.3% | 7 |
| Mercer Transportation Company Inc | Louisville | 1,605 | 1,708 | 4,027 | 22% | 109 |
| Paschall Truck Lines Inc | Murray | 1,092 | 1,089 | 2,010 | 24.5% | 109 |
| 5 Star Electric LLC | Clay | 812 | 461 | 31 | 15% | 8 |
| Ervin Cable Construction LLC | Sturgis | 706 | 1,210 | 36 | 38.5% | 5 |
| Creation Gardens Inc | Louisville | 634 | 686 | 312 | 7% | 22 |
| UPS Cartage Services Inc | Hebron | 626 | 729 | 290 | 7.8% | 23 |
| Appalachian Power Company | Pikeville | 624 | 487 | 33 | 5% | 4 |
| Boyd Company | Louisville | 488 | 284 | 285 | 6.9% | 1 |
| RJ Corman Railroad Services LLC | Nicholasville | 450 | 240 | 72 | 33.3% | 4 |
| Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc | Owensboro | 439 | 235 | 10 | 20% | 0 |
| Friendly Harbor Services Inc | Lexington | 398 | 521 | 3 | Not listed | 4 |
| The Wells Group LLC | West Liberty | 393 | 299 | 145 | 13.8% | 7 |
| American Welding & Gas Inc | Lexington | 356 | 323 | 616 | 7.1% | 18 |
| Reladyne Transportation LLC | Hebron | 343 | 234 | 313 | 9.1% | 19 |
| Hutson Inc | Murray | 320 | 965 | 14 | Not listed | 0 |
| M & M Cartage Co Inc | Louisville | 303 | 310 | 137 | 18.4% | 7 |
| Praxel Line Services LLC | London | 299 | 400 | 28 | 18.8% | 2 |
| William E Groves Construction LLC | Madisonville | 294 | 325 | 25 | 45.5% | 3 |
| Kentucky Utilities | Louisville | 280 | 285 | 18 | 0% | 3 |
| Louisville Water Company | Louisville | 254 | 114 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| S & S Firestone Inc | Lexington | 240 | 95 | 361 | 9% | 13 |
| Peak Supply Chain Solutions Inc | Louisville | 239 | 190 | 82 | 27.7% | 6 |
| Arts Rental Equipment Inc | Newport | 238 | 55 | 22 | 33.3% | 5 |
| Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated Inc | MT Vernon | 232 | 130 | 53 | 22.6% | 3 |
| Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC | Russell Springs | 210 | 123 | 371 | 26.3% | 10 |
| RJ Corman Railroad Company Material Sales | Nicholasville | 209 | 121 | 40 | 19.2% | 3 |
| Rudd Equipment Company Inc | Louisville | 203 | 133 | 76 | 6.9% | 5 |
| Scottys Contracting & Stone LLC | Bowling Green | 198 | 147 | 9 | 57.1% | 2 |
| Louisville Gas and Electric Company | Louisville | 197 | 267 | 0 | Not listed | 1 |
| United Electric Company Inc | Louisville | 193 | 45 | 3 | Not listed | 1 |
| Toyota Material Handling Midwest Inc | Louisville | 191 | 191 | 12 | 0% | 3 |
| Vascor Transport LTD | Georgetown | 188 | 333 | 302 | 22.5% | 17 |
| Aphix LLC | Frankfort | 188 | 202 | 18 | 50% | 0 |
| Taylor Motors Inc | Murray | 188 | 109 | 58 | 0% | 1 |
| Blue Grass Community Action Partnership Inc | Frankfort | 181 | 132 | 1 | Not listed | 5 |
| Dassler Domestic Logistics Inc | Louisville | 179 | 141 | 184 | 34% | 14 |
| Agri Power Inc | Hopkinsville | 179 | 125 | 6 | Not listed | 1 |
| Trans Papa Logistics Inc | Louisville | 177 | 434 | 260 | 20.8% | 13 |
| Blue Tank and Pump LLC | Nicholasville | 177 | 158 | 35 | 29.2% | 1 |
| Atria Management Company LLC | Louisville | 170 | 381 | 64 | 6.2% | 1 |
| Miller Transportationinc | Louisville | 170 | 190 | 19 | 0% | 9 |
| Borden Dairy Company of Kentucky LLC | London | 166 | 194 | 213 | 45.2% | 10 |
| Martin Contracting Inc | Richmond | 165 | 128 | 36 | 56% | 0 |
| South Kentucky Recc | Somerset | 162 | 137 | 1 | Not listed | 0 |
| Bowlin Group LLC | Walton | 162 | 111 | 9 | 11.1% | 1 |
| Kentucky Power Comany | Ashland | 152 | 155 | 126 | 2.4% | 0 |
| Bob Sumerel Tire Co Inc | Erlanger | 152 | 144 | 44 | 0% | 1 |
| As Carriers Inc | Bowling Green | 152 | 76 | 93 | 36.8% | 6 |
| Stewart-Richey Const Company Inc | Bowling Green | 148 | 148 | 10 | 42.9% | 3 |
| Nalls Specialized Hauling Inc | Elizabethtown | 143 | 131 | 141 | 28.2% | 8 |
| Cleary Construction Inc | Tompkinsville | 141 | 141 | 10 | 40% | 0 |
| Neat & Wilson Inc | Dunnville | 138 | 91 | 163 | 24% | 11 |
| Hill Transportation Inc | Louisville | 137 | 180 | 181 | 29.4% | 12 |
| Waste Connections of Kentucky Inc | Lily | 132 | 102 | 47 | 14.8% | 4 |
| Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company Inc | Louisville | 130 | 135 | 52 | 0% | 1 |
| Delta Services LLC | Louisville | 129 | 127 | 4 | Not listed | 1 |
| Pizza Wholesale of Lexington Inc | Paris | 128 | 186 | 150 | 3.9% | 9 |
| Swartz Mowing Inc | Olympia | 127 | 126 | 14 | 40% | 1 |
| Triple D Communications LLC | Nicholasville | 125 | 168 | 13 | 62.5% | 2 |
| Bullitt County Board of Education | Shepherdsville | 123 | 114 | 0 | Not listed | 4 |
| Buzick Construction Inc | Bardstown | 123 | 60 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| Keystops LLC | Franklin | 122 | 121 | 112 | 4.9% | 6 |
| Art's Electric | Frankfort | 120 | 30 | 7 | Not listed | 0 |
| Pennyrile Allied Community Services Inc | Hopkinsville | 117 | 75 | 0 | Not listed | 1 |
| Valor LLC | Owensboro | 116 | 28 | 37 | 6.5% | 1 |
| Hinkle Contracting Company LLC | Paris | 115 | 97 | 16 | 0% | 4 |
| Signature Consulting Services | Louisville | 111 | 127 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| BG Xpress LLC | Bowling Green | 110 | 51 | 140 | 28.3% | 6 |
| Bih Express Inc | Bowling Green | 104 | 116 | 160 | 40% | 12 |
| Product Distribution Company | Louisville | 103 | 88 | 116 | 18.5% | 6 |
| East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc | Winchester | 101 | 88 | 8 | 14.3% | 0 |
| Clark Distributing Inc | Oakland | 98 | 98 | 102 | 7.8% | 5 |
| The Harper Co | Hebron | 98 | 38 | 5 | Not listed | 0 |
| TS Trucking LLC | Bowling Green | 96 | 98 | 21 | 35% | 8 |
| L M Asphalt Partners Inc | Lexington | 95 | 76 | 27 | 15.8% | 2 |
| Kentucky Container Service Inc | Louisville | 94 | 85 | 48 | 35.7% | 3 |
| Taz Trucking Inc | Bowling Green | 93 | 96 | 205 | 33.3% | 12 |
| Grasslands Environmental | Louisville | 93 | 68 | 34 | 38.9% | 8 |
| Fusionsite Kentucky LLC | Louisville | 92 | 49 | 2 | Not listed | 0 |
| Suburban Towing Inc | Louisville | 92 | 48 | 36 | 17.4% | 7 |
| Ballard Inc | Bardstown | 91 | 78 | 149 | 13.6% | 5 |
| Transit Authority of Central Ky | Elizabethtown | 91 | 63 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| Brothers Transport LLC | Nicholasville | 90 | 92 | 171 | 16.5% | 15 |
| Coal-Mac LLC | Lexington | 90 | 90 | 112 | 8.3% | 0 |
| Bowlin Services LLC | Walton | 90 | 69 | 4 | Not listed | 3 |
| C R Asphalt LLC | Lexington | 90 | 40 | 18 | 20% | 2 |
| Jim Smith Contracting Company LLC | Grand Rivers | 89 | 88 | 7 | Not listed | 2 |
| Sysco Louisville Inc | Louisville | 87 | 109 | 60 | 8% | 8 |
| American Roofing & Metal Company Inc | Louisville | 87 | 97 | 14 | 42.9% | 0 |
| Waste Management of Kentucky LLC | Louisville | 87 | 87 | 11 | 42.9% | 8 |
| Knights Mechanical LLC | Cecilia | 87 | 62 | 1 | Not listed | 0 |
| Hussung Mechanical Contractors Inc | Louisville | 87 | 10 | 3 | Not listed | 0 |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc | Lexington | 86 | 182 | 9 | 44.4% | 0 |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Louisville | 85 | 139 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| Meuth Construction Supply, Inc | Henderson | 85 | 75 | 26 | 21.4% | 7 |
| Lyons Company Inc | Glasgow | 84 | 101 | 0 | Not listed | 0 |
| Liberty Bulk Transport LLC | Louisville | 83 | 89 | 66 | 5.4% | 3 |
| Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation | Bowling Green | 82 | 163 | 0 | Not listed | 1 |
| Lewis Transportinc | Columbia | 82 | 77 | 130 | 9.1% | 8 |
Carriers by fleet size
| Power units | Carriers |
|---|---|
| 5 to 9 | 2,614 |
| 10 to 19 | 966 |
| 20 to 49 | 509 |
| 50 to 99 | 133 |
| 100 to 499 | 64 |
| 500 or more | 8 |
Cities with the most carriers
| City | Carriers with 5+ power units |
|---|---|
| Louisville | 555 |
| Lexington | 285 |
| Bowling Green | 155 |
| Owensboro | 108 |
| Paducah | 80 |
| Nicholasville | 77 |
| London | 70 |
Cargo carried
Types of operation
| Type | Carriers |
|---|---|
| For hire carriers | 1,636 |
| Private fleets | 3,011 |
| Passenger carriers and bus operators | 304 |
| Hazardous materials carriers | 615 |
| Interstate carriers | 2,234 |
| Intrastate carriers | 2,060 |
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from US Department of Transportation, FMCSA Motor Carrier Census, Inspection, Crash and Licensing files. Public domain (U.S. government work). Inspection and crash counts cover November 7, 2024 to November 7, 2026. Fleet size, drivers, cargo and operation are as each carrier reports them to FMCSA and can be out of date. A vehicle or driver out of service order means an inspector ordered the vehicle or driver off the road until the problem was fixed. The national rate comes from every inspection in the same window. Crashes are those state police reported to FMCSA and are not a finding of fault. This page uses US Department of Transportation data and is not endorsed or certified by the Department of Transportation or FMCSA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.