Preview Preview: 15,813 carriers of roughly 4.5 million registered — a deliberate mix of currently active carriers and ones deactivated within the past year. Coverage is expanding. Sourced from the FMCSA Motor Carrier Census. Data as of 2026-09-08.

Trucking carriers based in California

How California carriers fare at the roadside, measured against every other state, from federal inspection and crash records.

11.6%Inspections ending out of service of 17,306 inspections
17,306Roadside inspections rolling three-year window
5,166Crashes on file 4.1% involved a fatality
14,973Power units across 385 carriers on file

California ranks 22 of 45 rated states by out-of-service rate, worst first — 13% higher than the national figure.

Largest carriers

CarrierPower units DriversInspections Out of service
G I TRUCKING COMPANY 23041915 221713.3%
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 22452633 886.8%
NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA LLC 996683 7618.4%
CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PACIFIC LLC 686682 2596.6%
MISSION LINEN SUPPLY 592699 2688.6%
A TEICHERT & SON INC 562464 17812.4%
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX-FILM CORP 535710 355.7%
BRAGG INVESTMENT COMPANY INC 530462 8346.2%
WALT DISNEY PICTURES 467532 267.7%
BAKER COMMODITIES INC 366251 35112.0%
YOUNG'S MARKET COMPANY LLC 349546 4608.0%
DEPENDABLE HIGHWAY EXPRESS INC 312240 21453.9%
OSTERKAMP TRUCKING, INC 312312 59716.1%
BAKEMARK USA LLC 267283 64214.3%
TIGER LINES LLC 265199 51116.6%
EARLE M JORGENSEN CO 224179 40512.8%
WB STUDIO ENTERPRISES INC 212316 190.0%
FOSTER POULTRY FARMS LLC 180105 5614.6%
OK PRODUCE 141157 6846.9%
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP 136191 210.0%

Compare with another state

The twelve highest out-of-service rates on file.

Reading these numbers

These are rates, not totals. A count of carriers here describes the records we hold, not everything California has on the road. A rate does not depend on how much of the state we hold, which is why it is the figure on this page. It is weighted by inspections, so a few large carriers move it more than many small ones.

An out-of-service order means an inspector found something serious enough to stop the vehicle or driver until it was fixed. The rate counts inspections that ended in such an order, over inspections performed — not violations, several of which can come from one inspection. A crash on a carrier’s record is not a finding of fault.

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