DOT Compliance Companies in Syracuse, NY

The Syracuse carrier base in numbers

What the local carrier data shows

Single-truck operators make up 56% of carriers here, below the 64% national share, with a further 39% running two to ten units.

Of the carriers registered here, 479 (44%) are carrying an MCS-150 older than 24 months, which is above the national rate of 38%. That filing is required on the applicable biennial cycle even when nothing about the business has changed. An outdated or inactive USDOT record can also create issues with brokers, shippers, insurers and other counterparties.

136 of the local carriers, 13% of the base, took their registration out in 2025 or later, close to the national figure of 12%. Many carriers first registered in 2025 or later may still be within FMCSA’s New Entrant Safety Assurance Program, depending on their registration date and status. New-entrant carriers are subject to FMCSA’s safety-audit and corrective-action process.

What Syracuse carriers actually haul

The commodities most often declared by carriers registered in Syracuse are general freight (188), construction (134), motor vehicles (46), general freight; construction (41), passengers (35). On operating classification, 848 are recorded as interstate and 211 as intrastate, which decides whether the federal hours-of-service and driver qualification rules apply in full or whether the state variation governs.

Federal and New York requirements

• FMCSA: USDOT number, operating authority, safety regulations
• New York State DMV: Intrastate registration, IRP apportioned plates, IFTA fuel tax
• New York specific: New York requires a Highway Use Tax (HUT) certificate on top of IFTA

A change made in one system may also require a separate filing or update in the other.

Sources: Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council freight planning, New York State DOT Freight Transportation Plan, FMCSA registration guidance.