America is a country with good developed logistic and with good roads! Cargo transportation is considered here like one of the best field for making money and this always will bring good money.

America is a country of good roads and developed logistics! Trucking in this country is considered one of the most promising industries to earn money, and will always bring good money.

Every year more and more transport companies open in the United States, and in recent years this market has generally experienced a real boom in development: there are more and more goods, drivers, brokers and dispatchers are offered excellent opportunities to earn money.

It is not surprising that every year in America the number of companies, as well as businessmen who open a trucking business in the United States, increases significantly.
As a rule, they pay money to private firms for paperwork, and often at a very high price. If it is not so difficult for a resident of America to pay it, then for an immigrant, often, such services cost a pretty penny. That is why in this publication we will tell you in detail and free of charge about how to open your own trucking company in the USA, we will indicate what documents you need for this and how much such a procedure costs. According to an expert with many years of experience, Diana, Head of the Safety Department at Trucking42, registering a company in the United States is a laborious process. It is not enough to register a company, it needs to be activated, as well as “put on a working stream”. To do this, a potential businessman will have to go through six main stages.

FEIN or SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER is a federal identification number that is issued to individuals and legal entities.
“If you do not have FEIN , but only SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER , then it is better to open a company and get FEIN , as this will save you from possible problems after opening a transport company,” Diana advises.

A businessman who registers a truck company will definitely need a real address in the United States, since the FMC USA system regularly monitors and checks all the real addresses of truck companies.

“It often happens in our practice that the owner of a trucking company is registered in New York, and the real address of the company can be, say, in New Jersey or Pennsylvania,” notes Diana, “the reason is simple: it is very difficult to open a company in New York, there is a special taxation, as well as expensive insurance. It is simply unprofitable for business owners. The owner opened a company, bought a PO box (PO box) and thinks that's it, the problem is solved. But it was not there. Federal Motor Carrier requires carriers that register in the US to be registered to a real address…which is why such schemes don’t work.”

In order to calculate the costs, you must first determine the type of operations that the transport company will perform. In addition, it is necessary to determine the type of vehicle and the weight of the goods that it will carry. Typically, carriers take cargo up to 26 thousand pounds and up to 80 thousand pounds. If your firm transports up to 26 thousand pounds, the following costs are coming: For MC Number and DOT - $300; For the BOC form - 3 - 25 dollars; For UCR - tax for one truck - about $60. If your company transports up to 80 thousand pounds, the following costs are coming: For DOT&MC NUMBER you will need $300;

BOC-3 FORM - $25;
for USR - $60;
Pay for Drug&Alcohol ClearingHouse – $12.50;
Plan size - $10. “It is important to remember, Diana notes, that if you do not plan to deal with the process of registering a company yourself, you will have to pay $200-500 to experts who will do it for you. In general, if you know all the requirements in advance and have the necessary skills, then you can register a transport company in America in 20 minutes, and you will need another 20 minutes to complete and fill out information about the company. If you "swim in this topic", then the simplest registration process can drag on indefinitely. I recommend contacting a professional right away."

Open does not mean active. When you register a transport company, you receive an MC and DOT from the state , giving you the right to work in the United States.

This data is not active yet. In order to activate the company, you need to obtain an insurance policy.

They come in different types:
Basic insurance is General Liability Policy . A type of insurance that covers those cases in which the company or the driver caused damage to other road users.
The second type of insurance - Physical Damage - is a type of insurance that covers cases when your truck or trailer has received some kind of physical damage, it needs to be repaired or replaced altogether.

And there is also Cargo insurance - this is a type of insurance that covers damage to cargo.

“These are all basic insurances, and you will need to get them,” Diana emphasizes, “for this you will need documents for the truck and trailer, as well as a driver's license. These documents need to be sent to the insurance agent, and, of course, you will need money to pay for the insurance policy. I want to warn you that it can take several weeks from the time you pay for your insurance policy to the time your company is activated, so please be patient and wait for FMC USA to declare your company active.”


The issue of taxation in the United States is quite complex and extensive. The owner of the company, of course, needs to be aware of those taxes that relate directly to the truck business. We are talking about taxes IFTA / UCR , as well as HHV / IRP .
IFTA - INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX AGREEMENT.

In short, this is a road tax. On a quarterly, or even monthly basis (in some states), the truck company's safety manager must count all the miles the vehicle has driven in all states, as well as how many gallons of fuel the company has purchased in each state. Then he enters special platforms and pays for these miles.
The second tax is UCR - Unified Carrier Registration.
It's a vehicle tax.
“To explain briefly, this is a kind of union of all carriers. An association to which you contribute amounts of money for your FLIT (fleet). The more vehicles in the company's fleet, the higher the tax. So for one truck you need to pay an average of about 60 dollars,” says Diana.

The next tax is IRP (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN).
“According to the law, every company with its own fleet or an individual who earns money on a truck must have an IRP account. INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN account. In the state where your company is registered, you must open it in order to register the truck with the DMV– Department of motor vehicles. What is it for? Your staff should have all the information about where the company's office is located, who is the owner, is there insurance and is there a registration? You won't be able to register a vehicle on CDOT if you don't have an IRP account – a,” notes Diana. Another tax is Form 2290 . HEAVY HIGHWAY VEHICLE USE TAX RETURN. Tax, which is also paid on the vehicle, based on the weight of the truck. It is paid every year and immediately for a year in advance. Without this form, you will not be able to renew your truck registration and register it with the DMV . After the company is activated, all work begins.

As you understand, creating a fleet, hiring a driver and registering a company is not enough. In order for her to earn money, you will need cargo, or rather people who offer and find these cargoes for transportation. We are talking about brokers and dispatchers. You will also have to hire a safety manager so that he can prepare all the documents, and your company can function legally. And, of course, you will need an accountant. Usually, in companies with fleets of up to 5 trucks, this function is taken over by a sa fety manager or a dispatcher. Everything else depends only on you.