The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing to increase interstate registration fees by an average of 25% beginning in 2025 for truckers, brokers and other transport companies.
Carriers with fewer than three commercial vehicles could see their Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement fees rise by $9, while the largest fleets — those with 1,0001 trucks or more — could face a $9,000 uptick.
The UCR Plan recommended in September to increase the fees, FMCSA said, pointing to the UCR’s board of directors, which consists of representatives from state transportation departments as well as trucking and bus industries. The board also holds a slot for the FMCSA deputy administrator or a Department of Transportation official.
Current and proposed registration fees per entity
| Number of units in a fleet | 2024 current rate | 2025 proposed rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 | $37 | $46 |
| 3–5 | $111 | $138 |
| 6–20 | $221 | $276 |
| 21–100 | $769 | $963 |
| 101–1,000 | $3,670 | $4,592 |
| 1,001 and above | $35,836 | $44,836 |
SOURCE: FMCSA notice of proposed rulemaking.
The agency called the increase “unavoidable” and “anticipated,” saying it was the result of fee reductions in the past two years.
Those reductions — about a 9% decrease this year and a 31% drop on average in 2023 — were due to a statute that caps the annual collection of registration fees at $107.8 million, plus administrative costs.
The program allows states to capture a minimum amount of revenue each year from a board-set level of funding.
The fee applies to motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies across 41 states in the program.
The pending notice appeared in the Federal Register on Monday. The official version, scheduled for one day later, triggers a 30-day comment period.
