Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement (2026)

FMCSA proposes amendments to its regulations governing the annual Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement registration fees that participating States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies. The UCR Board of Directors (Board) did not recommend any change in fees for the 2026 registration year, therefore the fees remained the same as the 2025 registration year. However, on September 18, 2025, the Board recommended a fee increase for the 2027 registration year and subsequent registration years. This increase averages 18 percent, with varying increases between $9 and $9,329 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket. FMCSA is proposing to adopt the recommended fee increase.