UCR brackets / B5
Bracket B5 · 101–1,000 vehicles
UCR bracket B5: $5,548 for 2027
Bracket B5 covers carriers that operated 101–1,000 vehicles in the preceding year. The fee is $5,548 for the 2027 registration year, up from $4,592 in 2026, a rise of $956 or 20.8 percent.
- 12027 fee $5,548
- 22026 fee $4,592
- 3Increase 20.8%
- 4Vehicles 101–1,000 vehicles
What $5,548 buys, per truck
At the bottom of the bracket, 101 vehicles, the 2027 fee is $54.93 per vehicle; at the top, 1000 vehicles, it is $5.55. The bracket you fall into is set by last year's count, so a carrier that grew from 101 to 1000 trucks during 2026 pays the same $5,548 as one that stayed at 101 all year. The reverse holds too: a carrier that shrank from 1000 to 101 still pays this bracket's fee because it operated 1000 during the year.
The edges of bracket B5
Below: there is nothing below B5. Zero vehicles is still B5.
Above: one vehicle past 1000 puts you in bracket B1 (0–2 vehicles) at $55, a step of $-5,493. The step is modest at this end of the schedule; the brackets widen sharply further up.
A hundred and one to a thousand
At this size UCR stops being a cost to think about and becomes a filing to get right: $5,548 is a rounding error for a fleet of several hundred, but a wrong count that lands a 101-vehicle carrier in B4 at $1,163 is an under-payment that a state audit can find years later. Large fleets also need to reconcile the UCR count with the power-unit figure on their MCS-150, since enforcement officers see both.
Registration years and sources
| Registration year | Bracket B5 fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4,592 | UCR Plan — fee brackets |
| 2027 | $5,548 | FMCSA final rule, 49 CFR 367.50 (FR Doc. 2026-17893, Docket FMCSA-2025-0655) |
2027 registration opened on October 1, 2026. The 2027 fee also applies to every later registration year until FMCSA adopts a new table by rule. Brackets did not change between the two years shown; only the dollar amounts did, by 20 percent on average across the schedule.
Who registers in bracket B5
Large regional and national carriers, and private fleets of large manufacturers and retailers. Anyone in the bracket who is engaged in interstate commerce to any extent must register; the rule is not about how far or how often.
Sources: FMCSA final rule, 49 CFR 367.50 (FR Doc. 2026-17893, Docket FMCSA-2025-0655); UCR Plan — fee brackets; UCR Plan — FAQ. Checked 2026-10-23.