Registration
Legal name, DBA, USDOT and MC numbers, address, fleet size and MCS-150 date.
Carrier records and risk scores for freight brokers
We keep more than 2.2 million carrier records from the FMCSA registration file. Search a USDOT number, MC number or company name and you get the carrier's authority, insurance filings, inspections, crashes and a risk score in one place, so you can see quickly whether a carrier needs a closer look.
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Searching is free. Premium opens the full record on every carrier: the risk score and its reasons, inspection detail, contact details and PDF downloads.
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One carrier, one tabbed record
Open a carrier and the risk score sits at the top with the reasons listed under it. The tabs hold the rest: inspections, crashes, insurance, authority, change history and contact details. Save the carrier with one click, or download the whole record as a PDF for your carrier file.
More than 2.2 million carrier records, kept current
We keep more than 2.2 million carrier records from the FMCSA registration file in one searchable database. We refresh inspection, crash and out-of-service data up to once every 24 hours, and registration details such as address, fleet size and MCS-150 date every week.
Everything sits in one tabbed record, so you are not piecing a carrier together from several FMCSA sites.
Authority
Current status plus dated grants, revocations and reinstatements.
Insurance
Liability filings on record with FMCSA, with insurer, coverage and cancellation dates.
Safety
Roadside inspections, violations, out-of-service orders, crashes and the FMCSA safety rating.
How we score carriers
Every carrier starts at 100. The score gives more weight to current and recent indicators, and each deduction has a cap, so no single factor determines the score on its own.
Older crashes carry less weight. A crash in the last year counts far more than one from four or five years ago, and crashes older than ten years do not affect the score.
New carriers with no inspections or crashes yet start at 100 and move as their record builds. For a new carrier, a score of 100 means no adverse scored history has been identified yet. It does not mean the carrier has an established safety record or has been approved by DCC.
Every score comes with its factor breakdown, so you can see why a carrier landed where it did and make your own call.
80 and above: low risk55 to 79: monitorUnder 55: needs review
The score is a DCC summary of public FMCSA data, not an FMCSA rating or a carrier approval.
What moves the score
- Up to −20Out-of-service ratesDriver and vehicle OOS rates over 24 months, against the national averages. Only the amount above average counts, and small inspection samples count for less.
- Up to −25CrashesWeighted by severity and recency, and measured against reported mileage or an estimate based on power units when mileage is unavailable.
- −10Operating authorityNo active for-hire authority on the carrier's MC docket.
- −8Insurance filingNo currently effective liability filing on the carrier's MC docket.
- −10 / −20FMCSA safety ratingConditional or Unsatisfactory. An Unsatisfactory rating also keeps the score out of the low risk band.
- −3 / −5MCS-150 updateRegistration not updated in more than two years.
- +3 / +5Clean inspectionsTen or more inspections in 24 months with no out-of-service orders.
Source: FMCSA public records. Scoring factors summarized.
What broker access includes
One subscription covers every carrier page and your lookup dashboard.
Carrier risk score
See which carriers need a closer look, and why. Each score lists the factors that moved it, so you can see exactly what affected it.
Inspection history
Open any recent inspection to see the violations cited and whether the driver or vehicle was placed out of service. Repeat problems show up fast.
Out-of-service rates
Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates over 24 months, shown beside the national averages, so a high rate stands out instead of hiding in a table.
Contact details
The phone, email and company officer the carrier registered with FMCSA, shown in your lookup dashboard. Useful for checking you are dealing with the company on the record. Never published on public pages.
Full-record PDF and watchlist
One click gives you a timestamped PDF of the whole record, score included, for your carrier file. Save the carriers you use and come back to them from your dashboard.
Also in the record
Crash records
Recent crashes with fatalities, injuries and tow-aways, from the federal crash file.
Insurance filings
Liability filings with insurer, policy, coverage, and effective and cancellation dates.
Authority history
Grants, revocations and reinstatements on the carrier's operating authority, with dates.
Change timeline
Changes to name, address, authority and insurance, tracked as our FMCSA source data refreshes.
Shared registration details
Coming soon: other carriers that share an officer or address with this one.
Where this fits in carrier vetting
Use the record to help identify carriers that may need further review before booking. It does not replace your onboarding checks: confirm the certificate of insurance with the insurance agent and verify identity through your usual process.
What public data can and cannot tell you
FMCSA data shows what was reported: inspections, crashes, filings and registration. FMCSA data can lag real-world events, it usually does not cover cargo insurance, and it cannot tell you how a carrier handles freight. Crash records show reported crash involvement and do not, by themselves, establish fault or preventability.
Questions
How often is the data updated?
We refresh inspection, crash and out-of-service data up to once every 24 hours. Registration details are refreshed weekly.
How is the risk score worked out?
Every carrier starts at 100 and loses points for out-of-service rates above the national average, recent crashes, inactive authority, a missing liability filing, an overdue MCS-150 update and a Conditional or Unsatisfactory FMCSA rating. Older crashes carry less weight. The scoring factors are summarized on this page.
Is DOT Compliance Companies FMCSA?
No. DOT Compliance Companies is not FMCSA, a government agency or a regulator.
Does the lookup verify a carrier?
No. It shows public FMCSA records and flags public-record changes. The user makes the decision.
Is cargo insurance shown?
Insurance filings show federal liability filing rows and any cargo filing fields present in the source data. Confirm cargo coverage directly with the carrier or insurer.
About this data
DOT Compliance Companies is not FMCSA, a government agency or a regulator. Records come from public FMCSA data, and the risk score is our own summary of that data.