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Carrier vetting · Risk signals · FMCSA + MOTUS

They changed
the name.
Not the phone number.

We link companies by phone, address, VIN, email, and more — so reincarnated carriers, pending revocations, and authorities quietly listed for sale surface before you tender the load or bind the policy.

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Meridian Freight Group LLC

DOT 3•••••• · MC 1••••• · Authority granted 71 days ago

Fail

4 failed the rest passed

  • Authority pending revocation today
  • Insurance cancellation pending 6d ago
  • Company for sale 3w ago
  • Contact info changed 2mo ago

Associated entities

3 companies share this phone number and yard address. One had its authority revoked in 2023.

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01 · Freight brokers

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A carrier that looks fine on the load board can be a revoked authority with a new name. You need the verdict before the rate con goes out, not after the claim comes in.

  • Catch bad actors with industry-leading chameleon carrier detection and associated entity search
  • Pass/fail verdict against your own vetting rules, plus proprietary SearchCarriers risk factors
  • Source carriers with Advanced Search and export the list
  • Enriched contacts, and contact verification before you dial
  • Shipper profiles with their carrier networks and contacts
  • Audit forms that record your due diligence on every carrier
  • Monitor your carrier network with watches and Preferred / Do Not Use lists
  • Leave RoadRep feedback on the companies you've done business with
  • Look up carriers from any load board or inbox with the browser extension
  • Claim your own profile, annotate your data, and share documents securely
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Company profile with the associated entities card open: a strong link to a company sharing its name, phone, email domain, and addresses, and a weak link through one shared VIN
Associated entities on a company profile

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A sample of the rule set

interstate authority active authority granted in last 90 days vehicle OOS above national average driver OOS above national average crash per truck ratio > 10% safety rating conditional SMS BASIC percentile — HOS multiple phone matches not authorized for hire number of trucks less than 1 and more

Included on Compliance and Signals. Available over the API.

Vetting report with an overall Fail: authority pending revocation and DOT granted 90 to 365 days failed, followed by the rules that passed
Network graph of associated entities: several carrier records connected by lines showing shared phone numbers, addresses, and equipment

Chameleon detection

New DOT.
Same people.

A carrier gets shut down and reappears under a new DOT number the following week. The name is new. The phone number, the yard address, the trailer VINs, and the email domain usually aren't.

We link every company in the database on shared identifiers and rate how strong each connection is — so the connection shows up on the profile instead of in a deposition.

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  • Phone number
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  • Address
  • Equipment
  • And more

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Not last month.

Open a carrier and we check its authority and insurance with FMCSA's MOTUS system on the spot. If something changed since our last look, you see it on the profile while you're on the phone, not in next month's file.

Authority and insurance
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Census, inspections, and safety scores
From the federal files the morning they publish.
For-sale listings
Watched around the clock.

Meridian Freight LLC

DOT 3•••••• · MC 1•••••

MOTUS real-time · checked just now

Operating authority
Active
BOC-3
On file
Liability insurance
Cancellation pending
Cargo insurance
On file

Changed since your last look

Liability insurance went from Active to Cancellation pending this morning.

Authority and insurance, confirmed with FMCSA as the page loads

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Before I tender this load, is Meridian Freight LLC safe to use?

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Meridian Freight LLC (DOT 3••••••) has active authority and insurance on file, but I'd hold off:

  • Its authority was granted 71 days ago.
  • An insurance cancellation is pending.
  • Its vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national average.

Want me to leave a note on it in your lineup?

Yes, and find me three alternatives in Ohio.

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Would-use-again scores and RoadRep reports from verified companies, with the carrier's reply alongside.

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Keep your team's approved and blocked carriers in one place, and watch the whole Preferred list in one step.

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Filter the whole database by safety, inspections, and out-of-service rates, save the view, and export it.

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  • Every carrier, broker, and shipper searchable by location, fleet size, authority, and insurance
  • Full history of insurance, authority, and crashes on every profile
  • Inspection reports with violations and equipment, VINs decoded
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$70 /user/mo

  • Everything in Search, plus:
  • Your own vetting rules run on every carrier, every time
  • Proprietary risk factors that flag fraud before the load moves
  • Chameleon detection to see who is really behind the MC
  • Carrier network analysis to find the high-risk carriers in your book
  • RoadRep with would-use-again scores from companies that ran with them
  • Preferred and Do Not Use lists your whole team shares
  • Advanced Search with saved views and exports
  • Audit forms that record your due diligence
  • 200 watches and 5,000 exports a month
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$300 /user/mo

  • Everything in Compliance, plus:
  • Shipper profiles with the carriers every shipper actually uses
  • Insurance network watches that tell you when a new carrier joins an insurer's book
  • Enriched contacts with direct phone, email, role, and LinkedIn
  • Contact matcher to expose one person behind several carriers
  • Fleet Check to compare your VIN list against roadside inspections
  • Inspection, insurance, shipper, and PPP loan databases to search directly
  • Unlimited watches and 50,000 exports a month
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Questions

Straight answers

What is a chameleon carrier, and how do you detect one?

A chameleon carrier is an operation that shuts down under one DOT number and reappears under a new one to shed a safety record, an out-of-service order, or unpaid claims. We link every company in the database on shared identifiers like phone numbers, addresses, equipment, email, and more, and rate how strong each connection is. Connections show up directly on the company profile as associated entities.

What risk factors do you flag?

The signals that should stop a load on their own: an active out-of-service order, revoked or pending-revocation authority, missing or cancelling insurance, an authority listed for sale, and more. Each appears in plain language with the date it was detected.

How do you know an authority is for sale?

We monitor the groups and marketplaces where operating authorities are bought and sold. Listings are extracted, analyzed, and human-reviewed before anything is published. When a carrier appears in an approved listing, it lands on that company profile as a Company for sale risk factor — usually well before the name on the door changes.

How current is the data?

Authority and insurance are checked in real time with FMCSA's MOTUS system when you open a carrier, so a revocation or a pending cancellation shows up on the profile right away. Census, inspection, and safety data come in from the federal files the morning they publish, and for-sale listings are watched around the clock.

Do you support MOTUS?

Yes. MOTUS is FMCSA's modern replacement for the legacy L&I operating-authority system, and every carrier profile checks it in real time for authority, insurance, revocations, and BOC-3 filings. Carriers MOTUS does not cover yet keep their legacy record, so nothing goes missing.

Can I set my own vetting rules?

Yes. The rules engine covers authority status and age, out-of-service rates, safety rating, BASICs, fleet size, shared contact identifiers, and more. You set the thresholds and which rules block a carrier, and every company you open is scored against them automatically. Included on Compliance and Signals.

Can I claim my company's profile?

Yes. Carriers, brokers, and shippers can claim their profile, and it is free on any plan. Find your company by USDOT or MC number and we confirm you run it with a code sent to a contact on file with FMCSA. Your team can then add lanes, equipment, contacts, and a logo, comment on your inspections, reply to RoadRep reports, and share documents like your COI with the companies who request them.

Do insurers use SearchCarriers?

Yes. Underwriters use it for daily insurance filing and cancellation history, crash and inspection detail, and BASIC percentiles. On Signals, the insurance database lists every active and historical policy on file for an insurer, and insurance alerts tell you when a new carrier files with an insurer you track.

Is there an API?

Yes. A REST API exposes the same data as the web app — risk factors, vetting reports, BASIC percentiles, company watches with webhooks, exports, and the inspection and equipment databases — and looks up to 100 DOT numbers in one call. There is also an MCP server, so Claude and other AI agents can search and vet carriers directly.

Who can I search for?

Anything with a DOT number: motor carriers, freight brokers, and shippers. Search by company name, DOT number, MC number, phone, location, or equipment type — or snap a photo of a DOT number on a trailer and look it up that way.

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