fleetfax · Carrier Lookup & Vetting

Free FMCSA carrier vetting in seconds. Search by USDOT, MC, name, email, or phone for safety, insurance, and fraud flags.

Vet a carrier before you book the load, and catch the red flags. Look up any carrier by USDOT, MC, company name, email or phone: authority, insurance, safety and plain-English cautions from public FMCSA records. The fleetfax.com carrier report, free in a Chrome side panel beside your load board or email. No more pasting numbers into SAFER in another tab. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the panel: click the fleetfax icon, press Ctrl+Shift+F (Control+Shift+F on Mac), or highlight a USDOT, MC or name on any page, right-click it and choose Search with fleetfax. It stays open as you switch tabs. 2. Type or paste a number, name, email or phone. Suggestions appear as you type. 3. Cautions show at the top. Click one to see the record behind it. WHAT YOU SEE • Cautions in plain English, at the top • Operating authority and insurance on file • Roadside inspections and out-of-service rates • Crashes in the last 24 months • Safety scores vs peers (a fleetfax estimate, not FMCSA's official CSA scores) • Fleet and equipment seen in inspections • Lanes and states where the carrier is inspected • Connected companies: shared addresses, officers and trucks (matched by VIN), the links brokers check for chameleon carriers and double brokering FREE WITH A FLEETFAX ACCOUNT • Contact details filed with FMCSA • Names of connected companies, plus truck plates and full VINs • Save carriers to your book, add notes, and mark them vetted or do-not-use • Email alerts when a carrier you monitor changes on the federal record • A count on the toolbar icon of carriers that changed since you last looked Your account and book live on fleetfax.com. The free plan has daily limits. NEW IN 5.0 • The full fleetfax report, drawn right in the panel • Sign in once on fleetfax.com; the panel uses the same account • Save, add notes and mark carriers vetted or do-not-use without leaving the panel Available in the US, Canada and Mexico. Questions? Use the Feedback button in the panel. fleetfax is an independent service using public FMCSA data. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA or the U.S. Department of Transportation. Privacy: https://www.fleetfax.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.fleetfax.com/terms