FLEETFAX

Free, instant, and comprehensive carrier vetting with a single click, directly from your browser. Built for auto-transport brokers.

FLEETFAX is the most popular and most trusted free carrier vetting tool for auto-transport brokers. Paste a USDOT or MC number. FLEETFAX pulls every signal that matters: risk flags, authority history, inspection trends, crash rate, broker/carrier status, insurance filings, fraud patterns, email/phone verification, and lays them out in one panel that lives next to your load board, email, or where ever you do work. No signup. No paywall. No "free tier with limits." Everything below ships in v2.1. ★ NEW IN v2.1 (May, 14th, 2026) ✓ Email search: find a carrier by their dispatch email ✓ Equipment type on every profile: inferred (from registration) + observed (from inspection data) ✓ Click-to-copy on phone, email, MC, and DOT ✓ Faster, more resilient loading, improved stability and performance ★ SEVENTEEN RISK FLAGS OPERATING AUTHORITY & STATUS ✓ Active FMCSA out-of-service order —legally prohibited from operating ✓ USDOT record inactive — FMCSA registration no longer active ✓ Operating authority inactive — no active authority on file ✓ Authority revocation pending — FMCSA has started revocation proceedings ✓ Conditional or unsatisfactory safety rating ✓ Not authorized for vehicle hauling — wrong commodity authority for cars ✓ New authority — active less than 6 months, limited vetting history ✓ Authority previously revoked — carrier authority revoked within the last 10 years INSURANCE & COVERAGE ✓ Insurance cancellation pending — active cancellation filing on record, coverage may lapse soon OPERATIONAL FITNESS ✓ No recent inspections for stated fleet size ✓ Vehicle out-of-service rate more than 2× the FMCSA national average ✓ Driver out-of-service rate more than 2× the FMCSA national average FRAUD & IDENTITY SIGNALS ✓ Chameleon carrier — zero inspection record for a large fleet ✓ MC renting/account takeover — inspections 13–24 months ago, then nothing despite having a large reported fleet ✓ Dual authority — entity holds both broker AND carrier authority ✓ Generic email domain — gmail/yahoo/hotmail for a large fleet ✓ Check their address on Google maps with a click of a button ★ AUTHORITY HISTORY TIMELINE A timeline of every substantive authority event — grants, revocations, reinstatements, name changes — with FMCSA's administrative noise filtered out. You only see what actually moved the carrier's status. ★ 12-MONTH INSPECTION COUNT CHART A rolling chart of inspection volume and out-of-service rate. Catch a quiet contraction. Confirm a real operator. See the trend, not just a number. ★ VERIFY BIDDER — PHONE FRAUD DETECTOR Paste a bidder's phone number. FLEETFAX compares it against the number FMCSA has on file for that carrier, then identifies the line operator. If it's a known burner or disposable VoIP, you get a critical risk alert. Legitimate enterprise VoIP shows green. Mobile and landline matches are cleared. ★ RIGHT-CLICK SEARCH Select any USDOT or MC number anywhere: Central Dispatch, an email, an FMCSA page, a Slack message — right-click, choose "Search with FLEETFAX." and the panel with all the results will automatically open. ★ SEARCH HISTORY Your last 20 lookups are kept locally on your device so you can revisit them quickly. ★ ONE-CLICK BUG REPORTS A "Report Bug" button right in the panel. Hit submit, your message lands in our inbox. No email required. HOW TO USE: 1. Install the extension and pin the FLEETFAX icon to your toolbar. 2. Click the icon to open the side panel. 3. Paste a USDOT or MC number — or right-click any DOT/MC number on any page and click "Search with FLEETFAX".