Carrier Lookup
Look up any of the 4.4 million motor carriers registered with the FMCSA — by USDOT number, MC number, or company name — and get more than a directory listing: authority status, safety record, insurance filings, and a scored verdict on whether to book them.
Search a trucking company now
DOT, MC, or company name — 50 free searches a day, verdict included.
What every carrier profile shows
A carrier lookup here isn't a phone-book entry. Each profile reads the full federal record and turns it into a decision:
- Identity & registration — legal name, DBA, address, entity type, fleet size, and how fresh the MCS-150 filing actually is.
- Operating authority — which grants the docket holds (property, passenger, broker, forwarder), whether each is active, and the revoke/reinstate history that a single status badge hides.
- Insurance on file — active liability filings, coverage levels, underwriters, and the cancellation churn that signals a carrier shopping down-market.
- Safety record — inspections, out-of-service rates against national averages, and crash history straight from roadside data.
- Chameleon screening — shared phones, addresses, and officers cross-referenced against revoked carriers, the signature of a reincarnated operation.
- The trust score — all of it compressed into a 0–100 number and an Approve / Review / Reject verdict, with every deduction itemized. The full scoring logic is public on our methodology page.
Three ways to search
By USDOT number — the gold standard
One number, one entity, for life. Pull it off the carrier packet or rate con and search. The four-stage reading order that catches fraud is in our DOT number check guide.
By MC number — for authority and broker checks
Same profile, keyed by docket. This is the search you want when confirming what a company is licensed to do or verifying a broker's bond — walkthrough in the MC number guide.
By name or geography — when you don't have a number
Signed-in users can search by company name. Or browse the carrier directory: ranked fleet lists for all 50 states, major metro pages, and the largest fleets nationwide, with registration stats rebuilt nightly.
Name searches deserve extra care. Trucking company names repeat constantly — same words, different entities, sometimes deliberately. When money is on the line, confirm you're on the right profile by matching the USDOT number back to the paperwork.
Who runs carrier lookups — and what they check
Freight brokers & dispatchers
The core use case: vet before tendering. Identity match, active authority, live insurance, sane safety numbers, no reincarnation flags — then book. The verdict compresses that checklist into seconds without hiding the evidence.
Shippers
Verifying the carrier your broker actually put on the load, or qualifying carriers for a private routing guide. The insurance filing history and crash record answer the questions that matter at claim time.
Owner-operators & carriers
Checking your own record the way brokers see it — and vetting the brokers offering you freight. A broker's $75,000 bond filing and its churn history are on the same profile.
Insurers, factoring companies & lenders
Underwriting against the federal record: authority age, safety trajectory, filing gaps, and identity cross-references across 4.4 million registrations.
Frequently asked questions
Is the carrier lookup free?
Yes — basic carrier profiles are open to everyone, and a free account gets 50 searches a day with the full workup: score breakdown, risk flags, insurance filings, and record history. Paid plans add watchlists, alerts, team seats, and API access.
What's the best identifier to look up a trucking company with?
The USDOT number, every time. Company names repeat endlessly — there are dozens of carriers with nearly identical names in the same state — but a DOT number maps to exactly one registered entity for life. Grab it from the carrier packet, W-9, or rate confirmation.
Does the lookup cover brokers and freight forwarders too?
Yes. Brokers and forwarders register in the same federal systems, and their profiles show the pieces that matter for them: the broker authority grant, the $75,000 BMC-84 or BMC-85 bond filing, and the filing history that reveals bond-hopping.
How is this different from searching FMCSA's own sites?
The federal record is split across SAFER, the Licensing & Insurance system, and the Safety Measurement System. Checking a carrier properly means visiting all three and cross-referencing by hand — our FMCSA lookup guide breaks down what each one shows. MC Look Up does that join automatically, adds reincarnation-pattern screening across 4.4 million records, and compresses the result into a scored verdict.
Stop guessing. Look them up.
Any DOT, MC, or company name — the full federal picture with a verdict, free to start.