The FMCSA carrier directory,
with your notes on it.
Find Motor Carrier — FMC, if you like it short — searches the full FMCSA registry of 2.2 million motor carriers, narrowed by smart filters to the cohort actually operating today — active insurance, recent MCS-150 biennial filing, at least one truck — so the carrier you call has a truck behind the phone number. Take private notes on the ones you've worked with. Rate them. Mark your favorites. Next time you need a reefer in NJ, you're calling a carrier you already trust — not starting from scratch.
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A carrier in your shortlist
looks like this.
Each card packs ~20 signals into four lines. Here's what every piece means.
EQUIPMENTSHARECOM INC
dba EQUIPMENT SHARE
Snapshot of FMCSA public records as of April 2026, shown for illustration.
Who they are
- Legal name — FMCSA registration of record.
- dba — what's actually on the truck door.
- HM — authorized to haul hazardous materials.
- USDOT — federal carrier ID; never changes.
- Pin — save to your My Lists sidebar.
- Domicile — city + state from MCMIS Census.
- Power units — fleet size (self-report).
- MC number — operating-authority docket.
- Cargo categories self-declared on the MCS-150.
Are they safe & current
- CSA alert — one or more BASIC categories tripped FMCSA's acute/critical threshold.
- Out-of-service rates from roadside inspections — lower is better.
- 24-month crashes; the "(N fatal)" badge appears only when there's been a fatality.
- Active BIPD insurer (or "lapsed" / "none").
- Coverage amount — $750K, $1M, $5M, etc.
- Policy status — Renews in Xd, or Expired.
- Reveal contacts — phone, email, officers, SAFER link. Costs 1 daily reveal slot.
Your workspace — private to you
- Last contact — most recent of your notes, else "Never contacted."
- Your rating, 1–5 stars.
- Your pipeline state — Preferred / Blocked.
- Your notes — count + click to view.
Find a carrier in one query.
SAFER makes you look up one USDOT at a time. Here you filter the full 2.2M-carrier registry — automatically narrowed to the carriers actually operating today (insurance on file, MCS-150 filed in the last 24 months, ≥1 truck) — by state, cargo type, fleet size, hazmat, and safety rating in one form. Need a 10-truck reefer outfit in New Jersey with active insurance? That's one search.
Remember which carriers you trust.
Take private notes on every call. Rate carriers 1–5 stars after a load. Mark them ★ Preferred or ⊘ Blocked. Pin your top picks so they're one click away. The next time you need capacity on a familiar lane, the carriers you already trust are right there — not buried in a spreadsheet.
Your workspace stays yours.
Your notes, ratings, and shortlist are private to your account. Never pooled with other shippers, never sold, never analyzed. The carrier you marked Preferred isn't a signal we sell to anyone else — it's just yours.
Built for the carriers you call again and again
SAFER and Carrier411 give you the same FMCSA data we do. What they don't give you: a way to remember which carriers handled your last reefer load on time, which dispatcher gave you the right rate, or which one you blocked last February and why. After two weeks here you'll have notes on the 30 carriers you've called, ratings on 50 you've evaluated, and your top 12 pinned. That memory is the product.
How we compare
As of May 2026. Spot something inaccurate? Sign up and email us from inside the app.
| Find Motor Carrier | Carrier411 | CarrierOwl | SAFER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your private notes on each carrier | ✓ Unlimited (Pro) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Your private rating (1–5 stars) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Your pipeline status (Preferred / Blocked) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pinned shortlist of your top carriers | ✓ Unlimited (Pro) | Watchlist | Limited | ✗ |
| Saved parameterized searches | ✓ Unlimited (Pro) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Change tracking between FMCSA drops | ✓ | ✓ + email alerts | partial | ✗ |
| Insurance currency (BIPD active, amount, lapse warning) | ✓ | ✓ | partial | partial |
| PII reveal (email, cell, officer names) | ✓ Quota'd | ✓ | partial | ✗ |
| Modern UI | ✓ (built 2026) | ✗ (2003-era) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Trial | 30 days, no CC | 30 days, CC | n/a (free) | n/a |
| Pricing | $30/mo | $35–$100/mo | Free | Free |
| Your data stays private (never shared) | ✓ Promise | ✗ FreightGuard pools your reports | ✓ | ✓ |
Data sourced monthly from the FMCSA open-data portal at data.transportation.gov. Every result links to the live SAFER snapshot — verify anything you see against the official source.
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