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MC number lookup
Paste an MC or USDOT number to see the public FMCSA record a broker's vetting platform reads, laid out the way it reads it, with the source dataset on every line. Free, no account, nothing stored.
By Evan Reid, Founder of Haul Handbook · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Look up an MC or USDOT number
We read the FMCSA Company Census, the Motus authority, insurance and BOC-3 tables, and the monthly inspection and crash files, then show what a broker would make of them.
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What it checks
The Company Census carries the legal and DBA names, physical and mailing addresses, phone, email, MCS-150 date, power units, drivers, safety rating, the cargo classification checkboxes and the prior-revocation flag. Authority, insurance, process-agent and revocation history live in separate FMCSA tables keyed to the same docket. The lookup joins them the way a vetting platform does, and every line on the result names the dataset behind it.
- Authority status and age. Authority age is the number of days since FMCSA granted the operating authority, recorded per docket in the Motus authority history. Checked against the minimums brokers publish, from 7 days to a full year.
- The liability filing. The liability filing on record (BMC-91 or BMC-91X), its amount, insurer and effective date, recorded per docket. Every broker we verified publishes a $1,000,000 auto-liability minimum, which is above the federal filing floor.
- BOC-3, MCS-150 and cargo classes. The census record carries the date the carrier last filed its MCS-150, so a vetting platform reads the filing date straight off the public record.
- Inspections, crashes and revocations. FMCSA publishes roadside inspections and out-of-service totals monthly by DOT number. FMCSA publishes authority suspensions and revocations per docket in the Motus revocation history, with the type of authority and the reason.
- Shared phone and address. Carrier411 lists identity theft and compromised FMCSA data as reportable items. It notes that the fraud may involve an unauthorized change of a carrier's FMCSA contact information, particularly phone numbers. That is why vetting platforms compare the phone, email and address on a record against other records. The lookup recognizes registration and process-agent addresses, so a carrier that used a filing service never picks up a flag for one.
What it cannot see
Carrier411 states it is not a service for trucking companies and does not allow accounts for trucking companies, dispatch services, attorneys, consultants, authority services, compliance services, staffing agencies or outsourcing services. Highway's identity network and the broker-private do-not-use lists are closed the same way. No public source exists for any of them, and a tool claiming to check them for free is guessing. The FreightGuard reports guide covers the one warning a carrier does get.
This is a lookup, not a verdict. It shows signals with their sources and never scores or grades a carrier.
Watch a number for changes
Every result above carries a free daily watch. We re-read the record each day and email you when a liability filing changes, the authority status moves, a revocation posts, a new inspection or crash lands, when the authority crosses the 7, 30, 60, 90 and 180-day marks brokers use, and if another carrier registers with your phone number or address. An email address and a USDOT number, no account.
Reading the result
Each line is one signal a vetting platform weighs, and what brokers check when they pull your MC walks all twelve in order with the fix for each. If you are waiting out an authority-age hold, the verified broker minimums table lists which setup desks publish a number and what it is. For the raw federal record itself, the SAFER snapshot guide explains each field as FMCSA presents it.