Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
FMCSA Motor Carrier Census
Every interstate motor carrier on the FMCSA census, the day its record changes.
The full FMCSA Company Census: 4.47M registered motor carriers with operating authority, fleet size, safety ratings, insurance filings, inspection and crash summaries, and operating-authority revocations — normalized and keyed on USDOT number. Records show what is filed with FMCSA, with the filing date.
- Records
- 4,469,912 carriers · 4,568 active authorities · 574,984 inspection summaries
- Coverage
- 1974-06-01 → 2026-07-17
- Refresh
- Daily (FMCSA snapshot)
- Source
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
What's in it
Tables in this dataset
| Table | Rows | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| carriers | 4,469,912 | Company census: identity, fleet, location, safety rating, operating status |
| authorities | 4,568 | Active operating-authority records (property, household goods, broker) |
| revocations | 38 | Involuntary operating-authority suspension notices (current snapshot) |
| insurance_filings | 1,118 | BMC-91/BIPD, cargo, and bond insurance filings on record |
| inspections_summary | 574,984 | Roadside inspection summaries by carrier |
| crash_summary | 112,928 | Reportable-crash summaries by carrier |
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Schema
Key public fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
usdot | USDOT number (natural key) |
legal_name | Carrier legal name |
carrier_operation | Interstate / intrastate operation classification |
operating_status | Active / inactive status as on the census |
safety_rating | FMCSA safety rating on file, with rating date |
phy_state | Physical-address state |
power_units | Reported power units (fleet size) |
add_date | Date the carrier record was added to the census |
Provenance
Where every row comes from
Live feed endpoint: GET /v1/feeds/carrier-analytics — see the feeds page.
Observational data
Every field is a record that exists in a named federal source, with its date — never a score, prediction, or characterization of any company. Public-source records are matched to employers by normalized name and address; match tier and confidence are disclosed on every response. FirmStanding is not a consumer reporting agency and this is not a consumer report — not for use in determining eligibility for employment, credit, insurance, tenancy, or any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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