Carrier intelligence

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Search carrier and facility records in one place. Check authority, inspections, and equipment before you tender a load or build a new relationship.

Coverage today: US FMCSA records, about 4.5M carriers. Canada and Mexico border-crossing evidence is available where recorded, not full carrier coverage.

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Carrier report for a fictional carrier, USDOT 9000001: authority, power units, drivers, inspections, vehicle OOS rate and crashes — Source: FMCSA public records

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Research facilities and the carrier activity around them. See where inspection evidence exists, without assuming a carrier is based there.

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Look at freight activity on a map. Move from a broad view to the underlying carrier and facility records.

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For developers and agencies

Put the same evidence to work in your systems.

Build carrier checks into your workflow with the developer API. Review endpoints and access before integrating.

Endpoints: Carrier search and carrier by USDOT, decoded VIN history, insurer book, factoring companies, and the OpenAPI specification.
API key header: Send the key as Authorization: Bearer or as an X-API-Key header on every request. Keys are issued per owner.
Rate and quota: Each key carries a per-second request-rate tier and a monthly request quota, both set when the key is issued.
Sandbox and docs: Read the OpenAPI spec, or open the developers page for keys, endpoints and examples. OpenAPI spec Developers page

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GET /directory/api/v1/carriers/{usdot}

curl -s \
  -H "X-API-Key: $VEKTOR_API_KEY" \
  "https://vektortms.com/directory\
/api/v1/carriers/9000001"

{
  "data": {
    "summary": {
      "legal_name": "Northline Freight LLC",
      "authority_status": "active",
      "power_units": 24,
      "drivers": 31,
      "out_of_service": false
    },
    "safety": {
      "summary": {
        "inspections_24mo": 18,
        "oos_rate_vehicle": 0.17,
        "crashes_24mo": 1
      }

{
  "data": {
    "summary": {
      "legal_name": "Northline Freight LLC",
      "authority_status": "active",
      "power_units": 24,
      "drivers": 31,
      "out_of_service": false
    },
    "safety": {
      "summary": {
        "inspections_24mo": 18,
        "oos_rate_vehicle": 0.17,
        "crashes_24mo": 1
      }
    },
    "identity": {
      "dot_number": 9000001,
      "legal_name": "Northline Freight LLC",
      "dba_name": null,
      "docket": "MC-123456",
      "canonical": "/directory/c/northline-freight-9000001"
    },
    "authority": {
      "status": {
        "common": "active",
        "contract": "none",
        "granted_date": "2016-04-18"
      }
    },
    "equipment": {
      "stats": {
        "power_units": 24,
        "trailers": 29,
        "owned": 21,
        "leased": 3
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "dot_number": 9000001,
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "FMCSA + NHTSA vPIC"
  }
}

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Fictional carrier. Field names match the public v1 carrier endpoint.

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