Fleet Profitability · Per-Load P&L
Fleet profitability software that shows which loads quietly lose money.
Per-load P&L within minutes of delivery, so you see the true margin on every lane before you book the next one.
Per-Load P&LLane RankingCost-Per-Mile14 Cost Factors
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Per-load P&L after delivery
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Cost capture with full integrations
Typical results; accuracy depends on the integrations you connect.
Lane Margin Ranking
Last 30 days · Net margin per load
LaneNet margin$/load
CHI → DAL
920 mi
+$612
ATL → MIA
665 mi
+$438
LAX → PHX
370 mi
+$290
DEN → SLC
525 mi
+$84
DFW → HOU
240 mi
-$126Review
DFW losing $126/load after full cost allocation. Flagged for rate review.
Understanding Fleet Profitability
What is fleet profitability software, and why does it matter?
Fleet profitability software calculates the true profit or loss on every load a carrier hauls by tracking all cost factors and allocating them to individual loads, trucks, and lanes. Unlike standard accounting software that shows total company P&L, profitability analytics breaks margin down to the per-load and per-mile level.
Trucking runs on thin margins. The average carrier nets between 3 and 8 percent after all costs. Most carriers cannot tell you which loads are profitable and which lose money. Revenue is visible; costs are buried across fuel cards, payroll, insurance bills, maintenance invoices, and toll statements. Without a system that ties every dollar of cost to the load that incurred it, fleet managers are working from incomplete data.
Vektor Profit Engine integrates with your existing systems (ELD, fuel cards, payroll, accounting) and automatically allocates 14 cost factors per load. The result: real-time per-load P&L, lane-level margin ranking, and truck-level cost-per-mile that updates with every fuel swipe and toll charge.
The Problem
You can't improve what you can't measure
Cost-per-mile is a quarterly guess
Most carriers calculate CPM once per quarter from accounting totals. That number is weeks old and averages over the trucks and lanes bleeding money. Without real-time CPM per asset, every rate negotiation is a guess.
Weeks-old data
Hidden costs eat into margins
Tolls, detention, fuel surcharges, tire wear, maintenance reserves, and deadhead repositioning add up quietly. These costs never appear on a rate confirmation but directly reduce your net margin. Accounting catches them after the damage is done.
Cents per mile slip through untracked
Unprofitable lanes go unnoticed
Without lane-level P&L, carriers keep running corridors that lose money, subsidized by profitable ones they should expand. A lane that looks solid on gross revenue may be underwater once deadhead, regional fuel costs, and tolls are factored in.
Some lanes lose money quietly
Some lanes quietly cost you more than they pay.
The data is there. It just needs to be connected.
How it works
From raw cost data to per-load profit in 4 steps
01
Track every cost automatically
Fuel, tolls, driver pay, insurance, maintenance, tire wear, permits, detention, lumper fees, deadhead miles, dispatch fees, overhead allocation, depreciation, and financing costs. Vektor pulls 14 cost factors from your existing integrations: fuel cards, ELD, payroll, and accounting. Nothing to enter by hand.
02
Allocate costs per load and truck
Fixed costs (insurance, truck payments, permits) are allocated per unit automatically. Variable costs (fuel, tolls, tire wear) are attached to the specific loads and trucks that incurred them. The result: a true cost-per-mile for every asset in your fleet, updated as costs come in.
03
Rank every lane by net margin
Revenue and allocated costs are mapped to origin-destination pairs across your network. Lane margin bars show which corridors make money and which ones quietly drain margin. Filter by customer, driver, truck, or time period to find exactly where to focus.
04
Negotiate and decide from data
Armed with per-load P&L and lane-level margins, you negotiate rates with cost evidence, not gut feeling. Drop unprofitable lanes, expand high-margin corridors, and forecast operating costs before committing to new freight.
Per-Load P&L
Margin visible within minutes of delivery
Revenue, 14 cost factors, and net margin calculated automatically as costs come in from your integrations. No spreadsheets, no manual allocation, no month-end wait.
- 14 cost factors allocated per load automatically
- Fuel card and toll data pulled in, not estimated
- Lane net margin sorted best to worst at a glance
- Owner-operator cost-per-mile, always current
Per-Load P&L
#VK-4821 · CHI → MEM · 540 mi
Line-haul revenue+$2,850
Fuel21.5%−$612
Driver pay28.0%−$799
Insurance5.0%−$142
Maintenance7.9%−$224
Tolls2.0%−$58
Overhead17.7%−$505
+ 8 more cost factorstracked
Net margin$51017.9%
14
cost factors tracked
fuel, tolls, pay, insurance, overhead…
<5 min
per-load P&L after delivery
vs 2-4 weeks manually
Near-complete
cost capture
with fuel card + toll integrations
Lane-level
margin visibility
sorted best to worst by net margin
Accuracy depends on the integrations you connect. More sources in = tighter figures out.
Ecosystem
Part of Vektor Carrier TMS
Profit Engine works hand in hand with every other product in the platform.
When you know your margin, you know which calls to make.
FAQ
Common questions about fleet profitability software
Everything carriers need to know about per-load profitability analytics.
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Fleet profitability software calculates the true profit or loss on every load a carrier hauls by tracking all cost factors (fuel, driver pay, tolls, insurance, maintenance, and overhead) and allocating them to individual loads, trucks, and lanes. Unlike general accounting software that shows total company P&L, profitability software breaks margin down to the per-load and per-mile level so fleet managers can see which freight actually makes money.
Fleet Profitability
Know your true margin on every load.
14 cost factors. Per-load P&L. Lane ranking from best to worst. See exactly where your fleet makes money and where it does not.
Per-Load P&L
Lane Ranking
14 Cost Factors
Cost-Per-Mile
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