Carrier profile · USDOT 2394419 · MC-823181 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Nick Holden Transport Company

DBA NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT

38 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 21 statesDALTON, GA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-823181 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

38Power units

49 observed · MCS-150

55Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.2Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(706) 229-3838 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average8.9% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

38 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.2 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

30 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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68 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 28, 2026.

Safety

90 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 18.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 24.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

88 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 38
Inspections · 24 mo: 90
Annualized: ≈45 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving59 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 8 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance25 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Eastern Atlantic’13–’16

Spirit Commercial’16–’18

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	3
SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	5
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Apr 2019	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2018 → Apr 2019	$750K	3
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Apr 2016 → Apr 2018	$750K	4
EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2013 → Apr 2016	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 38
Observed power (24 mo): 49
Trailers (towed): 55

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

80.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 21 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 18 inspections
New Mexico: 9 inspections
Arkansas: 8 inspections
Maryland: 7 inspections
Louisiana: 7 inspections
Georgia: 6 inspections
Mississippi: 5 inspections
South Carolina: 4 inspections
Arizona: 4 inspections
Kentucky: 4 inspections
California: 3 inspections
Oklahoma: 2 inspections
Ohio: 2 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
Virginia: 2 inspections
Texas: 2 inspections
Massachusetts: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections

Home base

DALTON, GA

108 GREEN BAY DRIVE SE

Most inspections: TN

18 inspections

TN 18 · NM 9 · AR 8

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1360591Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (40 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 690147 USDOT 4136558 USDOT 4344063 USDOT 3443496 USDOT 3472462 USDOT 4107360 USDOT 1965273 USDOT 3026145

Shares a company officer with other carriers

dimas ramirez — 3 carriers: USDOT 2517538 USDOT 4041906

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 108 GREEN BAY DRIVE SE, DALTON, GA, 30721
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (706) 229-3838
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: nickholdentransport.com

Registration

Officer: Dimas Ramirez
USDOT / docket: 2394419 · MC-823181
First registered: Apr 7, 2013
Last MCS-150: Oct 13, 2025 · 3,548,965 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 19, 2021
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,548,965

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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19%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

8 of 43 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

121violation records

16OOS-tagged records

8 of 43inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

4015%6 / 40

Unsafe driving

363%1 / 36

Other vehicle maintenance

2124%5 / 21

Lights

128%1 / 12

Brakes

90%0 / 9

Driver fitness

3100%3 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

50%

15%

30%

29%Nov 24 to May 254 / 14

8%May 25 to Nov 251 / 13

43%Nov 25 to May 263 / 7

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 9

Top 3 codes (18 of 121 records)

395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing7
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits6
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5

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395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits5
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
395.8E1-PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles3
393.209E-SPSLA Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps3
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
395.24 ELD — record edits / data3
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer3
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL2
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
395.3A3I-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8E1PC-OOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
391.11B4-CLHA Driver not qualified1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLOWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LHLM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207B-AALPME Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47C-BSAMAD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BMBCBD Brakes inoperative1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.86A2-RIG Rear impact guard / bumper1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A2-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-LC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY.

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY (USDOT 2394419) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 12, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 90 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 43 vehicle-level and 90 driver-level — across 21 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 38 power units and 33 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 13, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 19, 2021 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's USDOT number?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's USDOT number is 2394419, and its motor carrier number is MC-823181.

Is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's safety record?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY has a 18.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 170 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).