Carrier profile · USDOT 2505119 · MC-868432 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Nis Express Inc

13 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 28 statesHICKORY HILLS, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-868432 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

26 observed · MCS-150

34Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 880-4090 Email dispatchnick@nisexpressinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average34.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.6 yr

Model years 1997–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

73 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 34.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.8 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 73
Annualized: ≈37 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.8 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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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 ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Spirit Commercial’15–’17

State Nationalspecialty’17–’19

National Union’19–’21

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → May 2025	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2024	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	May 2022 → May 2023	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	May 2021 → May 2022	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	May 2019 → May 2021	$750K	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	May 2017 → May 2019	$750K	2
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	May 2015 → May 2017	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 13
Observed power (24 mo): 26
Trailers (towed): 34

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

93.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MD busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

HICKORY HILLS, IL

7667 W 95TH ST SUITE 300

Top corridor

MD ⇄ IL

MD 7 · OH 6 · IL 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2596528 USDOT 3044538 USDOT 4217559Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (63 trucks · 35 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3191514 USDOT 3307289 USDOT 3782379 USDOT 4145201 USDOT 2638827 USDOT 3047229 USDOT 3110363 USDOT 3584836

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 7667 W 95TH ST SUITE 300, HICKORY HILLS, IL, 60457
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 880-4090
Fax: (708) 880-4190
Email: nick@nisexpressinc.com
Web domain: nisexpressinc.com

Registration

Officer: Nikola Martic
USDOT / docket: 2505119 · MC-868432
First registered: May 12, 2014
Last MCS-150: Mar 31, 2026 · 2,606,348 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,606,348

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for NIS EXPRESS INC.

NIS EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2505119) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 23, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 34.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 73 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 32 vehicle-level and 73 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 13 power units and 13 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NIS EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

NIS EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2505119, and its motor carrier number is MC-868432.

Is NIS EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, NIS EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NIS EXPRESS INC's safety record?

NIS EXPRESS INC has a 34.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 143 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is NIS EXPRESS INC's fleet?

NIS EXPRESS INC operates 13 power units and 13 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NIS EXPRESS INC based?

NIS EXPRESS INC is based in HICKORY HILLS, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

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