Carrier profile · USDOT 306891 · MC-181461 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Golden State Food LLC

DBA GOLDEN STATE FOODS-OR-QUALITY CUSTOM DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

29 power unitsavg 7.9 yrMulti-region · 10 statesIRVINE, CA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181461 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

29Power units

24 observed · MCS-150

30Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.9Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(949) 247-8000 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 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 average40.9% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record10 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 39 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

29 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.9 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

38 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

4 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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Vehicle OOS 40.91% on 22 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

36 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 40.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 45.6 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 5

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 29-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 29
Inspections · 24 mo: 36
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$0 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

$0 in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $0 is below the $750K general-freight federal minimum — verify before tendering.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Transportation’91–’00

Liberty Fire’03–’10

Travelers Property’10–’20

Everest National’20–now

1991200020092018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $0 · EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2020 → Feb 2025	$750K	4
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Feb 2010 → Feb 2020	$750K	3
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2003 → Mar 2010	$750K	2
ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2000 → Feb 2003	$750K	1
TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1991 → Apr 2000	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 29, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 29
Observed power (24 mo): 24
Trailers (towed): 30

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

55.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 29, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

HI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Hawaii: 25 inspections
North Carolina: 2 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections
Idaho: 1 inspections
Wyoming: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
New Hampshire: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections

Home base

IRVINE, CA

18301 VON KARMAN AVENUE STE 1100

Most inspections: HI

25 inspections

HI 25 · NC 2 · KS 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 28, 2026

Last 12 months: 12 trucks also ran under 13 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 14811 USDOT 125550 USDOT 1727120 USDOT 2520572 USDOT 2941250 USDOT 282721 USDOT 277949 USDOT 1402201Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (30 trucks · 41 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 551369 USDOT 1402201 USDOT 3065336 USDOT 3136064 USDOT 570593 USDOT 2984398 USDOT 3164641 USDOT 3243700

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@goldenstatefoods.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 440107

Shares a company officer with other carriers

john page — 12 carriers: USDOT 1017637 USDOT 1312353 USDOT 1626051 USDOT 1812482 USDOT 2318470 USDOT 3031326 USDOT 3534796 USDOT 3789180

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 Oct 28, 2026

Location

Physical address: 18301 VON KARMAN AVENUE STE 1100, IRVINE, CA, 92612
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (949) 247-8000
Fax: (949) 247-8096
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: goldenstatefoods.com

Registration

Officers: John Page · Shirley Schaal
USDOT / docket: 306891 · MC-181461
First registered: Dec 22, 1987
Last MCS-150: Jul 6, 2026 · 580,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 5, 2005
D-U-N-S: 155953243

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

580,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 30, 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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41%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

9 of 22 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

48violation records

13OOS-tagged records

9 of 22inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

1759%10 / 17

Unsafe driving

128%1 / 12

Brakes

119%1 / 11

Lights

813%1 / 8

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

0%Oct 24 to Apr 250 / 2

40%Apr 25 to Oct 252 / 5

44%Oct 25 to Apr 264 / 9

50%Apr 26 to Oct 263 / 6

Top 3 codes (14 of 48 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6
393.126B-CIM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)4
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps4

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393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects3
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle2
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.67C11-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps2
390.19A2 Unified registration / MCS-1501
390.21(a) USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB3-OPERBY USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9AA1 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.53BMAN Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95B Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1

Before you tender

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC.

GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC (USDOT 306891) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 28, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $0 limit in force from EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier received 36 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 36 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 10 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

It reports 29 power units and 44 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 6, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 28, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 5, 2005 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC's USDOT number?

GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC's USDOT number is 306891, and its motor carrier number is MC-181461.

Is GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 28, 2026. GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC's safety record?

GOLDEN STATE FOOD LLC has a 40.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 59 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).