Carrier profile · USDOT 3356137 · MC-1073887 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Empower Carriers Inc

12 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 17 statesADDISON, IL86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1073887 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

2017–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(224) 335-9119 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average61.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

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 7 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2019.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo61.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 2017–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2019 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

8 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 61.11% on 18 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
5 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 6, 2026.

Safety

47 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 61.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 35.6 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 4

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

≈2.0 / 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: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 47
Annualized: ≈24 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.132 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 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: None
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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Amtrust Kansas’19–’20

State National’20–’21

Lancer’21–’22

State National’22–’23

Berkley’23–’25

beyond this history

2019202120232025now

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

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

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Aug 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	3
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Dec 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	1
AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2017

Oldest model yr

92.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Louisiana: 6 inspections
Texas: 6 inspections
Missouri: 5 inspections
Arkansas: 5 inspections
North Carolina: 4 inspections
Ohio: 3 inspections
Tennessee: 3 inspections
Florida: 2 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
Georgia: 2 inspections
Pennsylvania: 2 inspections
Kentucky: 2 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections

Home base

ADDISON, IL

1115 W NATIONAL AVE

Most inspections: LA

6 inspections

LA 6 · TX 6 · MO 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (11 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1175009 USDOT 3210747 USDOT 2562511 USDOT 1384686 USDOT 1102122 USDOT 2435654 USDOT 1994664 USDOT 2472326

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 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1115 W NATIONAL AVE, ADDISON, IL, 60101
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (224) 335-9119
Fax: (224) 335-9122
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: empowercarriers.com

Registration

Officer: Karanfil Andreevski
USDOT / docket: 3356137 · MC-1073887
First registered: Nov 8, 2019
Last MCS-150: Jun 11, 2025 · 1,685,459 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,685,459

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 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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61%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

11 of 18 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

63violation records

17OOS-tagged records

11 of 18inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

200%0 / 20

Other vehicle maintenance

1765%11 / 17

Lights

1233%4 / 12

Brakes

70%0 / 7

Hours of service

50%0 / 5

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

80%

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to May 251 / 2

80%May 25 to Nov 254 / 5

75%Nov 25 to May 263 / 4

43%May 26 to Nov 263 / 7

Top 3 codes (13 of 63 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components4

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393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps3
392.16 Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps2
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2WC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.80-TEXTING Texting while driving1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104F3-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.132B-CHVE Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.132C-CHVE Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201D-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.8E1-PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F12 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for EMPOWER CARRIERS INC.

EMPOWER CARRIERS INC (USDOT 3356137) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 17, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 61.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 47 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 18 vehicle-level and 47 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 11, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is EMPOWER CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

EMPOWER CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 3356137, and its motor carrier number is MC-1073887.

Is EMPOWER CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. EMPOWER CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is EMPOWER CARRIERS INC's safety record?

EMPOWER CARRIERS INC has a 61.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 66 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).