Carrier profile · USDOT 3478094 · MC-1140555 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Advantage Freight Inc

25 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 27 statesAURORA, IL100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1140555 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 703-7007 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2020.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 105 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.0%

▼ 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

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

6 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2020 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

44 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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4 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 20, 2026.

Safety

74 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 14.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 25.4 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 74
Annualized: ≈37 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving34 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Artisan Truckers’20–’22

Houston Specialty’22–’23

Hoxbridge’24–’25

beyond this history

2020202220242026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2023 → Jun 2023	$750K	2
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → Jun 2023	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2020 → May 2022	$750K	1

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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): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 23

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

86.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 27 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

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 15 inspections
New Mexico: 11 inspections
Arizona: 5 inspections
Arkansas: 4 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
Ohio: 4 inspections
Nevada: 3 inspections
Utah: 3 inspections
Washington: 3 inspections
Minnesota: 2 inspections
Nebraska: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 2 inspections
Colorado: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Maryland: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
Florida: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
Oregon: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
South Dakota: 1 inspections

Home base

AURORA, IL

75 EXECUTIVE DR SUITE 345

Most inspections: CA

15 inspections

CA 15 · NM 11 · AZ 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 3 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 2533178 USDOT 3703537 USDOT 3981486Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (30 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2392985 USDOT 3024055 USDOT 3321809 USDOT 3366614 USDOT 3703537 USDOT 3289427 USDOT 3901815 USDOT 4389835

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 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 75 EXECUTIVE DR SUITE 345, AURORA, IL, 60504
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 703-7007
Fax: (630) 756-6677
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: advantagefreight.us

Registration

Officer: Alisher Rahmatov
USDOT / docket: 3478094 · MC-1140555
First registered: Aug 28, 2020
Last MCS-150: Dec 9, 2025 · 2,965,555 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

2,965,555

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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14%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

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

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

54violation records

9OOS-tagged records

6 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.

Unsafe driving

230%0 / 23

Other vehicle maintenance

1540%6 / 15

Brakes

70%0 / 7

Lights

50%0 / 5

Hours of service

475%3 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to May 253 / 6

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 7

8%Nov 25 to May 261 / 12

11%May 26 to Nov 262 / 18

Top 3 codes (9 of 54 records)

392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3

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395.8E-HOSPDELDT Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak3
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
392.2-SLLFY State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLOWZ 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
392.2-SLTFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-TAOCV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC.

ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC (USDOT 3478094) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 28, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.0% 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 74 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 43 vehicle-level and 74 driver-level — across 27 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 25 power units and 30 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 9, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 3478094, and its motor carrier number is MC-1140555.

Is ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC's safety record?

ADVANTAGE FREIGHT INC has a 14.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 105 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).