Carrier profile · USDOT 155682 · Updated Aug 7, 2026
DS Services of America Inc
DBA PRIMO WATER NORTH AMERICA
2,452 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 43 statesTAMPA, FL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Last 12 months: 43 trucks also ran under 30 other carriers
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 297080USDOT 327574USDOT 4007740USDOT 422227USDOT 3782379USDOT 3153975USDOT 4363896USDOT 1456706Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (100 trucks · 119 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 327574USDOT 3097763USDOT 3243700USDOT 3782379USDOT 3787259USDOT 6682USDOT 14811USDOT 80806
Shares a company officer with other carriers
robert austin — 7 carriers: USDOT 865908USDOT 1790529USDOT 2042513USDOT 3200045USDOT 3397240USDOT 4563557
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)2,4522,452
Observed (24 mo)660660
Shared w/ other carriers100100
Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Showing the 40 most cross-linked of 100 shared VINs.
Owner / group view· confidence: officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 7 related authorities · joined by officer
- Authorities
- 7
- Combined power
- 2,460
- States
- 5
- Oldest authority
- Jun 1, 1974
- Active now
- 3
- DS SERVICES OF AMERICA INC· viewingUSDOT 1556822,452PU
- R F AUSTIN LLCUSDOT 20425132PU
- STEEL VALLEY LANDWORKS LLCUSDOT 45635572PU
- STEEL VALLEY LANDWORKS LLCUSDOT 33972401PU
- INITIATIVE LOGISTICS LLCUSDOT 32000451PU
- AUSTIN TRUCKING INCUSDOT 8659081PU
- ROBERT H AUSTINUSDOT 17905291PU
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