Carrier profile · USDOT 1595671 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Empire Merchants LLC

131 power unitsavg 4.1 yrLocal · 2 statesBROOKLYN, NY94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksempiremerchants.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 7.7%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 — 39 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.9 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 May '25 · 7

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 131-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
131
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 112 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20242022
20232022
20224042
20213013
20203032
20192012
20181010
20173021
20161001
20112012
20101011
20081011
20072012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2025NY01Yes
Feb 6, 2025NJ00Yes
Aug 6, 2024NY02Yes
May 21, 2024NY02Yes
Dec 15, 2023NY03Yes
Jun 19, 2023NY02Yes
Sep 7, 2022NY01No
Mar 24, 2022NY01No
Feb 17, 2022NY04Yes
Jan 19, 2022NY01Yes
Dec 28, 2021NY02Yes
Dec 1, 2021NY00Yes
Jun 29, 2021NY00Yes
Oct 9, 2020NY01Yes
Apr 30, 2020NY01Yes
Mar 6, 2020NY02No
Aug 2, 2019NY00Yes
Apr 30, 2019NY02Yes
May 22, 2018NY01No
May 8, 2017NY01No
May 5, 2017NY02No
Apr 27, 2017NY00Yes
Aug 30, 2016NY00Yes
Dec 16, 2011NY00Yes
Oct 6, 2011NY01Yes