Carrier profile · USDOT 3542116 · MC-1183056 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

GFS GROUP LLC

180 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 38 statesMARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO81/100
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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 27.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 155 vehicle and 332 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.9% · 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 6.4 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

326 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 26

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 180-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
180
Inspections · 24 mo
332
Annualized
≈166 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 21 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
14False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 18 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265045
2025110211
20245015
20233133
20221011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026WI01Yes
Mar 28, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 14, 2026ID01Yes
Jan 16, 2026MO01Yes
Jan 16, 2026MO01Yes
Dec 29, 2025CT00Yes
Dec 12, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 23, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 13, 2025MO02Yes
Jul 12, 2025WY00Yes
Mar 31, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 5, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 31, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 10, 2024UT01Yes
May 30, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 20, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 10, 2023TX11Yes
Aug 8, 2023AR01Yes
Apr 15, 2023CA02Yes
Mar 1, 2022PA01Yes