Carrier profile · USDOT 700726 · MC-1528623 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Grocery Outlet Inc

DBA GROCERY OUTLET

65 power unitsavg 5.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSACRAMENTO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1528623 ACTIVE
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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 9.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 147 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.0% · 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 16.1 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

144 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 13

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
147
Annualized
≈74 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving35 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253102
20242002
20231001
20222012
20213033
20192012
20181001
20171001
20161001
20151001
20141001
20121001
20071001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 4, 2025PA10No
Feb 6, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 3, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 4, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 8, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 14, 2022OR01Yes
Jul 12, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 23, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 22, 2021CA02Yes
Nov 24, 2021WA01Yes
Dec 2, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2019CA01Yes
Jan 1, 2018OR00Yes
Nov 20, 2017WA00Yes
Sep 12, 2016CA00Yes
Nov 12, 2015CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2014CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2012CA00Yes
Jul 2, 2007CA00Yes
Oct 26, 2006CA00Yes