Carrier profile · USDOT 2641210 · MC-920445 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KSM CARRIER GROUP INC

135 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 38 statesGLENWOOD, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-920445 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

135Power units

144 observed · MCS-150

145Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(312) 690-3019 Email dispatchRISK@KSMCARRIERGROUP.COM

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

135 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

241 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 241 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

236 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 16

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 135-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 135
Inspections · 24 mo: 241
Annualized: ≈121 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving121 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 32 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Spirit Commercial’16–’17

State National’17–’19

Crum Forster’19–’20

Cherokee’20–’21

National Union’21–now

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Sep 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Sep 2021 → Sep 2025	$750K	4
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Nov 2017 → Sep 2019	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2017	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Sep 2017 → Nov 2017	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 135
Observed power (24 mo): 144
Trailers (towed): 145

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

31.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 38 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

240

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

GLENWOOD, IL

1 PAARLBERG RD STE 104

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 30 · NC 21 · IN 20

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Last 12 months: 16 trucks also ran under 10 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2579900 USDOT 500737 USDOT 2290204 USDOT 2267119 USDOT 3396106 USDOT 3110597 USDOT 3861304 USDOT 2147547Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (93 trucks · 71 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 242009 USDOT 500737 USDOT 3268702 USDOT 3350642 USDOT 113693 USDOT 185732 USDOT 1811206 USDOT 2577355

Shares a company officer with other carriers

mihail krsteski — 2 carriers: USDOT 2566472

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

135

Observed (24 mo)

144

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1 PAARLBERG RD STE 104, GLENWOOD, IL, 60425
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (312) 690-3019
Cell: (312) 934-7814
Email: risk@ksmcarriergroup.com
Web domain: ksmcarriergroup.com

Registration

Officer: Mihail Krsteski
USDOT / docket: 2641210 · MC-920445
First registered: Jun 3, 2015
Last MCS-150: Feb 20, 2026 · 14,175,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 8.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

135

Power units

135

Drivers

135

CDL drivers

14,175,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for KSM CARRIER GROUP INC.

KSM CARRIER GROUP INC (USDOT 2641210) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Sep 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 241 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 112 vehicle-level and 241 driver-level — across 38 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 135 power units and 135 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 20, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KSM CARRIER GROUP INC's USDOT number?

KSM CARRIER GROUP INC's USDOT number is 2641210, and its motor carrier number is MC-920445.

Is KSM CARRIER GROUP INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, KSM CARRIER GROUP INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KSM CARRIER GROUP INC's safety record?

KSM CARRIER GROUP INC has a 23.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 359 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).