Carrier profile · USDOT 1436688 · MC-542786 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

SBC TRANSPORTATION INC

54 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 31 statesLAREDO, TX75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-542786 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

54Power units

93 observed · MCS-150

163Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.4Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 717-0404 Email dispatchsafety@sbctransportation.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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average8.7% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

54 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.4 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

218 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 148 vehicle and 218 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.3 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

207 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 18

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 54
Inspections · 24 mo: 218
Annualized: ≈109 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness28 · 12 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 17 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 7 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’26 · 11 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

United Specialty’15–’18

Hudson’18–’20

United Specialty’21–’23

Transverse Specialty’23–’24

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO · since Apr 2026

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Dec 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
INCLINE AMERICAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Dec 2025	$750K	11
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2024 → Dec 2024	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	5
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2023	$750K	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2015 → Jan 2018	$750K	7
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Jan 2014 → Jan 2014	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Jan 2015	$750K	4
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Jan 2014 → Feb 2014	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2012 → May 2012	$750K	3
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jul 2011	$750K	6
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2010 → Feb 2011	$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): 54
Observed power (24 mo): 93
Trailers (towed): 163

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

34.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 31 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

211

TX busiest

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

Home base

LAREDO, TX

832 HALLMARK DR

Top corridor

TX 79 · NM 17 · LA 14

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: 13 trucks also ran under 13 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2996436 USDOT 4259556 USDOT 2415529 USDOT 3077830 USDOT 3134574 USDOT 3857658 USDOT 3387585 USDOT 2579647Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (94 trucks · 52 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1509690 USDOT 3067558 USDOT 3146886 USDOT 4003528 USDOT 1876874 USDOT 3078358 USDOT 3134574 USDOT 2178394

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@sbctransportation.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3343589 USDOT 4419366

Shares a company officer with other carriers

carlos f grajeda — 2 carriers: USDOT 2968910

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 832 HALLMARK DR, LAREDO, TX, 78045
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 717-0404
Fax: (956) 717-0109
Email: safety@sbctransportation.com
Web domain: sbctransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Carlos F Grajeda
USDOT / docket: 1436688 · MC-542786
First registered: Nov 18, 2005
Last MCS-150: Jan 13, 2026 · 2,464,767 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

107

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,464,767

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 SBC TRANSPORTATION INC.

SBC TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1436688) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO effective Apr 12, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 218 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 148 vehicle-level and 218 driver-level — across 31 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 54 power units and 107 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 13, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SBC TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

SBC TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1436688, and its motor carrier number is MC-542786.

Is SBC TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, SBC TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SBC TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

SBC TRANSPORTATION INC has a 22.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 324 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).