Carrier profile · USDOT 2642590 · MC-921146 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TEX-Q EXPRESS INC

19 power unitsavg 11.4 yrRegional · 4 statesHOUSTON, TX62/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-921146 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

29 observed · MCS-150

28Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.4Avg age (yr)

1998–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(832) 487-9671 Email dispatchTEXQEXPRESS@HOTMAIL.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

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

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average39.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average15.5% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% 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)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

39.2

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

39.2

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

19 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.4 yr

Model years 1998–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

58 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 39.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 51 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

53.8% · 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 2.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

56 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 58
Annualized: ≈29 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 15 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 7 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness12 · 11 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 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

United Specialty’18–’19

Platinum Transport’19–’22

Trisura Specialty’23–’24

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since Feb 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	5
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2023 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
ARGONAUT INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2022 → Sep 2023	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jun 2022 → Dec 2022	$750K	2
PLATINUM TRANSPORT INSURANCE RRG, INC	Jun 2019 → Jun 2022	$750K	8
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	3
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Mar 2018	$750K	4
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Sep 2016	$750K	3
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Dec 2015	$750K	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 29
Trailers (towed): 28

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.4 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

60%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

8204 LEY RD

Top corridor

TX 49 · LA 6 · NM 2

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: 6 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3057362 USDOT 4000961 USDOT 2192179 USDOT 4534145 USDOT 4536613Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (37 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3437243 USDOT 4133155 USDOT 4279685 USDOT 4386973 USDOT 3057362 USDOT 4000961 USDOT 4230869 USDOT 3637321

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jenny prieto — 2 carriers: USDOT 2456055

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: 8204 LEY RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77028
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (832) 487-9671
Fax: (832) 830-8213
Email: texqexpress@hotmail.com

Registration

Officer: Jenny Prieto
USDOT / docket: 2642590 · MC-921146
First registered: Jun 8, 2015
Last MCS-150: Oct 21, 2025 · 1,441,197 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 1, 2025
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,441,197

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 TEX-Q EXPRESS INC.

TEX-Q EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2642590) has a Vektor safety score of 62/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective Feb 10, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 39.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 58 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 51 vehicle-level and 58 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 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 19 power units and 19 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 21, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 1, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TEX-Q EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

TEX-Q EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2642590, and its motor carrier number is MC-921146.

Is TEX-Q EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of 2026-06-13, TEX-Q EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TEX-Q EXPRESS INC's safety record?

TEX-Q EXPRESS INC has a 39.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 81 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 62/100 (tier: high_risk).