Carrier profile · USDOT 1472602 · MC-555320 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VENTURE XPRESS INC

12 power unitsavg 6.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCABOT, AR80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-555320 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

32Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(501) 588-0604 Email dispatchPFULMER@VENTURETA.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 well above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average37.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes3 crashes involving injuries are on 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 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.8 yr

Model years 1997–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

45 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 37.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 14.1 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 7

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

≈1.9 / 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: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 45
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.9 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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$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 ’24 · 13 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Carolina’07–’09

United Financial’11–’13

Great West’18–’20

Falls Lake’20–’23

Incline’23–now

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY · since Jan 2024

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2023	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2018 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$750K	2
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Sep 2016	$750K	8
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Sep 2015	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2014 → Aug 2015	$750K	1
OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2013 → Aug 2014	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Aug 2013	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2009 → Jan 2011	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2007 → Aug 2009	$750K	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2006 → Aug 2007	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Feb 2006 → Dec 2006	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 32

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

63.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AR busiest

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

Home base

CABOT, AR

3814 EAST JUSTICE ROAD

Top corridor

AR 24 · MS 6 · TN 5

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: 14 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1575970 USDOT 3015611 USDOT 999376Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (45 trucks · 20 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 16130 USDOT 999376 USDOT 3280367 USDOT 3529518 USDOT 2841522 USDOT 3487141 USDOT 3487145 USDOT 1575970

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ventureta.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3044590

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 3814 EAST JUSTICE ROAD, CABOT, AR, 72023
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (501) 588-0604
Cell: (501) 539-2224
Fax: (501) 988-5600
Email: pfulmer@ventureta.com
Web domain: ventureta.com

Registration

Officers: Patrick Fulmer · Jason Teer
USDOT / docket: 1472602 · MC-555320
First registered: Mar 10, 2006
Last MCS-150: Mar 6, 2026 · 880,324 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

880,324

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 VENTURE XPRESS INC.

VENTURE XPRESS INC (USDOT 1472602) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 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 $750,000 limit in force from INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY effective Jan 23, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 37.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 45 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 45 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 6, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is VENTURE XPRESS INC's USDOT number?

VENTURE XPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1472602, and its motor carrier number is MC-555320.

Is VENTURE XPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is VENTURE XPRESS INC's safety record?

VENTURE XPRESS INC has a 37.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 69 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).