Open data
Active US motor carriers — carrier-level slice
A carrier-level export of every active USDOT registration in the FMCSA census — 2,224,131 rows — with identity, location, self-reported fleet size, docket authority status, and the SaferGrade composite. Dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. The underlying government records are public data from data.transportation.gov.
~2,224,131 rows · streams as it generates · vintage 2026-07-18
Columns
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| usdot_number | USDOT number (primary key) |
| legal_name | Legal name from the FMCSA census |
| dba_name | Doing-business-as name, when filed |
| mc_number | Primary docket (MC/FF/MX), normalized without dash |
| phy_city | Physical address city |
| phy_state | Physical address state |
| power_units | Self-reported power units (MCS-150) |
| operating_status | A = active (this export is active-only) |
| docket_status | Docket authority status code: A / I / P, blank when no docket |
| safergrade_score | Records-based composite, 0–100 (blank when not scored) |
| safergrade_grade | Letter band for the score: A/B/C/D/F |
Provenance & terms
Source: FMCSA MCMIS census + SMS + MOTUS (data.transportation.gov), vintage 2026-07-23
The SaferGrade score column is a records-based composite of public FMCSA data — observational only, not a safety-fitness determination. See the methodology before using it downstream, and carry the same caveat into derivative work.
Need per-carrier detail (inspection, crash, authority, insurance records)? Every carrier has a permanent file at safergrade.com/carrier/<usdot>.