Booking freight is your business. Monitoring 43 million records is ours.
Not just another carrier search.A vault that monitors every carrier you use —and keeps dated proof for when the unexpected happens.
Check, monitor, prove — automatic, and on the record.
- Name & DBA
- Authority status
- Address
- Fleet size
- Safety rating
- OOS status
Only Carrier Archive hears the whole industry.
A lookup shows today's surface. The file runs deeper — every violation actually cited, FMCSA's published safety measures, crash history other sites age out — and the network hears what's happening right now: every brokerage on Carrier Archive makes every other member's checks sharper, and that only compounds.
Surge awareness
The first thing a burned broker does is look the carrier up. When checks surge on a carrier you work with, you get a heads-up before any record changes.
Quiet exits
Several members dropping the same carrier from their watch lists shows up in no government file. You'll see the exodus while it's happening.
Incident reports
Load ghosted, unauthorized re-brokering, claim filed — structured member reports, tied to the carrier's record with dates.
Lane experience
Government data can't tell you how a carrier runs your lane. The network's collective experience can.
If your money rides on a stranger's truck, this is for you.
Knowing who you're working with is just good business. The file makes it take thirty seconds.
You post a load and the phone rings all morning. Pull the file on the carrier you like best — authority, insurance history, years on the road — and book them knowing what the federal record shows. Under your bond, that's just good practice. For brokers →
Manufacturers and distributors tendering direct don't get a brokerage's vetting desk. The file is that desk — free, in seconds, cited to federal records line by line. For shippers →
Every carrier you work with represents you to your customer. Check new partners as you onboard them, then track your whole roster and stay current automatically — you hear the day any record changes. For forwarders & 3PLs →
You're advancing cash against a carrier's invoices. The file rounds out your underwriting — years in operation, insurance pattern, public record — all cited and dated, in one pull. For factoring →
Moving across state lines with a company you found online — you'll do this once. One free lookup is a proper introduction before moving day. Before you move →
Every broker who pulls your number sees the same federal file. Check your own — authority, insurance filings, inspections — fix what's wrong at FMCSA, and track your number so you hear when it changes. For carriers →
Simple, and built to stay that way.
No scores out of thin air. No black boxes. A record, read carefully.
Pull the file
MC number or USDOT number from the rate confirmation, or the company name. Free and instant — no account, no sales call.
Read the findings
We compare the carrier against warning signs proven on 331,000+ real carriers — and skip the myths. Every flag shows the government record it came from.
Track your carriers
Add any carrier to your watch list with just an email — no card, no password. We check them daily and email you after a change appears in the federal record.
Start free.
The price is the number of carriers you track. People are free — add your whole team.
- Carrier lookups, free — the full file every time
- Validated findings with measured failure rates
- Complete insurance filing history
- Track up to 10 carriers per account — just add your email
- Alerts when a tracked carrier's federal record changes — checked daily
- Add your whole team — seats are free, and every action carries a name
- Dated verification records for every carrier you watch
- Every carrier's archived history is already on file the day you first look
- Everything in Free, for your whole carrier list
- Up to 100 tracked carriers, re-examined daily — +$20/month per additional 100
- Daily digest across your carrier list; critical changes sent the same day
- Nothing is ever removed automatically — your history stays yours
- Cancel anytime; records kept 7 years under your plan
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