FMCSA Carrier Search
FMCSA Carrier Search
Validate carriers with DAT CarrierWatch and ensure every carrier is compliant with FMCSA regulations.
Get detailed information on carriers across the country with a quick search on DAT CarrierWatch. With our FMCSA carrier search, you can find out background info on carriers — even ones who aren’t on the DAT network.
- Validate carriers fast with DAT’s carrier search engine.
- Identify unreliable carriers and save money.
- Monitor carriers with email alerts and updates.
Validate carriers fast with DAT’s carrier search engine.
View carrier data all in one place, including thousands of carriers who aren’t in the DAT network.
When selecting the best carriers for your transportation needs, reducing risk is crucial. DAT’s CarrierWatch provides a searchable database of active and inactive carriers, including ones not connected to the DAT network. Access to comprehensive information such as insurance, safety records, and DOT/FMCSA authority records, enables you to make faster and informed decisions. Avoid wasting time waiting for background checks, and seal deals in an instant. Count on DAT’s CarrierWatch to help you choose trustworthy carriers.
Identify unreliable carriers and save money.
Use the DAT carrier search to spot carriers who you should and shouldn’t be doing business with.
Available through your DAT Power toolbox, CarrierWatch provides a wide range of data for carriers across the industry. With insurance and safety info, you can spot unreliable carriers quickly. Plus, CarrierWatch allows you to identify whether a carrier’s address or contact information has been used before, making it easy to spot reincarnated carriers.
Monitor carriers with email alerts and updates.
Stay updated in real-time whenever your carriers’ personal information changes.
Once you’ve found a carrier you’re interested in, DAT CarrierWatch allows you to monitor carriers through your DAT One mobile app. If a carrier makes a change to their FMCSA or DOT registration, insurance details, or safety ratings, you can get notified of the change as soon as it occurs. With alerts sent directly to your smartphone, DAT CarrierWatch keeps you in the loop.
As a broker, finding a reliable carrier is paramount to doing good business. Even when a carrier seems like a good investment, there are plenty of potential setbacks that could end up costing your business time, money, and even legal hassles. To ensure your carriers have all the proper FMCSA certifications, DAT CarrierWatch offers an FMCSA carrier search from our industry-wide database of carriers. Using detailed background info, you can identify trustworthy business partners in a faster timeframe than ever.
Carriers don’t always come as advertised — and with potentially millions of dollars of freight on the line, validating carriers is critically important to your brand. Finding safe carriers helps to keep the roads secure, and to minimize the risk of incidents involving your freight. With DAT’s FMCSA carrier lookup, you can find carrier safety data including FMCSA safety reports, as well as the safety data publicly available through CSA.
Motor carriers’ FMCSA data updates regularly. With annual registration requirements, safety tests, and renaming of vehicles, you need to understand as soon as changes are made to your favorite carrier’s FMCSA records. With DAT’s FMCSA motor carrier search, staying up-to-date is easy — just establish a watchlist for the carriers in your network.
FMCSA data is constantly changing for your current carriers, and CarrierWatch is here to help you keep up with your partners. WIth over 250,000 updates every month, you can keep an eye on changes in safety ratings, insurance policies, titling, and more. With alerts from your DAT Power toolbox, you can rest assured that you have the most recent FMCSA data on all your current carriers.
To find a carrier’s DOT authority (as well as FMCSA authority), just enter the info you know about the carrier into DAT’s FMCSA carrier search. You can search using a carrier’s DOT number, address, phone number, or other info you have available. Once you’ve identified the carrier you’re planning to use, DAT offers the most up-to-date records of carrier registration available, including thousands of carriers who aren’t members of the DAT network.
DAT CarrierWatch can be purchased either as a standalone product or as part of the DAT One package, which can make it easier to keep track of carriers. To search for FMCSA carriers, simply find the CarrierWatch icon in the “Toolbox” tab of your DAT load board. You can also access CarrierWatch from your DAT TMS software. With easy access to your FMCSA carrier lookup, you can validate carriers fast, and get your freight on the road.
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Validate carriers fast with FMCSA carrier search.
Get the necessary background information to guarantee the safety and dependability of carriers. Utilizing DAT’s CarrierWatch, you have the ability to review insurance details, safety track records, and personalized criteria pertaining to more than 200,000 active carriers and over 100,000 inactive carriers. Ensure your cargo is entrusted to capable hands with DAT.