FMCSA USDOT Trucking, Motor Carrier & Insurance Leads Scraper ($1.50 / 1K)

Get every newly registered or active US trucking company, motor carrier, owner-operator, and freight broker—complete with owner/officer names, direct emails, cell phones, MC operating authority status, active insurance policies (BMC-91X), and Out-of-Service flags.

Unlike basic SAFER page scrapers or single-table census exports, this Actor joins five official US Department of Transportation (FMCSA / MOTUS) datasets in parallel:

1. FMCSA Company Census File (az4n-8mr2) — Core registration profile, officers, phones, cell phones, emails, fleet equipment, and 30+ cargo classifications.
2. FMCSA MOTUS Operating Authority (inys-ebih) — Joins 2025–2026 MOTUS MC / FF / MX docket numbers, authority status (Active, Pending, Inactive, Withdrawn), minimum required BIPD liability coverage ($750,000+), and current BIPD/Cargo/Bond filings on record.
3. FMCSA MOTUS Active Insurance Policies (c5y8-a4uz) — Extracts active insurer names, policy numbers, form codes (BMC-91X, BMC-34), coverage limits, and policy effective dates (ideal for insurance renewal prospecting).
4. FMCSA MOTUS Authority History & Suspensions (yu5v-wbh6) — Tracks authority grant dates, latest status change dates, and involuntary suspension/revocation reasons (including insurance cancellation triggers).
5. FMCSA Out-of-Service Orders (p2mt-9ige) — Flags active Out-of-Service orders and safety fitness violations for instant carrier compliance vetting.

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Why Choose This FMCSA Actor? (Comparison)

Capability	This Actor	Standard Census Scrapers	SAFER HTML Scrapers
Price per 1,000 Carrier Records	$1.50 / 1K ($0.0015/lead)	$3.00 – $5.00 / 1K	$2.00 – $10.00 / 1K + Proxy fees
Direct Officer Name, Email & Cell Phone	✅ E.164 (+1...) & CRM formatted	⚠️ Raw unformatted strings	❌ SAFER hides email & cell phone
2026 FMCSA MOTUS MC Docket & Authority Join	✅ Included (enrichAuthority: true)	⚠️ Often missing or single-day delta	⚠️ Slow 1-by-1 HTML requests
Active Insurance Policies (BMC-91X, Insurer, Policy #)	✅ Included	❌ Missing in most census tools	❌ Requires separate L&I scrape
"Needs BIPD Insurance" & Cancellation Triggers	✅ Auto-tagged in lead_segments	❌ No	❌ No
Corporate Website Extraction & Live DNS Check	✅ Included (verifyEmailDns: true)	❌ No	⚠️ Paid extra per SERP call
Permit-Agent / Shared-Contact Detection	✅ Flags is_shared_contact	❌ No	❌ No
Stateful Monitoring (monitorMode for Daily Schedules)	✅ Emits only net-new USDOTs	⚠️ Rare	❌ No
Per-State Balanced Sampling (maxResultsPerState)	✅ Included	❌ Large states crowd out small ones	❌ No state filter
Proxy Costs & CAPTCHA Failures	$0.00 (0% failure rate)	$0.00	High residential proxy cost

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Transparent Pricing ($1.50 per 1,000 Leads)

You are charged only for carrier records actually returned ($0.0015 per record via Pay-Per-Event), with no monthly subscription:

Workflow	Records Returned	Total Cost
Quick Test Run (verify output quality)	25 leads	$0.0375 (~4 cents)
Daily New-Authority Lead Feed (registeredWithinDays: 1)	~200 leads/day	$0.30 / day (~$9/month)
Targeted Multi-State Fleet Pull	1,000 leads	$1.50
Full Regional TAM Export	10,000 leads	$15.00

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High-Intent B2B Playbooks (Copy-Paste Inputs)

1. Commercial Trucking Insurance Agencies: "Hot Pending Authorities Needing BIPD Filing"

Brand-new interstate for-hire carriers (carrierOperations: ["interstate"], authorizedForHireOnly: true) receive a Pending MC docket in MOTUS and cannot activate their authority until an insurance agent files their $750,000–$1,000,000 BMC-91X policy. Look for "NEEDS_BIPD_INSURANCE_FILING" in lead_segments:

{
  "states": ["TX", "FL", "GA", "IL", "CA"],
  "registeredWithinDays": 7,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "carrierOperations": ["interstate"],
  "authorizedForHireOnly": true,
  "requireEmail": true,
  "requirePhone": true,
  "enrichAuthority": true,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

2. Freight Factoring, Fuel Cards & Dispatch SaaS: Small Fleets (1–10 Trucks)

Target newly registered owner-operators and small fleets (minPowerUnits: 1, maxPowerUnits: 10) with direct decision-maker emails and cell phones:

{
  "states": ["TX", "OH", "PA", "NC", "TN"],
  "registeredWithinDays": 14,
  "minPowerUnits": 1,
  "maxPowerUnits": 10,
  "requireEmail": true,
  "requirePhone": true,
  "maxResultsPerState": 100,
  "maxItems": 500
}

3. Telematics / ELD & Freight Brokers: Established Refrigerated (Reefer) Fleets

Filter by cargo specialization (REFRIGERATED_FOOD, FRESH_PRODUCE) and minimum fleet size (minPowerUnits: 5). (Note: FMCSA populates cargo flags ~45–60 days after initial registration, so omit recent date filters when filtering by cargo type).

{
  "cargoTypes": ["REFRIGERATED_FOOD", "FRESH_PRODUCE"],
  "minPowerUnits": 5,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "requireEmail": true,
  "enrichAuthority": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

4. Instant Carrier Compliance & Insurance Lookup (dotNumbers / mcNumbers)

Pass specific USDOT or MC numbers (including 2025–2026 MOTUS MC numbers) to verify active authority, insurance policies on file, safety ratings, and Out-of-Service orders in bulk:

{
  "mcNumbers": ["MC1682702", "MC55933742"],
  "enrichAuthority": true,
  "verifyEmailDns": true
}

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Sample Output Record

{
  "dot_number": "9550127",
  "mc_docket_number": "MC55933742",
  "authority_status": "Pending",
  "authority_type": "Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)",
  "authority_granted_date": null,
  "authority_status_date": "2026-11-01",
  "authority_status_reason": "Initial Status",
  "status_code": "A",
  "legal_name": "KEDDYS KARRIERS LLC",
  "dba_name": null,
  "business_org_type": null,
  "primary_officer": "FURMON DAVIS IV",
  "secondary_officer": null,
  "email_address": "keddyskarriers@gmail.com",
  "email_domain": "gmail.com",
  "is_corporate_email": false,
  "email_domain_resolvable": true,
  "website_domain": null,
  "is_shared_contact": false,
  "phone_e164": "+16825831999",
  "phone_formatted": "(682) 583-1999",
  "cell_phone_e164": null,
  "cell_phone_formatted": null,
  "phy_street": "5900 BALCONES DR STE 100",
  "phy_city": "AUSTIN",
  "phy_state": "TX",
  "phy_zip": "78731-4298",
  "phy_country": "US",
  "power_units": 1,
  "truck_units": 1,
  "total_drivers": 1,
  "cdl_drivers": 1,
  "equipment_breakdown": {
    "owned_trucks": 1,
    "owned_tractors": 0,
    "owned_trailers": 1,
    "term_leased_trucks": 0,
    "term_leased_tractors": 0,
    "term_leased_trailers": 0
  },
  "cargo_types": ["General Freight"],
  "hazmat_indicator": false,
  "operating_authorities": [
    {
      "docket_number": "MC55933742",
      "authority_type": "Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)",
      "status": "Pending",
      "bipd_required_usd": 750000,
      "bipd_on_file_usd": 0,
      "cargo_required": false,
      "bond_required": false,
      "cargo_on_file": false,
      "bond_on_file": false
    }
  ],
  "insurance_requirements": {
    "bipd_required_usd": 750000,
    "bipd_on_file_usd": 0,
    "cargo_required": false,
    "bond_required": false
  },
  "insurance_policies": [],
  "insurance_summary": "PENDING FILING ($750,000 BIPD Required)",
  "currently_out_of_service": false,
  "out_of_service_orders": [],
  "registration_date": "2026-11-01",
  "days_since_registration": 2,
  "lead_score": 95,
  "lead_segments": [
    "ACTIVE_USDOT",
    "HAS_EMAIL",
    "HAS_LANDLINE_OR_PHONE",
    "DECISION_MAKER_NAMED",
    "NEW_AUTHORITY_90D",
    "HOT_NEW_AUTHORITY_30D",
    "NEEDS_BIPD_INSURANCE_FILING",
    "OWNER_OPERATOR_SMALL_FLEET",
    "MOTOR_CARRIER"
  ],
  "fmcsa_safer_url": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=9550127"
}

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Automation & API Integrations (Clay, n8n, Make, Python, MCP)

Call via Synchronous REST Endpoint (Clay.com / n8n / Make HTTP Module)

Send a single POST request to run the Actor and receive the JSON array of carrier leads directly in the HTTP response:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~fmcsa-usdot-trucking-leads-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "states": ["TX", "FL"],
    "registeredWithinDays": 3,
    "carrierOperations": ["interstate"],
    "authorizedForHireOnly": true,
    "monitorMode": true,
    "maxItems": 100
  }'

Call via Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/fmcsa-usdot-trucking-leads-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "states": ["TX", "CA", "FL"],
        "registeredWithinDays": 7,
        "requireEmail": True,
        "enrichAuthority": True,
        "maxItems": 250,
    }
)
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"Fetched {len(items)} enriched carrier leads")

AI Agents & MCP Server (mcp.apify.com)

Compatible with Apify's MCP server, x402, and Skyfire agentic payments. AI agents can invoke this tool to:

• Discover newly registered motor carriers in specific states with verified emails and phone numbers.
• Verify whether a USDOT or MC number has active operating authority, sufficient BIPD insurance on file, or active Out-of-Service orders.
• Flag shared permit-agent contact details (is_shared_contact) vs. direct owner-operator contacts.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Where does this data come from, and is it legal to use? All records come directly from official US Department of Transportation (FMCSA) public open-data portals (data.transportation.gov), including the Company Census File and the MOTUS Licensing & Insurance tables. It is 100% public government registry data.

2. Why was mc_docket_number missing when I used another census scraper? In May 2026, FMCSA transitioned operating authority registrations to MOTUS. Brand-new MC docket numbers appear in the MOTUS Carrier table (inys-ebih) days or weeks before they propagate to legacy census columns. Because this Actor joins both tables automatically (enrichAuthority: true), you capture the MC docket number and Pending insurance status on day one.

3. What does is_shared_contact: true (PERMIT_AGENT_SHARED_CONTACT) mean? Many new owner-operators hire a compliance or permit-filing agency to submit their initial USDOT application, and the filing agency puts its own email or phone number on dozens of registrations. Our engine automatically detects emails/phones shared across multiple USDOT numbers in a batch so your sales team can separate direct owner-operators from permit agencies.

4. How do I schedule a daily feed without getting duplicate leads? Set "monitorMode": true and "registeredWithinDays": 7, then attach an Apify Schedule (e.g., every morning at 7:00 AM). The Actor stores every delivered USDOT number in your persistent Key-Value Store (fmcsa-seen-usdots) and automatically skips any carrier delivered in prior runs.