# Motor Carrier Lookup: Trucking Company Search & Vetting (`lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup`) Actor

Look up US trucking carriers in the public carrier census by USDOT number, MC number, company name or city: status, operation, dockets, fleet size, cargo, safety rating and vetting flags. Unofficial. Not a consumer report.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Lepi Data](https://apify.com/lepidata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.80 / 1,000 carrier records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Motor Carrier Lookup: Trucking Company Search & Vetting

*Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), or any government agency. No government seals or logos are used.*

Look up US trucking and bus companies in the public carrier census file and export one row per USDOT number. It's for freight brokers and shippers vetting carriers, factoring and insurance underwriters, TMS and load-board developers, and compliance teams.

**Input:** USDOT numbers, MC / MX / FF docket numbers, company-name prefixes, or a city + state listing, with status, operation, entity-type, hazmat and fleet-size filters.

**Output:** USDOT number, legal and DBA name (see Privacy), USDOT status, interstate / intrastate operation, entity types, for-hire classification, MC dockets and their status, physical and mailing city / state / ZIP, fleet (power units, trucks, drivers, owned and leased equipment), hazmat flag, cargo classes, last MCS-150 date and mileage, safety rating and last review, prior-revoked USDOT flag, a SAFER snapshot link and plain-language **vetting flags** (inactive USDOT, not authorized for hire, brand-new record, stale MCS-150, conditional or unsatisfactory rating, prior revoked number, undeliverable address).

**Confirm on the official SAFER company snapshot and licensing & insurance records** before booking a load or paying a carrier. Operating authority and insurance filings are not in the census file and are not included.

### Input

- `dotNumbers`: up to 5,000 USDOT numbers (`USDOT 123456` and `123456` both work). Numbers not in the file come back as free `not-found` rows.
- `mcNumbers`: up to 500 dockets like `MC-123456`, `MX-12345`, `FF-1234` or `123456`
- `companyNames`: up to 100 legal or DBA name prefixes, 3+ characters
- `city` + exactly one state in `states`: list every carrier in that city
- Filters for name searches and city listings: `states`, `usdotStatus`, `operation`, `entityType`, `hazmat`, `minPowerUnits`, `maxPowerUnits`
- `maxResults`: up to 20,000

### Output fields

`type`, `matched_by`, `dot_number`, `legal_name`, `dba_name`, `name_withheld`, `likely_individual_or_sole_proprietor`, `business_type`, `usdot_status`, `operation`, `entity_types`, `authority_class`, `dockets`, `physical_address`, `mailing_address`, `undeliverable_address`, `fleet`, `hazmat`, `cargo`, `cargo_other`, `mcs150`, `added_date`, `safety`, `prior_revoked`, `snapshot_url`, `vetting_flags`, `confirm_at`

**Privacy.** Company officer names, phone, fax, cell phone, email and D\&B numbers are never returned.

- **Exact lookups** (`dotNumbers`, `mcNumbers`): the registered name is shown. For carriers that look like individuals or sole proprietors, and for residential-looking addresses, the street line and ZIP+4 are withheld (city, state and ZIP5 stay).
- **Name searches** (`companyNames`): the legal and DBA names of likely individuals / sole proprietors are withheld; addresses as for exact lookups.
- **City listings** (`city`): names of likely individuals are withheld, and the street line and ZIP+4 are withheld on **every** record (city, state and ZIP5 stay).

**Opt-out.** Removal requests: support@lepidata.com. Requests are handled within 30 days; opted-out carriers are dropped from every result.

Free status rows (not charged): `not-found`, `no-results`, `invalid-input`, `api-error`, `free-plan-limit`, `charge-limit-reached`.

**Example:** `{"dotNumbers":["86876"],"mcNumbers":["MC-123456"],"companyNames":["SCHNEIDER NATIONAL"],"maxResults":50}`

### Not a consumer report

Not a consumer report. Lepidata is not a consumer reporting agency. Do not use this data to decide credit, insurance, employment or housing eligibility for an individual.

You are responsible for your own CAN-SPAM, TCPA and do-not-call compliance when contacting any business found here.

### Data source and compliance

- Source credit: the Company Census File (dataset az4n-8mr2) on the U.S. Department of Transportation open data portal, data.transportation.gov (FMCSA data). US government public data, updated daily. Requests are spaced at least 1 second apart, following the portal's robots.txt.
- Unofficial data. It can be out of date or wrong: confirm on the official SAFER company snapshot before relying on it. Not legal, safety or insurance advice.
- Free-plan accounts get up to 100 results per run.

**Pricing.** Pay per result: $1.80 per 1,000 carriers ($0.0018 each), the same price on every plan, no start fee. Free status rows are never charged.

# Actor input Schema

## `dotNumbers` (type: `array`):

USDOT numbers to look up, up to 5,000 (100 per request). Filters below do not apply to number lookups.

## `mcNumbers` (type: `array`):

Docket numbers like MC-123456, up to 500.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Legal or DBA name prefixes (3+ characters), up to 100, e.g. SCHNEIDER NATIONAL.

## `city` (type: `string`):

List carriers in one city. Needs exactly one state in States.

## `states` (type: `array`):

2-letter state or province codes of the physical address, e.g. TX. Up to 60. Applies to name searches, city listings and the new-carrier feed.

## `usdotStatus` (type: `string`):

USDOT record status in the census file.

## `operation` (type: `string`):

Carrier operation code on the census record: interstate, intrastate hazmat, or intrastate non-hazmat.

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Entity type on the USDOT record (carrier, broker, shipper, freight forwarder...).

## `hazmat` (type: `string`):

Hazardous-materials indicator.

## `minPowerUnits` (type: `integer`):

Minimum power units (trucks + tractors) reported on the MCS-150.

## `maxPowerUnits` (type: `integer`):

Maximum power units reported on the MCS-150.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum carrier rows, up to 20,000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dotNumbers": [
    "86876"
  ],
  "usdotStatus": "any",
  "operation": "any",
  "entityType": "any",
  "hazmat": "any",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

All rows from this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "dotNumbers": [
        "86876"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "dotNumbers": ["86876"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "dotNumbers": [
    "86876"
  ]
}' |
apify call lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lepidata/motor-carrier-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aOFI8oKi10JL0f0xj/builds/jFyBCyCctQD648Zfx/openapi.json