Before you haul for a stranger
Broker Check.
Thirty seconds against the federal registry every broker is required to be in.
An unfamiliar broker is a stranger asking to owe you thousands of dollars. Before you sign anything, run the MC number off the rate con through here — it checks their authority, their bond, and whether the government has already pulled the plug on them. Straight from FMCSA, live, free. It's the first thing I do when a new name calls, and it's caught things a friendly voice on the phone never mentions.
Run the number
Examples: 123456 · MC-123456 · dot:987654 · "Acme Logistics"
Authoritybroker license — live, dead, or never existed
Bondthe $75,000 standing behind your invoice
Recordout-of-service actions & revocations on file
Paperwork clean? Now check the load.
A legitimate broker can still hand you a losing rate. Run their number against your real cost per mile — take it, push back, or walk away.
Run the load through the calculator →
Data comes live from FMCSA's public registry (SAFER/QCMobile). Paperwork isn't a payment history — a broker can hold clean authority and still pay slow, so factor or verify pay terms on a first load. This is a records check, not legal advice, and we take nothing from anyone to show it.