Example result
USDOT number 80806, read from the FMCSA Company Census File.
- Legal name
- J B HUNT TRANSPORT INC (doing business as J B HUNT)
- Operating status
- Active
- Business organization
- Corporation
- Classification
- Authorized For Hire
- Carrier operation
- Interstate
- Docket numbers
- MC-135797 (active), FF-51075 (active)
- Power units
- 25,280
- Drivers
- 24,116, of whom 23,669 hold a CDL
- Location
- Lowell, AR 72745
- Safety rating
- Satisfactory, as of May 8, 1992
- Source
- FMCSA Company Census File, dataset az4n-8mr2
Captured 2026-10-19.
How it works
- Type the USDOT number: digits only, up to eight.
- Your browser asks the public Company Census File on data.transportation.gov for that number. It needs no key and no account.
- The page lists the fields the record actually holds, labels each with its census column, and leaves out contact details.
What the census file is
The Company Census File holds records for active, inactive and pending entities registered with FMCSA, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA gives each entity record one USDOT number. The data portal listed the file as last updated on October 17, 2026 (read 2026-10-18).
What a match does and does not tell you
A match confirms that the carrier is registered and shows how it described itself on its registration filings. It does not show whether the carrier drives safely or whether its insurance is current. Check insurance on the certificates the carrier gives you.
The safety rating line is the rating field of the same census record, with its date. The data dictionary says a blank field means no safety review of the carrier has been conducted, and the page says no rating is recorded in that case. Ratings can be many years old, so read the date.
The "record added or reactivated" date is the date the record was created, reactivated or systematically updated in the registration system. It is not always the date the business first registered.
What this page leaves out
Phone numbers, email addresses and the names of company officers are in the census file but are never read or shown here. The location line gives city, state and ZIP only. When the census lists an entity as an individual, the page withholds the name because it would be a personal name.
This page covers registration data and the census file only. Insurance filings, crash and inspection history and carrier safety scores are held in other FMCSA systems that this page does not read.
Census codes and classifications in plain words, from the MCMIS Company Census Data Dictionary, attached to the dataset
| Census column | Value | Plain meaning |
|---|---|---|
| STATUS_CODE | A, Active | In business and subject to the federal motor carrier or hazardous materials rules, or an intrastate non-hazardous carrier that a state issued a number to. |
| STATUS_CODE | I, Inactive | No longer in business, or no longer subject to those rules. |
| STATUS_CODE | P, Pending | A company based in Mexico that has applied for operating authority in the United States and is still waiting for a decision. |
| CARRIER_OPERATION | A, Interstate | Carries between states. A record can carry more than one letter. |
| CARRIER_OPERATION | B, Intrastate hazardous materials | Carries hazardous materials inside one state. |
| CARRIER_OPERATION | C, Intrastate non-hazardous materials | Carries other goods inside one state. |
| CLASSDEF | Authorized For Hire | A commercial entity whose main business is moving property or passengers by motor vehicle for pay. |
| CLASSDEF | Exempt For Hire | Moves goods for pay in operations that are not subject to economic regulation by the former Interstate Commerce Commission. |
| CLASSDEF | Private Property | Moves its own goods as a side of another main business. |
| CLASSDEF | Private Passenger, Business | Carries passengers between states as part of a commercial enterprise, not offered to the public at large. |
| CLASSDEF | Private Passenger, Non-Business | Carries passengers between states without a business purpose, such as a church bus. |
| CLASSDEF | Migrant | Carries three or more migrant workers at a time to or from their work. |
| CLASSDEF | U. S. Mail | Carries United States mail. |
| CLASSDEF | Federal Government, State Government, Local Government, Indian Tribe | A government body moving its own property or passengers: federal, state, local or tribal. |
| CLASSDEF | Other, with a short label | A classification outside the list above. The file adds a free-text label after the word Other. |
| BUSINESS_ORG_ID | 1, 2 or 3 | Individual, partnership or corporation. The dictionary says this comes from reviews only, so many records leave it blank. |
| DOCKET1PREFIX to DOCKET3PREFIX | MC, MX or FF | Prefix of a federally assigned operating-authority docket number. These numbers replaced the older term ICC number. |
| DOCKET1_STATUS_CODE to DOCKET3_STATUS_CODE | A, I | Whether that docket number is active or inactive. |
| SAFETY_RATING | S, Satisfactory | Records show no evidence that the carrier substantially failed to meet safety requirements. |
| SAFETY_RATING | C, Conditional | The carrier did not meet one or more safety requirements. |
| SAFETY_RATING | U, Unsatisfactory | Records show the carrier substantially failed to meet safety requirements. |
| SAFETY_RATING | Blank | No safety review has been conducted on the carrier. |
Sources
- FMCSA Company Census File, dataset page on data.transportation.gov read 2026-10-18
- Company Census File dataset metadata (description and columns) read 2026-10-18
- MCMIS Company Census Data Dictionary (Rev 08, 2026-01-23), attached to the dataset read 2026-10-18
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Frequently asked questions
What does a USDOT number show?
It shows that FMCSA holds a registration record for the entity, and what that record says: status, classification, docket numbers, fleet and driver counts and the safety rating field. It does not show safe operation or current insurance.
Why does the page say a number was not found in the census file?
The census dataset returned no record for that number. The number may contain a typo, may not be issued, or may not be in this file. The page never calls such a number invalid, because only a number with a wrong format is invalid.
How does a USDOT number differ from an MC number?
A USDOT number identifies the entity in the census. An MC, MX or FF number is a federally assigned docket number for interstate operating authority. The census record can hold up to three docket numbers, each with an active or inactive status.
Why does a record show no safety rating?
According to the census data dictionary, a blank rating means no safety review has been conducted on that carrier. Many carriers have never been reviewed, so a blank is common and says nothing against the carrier.
Why are phone numbers and officer names not shown?
The census file includes them, but this page never reads them. It shows registration facts only, and withholds the name of an entity the census lists as an individual.