Carriers rated unsatisfactory by FMCSA
25 of the 16,180 carriers CarrierHelm holds sit in this group. These are records we hold, not the whole federal register — the share is of this corpus.
Preview: 16,180 carriers of roughly 4.5 million registered — a deliberate mix of currently active carriers and ones deactivated within the past year. Coverage is expanding. Data as of 2026-09-09.
Largest fleets
| Carrier | Based | Power units | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| N GOLDRING CORP | Florida | 29 | 36 |
| VERMEER SALES AND SERVICE INC | Iowa | 29 | 35 |
| TALLEY TRANSPORTATION | California | 21 | 19 |
| SOUTHERN METALS COMPANY | North Carolina | 19 | 9 |
| FOUNTAIN MOVING & STORAGE INC | Georgia | 9 | 8 |
| THARP PALLET COMPANY INC | Arkansas | 9 | 9 |
| ARROW LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION LLC | North Carolina | 5 | 35 |
| JARRELL CONTRACTORS INC | North Carolina | 5 | 3 |
| SHELDON SLATE PRODUCTS CO INC | New York | 5 | 3 |
| AIM TRANSPORT INC | California | 3 | 4 |
Where they are based
Physical address state, as filed on the MCS-150.
| Value | carriers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 5 | 20.0% |
| Illinois | 4 | 16.0% |
| California | 2 | 8.0% |
| Texas | 1 | 4.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 4.0% |
| New York | 1 | 4.0% |
| Mississippi | 1 | 4.0% |
| Michigan | 1 | 4.0% |
| Maine | 1 | 4.0% |
| Louisiana | 1 | 4.0% |
| Kentucky | 1 | 4.0% |
| Indiana | 1 | 4.0% |
Operating range
| Value | carriers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Interstate | 19 | 76.0% |
| Intrastate, non-hazardous materials | 6 | 24.0% |
How they are organised
| Value | carriers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATION | 19 | 76.0% |
| INDIVIDUAL | 3 | 12.0% |
| PARTNERSHIP | 1 | 4.0% |
Other safety ratings
Every safety rating declared by a carrier on file, most common first.
- Satisfactory3,316
- Conditional570
Reading these numbers
The denominator is our corpus, not the country. CarrierHelm holds a systematic sample of the FMCSA register — currently active carriers plus ones deactivated within the past year, over-represented on purpose so the deactivated case is visible at all. A count here describes what we hold. It moves when the corpus does.
A safety rating is assigned only after a compliance review, so most carriers have none at all — an unrated carrier is not an unsafe one. The rating reflects the review, and reviews can be years apart.