Which FMCSA-registered carriers match a name, state, entity type, fleet-size ran
Which FMCSA-registered carriers match a name, state, entity type, fleet-size range, operating status, or authority status? Trigram name search over 4.4M+ census records — find a carrier's USDOT number, shortlist carriers in a lane state, or screen brokers vs carriers. Up to 100 rows per call, largest fleets first; total_matched caps at 1000 (total_matched_capped=true means narrow your filters).
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
251 msmedian answer time
$1.25listed price per call
$1.25price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.govparse.io/v1/carriers/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.govparse.io |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $1.25 | 251 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"entity_type": "carrier",
"name": "knight transportation",
"state": "TX"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"authority_status": {
"description": "Only carriers with an operating-authority record in this status: Active | Pending | Inactive | Withdrawn.",
"examples": [
"Active"
],
"type": "string"
},
"entity_type": {
"description": "carrier | broker | forwarder (CSV for multiple).",
"examples": [
"carrier"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows to return (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
],
"type": "integer"
},
"name": {
"description": "Carrier legal or DBA name fragment, case-insensitive (trigram match). Example: 'knight transportation'.",
"examples": [
"knight transportation"
],
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Rows to skip, for paging.",
"examples": [
0
],
"type": "integer"
},
"operating_status": {
"description": "A (active) | I (inactive) | P (pending), CSV for multiple.",
"examples": [
"A"
],
"type": "string"
},
"power_units_max": {
"description": "Maximum fleet size in power units.",
"examples": [
500
],
"type": "integer"
},
"power_units_min": {
"description": "Minimum fleet size in power units.",
"examples": [
50
],
"type": "integer"
},
"sort": {
"description": "field:direction \u2014 power_units | total_drivers | usdot. Example: 'power_units:desc'.",
"examples": [
"power_units:desc"
],
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "Physical-address state code(s), CSV. Example: 'TX,OK'.",
"examples": [
"TX"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [],
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}