Overview
The FMCSA publishes carrier and broker registration, authority, fleet size and safety data through SAFER and the census files.
Many sales teams download the census, filter by power units and state, and build cold lists.
Best for
- Budget list building
- Authority and fleet size checks
Strengths
- Free and official
- Covers nearly every US carrier and broker
Limitations
- Contacts are often generic registration emails and phone numbers
- No decision maker names or titles
- Everyone uses the same file, so inboxes are crowded
Pricing
Free.
For selling to logistics companies
Great for confirming a carrier exists. Weak for reaching the person who signs.
Verdict
A useful reference, not a contact strategy. SimilarContact's Logistics product starts from a logistics company you already want and returns verified decision makers at brokerages, NVOCCs and carriers built the same way. High quality contacts, not volume.
Where SimilarContact is different
Quality, not volume
You get one to three verified contacts per lookup, not a list of thousands to clean up.
Similar to what you want
Matches are picked by industry, company size and location against the prospect you already like.
Built for engagement and intent
Contacts come from companies with real international freight, or from logistics companies that buy what you sell, so the odds of a reply are much higher.