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MERCHANTS DISTRIBUTORS INC

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Company CheckMERCHANTS DISTRIBUTORS INC · DOT 2224864

DBA: CONSOLIDATION SERVICES

543 12TH STREET NW, HICKORY, NC, 28601

DOT# 2224864 MC# 355669 Hickory, North Carolina 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$2,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Oct 15, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 10, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 31, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($2,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address543 12TH STREET NW, HICKORY, NC, 28601

Mailing AddressP.O. BOX 2148, HICKORY, NC, 28603

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/17/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/24/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeLIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Contact☎ (888) 844-2663
🌐 libertymutualsurety.com

Filings on record2

Bond history

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.since Oct 1, 2013 · active

ARCH INSURANCE COMPANYDec 2003 to Oct 2013 · replaced

UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE COMar 1999 to Nov 2003 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC355669

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating27 years

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$2,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/17/2026

CompanyZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BAP3730597

Last checked09/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker

Operating27 years

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

0 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS =

2025

2 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

1 crash =

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Oct 2025, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
10/15/2025	DUNWOODY	GA	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/22/2024	CLYDE	NC	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/07/2023	ATLANTA	GA	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 roadside violations across 3 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (5)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	HazMat
10/10/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	1	1	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/08/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	1	1	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	1000690	$0	12/01/2003	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	BAP3730597	$100,000	04/01/2005	04/01/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	BUA 2 57347893	$2,000,000	04/01/2003	04/01/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY	F5R00611005	$2,000,000	04/01/2002	04/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY	F5R 006 110-05	$2,000,000	04/01/2002	04/01/2002	Replaced
84	SURETY	UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE CO	U 288 43 46	$0	03/26/1999	11/05/2003	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC355669	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/10/2003	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/12/2003
MC355669	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	05/04/1999	-	-

No revocation records.

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98/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Active broker authority

Holds active broker authority.

Broker bond (BMC-84) on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 9/17/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

MERCHANTS DISTRIBUTORS INC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (5)

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