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Company CheckMERCHANTS 5 STAR LTD · DOT 74482

DOT# 74482 MC# MC-141119 Columbus, Ohio

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Aug 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

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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)None on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked08/24/2026

TypeOn file with FMCSA

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Other Companies at This Address

Address1306 HARMON AVE, COLUMBUS, OH 43223

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CAPITAL TOWING & RECOVERY INC	1913247	Sign in	Active
MERCHANTS 5 STAR LTD this company	74482	Sign in	Inactive
TR SOARES LLC	4169843	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC141119

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/23/2007

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

Last checked08/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet48 units

Drivers48

MCS-15012/2014

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 01/23/2007 | Rated: 01/26/2007

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	CSP 3 400 067	$750,000	12/01/2014	08/06/2015	Cancelled
91	BIPD	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	1336027239	$0	11/29/1993	11/01/1999	Replaced
34	CARGO	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	DSHA00000725	$0	11/01/2004	10/28/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	661 52 38	$0	11/01/2003	11/01/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	339412	$0	11/01/2002	12/17/2003	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	339412	$0	11/01/2002	11/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE CO.	1080853847	$1,000,000	11/01/1999	10/28/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE CO.	1080853847	$1,000,000	11/01/1999	11/01/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MILWAUKEE CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	MPP1003388	$750,000	10/28/2012	12/01/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK-6011117-1	$750,000	10/28/2009	10/28/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC	CIM0127834BM	$0	10/28/2009	11/04/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPA 087 66 63	$1,000,000	10/28/2007	10/28/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPP 087 66 63	$0	10/28/2007	10/28/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPP 087 66 63	$0	10/28/2007	12/04/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPP 087 66 63	$0	10/28/2006	01/11/2008	Transferred
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPA 087 66 63	$1,000,000	10/28/2006	01/11/2008	Transferred
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	DSHN00002332	$750,000	10/28/2005	11/26/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	DSHN00002332	$750,000	10/28/2005	10/28/2006	Replaced
34	CARGO	CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	DSHA00001234	$0	10/28/2005	10/28/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	DSHN00001578	$750,000	10/28/2004	10/28/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTI100140	$1,000,000	10/28/2003	01/04/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	DS1448	$1,000,000	10/28/2002	10/28/2003	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	1080867502	$0	08/01/2000	11/01/2002	Replaced
34	CARGO	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	1080867502	$0	08/01/2000	12/08/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY	GF 900 43 65	$0	08/01/1996	08/01/2000	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	M6437467	$0	08/01/1984	08/01/1996	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTI100140	$1,000,000	01/04/2004	10/28/2004	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/20/1989	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/20/1989	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2005	TRANSFER CONSUMMATED	01/15/2008
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2005	TRANSFER CONSUMMATED	01/15/2008
MC141119	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/09/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/16/2009
MC141119	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2005
MC141119	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2005
MC141119	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/02/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/30/2006
MC141119	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2012
MC141119	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2012
MC141119	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/01/2004
MC141119	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/01/2004
MC141119	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	09/01/1996	-	-
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/29/1980	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/29/1980	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/29/1980	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/22/1982	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/02/1982	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/27/1984	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/22/2008	REVOKED	08/12/2015
MC141119	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	01/22/2008	REVOKED	08/12/2015

No revocation records.

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20/100

Poor

NOT 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 20

−25

−15

−10

Starts at 100−80 totalFinal 20

Not active with FMCSA−25

No insurance or bond on file−25

No active operating authority−15

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

Authorized for hire

No active for-hire or broker authority on file.

Active insurance on file

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-15

No active operating authority FAILS VERIFICATION

No active for-hire (common/contract) or broker authority on file.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-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 5 STAR LTD

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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