Carrier profile · USDOT 3649897 · MC-1257663 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Universal Ground Logistics Inc

DBA UGL

5 power unitsavg 5 yrRegional · 5 statesAVON, IN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1257663 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.0Avg age (yr)

2018–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(317) 300-4530 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average16.7% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 5 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5 yr

Model years 2018–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

3 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and reefer and brake maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 50.00% on 4 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
9 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Apr 10, 2025.

Safety

6 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 15, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 5-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Progressive Preferred’21–’23

Concert Specialty’23–’24

beyond this history

202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH) · since Aug 2024

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2021 → Aug 2023	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 15, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2018

Oldest model yr

83.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 15, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WV busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

West Virginia: 2 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections

Home base

AVON, IN

642 HAWTHORNE DR

Most inspections: WV

2 inspections

WV 2 · TX 1 · KY 1

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 15, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4148469Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2997969 USDOT 3430121 USDOT 3565994 USDOT 3593740 USDOT 4082441 USDOT 4148469

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james lee — 61 carriers: USDOT 419355 USDOT 465987 USDOT 855933 USDOT 937410 USDOT 1043271 USDOT 1170012 USDOT 1170574 USDOT 1197285

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 15, 2026

Location

Physical address: 642 HAWTHORNE DR, AVON, IN, 46123
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (317) 300-4530
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: universalground.com

Registration

Officer: James Lee
USDOT / docket: 3649897 · MC-1257663
First registered: Jun 4, 2021
Last MCS-150: Sep 28, 2026 · 242,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 117502004

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

242,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 15, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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50%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

2 of 4 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

22violation records

3OOS-tagged records

2 of 4inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

70%0 / 7

Brakes

50%0 / 5

Other vehicle maintenance

540%2 / 5

Unsafe driving

30%0 / 3

Driver fitness

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

100%Oct 24 to Apr 251 / 1

100%Apr 25 to Oct 251 / 1

0%Oct 25 to Apr 260 / 1

0%Apr 26 to Oct 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (9 of 22 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data6
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1

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391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

Before you tender

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Hours of service

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Brakes

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC.

UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC (USDOT 3649897) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 15, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH) effective Aug 19, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 15, 2026.

The carrier received 6 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 6 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 15, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 15, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 28, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 15, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 15, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number?

UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number is 3649897, and its motor carrier number is MC-1257663.

Is UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 15, 2026. UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC's safety record?

UNIVERSAL GROUND LOGISTICS INC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).