Carrier profile · USDOT 23010 · MC-172924 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Alan Ritchey Inc

DBA 158480

87 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesVALLEY VIEW, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-172924 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

87Power units

49 observed · MCS-150

45Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

2002–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(940) 726-3276 Email dispatchnsturrock@alanritchey.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record17 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 206 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

87 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 2002–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

78 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.0 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 13

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 87-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 87
Inspections · 24 mo: 78
Annualized: ≈39 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’96 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

North America’96–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA · since Oct 1996

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Oct 1996 → Oct 1996	$750K	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	May 1995 → Oct 1996	$750K	1
THE HOME INDEMNITY CO.	Oct 1994 → May 1995	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 87
Observed power (24 mo): 49
Trailers (towed): 45

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

41.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

VALLEY VIEW, TX

740 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD

Top corridor

CA ⇄ TX

CA 26 · TX 23 · NM 13

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3329989 USDOT 2953404 USDOT 2643677Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (28 trucks · 26 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1194537 USDOT 2076111 USDOT 3516931 USDOT 4282530 USDOT 4444036 USDOT 3635170 USDOT 4385570 USDOT 2723431

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@alanritchey.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 1701656 USDOT 2092260

Shares a company officer with other carriers

robby ritchey — 3 carriers: USDOT 1701656 USDOT 2092260

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

Location

Physical address: 740 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD, VALLEY VIEW, TX, 76272
Mailing address: 5876 STATE ROAD 78, HENDRIX, OK, 74741
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (940) 726-3276
Fax: (940) 726-5298
Email: nsturrock@alanritchey.com
Web domain: alanritchey.com

Registration

Officers: Robby Ritchey · Craig Brown
USDOT / docket: 23010 · MC-172924
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Dec 8, 2025 · 15,890,646 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 21, 2003
D-U-N-S: 47841884

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

15,890,646

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ALAN RITCHEY INC.

ALAN RITCHEY INC (USDOT 23010) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA effective Oct 1, 1996 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 6.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 78 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 45 vehicle-level and 78 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 17 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 87 power units and 85 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 8, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 21, 2003 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ALAN RITCHEY INC's USDOT number?

ALAN RITCHEY INC's USDOT number is 23010, and its motor carrier number is MC-172924.

Is ALAN RITCHEY INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, ALAN RITCHEY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ALAN RITCHEY INC's safety record?

ALAN RITCHEY INC has a 6.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 206 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).