Carrier profile · USDOT 2404871 · MC-827328 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Bull and Bear Company

99 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 35 statesLOVELAND, OH87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-827328 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

99Power units

98 observed · MCS-150

96Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(513) 445-2629 Email dispatchsafety@bullandbearco.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

99 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

187 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 120 vehicle and 187 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 19.1 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

181 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 99
Inspections · 24 mo: 187
Annualized: ≈94 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 27 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 15 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National’14–’16

Cherokee’20–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC	Nov 2025 → May 2026	$1M	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 2025 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2020 → Jun 2025	$1M	7
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	May 2020 → May 2020	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	May 2019 → May 2020	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2018 → May 2019	$1M	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	May 2017 → May 2018	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2016 → May 2017	$1M	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	May 2014 → May 2016	$1M	2
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2013 → May 2014	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 99
Observed power (24 mo): 98
Trailers (towed): 96

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

56.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 35 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

187

TX busiest

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

Home base

LOVELAND, OH

3253 US-22

Top corridor

TX ⇄ OH

TX 15 · IL 14 · OH 14

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1196617 USDOT 2825662 USDOT 328103 USDOT 178538Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (65 trucks · 42 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2825662 USDOT 3793459 USDOT 328103 USDOT 680185 USDOT 1632200 USDOT 3908547 USDOT 3523430 USDOT 4139970

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3253 US-22, LOVELAND, OH, 45140
Mailing address: 525 VINE STREET #1175 PMB14367, CINCINNATI, OH, 45201
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (513) 445-2629
Fax: (513) 277-0301
Email: safety@bullandbearco.com
Web domain: bullandbearco.com

Registration

Officer: Zafar Bazarov
USDOT / docket: 2404871 · MC-827328
First registered: May 10, 2013
Last MCS-150: Apr 16, 2026 · 13,125,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

13,125,000

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 BULL AND BEAR COMPANY.

BULL AND BEAR COMPANY (USDOT 2404871) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 187 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 120 vehicle-level and 187 driver-level — across 35 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 99 power units and 84 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 16, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BULL AND BEAR COMPANY's USDOT number?

BULL AND BEAR COMPANY's USDOT number is 2404871, and its motor carrier number is MC-827328.

Is BULL AND BEAR COMPANY authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, BULL AND BEAR COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BULL AND BEAR COMPANY's safety record?

BULL AND BEAR COMPANY has a 27.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 241 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BULL AND BEAR COMPANY's fleet?

BULL AND BEAR COMPANY operates 99 power units and 84 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BULL AND BEAR COMPANY based?

BULL AND BEAR COMPANY is based in LOVELAND, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 35 states.

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