Carrier profile · USDOT 354406 · MC-191534 · Updated Jul 17, 2026
First Student Inc
0 power unitsavg 7.2 yrNational · 29 statesCINCINNATI, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-191534 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Last 12 months: 19 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 350651USDOT 2810455USDOT 2693021USDOT 2663679USDOT 2658334USDOT 2810562USDOT 3652426USDOT 2809364Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (100 trucks · 34 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2117066USDOT 2693021USDOT 2495038USDOT 2659107USDOT 618451USDOT 4124570USDOT 2663679USDOT 2658334
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@firstgroup.com — 19 carriers: USDOT 14018USDOT 23670USDOT 293756USDOT 1061395USDOT 1671624USDOT 1863213USDOT 2025095USDOT 2512606
Shares a company officer with other carriers
john kenning — 5 carriers: USDOT 293756USDOT 1061395USDOT 2038712USDOT 2533565
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)00
Observed (24 mo)627627
Shared w/ other carriers100100
Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Showing the 40 most cross-linked of 100 shared VINs.
Owner / group view· confidence: email domain + officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 20 related authorities · joined by email domain + officer
- Authorities
- 20
- Combined power
- 11
- States
- 13
- Oldest authority
- Jun 1, 1974
- Active now
- 14
- FIRST STUDENT INC· viewingUSDOT 3544060PU
- FIRST VEHICLE SERVICESUSDOT 16716245PU
- JOHN MICHAEL KENNINGUSDOT 20387124PU
- GOLDINE TRUCKING & HAULING LLCUSDOT 18632131PU
- FIRST VEHICLE SERVICES INCUSDOT 33944761PU
- MPC BUS CORPUSDOT 29672280PU
- BROOKLYN TRANSPORTATION CORPUSDOT 20250950PU
- L&M BUS CORPUSDOT 30220410PU
- BELLA BUS CORPUSDOT 29963780PU
- PRIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCUSDOT 33881110PU
- MAT BUS CORPUSDOT 29368190PU
- GVC II INCUSDOT 30785020PU
- FIRST MILE SQUARE LLCUSDOT 25335650PU
- FIRSTCANADA ULCUSDOT 2937560PU
- ROMANO'S COACH CORPUSDOT 236700PU
- CARDINAL COACH LINES ULCUSDOT 140180PU
- FIRST GROUPUSDOT 39401730PU
- TTC BUS CORPUSDOT 38812710PU
- TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLANDUSDOT 25126060PU
- APPLE BUS COMPANYUSDOT 10613950PU