FMCSA Company Census (MCS-150)
The federal filing every motor carrier must submit to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and refresh biennially thereafter. The form captures the carrier's legal identity, principal address, contact information, fleet composition (power units, drivers, trailers), and the cargo classifications and operating authority the carrier claims.
Why it matters
MCS-150 is the identity record. Every federal interaction with a motor carrier — safety scoring, inspection records, crash indexing, insurance filings, authority grants — keys off the USDOT number assigned at MCS-150 registration. The biennial refresh is also where federal regulators see when fleet size, driver count, or cargo mix has materially changed.
Where it appears in a Hoffman Report
The Federal record summary and the at-a-glance metrics on a Hoffman Report (power units, drivers, fleet composition, cargo classifications, operating authority) come directly from the carrier's MCS-150 filing. The identity block at the top of the report — legal name, d/b/a list, USDOT number, MC number, base location — is MCS-150 data.
Related terms
MCS-150 data is public and refreshes when the carrier files. The authoritative federal source is FMCSA SAFER. Carriers should keep the filing current; ProHRHQ refreshes a Hoffman Report's MCS-150-sourced fields on the next monthly refresh after a federal update.