PROFESSIONAL MESSENGER INCORPORATED
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- Authority revoked 4 times historically (reinstated) — a pattern worth noting.
- Bond has changed hands 3 times across 2 sureties — churn can signal payment or coverage trouble.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- JAY BAKER
- Operation
- Interstate
- D-U-N-S
- 199708058
- Registered since
- 2009-01-09
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-05-11
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 leased/term tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Activity history
25 events- 05/11/2026MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2024)
- 02/07/2024Insurance filed — Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual)
Property broker surety — BMC-84 · policy CA5181690
- 02/07/2024Insurance ended — Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual)
policy CA5181690
- 02/07/2024Insurance cancelled — MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)
SURETY · policy CA5181690
- 11/15/2019PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
- 11/01/2019MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
- 07/01/2019Insurance filed — Old Republic Insurance Company
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy MWTB 314915
- 07/01/2019Insurance ended — Old Republic Insurance Company
policy MWTB 314915
- 07/01/2019Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ISA H08868062
- 04/10/2019MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
- 11/10/2013Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ABC80864181
- 05/13/2011Insurance cancelled — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 05/05/2011Insurance replaced — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 04/18/2011CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/09/2011)
- 08/08/2010Insurance cancelled — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 07/12/2010CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/22/2010)
- 05/05/2010Insurance replaced — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 07/04/2009Insurance cancelled — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP 161383
- 06/08/2009CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/15/2009)
- 05/05/2009Insurance replaced — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP 161383
- 04/02/2009Insurance cancelled — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 03/06/2009CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/20/2009)
- 02/05/2009MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (11/18/2013)
- 01/22/2009Insurance replaced — CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP161383
- 01/09/2009Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-05-11
- Reported mileage
- 57,300 mi (2024)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyMarch, 2022
- Fleet grew to 10 power units
- Drivers grew to 10
January, 2021
First on-record entry — PROFESSIONAL MESSENGER INCORPORATED, OAKLAND, CA
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