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Risk factors
Moderate 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 27 times historically (reinstated) — a pattern worth noting.
- Bond has changed hands 17 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.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
24
Tow-away
23
Injury
9
Fatal
1
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi500 drivers
- Company officer
- VIOLETA GOLEMATIS
- Operation
- Interstate
- D-U-N-S
- 7921273
- Registered since
- 1974-06-01
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-08-27
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 475 trucks · 25 owned tractors · 875 owned trailers · 450 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
114 events- 08/27/2026MCS-150 update filed
36.2M mi reported (2026)
- 01/01/2026Insurance filed — Cherokee Insurance Company
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA260001
- 01/01/2026Insurance ended — Cherokee Insurance Company
policy CA260001
- 01/01/2026Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA250001
- 01/01/2025Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA240001
- 01/01/2024Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA230001
- 01/01/2023Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA220001
- 04/05/2022COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/12/2022)
- 04/05/2022CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/12/2022)
- 04/05/2022BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/12/2022)
- 01/01/2022Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA210001
- 05/03/2021Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA210001
- 03/29/2021BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/26/2021)
- 03/29/2021COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/26/2021)
- 03/29/2021CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/26/2021)
- 03/25/2021Insurance filed — Cherokee Insurance Company
Property broker surety — BMC-84 · policy SB130040
- 03/25/2021Insurance ended — Cherokee Insurance Company
policy SB130040
- 03/25/2021Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA210001
- 01/01/2021Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA200001
- 02/24/2020Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA200001
- 01/22/2020BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/21/2020)
- 01/22/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/21/2020)
- 01/22/2020CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/21/2020)
- 01/01/2020Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190001
- 01/01/2019Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA180001
- 01/01/2018Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA170001
- 01/01/2017Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA160004
- 11/16/2016Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150001
- 12/07/2015Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150001
- 11/09/2015Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150001
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- 2016-10-14
- Last review
- 2025-01-14
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-08-27
- Reported mileage
- 36,200,000 mi (2026)
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