Trucking carriers based in Iowa
How Iowa carriers fare at the roadside, measured against every other state, from federal inspection and crash records.
Iowa ranks 22 of 45 rated states by out-of-service rate, worst first — 7% higher than the national figure.
The largest carriers we hold in Iowa
| Carrier | Power units | Drivers | Inspections | Out of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRST EXPEDITED INC | 4362 | 4082 | 8288 | 16.0% |
| ANNETT HOLDINGS INC | 3883 | 3469 | 9094 | 12.7% |
| HIRSCHBACH MOTOR LINES LLC | 2948 | 2556 | 5870 | 13.8% |
| FOODLINER INC | 1226 | 1153 | 1286 | 8.3% |
| MANATT'S INC | 792 | 381 | 46 | 10.9% |
| DECKER TRUCK LINE INC | 646 | 573 | 1864 | 10.5% |
| SCHUSTER COMPANY | 502 | 453 | 1551 | 9.0% |
| PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC | 344 | 762 | 22 | 18.2% |
| WARREN TRANSPORT INC | 343 | 340 | 784 | 18.4% |
| ART PAPE TRANSFER INC | 340 | 310 | 479 | 15.9% |
| BARTON SOLVENTS INC | 232 | 77 | 231 | 10.0% |
| VAN WYK INC | 222 | 221 | 510 | 9.6% |
| ATLANTIC BOTTLING COMPANY | 190 | 225 | 33 | 33.3% |
| ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY COMPANY | 175 | 195 | 65 | 10.8% |
| FARM SERVICE COOPERATIVE | 123 | 130 | 16 | 6.3% |
| SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY | 68 | 48 | 39 | 12.8% |
| WESTERN ENGINEERING COMPANY INC | 64 | 37 | 11 | 9.1% |
| L B TRANSPORT INC | 59 | 59 | 112 | 5.4% |
| D C TAYLOR CO | 57 | 35 | 4 | 75.0% |
| HENNINGSEN CONST INC | 51 | 82 | 9 | 11.1% |
Compare with another state
The twelve highest out-of-service rates on file.
- Louisiana 29.6%
- Indiana 21.7%
- Oregon 20.4%
- North Dakota 19.9%
- Pennsylvania 19.8%
- Colorado 18.5%
- Montana 18.5%
- Mississippi 18.2%
- Washington 18.2%
- Idaho 16.1%
- Texas 15.3%
- Michigan 15.3%
What these numbers are, and what they are not
These are rates, not totals. CarrierWatch holds a systematic sample of the federal carrier register rather than all of it, so a count of carriers here describes what we hold, not what Iowa has. A rate — inspections that ended out of service, divided by inspections — is a property of the carriers measured and does not depend on how many of the state we sampled, which is why it is the figure on this page.
The rate is inspection-weighted, so a few large carriers with many inspections move it more than many small ones. It is a description of the vehicles and drivers actually stopped in this state.
An out-of-service order means an inspector found a condition serious enough to stop the vehicle or driver until it was fixed. A crash on a carrier's record is not a finding of fault. Ratings and inspections come from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.