Every existing broker-vetting tool answers to brokers, shippers, and factoring companies. We built one for owner-operators.
Every other service answers to brokers. We look out for you.
Hauldar is a logistics-industry ecosystem — one brand, three verticals. Each with tools built for their specific side of the work.
Every broker on the Hauldar Watchlist is verified before we publish. This page explains what that means — what sources we accept, how we handle disputes, and what carriers can expect from us that they can't expect from existing broker-vetting tools.
We built Hauldar for the people the existing tools weren't built for: owner-operators, small fleets, and independent carriers. The kind of operators who can't afford to lose a load to a bad broker — and who haven't had a modern tool that treats them as the customer.
Carriers deserve the same quality of information about brokers that brokers have long had about carriers. That principle drives every choice on this page.
Freight fraud costs the trucking industry an estimated $1 billion annually. Double brokering, chameleon carriers, phantom loads, and payment ghosting have all grown dramatically in recent years — and the tools that exist to help carriers protect themselves are limited, expensive, or structurally aligned with the other side of the table.
Small owner-operators bear the worst of it. A single fraud incident can end a one-truck operation. And when things go wrong, the recovery paths — bond claims, court filings, factoring recourse — often cost more than the loss itself.
Hauldar exists to give carriers a fair, sourced, factual view of the brokers they're being asked to work with. Nothing more. Nothing dressed up.
Every entry on the Watchlist is classified by how it was verified. We do this so carriers can weigh each broker report by its evidence, not our opinion.
Federal and state actions against a broker are the strongest signal we publish. This tier includes:
When a broker appears under Tier 1, a government body has publicly acted. We link to the source document. Carriers can verify what we're showing them against the original filing.
The freight industry has a small number of journalists who cover fraud and broker misconduct seriously. When their reporting names a broker in a documented case, we treat that as strong verification. Accepted sources include:
Every Tier 2 entry links directly to the source article. If we can't link to a specific article, we don't publish the entry.
Owner-operators and small fleets are represented by industry associations that maintain their own fraud reporting infrastructure. When an association formally names a broker in an advisory, we treat that as valid verification. Sources include:
Community submissions from carriers affected by a broker are important. But community reports are also the hardest to verify and the easiest to abuse — which is why we're not launching this tier yet. When community reports become part of Hauldar, they will require:
Until we can guarantee those protections, community reports don't appear on the Watchlist.
Every entry on the Watchlist shows the broker's legal name and MC number, the date of the underlying incident or action, the tier of verification and the linked source, the type of issue — charged, revoked, under investigation, or subject to a specific complaint — and the current status of the case.
Every broker listed on Hauldar can request a review. Facts change — cases get dismissed, authority gets reinstated, fraud allegations get retracted. When that happens, our record has to change too.
Any broker who believes their entry is inaccurate or outdated can contact us. We respond within seven business days. If the entry needs updating, we update it. If it needs removal, we remove it. If we disagree, we explain why in writing.
We do this because it's the right thing to do — and because the alternative is what already exists in this market. Carrier-vetting tools that hosted anonymous, unverified accusations have caused real damage to legitimate carriers who had no way to defend themselves. We are building the opposite of that, on the other side of the transaction.
Every other broker-vetting tool answers to brokers, shippers, insurance companies, or factoring services. We answer to carriers. That structural difference shows up everywhere:
We don't take broker money. Not for placement, not for removal, not for advertising.
We don't share carrier data with brokers. Your searches are yours.
We publish factually and dispute openly. No editorial score cards. No community forums that become defamation vectors.
We charge fairly. Our pricing reflects what a small owner-operator can afford, not what an enterprise buyer will pay.
We are a small team. We build slowly. We ship only what we believe in. Hauldar is one of those things.
Questions about how we verify or how to submit corrections? Reach us at hello@hauldar.com. Real humans answer.
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