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Bigface Freight Broker LLC

As of Oct 21, 2026, Bigface Freight Broker LLC in Chicago, Illinois has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Aug 20, 2026, with 1 suspension or revocation on record.

103 W 112th St, Chicago, Illinois 60628 (219) 742-9647

Verified Oct 21, 2026 against FMCSA Licensing & Insurance: Motus and legacy L&I files (data.transportation.gov)

Bigface Freight Broker LLC (MC1139224, USDOT 3475954) is a freight broker of property based in Chicago, Illinois. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority reinstated on August 20, 2026. Before that, FMCSA inactivated it on June 9, 2026 (an administrative status change). The current authority has been in force since August 20, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on September 14, 2020. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Amherst National Insurance Company, effective August 2026, filed with FMCSA on August 5, 2026. That filing was made after the authority stopped on June 9, 2026. FMCSA history shows 1 suspension or revocation action on the broker authority.

Key facts

Authority status Active Status of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority age 3–10 years Time since FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority, whatever its status now; a suspension, revocation or reinstatement does not reset it. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker bond ($75,000) Bond or trust fund on file Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85) on file with FMCSA. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond type Surety bond (BMC-84) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Surety or trust provider Amherst National Insurance Company source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Suspensions and revocations on record 1 FMCSA revocation and suspension actions on the broker authority: involuntary (bond, insurance or process-agent lapses) and voluntary, legacy and Motus history combined and counted once per date. Notices and discontinued proceedings are excluded; a count alone does not establish a coverage gap. source
Also a motor carrier No Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 3475954 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Truck Process Agents Of America, Inc. source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority reinstated source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Aug 20, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Aug 20, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Sep 14, 2020 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Aug 5, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Aug 5, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond amount 75,000 USD source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Reinstated after Inactivated by FMCSA (administrative) on 2026-06-09 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different. A notice is not confirmation that a suspension took effect.

  1. Oct 21, 2026: Process-agent record first observed · first observed by this site; source date unavailable

    Truck Process Agents Of America, Inc.; 4315 53rd St S, Fargo, ND, 58104; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Aug 20, 2026: Authority reinstated Official source
  3. Aug 5, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Amherst National Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Apr 9, 2024: Authority revoked (legacy record) Official source
  5. Oct 12, 2022: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  6. Sep 16, 2022: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

    Notice served; not confirmation that revocation took effect. See the separate final disposition.

    Official source
  7. Sep 16, 2022: Revocation discontinued Official source
  8. Jul 14, 2022: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  9. Jul 5, 2022: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

    Notice served; not confirmation that revocation took effect. See the separate final disposition.

    Official source
  10. Sep 14, 2020: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source

Dates on this record

Source updatedUnknown (the source gives no update date for this record or its dataset)
CollectedOct 21, 2026, 10:47 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
EffectiveNot given by the source (when the source says each fact took effect)
RetiredNot retired: Motus, FMCSA's registration system, is maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

In Chicago, Illinois

232 freight brokers in the dataset are in Chicago, Illinois; 20 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Chicago, Illinois

Authority status (all 232 here): Revoked 1 (<1%) · Active 216 (93%) · Application pending 11 (5%) · Application withdrawn 4 (2%)

Recent change (all 232 here): New authority (last 14 days) 2 (<1%) · Application filed (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 229 (99%)

Authority age (all 232 in this group): 3–10 years (89) · 10+ years (65) · 1–3 years (30) · 3–12 months (25) · Under 30 days (5) · 1–3 months (4) · None on record (14)

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