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Focused Freight LLC

As of Oct 21, 2026, Focused Freight LLC in Chicago, Illinois has broker authority status “Active”, in force since May 15, 2026, with 0 suspensions or revocations on record.

6942 S Chappel Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60649 (773) 245-6033

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

Focused Freight LLC (MC1819236, USDOT 4572949) is a freight broker of property based in Chicago, Illinois. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority granted on May 15, 2026. The current authority has been in force since May 15, 2026. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Merchants National Bonding, Inc., effective May 2026, filed with FMCSA on May 1, 2026.

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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 3–12 months 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 Merchants National Bonding, Inc. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Suspensions and revocations on record 0 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, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
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 4572949 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Transportation Authority LLC source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority granted source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date May 15, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since May 15, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted May 15, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date May 1, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA May 1, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond amount 75,000 USD source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

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

    Transportation Authority LLC; 390 Route D, Lockwood, MO, 65682; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. May 15, 2026: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source
  3. May 15, 2026: Authority granted Official source
  4. May 1, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Merchants National Bonding, Inc.; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  5. May 1, 2026: Bond effective date recorded

    Merchants National Bonding, Inc.; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    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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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC1819236.