VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY
Chicago, IL · MC 207446
VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY (USDOT 297569, MC 207446) is a for-hire carrier in Chicago, Illinois with 32 power units and 30 drivers. Inspectors identified 14 different power units by VIN over two years, fewer than the 32 it reports. Its vehicles were inspected 25 times over two years, most in Illinois.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
- Physical address marked undeliverable in the census
- Mailing address marked undeliverable since Jul 2024
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 297569 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 207446 |
| Reported physical address | 3920 SOUTH LOOMIS, CHICAGO, IL, 60609, US |
| Reported business phone | (773) 254-5099 |
| Reported power units | 32 |
| Reported drivers | 30 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Chuck Tapia |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Compliance review · Mar 03, 2010 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Mar 04, 2010 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
25 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 2 states. Inspected in 13 of 25 months; busiest Sep 2025 with 5.
| Inspections | 25 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 4.0% (1 of 25) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 100.0% (4 of 4) |
| Violations | 20 across 12 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 6 |
| Crashes | 1 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 0 / 1 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 0 |
Most frequent published violation codes
3922SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit43922SLLS3State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit439395FEmergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper23939ALSLIWRLighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on23922SLLFCState/Local Laws - Following too closely1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Compare the reported Chicago record
VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY reports 32 power units. The Chicago, Illinois directory contains 20,662 census records, of which 14,183 report at least one power unit.
Reported cargo and business classification
VANEK BROTHERS TRUCKING COMPANY reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 6 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Building materials
- Meat
- Refrigerated food
- Beverages
- Construction
Fleet size in local context
| Power units | Records | Share of all city records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 6,479 | 31.4% |
| 1 | 9,263 | 44.8% |
| 2–5 | 3,426 | 16.6% |
| 6–20 | 1,039 | 5.0% |
| 21–100: this carrier’s band | 371 | 1.8% |
| Over 100 | 84 | 0.4% |
| Unknown / other | 0 | 0.0% |
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jul 22, 1987
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Nov 18, 2024
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
No matching authority or insurance filings were found in the latest check.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 297569. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightBuilding materialsRefrigerated food
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