Averitt Express

Company Overview

Averitt Express is a Cookeville, Tennessee carrier that runs less-than-truckload, truckload and dedicated freight across the Southeast and, through its partners, the rest of the country. The FMCSA lists it as Averitt Express Inc with 4,150 power units and 4,293 drivers, active authority, and a filing updated in April 2026. The size matters for a returning driver: a carrier with thousands of drivers has a formal policy on Clearinghouse violations and a designated employer representative who has handled the return-to-duty paperwork many times before. Its roadside record is strong for a fleet this size. Across 3,506 inspections in the current window, drivers were placed out of service 21 times, a rate of about 0.6 percent against a national average near 5 percent, and vehicles 317 times, about 9 percent against a national average above 20 percent. There are 243 recordable crashes over two years, which is in line with a fleet of more than four thousand trucks. One driver on this directory confirmed in 2026 that Averitt was still hiring drivers with a completed SAP program. Averitt runs a lot of local and regional LTL work with daily or weekly home time, so ask the recruiter which division is open to return-to-duty drivers, and whether they want the return-to-duty test already passed or will order it themselves.

FMCSA Carrier Record

Matched to USDOT 36684 in the federal motor carrier census.

Legal name

AVERITT EXPRESS INC

Location

COOKEVILLE, TN

Doing business as

AVERITT

Operating status

ACTIVE

Power units

4,150

Drivers

4,293

Safety record

Crashes (24 mo)

243

Fatalities (24 mo)

5

Injuries (24 mo)

113

Inspections

3,506

Out of service

9.6%

Driver OOS

0.6%

Vehicle OOS

9.0%

Violations by category

Source: FMCSA motor carrier census, crash and inspection files · retrieved August 19, 2026 · carrier last updated its MCS-150 on 2026. Figures are self-reported by the carrier and are not audited by SAP Drivers.

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