# FMCSA QCMobile, free: Company discovery API

> The QCMobile API provides safety data in response to three different input parameters: Carrier Name (Legal Name or DBA Name) [...]

FMCSA QCMobile's Free plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. FMCSA QCMobile's docs list 3: Type and status, Headquarters, Phones.
FMCSA QCMobile limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run FMCSA QCMobile through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,165 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.525 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 170 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,165 plans. [See the best free company discovery API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free
- [Company discovery API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/qc/services/carriers/name/{name}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/qcApi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: FMCSA QCMobile (https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Phones: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The QCMobile API provides safety data in response to three different input parameters: Carrier Name (Legal Name or DBA Name) [...]

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: name. Optional: start, size
- Method: GET
- Path: /carriers/name/{name}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a Login.gov account

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

allowed to operate, out of service, out of service date, complaint count, DOT number, MC number, legal name, DBA name, school bus count, limousine count, mini-bus count, motorcoach count, van count, passenger vehicle count, street address, city, state, ZIP code, country, telephone

## FMCSA QCMobile's plans (1)

- [FMCSA QCMobile, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live

## FMCSA QCMobile's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /carriers/name/{name}`: [FMCSA QCMobile, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free/llms.txt)

## FMCSA QCMobile's APIs (2)

- [FMCSA QCMobile: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free/llms.txt)
- [FMCSA QCMobile: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /carriers/docket-number/{docketNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free-get-carriers-docket-number-docketnumber/llms.txt)
- [FMCSA QCMobile: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /carriers/{dotNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free-get-carriers-dotnumber/llms.txt)
- [FMCSA QCMobile: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/basics](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/fmcsa-qcmobile/free-get-carriers-dotnumber-basics/llms.txt)

## FMCSA QCMobile: company discovery API alternatives

- [Findymail, free trial, POST /api/intellimatch/search, Search leads](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/findymail/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Captapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/captapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpKite, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpkite/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [FirmenData, free, Account, 800 free credits a month, GET /v1/companies/search, Advanced search, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/firmendata/free-account-800-free-credits-a-month-get-v1-companies-search-advanced-search-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/apiAccess?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/apiElements?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/getStarted?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/qcApi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/support?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing