Updated Oct 30, 2026

Research Solutions Group Inc

As of Oct 30, 2026, Research Solutions Group Inc in Birmingham, Alabama reports 101 power units and 19 drivers on its MCS-150, FMCSA safety rating: satisfactory.

P O Drawer 20200, Birmingham, Alabama 35216 (205) 663-6350

Verified Oct 30, 2026 against FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov)

Research Solutions Group Inc (USDOT 290405, MC-666490), doing business as Research Solutions, is an active motor carrier based in Birmingham, Alabama that FMCSA's census classifies as for-hire and that declares hazardous materials on its MCS-150. Operation: interstate. Operating authority: active for-hire authority (MC). Fleet: 101 power units and 19 drivers (19 with CDLs). Power units count straight trucks as well as tractors, so they can exceed the tractor count. It reported 1,129,009 miles for 2025 on its MCS-150. Cargo classes declared: chemicals, general freight. It is also classified as a private carrier of its own goods. FMCSA safety rating: satisfactory, from a compliance review on September 2, 2005, 21 years ago; it reflects that review, not current performance. In the last 24 months it had 96 roadside inspections, 15 of them (15.6%) with an out-of-service order; 72 hazmat inspections and 1 hazmat out-of-service order; no reportable crash. Registration (MCS-150) last updated June 18, 2026.

Key facts

Fleet size	100–499 power units Power units, banded. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
FMCSA safety rating	Satisfactory Satisfactory, Conditional or Unsatisfactory after an FMCSA compliance review; most carriers have never had one and are not rated. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Rating age	Rating over 10 years old How old the FMCSA safety rating is. A rating reflects one compliance review on that date, not current performance; old ratings say little about the carrier today. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Registration update overdue	No Yes means the MCS-150 was last updated more than two years ago, past FMCSA's two-year update requirement; fleet, driver and cargo figures may then be out of date. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Operation	Interstate Interstate, intrastate hazmat or intrastate non-hazmat, as declared on the MCS-150. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Cargo classes (MCS-150)	Chemicals, General freight Cargo the carrier declared it hauls on its latest MCS-150 (FMCSA's fixed cargo list). source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Driver count	Under 25 drivers Total drivers, banded. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Last MCS-150 update	Jun 18, 2026 When the carrier last updated its registration (required at least every two years). source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Out-of-service share (24 months)	10% to 20% out of service The share of the carrier's roadside inspections in the last 24 months that ended in an out-of-service order. A carrier with few inspections can swing on one result. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Roadside inspections (24 months)	96 Roadside inspections of the carrier's drivers and vehicles in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System file, which covers the last 24 months and is refreshed monthly. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Reportable crashes (24 months)	0 Crashes involving the carrier's vehicles that met FMCSA's reporting threshold (a death, an injury treated away from the scene, or a vehicle towed away) in the last 24 months. A crash on record does not mean the carrier caused it. source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Doing business as	Research Solutions source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
USDOT number	290405 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
MC docket	MC-666490 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Operating authority	Active for-hire authority (MC) source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Power units	101 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Tractors (owned or leased)	11 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Trailers (owned or leased)	48 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Drivers	19 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
CDL drivers	19 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Miles reported (MCS-150)	1,129,009 miles source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Mileage year	2025 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Also hauls its own freight	Yes source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Safety rating date	Sep 2, 2005 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
FMCSA census record date (ADD_DATE)	Apr 21, 1987 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Business type	Corporation source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Inspections with an out-of-service order (24 months)	15 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Hazmat inspections (24 months)	72 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Hazmat out-of-service orders (24 months)	1 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Deaths in those crashes	0 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Injuries in those crashes	0 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026
Crashes with a hazmat release (24 months)	0 source, unchanged since Oct 22, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

Jun 18, 2026: Filed an MCS-150 update Official source
Sep 2, 2005: Rated by FMCSA Official source
Apr 21, 1987: FMCSA census record date (not the carrier's first registration) Official source

Dates on this record

Source updated	Oct 30, 2026 (FMCSA census rows last updated (portal metadata) (the whole dataset, not this record))
Collected	Oct 30, 2026, 12:46 PM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
Effective	Filed an MCS-150 update: Jun 18, 2026; Rated by FMCSA: Sep 2, 2005; FMCSA census record date (not the carrier's first registration): Apr 21, 1987 (when the source says each fact took effect)
Retired	Not retired: the source is still maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

In Birmingham, Alabama

19 hazmat carriers in the dataset are in Birmingham, Alabama; 7 have profiles on this site. Hazmat carriers in Birmingham, Alabama

FMCSA safety rating (all 19 here): Conditional 1 (5%) · Not rated 11 (58%) · Satisfactory 7 (37%)

Rating age (all 19 here): Rating over 10 years old 4 (21%) · Not rated 11 (58%) · Rating 5–10 years old 3 (16%) · Rated within the last 5 years 1 (5%)

Fleet size (all 19 in this group): 10–24 power units (8) · 100–499 power units (7) · 25–99 power units (4)

Cargo classes (MCS-150) (all 19 in this group; a record can count under several values): General freight (16) · Machinery, large objects (13) · Building materials (11) · Construction (11) · Motor vehicles (9) · Intermodal containers (8) · 23 other values (106)

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USDOT number: The registration number every interstate (and many intrastate) commercial carrier holds.

MCS-150: The registration form carriers file with FMCSA and must update at least every two years; fleet, drivers, cargo and the hazmat flag on this site come from it, as the carrier declared them.

Safety rating: FMCSA's result after an on-site compliance review: Satisfactory, Conditional or Unsatisfactory. A rating is not refreshed unless FMCSA reviews the carrier again, so many are years old; each profile gives the review date. Most carriers have never been reviewed and are not rated; that is not a bad mark.

Power units: Trucks and tractors that pull or carry freight.

Reportable crash: A crash involving the carrier's vehicle with a death, an injury treated away from the scene or a vehicle towed away. FMCSA records it whoever was at fault.

Cargo classes: Self-declared on the MCS-150 from FMCSA's fixed list. Some carriers tick most of the list, so a long list means 'declared', not 'specialises in'; the hazmat flag does not say which hazardous materials.

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