u/HansanaA

Hi Everyone,

Not sure how many of you are in the auto transport side of things, but I've been quietly tracking pricing data across the market for the past 23+ months and thought I'd share a few things I've noticed.

For context, I've been collecting daily snapshots of active listings. Here's what stands out:

Price ranges are wild. The average listed price is $822, but that hides massive variation. Same-state moves can be as low as $100-200, while cross-country runs (especially anything involving Hawaii) push well past $2,000-3,000.

The market is more concentrated than you'd think. The top 10 brokers by volume account for a significant chunk of all listings. United Road Logistics LLC / URS Midwest Inc alone has 1,542,502 listings in my dataset. But there are over 18,987 companies total, so there's definitely room for smaller operators.

Seasonal patterns are predictable. Summer = higher prices and more volume. Winter = lower prices but also fewer listings. The sweet spot for carriers seems to be the spring shoulder season when volume picks up but prices haven't peaked yet.

Florida is the center of the universe for auto transport. The top routes almost all start or end in FL. NY, CA, TX are the other big players.

I've been crunching these numbers to see if there's a better way to predict rate shifts. If anyone's curious about specific lanes or broker volume stats, I'm happy to pull some numbers from the DB.

Let me know if this kind of data is actually useful for you guys or if I'm just over-analyzing things.

Hey Everyone,

I've been tracking the auto transport market for a while and have pricing data on basically every route. Thought I'd share some useful info since pricing transparency in this industry is... lacking.

Top 10 routes by volume and their average listed prices:

A few things worth noting:

• These are listed prices (what brokers post), not final negotiated prices. Actual carrier pay tends to be somewhat close, but carriers with good ratings can negotiate higher.
• Florida is by far the biggest origin state. Makes sense - 9*lots of seasonal residents, auction vehicles, and dealer inventory movement.
• Same-state routes (like TX→TX) have the lowest prices but the highest volume.
• Cross-country routes (FL→CA, NY→CA) are the most expensive but also the most competitive.

I have a link to the full dataset and route guide. DM me if anyone wants to dig deeper into the raw numbers.

What routes are you all running? Curious to compare what you're seeing on the ground vs. what the data shows.

Hi Everyone,

Sharing a dataset I've been building for a while now. Daily snapshots of the US auto transport marketplace - every open vehicle shipping listing across all 50 states.

What's in it:

• Pickup & delivery locations (state, city, ZIP)
• Vehicle details (year, make, model)
• Listed transport price & payment type
• Broker/company name & contact info
• Posted date & requested ship date

Scale:

• 23,716,622 total records
• 5,508,840 unique listings
• 18,987 companies
• 2,679 state-to-state routes
• Daily snapshots from 2024

Possible uses:

• Pricing models for auto transport
• Logistics optimization / route planning
• Market research for the $12B vehicle shipping industry
• Competitive intelligence for brokers/carriers
• ML training data for price prediction

DM me for the free sample and the full dataset. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hey Everyone,

I've been doing some data analysis on freight/auto transport routes, and I noticed that straight-line (crow flies) distance between ZIP codes is often way off from actual driving distance, which messes up pricing and fuel estimates.

Do you guys use a specific tool to instantly pull actual driving routes and times between obscure ZIP codes, or do you just punch it into Google Maps manually every time? I've been working on a massive dataset that has every ZIP-to-ZIP driving route pre-calculated, and I'm trying to figure out if it's actually useful to brokers/dispatchers.

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