Huochebang

What Huochebang does

Huochebang (货车帮) is a Chinese on-demand freight matching platform that connects truck drivers (司机) with cargo owners (货主) through a mobile application and web registration portals. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, the platform supports full truckload (整车), less-than-truckload (零担), and dedicated route (专线) shipping, along with freight price inquiry and load-matching services, addressing the long-standing inefficiencies of empty return trips and fragmented road freight sourcing in China. The company is operated by the legal entity Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co., Ltd. (贵阳货车帮科技有限公司) and is a subsidiary of Full Truck Alliance Group (满帮集团, NYSE: YMM), formed through the 2017 merger of Huochebang with its sister platform Yunmanman (运满满).

The platform is built around QR-code-driven mobile app distribution and dedicated self-serve registration landing pages for both drivers and shippers, with cross-listing of cargo and truck inventory within the broader Full Truck Alliance / Yunmanman ecosystem. Huochebang employs 251–500 staff and serves two primary long-tail segments — individual truck drivers and SMB/individual cargo owners — without publicly disclosed pricing or named enterprise customers. Monetization and revenue figures are not disclosed at the Huochebang entity level; revenue is reported and attributed at the Full Truck Alliance group level, with the brand functioning as the driver-facing pillar of a two-sided marketplace that also encompasses the shipper-focused Yunmanman brand.

Name

Huochebang

Legal name

贵阳货车帮科技有限公司

Website

http://www.huochebang.cn/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Huochebang (货车帮) is a Chinese mobile freight matching platform that connects truck drivers with cargo owners for full truckload, LTL, and dedicated-line road shipping, operating as the driver-facing brand within Full Truck Alliance Group (NYSE: YMM).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trucking Logistics Marketplace

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Other Support Activities for Road Transportation (488490)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Freight Brokerage (TLADAMAI)

Keywords

• Freight matching platform
• Truck driver marketplace
• Road freight logistics
• Less-than-truckload shipping
• Cargo shipping platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Guizhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Huochebang (货车帮) operates a mobile app-based freight matching platform that connects truck drivers (司机) with cargo owners (货主) across China. The platform supports finding cargo loads and matching loads (找货配货), full truckload (整车) and less-than-truckload (零担) shipping, dedicated route transport (专线运输), cargo and truck source inquiry (货源车源查询), and real-time freight rate inquiry (运费查询). It is operated by Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co., Ltd. (贵阳货车帮科技有限公司) as the truck driver-focused brand within the Full Truck Alliance group.

Product overview

Huochebang (货车帮) operates as a freight logistics matching platform that connects cargo owners (货主) with truck drivers (司机). The platform serves as a unified system providing services for finding goods and matching loads (找货配货), full truck and LTL shipping (整车零担), specialized line transport (专线运输), cargo and vehicle searches (货源车源查询), and freight rate inquiries (运费查询). The platform is operated by Guiyang Huochebang Technology Co., Ltd. (贵阳货车帮科技有限公司), a subsidiary under the Full Truck Alliance (满帮/FullTruckAlliance.com) group. Users can register as either shippers or drivers through the platform's mobile app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Huochebang (货车帮) Freight Matching Platform Mobile and web-based two-sided marketplace that matches individual truck drivers and fleet operators with cargo owners, supporting full truckload, less-than-truckload, and dedicated line shipping with real-time freight rate inquiry.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Full Truck Alliance (满帮集团)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Yunmanman (运满满)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Full Truck Alliance (满帮集团): Parent company and direct platform peer. Full Truck Alliance (NYSE: YMM) is the merged entity of Huochebang and Yunmanman and operates the same digital freight matching marketplace, making it the closest comparable on product, customer base, and business model.
• Yunmanman (运满满): Sister platform within the Full Truck Alliance ecosystem. Yunmanman is the shipper-facing counterpart to Huochebang's driver-facing brand, offering essentially the same freight matching product (cargo/truck search, dedicated lines) to the same Chinese market.
• Huolala (货拉拉 / Lalamove China): Major Chinese on-demand freight and intra-city logistics platform. Competes directly with Huochebang for truck matching in China, with overlapping use cases across full truckload, LTL, and dedicated line transport.
• DiDi Freight (滴滴货运): DiDi's Chinese freight arm that matches shippers with cargo drivers via an app-based platform. Directly comparable two-sided marketplace model targeting the same Chinese road freight user base.

Regional players

• Uber Freight: Uber's digital freight brokerage matching shippers with carriers in the US market. Comparable technology and business model, but focused on North America rather than China.
• Lalamove (international): Asia-focused on-demand delivery and freight matching platform. Comparable two-sided marketplace model with similar driver/shipper dynamics, though stronger in intra-city and Southeast Asian markets.
• GOGOX (GoGoX): Asia-based on-demand logistics platform for vehicles and freight. Comparable app-based matching model targeting shippers and drivers, primarily in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and mainland China cross-border flows.
• J&T Express: Major Southeast Asian and Chinese logistics and delivery network. Comparable in scale and technology adoption in regional freight, though focused on express parcel and intra-Asia flows rather than Huochebang's long-haul matching niche.

Broad incumbents

• Flexport: Global digital freight forwarder offering ocean, air, and trucking services. Broader portfolio than Huochebang's road-only focus, but competes for shipper mindshare and digital logistics budget.
• SF Express (顺丰): One of China's largest integrated logistics companies, offering express, freight, and supply chain services. A broad incumbent that competes for Chinese road freight volumes alongside its larger portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/truckalliance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments3 records

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