What Cdllife.com does

CDLLife is a vertically integrated digital media and services platform targeting professional U.S. truck drivers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Kansas City, the company operates a daily trucking news website, a mobile app distributed on iOS and Android, a trucking-specific job board (jobs.cdllife.com) integrated with LiveTrucking, a trucking companies directory, a deals/discounts marketplace (Deal Depot), and affiliated brands CDLConnect and Veterans In Trucking. The platform organizes editorial across categories including Crime, Laws & Regulations, Top Trucking News, Videos, Entertainment, Sports, Trucker Life, Health, Resources, Technology, and Truck Shows, drawing on a content library of more than 2,678 news article pages and 607 video pages.

The mobile app extends the news experience into a social community with feed, direct messaging, and meetup discovery, while bundling practical driver tools: trip planning, parking search, fuel price comparison, weather radar and forecasts, and roadside assistance search. Video content emphasizes dash-cam footage, enforcement operations, and crash reports. News Hub PRO offers a paid subscription tier for enhanced news access.

The business model is diversified across three revenue streams: display and sponsored advertising against editorial inventory, affiliate and referral revenue from Deal Depot partner brands (e.g., Road Warrior Audio, Teaza Energy, Hotel Engine), and recruiter and employer revenue from featured company profiles and job postings on the Jobs Portal. The primary audience is CDL-holding professional and owner-operator drivers; secondary commercial customers are trucking carriers and fleets using the platform for driver recruitment and brand awareness. A subscription tier (News Hub PRO) is the only direct consumer monetization.

Name

Cdllife.com

Legal name

Cdllife.com

Website

https://cdllife.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cdllife.com is a Kansas City-based digital media and services platform founded in 2010 that publishes daily trucking news and operates a mobile app, job board, company directory, and deals marketplace serving U.S. CDL-holding professional drivers and the trucking companies that recruit them.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trucking Industry Media

NAICS

Support Activities for Road Transportation (4884)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Driving & Heavy Transport (CDL) (EDAOANAK)

Keywords

• Trucking news media
• Driver mobile app
• Trucking job board
• Fleet driver recruitment
• Trucker deals discounts

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: CDLLife generates revenue through display advertising on its high-traffic website and app. The site hosts banner advertisements, promoted content, and sponsored sections across its news pages, video content, and category pages. The 2,678-page news archive and daily publishing schedule indicate significant editorial output supporting sustained advertising inventory.
2. Deal Depot / Affiliate Revenue: CDLLife operates a Deal Depot featuring exclusive deals, discounts, and freebies for truck drivers from partner brands. Revenue is generated through affiliate-style partnerships where partner companies gain access to the trucking audience in exchange for providing deals. Partners include Road Warrior Audio, Teaza Energy, Hotel Engine, and others.
3. Job Board Listings: CDLLife maintains a dedicated trucking jobs portal (jobs.cdllife.com) that lists driving jobs, company profiles, and city-specific job searches. The jobs platform integrates with LiveTrucking and covers all major U.S. trucking markets, generating revenue from employer job postings and featured listings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CDLLife.com operates a vertically integrated trucking-industry media and services platform for professional CDL-holding drivers. It publishes daily trucking news and video content, runs a community-driven mobile app with trip planning, weather, parking, fuel-price comparison and roadside-assistance tools, hosts a trucking job board and carrier directory, and operates the Deal Depot offering exclusive discounts from partner brands to drivers.

Product overview

CDLLife.com operates as a comprehensive trucking industry media and services platform consisting of multiple interconnected products: the core CDLLife News Platform delivering daily trucking industry coverage across categories (crime, laws & regulations, trucking news, entertainment, sports); the CDLLife Mobile App providing community features, trip planning tools, roadside assistance, and weather information; the CDLLife Jobs Portal for trucking employment; the Companies Directory for carrier research; Deal Depot for driver discounts; and associated brands CDLConnect and Veterans In Trucking. The platform also offers News Hub PRO as a premium subscription tier. The ecosystem serves professional truck drivers with news, community, job search, and lifestyle resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CDLConnect: Trucking jobs platform
• Veterans In Trucking
• Deal Depot

Products and services

• CDLLife News Platform Daily trucking-industry news website covering crime, laws and regulations, top trucking news, entertainment, sports, and trucking operations, with over 2,678 archived article pages. Targeted at U.S. professional CDL drivers.
• CDLLife Mobile App Mobile app for iOS and Android providing community/messaging features, trip planning with parking and fuel-price search, roadside assistance lookup, weather radar/forecasts, and integrated news feed. Targeted at U.S. CDL truck drivers.
• CDLLife Jobs Portal Online job board allowing trucking employers to post driving jobs and allowing CDL drivers to search openings by city, company, and job type (solo, team, lease purchase, owner-operator).
• CDLLife Companies Directory Searchable directory of U.S. trucking carriers with category filters for solo, team, lease purchase, and owner-operator companies. Targeted at drivers researching carriers and at fleets seeking visibility.
• Deal Depot Deals and discounts platform accessible via the CDLLife mobile app, aggregating exclusive offers from partner brands (e.g., Road Warrior Audio, Teaza Energy, Hotel Engine) for CDL drivers.
• News Hub PRO Premium subscription tier providing enhanced access to the CDLLife news platform for professional users.
• CDLLife Videos Video content section featuring trucking-related videos including dash cam footage, enforcement operations, truck crash footage, and trucking news video reports.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Trucker PathcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 June 2026Trucker Path partnered with Verisk CargoNet to add cargo theft trend data (theft risk ratings per county, stolen vehicle counts, most stolen commodity categories, common theft subtypes) into Trucker Path Navigation. CDLLife covered this partnership as news relevant to its trucking audience. Trucker Path is a key trucking navigation and tools app used by drivers.
• LiveTruckingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLiveTrucking is referenced as a partner in the CDLLife footer alongside the Jobs section, suggesting an integration or referral relationship for trucking job listings. CDLLife's job portal links to LiveTrucking for extended job search functionality.
• Veterans in TruckingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVeterans in Trucking is a CDLLife-owned or affiliated brand (listed alongside CDLLife and CDLConnect as product brands in the site footer), focused on connecting veterans to trucking careers. Marketed as a companion platform within the CDLLife ecosystem.
• CDLConnectcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCDLConnect (cdlconnect.io) is listed alongside CDLLife as a product brand, functioning as a companion platform for trucking industry connectivity and jobs. It is owned or operated within the same company ecosystem as CDLLife.
• Deal Depot Partner BrandsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCDLLife's Deal Depot features exclusive deals from partner brands including Road Warrior Audio, Teaza Energy, Hotel Engine, and others. These companies provide exclusive discounts to CDLLife app users and truck drivers in exchange for visibility to the CDLLife audience.
• Champion Tire & WheelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChampion Tire & Wheel partnered with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for a cross-country autonomous truck platooning deployment supporting NASCAR race logistics. CDLLife covered this story as part of its trucking and NASCAR logistics coverage. Champion Tire & Wheel is a motorsports logistics provider.
• Verisk CargoNetcoreTechnology or IntegrationVerisk CargoNet partnered with Trucker Path to integrate cargo theft trend data (risk ratings, stolen commodity data, theft subtypes) into the Trucker Path navigation app. CDLLife reported on this integration as a safety feature for truck drivers. Verisk provides cargo theft prevention and recovery data used by transportation companies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LiveTrucking: Trucking job board and driver community platform integrated with CDLLife's jobs portal — competes and partners simultaneously, sharing audience and ad inventory with CDLLife.
• Truckers News: Randall-Reilly's flagship trucking media brand delivering news, lifestyle, and regulatory content to professional drivers — directly competing with CDLLife for the same audience and advertising dollars.
• Overdrive (CCJ): Long-running trucking publication covering owner-operator business, regulations, and equipment — competes for the same CDL-holder audience with similar editorial depth and print/digital history dating back decades.
• FreightWaves: Digital freight media and data company providing news, SONAR data products, and market intelligence to the trucking ecosystem — overlaps with CDLLife in trucking news while competing on premium data subscriptions.
• Trucking Dive (Industry Dive): B2B trucking news publication under Industry Dive, targeting fleet operators and industry decision-makers with regulatory and operational coverage — competing for the same advertising and sponsorship pool as CDLLife.
• Land Line Magazine: Owner-operator and professional driver publication providing news, regulatory updates, and lifestyle content — directly comparable in audience, editorial focus, and revenue model to CDLLife.
• Trucker Path: Mobile app providing trip planning, parking, fuel, and navigation tools for truck drivers — directly competing with CDLLife's app functionality and serving the same driver community.
• The Trucker: Trucking industry newspaper and digital platform serving professional drivers with news and lifestyle content — competes with CDLLife in the same niche media vertical.

Broad incumbents

• DAT Freight & Analytics: Major freight market data and load board provider serving carriers, brokers, and drivers — broader incumbent operating in adjacent trucking services with overlapping driver-facing tools.
• KeepTruckin (Motive): Large fleet management and driver app platform serving commercial trucking operations — competes for driver mindshare with a broader operations and compliance toolset beyond CDLLife's editorial focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cdl_life

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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