What TruckPad does

TruckPad is a Brazilian logistics technology platform that connects shippers (embarcadores), carriers (transportadoras), and independent truck drivers (caminhoneiros) within a single digital environment for freight matching, regulatory compliance, and payment processing. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in São Paulo, the company operates a modular platform comprising freight programming, digital payments (CIOT issuance, PIX-based freight payments 24/7, and electronic Vale Pedágio via BBC Digital), a real-time operations Control Tower (Torre de Controle), a purchasing club (Clube de Compras), and a driver-facing Super App. The platform is anchored by ANTT regulatory integration covering CIOT, VPO (Vale Pedágio Obligatório), and MDF-e minimum freight verification, and aggregates integrations with BBC Digital for payments and four major toll tag providers (SemParar, ConectCar, Veloe, MoveMais).

Under the hood, TruckPad combines a self-serve web platform, a mobile application on Google Play, and TMS-integrated APIs that allow carriers to emit CIOT directly within their existing transport management systems. The company is structured as TruckPad Tecnologia e Logística S.A. (CNPJ 21.591.836/0001-88) with a wholly-owned payment subsidiary, TruckPad Meios de Pagamentos Ltda. (CNPJ 33.497.957/0001-44), and operates under the corporate governance of JSL, part of the Simpar conglomerate.

TruckPad monetizes primarily through transaction-based commissions ranging from 0.1% to 10% of freight value, deducted by its payment institution and remitted to TruckPad, supplemented by digital payment processing revenue. Its go-to-market is product-led and self-serve for SMB drivers and small carriers, with an enterprise sales layer for larger transportadoras requiring TMS integration. Strategic investors include Full Truck Alliance (2019) and Mercedes-Benz do Brasil (2017), and operational scale cited includes approximately 80,000 transportadoras and over 200,000 drivers connected, with R$80 billion in CIOT issued in 2023.

Name

TruckPad

Legal name

TruckPad Tecnologia e Logística S.A.

Website

https://truckpad.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TruckPad is a Brazilian logistics platform connecting shippers, carriers, and truck drivers through digital freight matching, ANTT-compliant CIOT/VPO payments via PIX, and a modular control tower and driver super app, serving over 200,000 drivers and 80,000 transportadoras as a subsidiary of JSL/Simpar.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Logistics Platform

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Freight Brokerage / Freight Marketplace Platforms (TLADAMAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dedicated Lanes & Mini-Bid / RFP Marketplace Platforms (TLAEAJAG), Spot Load Boards (Open Marketplace) (TLAEAJAA), Fleet Maintenance & Repair Spend Payments (Service Network Cards, Pay-at-the-Pump/Shop) (TLABAMAJ), Driver Expense Management & Reimbursement (T&E for Drivers) (TLABAMAF)

Keywords

• Freight marketplace
• Trucking technology
• Logistics platform
• Digital freight matching
• Carrier-shipper connectivity

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Commission on Freight: TruckPad charges a commission fee ranging from 0.1% to 10% of the freight value paid by shippers to truck drivers. The fee is deducted by the payment institution and sent directly to TruckPad. This is the primary revenue stream.
2. Digital Payment Processing: Revenue generated through payment processing services via BBC Digital integration, including PIX payments and vale-pedágio transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TruckPad operates a three-sided digital freight marketplace that connects embarcadores (shippers), transportadoras (carriers), and caminhoneiros (independent truck drivers) in Brazil. Beyond freight matching, it offers an integrated software suite for drivers and carriers, including a Super App (job matching, route management, digital documents), a Control Tower (shipper/carrier operations visibility), Digital Payments for freight settlement, a Vale Pedágio Hub for toll management, a Purchasing Club for fuel and parts, and freight scheduling tools.

Product overview

TruckPad is a modular integrated logistics platform that connects three parties — shippers (embarcadores), carriers (transportadoras), and truck drivers (caminhoneiros) — through a unified digital environment. The core platform encompasses freight programming and marketplace capabilities, supported by five specialized modules: Pagamentos Digitais (digital payments for CIOT issuance, PIX-based freight payment, and electronic Vale Pedágio via BBC Digital and major tag providers), Torre de Controle (real-time operational control tower with dashboards, shipment tracking, SLA monitoring, and digital proof-of-delivery), Clube de Compras (purchasing club for fleet supplies, fuel, and parts at exclusive prices, plus fleet demobilization and financing), the Super App para Motoristas (driver-facing mobile app with 24/7 PIX payments, shared location, documentation management, and loyalty rewards), and the Hub de Vale Pedágio (aggregating SemParar, ConectCar, Veloe, and Move Mais into a single VPO issuance interface). The platform is jointly offered by TruckPad Tecnologia e Logística S.A. (CNPJ 21.591.836/0001-88) and TruckPad Meios de Pagamentos Ltda. (CNPJ 33.497.957/0001-44).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Super App (TruckPad para Motoristas) Mobile application for independent Brazilian truck drivers (caminhoneiros) that lets them find and bid on freight loads, manage routes and digital documents, capture return loads to reduce empty backhauls, access discounts via the Purchasing Club, manage tolls via the Vale Pedágio Hub, and receive digital freight payments.
• Torre de Controle (Control Tower) Operations-management dashboard for shippers and carriers providing real-time visibility over loads, fleets and drivers, route monitoring, exception management, and integration with ERP/TMS systems. Targeted at Brazilian embarcadores and transportadoras running road-freight operations.
• Pagamentos Digitais (Digital Payments) Digital freight-settlement product that enables shippers to pay carriers and drivers electronically after load completion, replacing cash and manual invoicing flows and improving cash-cycle time across the TruckPad ecosystem.
• Clube de Compras (Purchasing Club) Benefits program for truck drivers and carriers that aggregates negotiated discounts on fuel, parts, tires, and maintenance services across the TruckPad network.
• Hub de Vale Pedágio Toll-management hub that integrates with Brazilian toll operators, allowing shippers, carriers and drivers to plan, settle and reconcile toll costs per load through the TruckPad platform.
• Programação de Frete (Freight Scheduling) Freight-scheduling and load-planning tool for shippers and carriers, enabling them to publish, schedule and allocate loads on the TruckPad marketplace.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost reduction up to 29.8%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sem Parar, ConectCar, Veloe, MoveMaiscoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor toll tag providers integrated into TruckPad's Vale Pedágio Hub, enabling centralized toll payment management for truck drivers across Brazil. These integrations are mandatory for regulatory compliance.
• ZF AftermarketminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for parts purchasing through TruckPad's Clube de Compras, offering exclusive conditions on ZF parts including [pro]Parts platform for fleet maintenance.
• Vibra (Petrobras)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFuel and energy partner offering exclusive commercial conditions for TruckPad users through Clube de Compras. Includes Diesel Grid, Lubrax lubricants, and Flua (Arla 32) products.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Trucker Path: Trucker Path provides a super-app for truck drivers covering load discovery, fuel discounts, parking, and compliance tools in the US. Comparable to TruckPad's Super App para Motoristas in serving the caminhoneiro day-to-day operational stack.
• Freightos: Freightos operates a digital freight marketplace and booking platform with emphasis on international and cross-border freight. Relevant peer to TruckPad's marketplace and booking/payment infrastructure, but with a different modal and geographic focus.
• Loadsmart: Loadsmart is a digital freight broker combining AI-driven pricing and matching with carrier capacity procurement. It overlaps with TruckPad in marketplace brokerage but is more enterprise-shipper focused and US-centric.

Broad incumbents

• DAT Freight & Analytics: DAT operates the leading North American freight marketplace and analytics platform, serving carriers, brokers, and shippers with load board and pricing data. Comparable in marketplace infrastructure, with a broader analytics and incumbent positioning.
• Uber Freight: Uber Freight is a global digital brokerage platform matching shippers with carriers through a tech-enabled marketplace, with expanding operations in Latin America. Comparable to TruckPad in product model, but operating at broader geographic scale and deeper enterprise shipper base.
• Full Truck Alliance (FTA): Full Truck Alliance is the dominant China-based digital freight platform and is also a disclosed investor in TruckPad. It is a broad incumbent that shares the marketplace-matching and shipper-carrier-driver model and represents the most credible global scale competitor.

Direct peers

• CargoX: CargoX is a Brazilian digital freight network offering marketplace matching and TMS-integrated tools for carriers and shippers. It directly competes with TruckPad in digitizing road freight in Brazil, including e-CIOT issuance and carrier onboarding.
• FreteBras: FreteBras is a Brazilian digital freight marketplace connecting shippers, carriers and truck drivers with a similar commission-based model and large caminhoneiro installed base. It is the closest domestic head-to-head competitor to TruckPad in the spot/contract freight-matching layer.
• 99Freight (99Pay / 99): 99Freight extends the 99 mobility super-app into a freight marketplace for drivers and shippers in Brazil. Like TruckPad, it leverages a large consumer-driver user base to provide marketplace, payment, and financial services to caminhoneiros.

Others

• JSL/Simpar: JSL (part of Simpar) is TruckPad's parent group and one of Brazil's largest logistics operators. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant — both as supplier of logistics demand and as governance/strategic sponsor — making it directly relevant to TruckPad's commercial context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/truckpad

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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

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