Smart Haul LLC

What Smart Haul LLC does

Smart Haul LLC is a US-based truck dispatch company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Addison, Illinois. The company provides a bundled suite of services to trucking carriers and owner-operators, including load finding and booking, rate negotiation with brokers, dispatch management, driver tracking, billing and factoring paperwork, accounting, cargo safety, and business development support. Its go-to-market is relationship-driven: carriers apply via the company website, are onboarded with dedicated personal dispatchers, and the business grows primarily through referrals from existing carrier partners. Revenue is generated through quote-based monthly subscription packages for dispatch services and professional services billing for factoring paperwork and sales support, with pricing kept confidential and a trial period offered on request.

The company is structured as a privately held LLC, appears bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors, and operates with 20+ employees organized as a multilingual dispatch team. Its core technology is operational rather than platform-based: there is no mobile app, no public API, and no proprietary software stack disclosed, with the value proposition centered on experienced human dispatchers and direct carrier relationships rather than automation. Smart Haul has built an ecosystem of partnerships with key factoring companies in the market to streamline invoice processing for carrier clients, and it serves the US Midwest trucking market without any disclosed geographic expansion plans.

Customer acquisition is concentrated on SMB trucking carriers and newly established trucking companies, with the company positioning itself as a one-stop back-office solution for drivers who need dispatch, administrative, and sales support. The business model is labor-intensive (one dispatcher per small carrier book), which limits scalability and revenue per employee relative to technology-led logistics platforms. The company emphasizes transparent cooperation, 24/7 technical support, and trial periods to reduce onboarding friction for new carriers.

Name

Smart Haul LLC

Legal name

Smart Haul LLC

Website

https://smarthaul.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Smart Haul LLC is a US-based truck dispatch company founded in 2022 that provides load booking, rate negotiation, billing, factoring, accounting, and tracking services to SMB trucking carriers and owner-operators, primarily through dedicated personal dispatchers and referral-based growth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Truck Dispatch Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Dry Van (General Freight) TL Carriers (TLADADAA)

Keywords

• Truck dispatch services
• Freight load booking
• Carrier billing services
• Trucking back office
• Logistics dispatch support

Headquarters

HQ city

Addison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dispatch Services: Provides truck dispatching services to trucking carriers. Services include load finding, booking, rate negotiation, broker score checking, driver tracking, and paperwork management.
2. Billing Services: Preparing and submitting invoices for brokers, uploading paperwork to factoring companies.
3. Business Development Services: Sales assistance and business development support for trucking companies to ensure profitability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Smart Haul LLC provides truck dispatch, load booking, rate negotiation, driver tracking, billing and invoicing, factoring paperwork handling, accounting, safety, and business development services to US trucking carriers. The company acts as a complete backup office with 24/7 support, assigning a personal dispatcher to each carrier client.

Product overview

Smart Haul LLC offers a unified truck dispatch service platform that provides a comprehensive suite of services for the trucking industry. The core offering combines Dispatch Services, Billing Services, Business Development Services, Accounting Services, Safety Services, and Track and Tracing capabilities. These services are designed to work together as an integrated solution, providing carriers with end-to-end support including load finding, rate negotiation, invoice preparation, factoring company paperwork submission, sales assistance, and shipment tracking. The company positions itself as a one-stop solution for trucking companies seeking dispatching, accounting, and safety services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dispatch Services End-to-end dispatch support for trucking carriers, including finding and booking the best loads, negotiating rates, checking broker scores, doing SetUps and signing Rate Confirmations, sending addresses to drivers and tracking them, and sending paperwork to brokers.
• Billing Services Preparing and submitting invoices for brokers and uploading paperwork to a factoring company on behalf of trucking carriers.
• Business Development Services Sales assistance and support services designed to ensure profitability for trucking carriers by helping with sales and business growth.
• Accounting Services Accounting services for the trucking industry provided as part of Smart Haul's comprehensive service offering.
• Safety Services Cargo safety services within Smart Haul's trucking industry offerings.
• Track and Tracing Tracking and tracing services for shipments managed through Smart Haul's dispatch platform.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Factoring CompaniescoreOthersEstablished partnerships with key factoring companies in the market. Smart Haul uploads paperwork to factoring companies as part of their billing services for carriers. These partnerships enable seamless invoice processing and factoring support for their trucking carrier clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Loadsmart: Loadsmart is an AI-enabled digital freight broker automating carrier-to-shipper matching and rate negotiation. Its self-serve load-booking model is a direct long-term substitute for Smart Haul's manual dispatch service for tech-comfortable carriers.
• Uber Freight: Uber Freight is a digital brokerage and carrier app that automates load booking, rate negotiation, and document handling. It targets the same small-carrier segment that Smart Haul serves and represents the digital-native alternative to human dispatch services.

Broad incumbents

• XPO Logistics: XPO is a major North American LTL and brokerage provider with significant truckload brokerage capacity. Its brokerage business competes for the same carrier capacity pool that Smart Haul dispatches into, and it offers carriers digital tools analogous to Smart Haul's back-office services.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: J.B. Hunt operates a large asset-based truckload fleet plus J.B. Hunt 360, a digital freight marketplace serving carriers and shippers. The 360 platform directly competes with Smart Haul's load-finding and dispatch service for small carriers using load boards.
• CH Robinson: CH Robinson is the largest US 3PL and freight broker with a Navisphere carrier platform offering load matching and back-office tools. Its scale and technology investment are far beyond Smart Haul, but the underlying service category — arranging freight for carriers — overlaps directly.
• Coyote Logistics: Coyote (acquired by UPS) is a major North American freight broker connecting shippers and carriers. Its carrier-facing operations (load board access, factoring support, settlement) compete with Smart Haul's outsourced-dispatch offering for the same small-carrier wallet.
• Echo Global Logistics: Echo is a large US 3PL and freight brokerage arranging truckload transportation across North America. While broader in scale, its core load-matching, rate negotiation, and carrier-onboarding activities overlap materially with Smart Haul's dispatch service line.

Others

• DAT Freight & Analytics: DAT operates the largest US freight rate database and load board network, used by carriers and brokers for pricing and capacity matching. It supplies the market-data and load-booking infrastructure that underpins Smart Haul's dispatch operations.
• Truckstop.com: Truckstop.com operates a leading load board and factoring marketplace used by carriers and brokers. As Smart Haul's carriers use Truckstop.com's load board in their workflow, it functions as a key upstream infrastructure provider in the same value chain.

Direct peers

• 10-4 Logistics: 10-4 Logistics is a truck dispatch services provider serving owner-operators and small carriers, offering load booking, paperwork handling, and factoring coordination — directly comparable to Smart Haul's bundled dispatch + billing model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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