Navigate

What Navigate does

Navigate (Navigate Transportation) is a freight brokerage firm headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, operating across the United States. Founded in 2021, the company provides shippers with truckload, less-than-truckload, expedited, specialized, intermodal, and project freight services across multiple equipment modes including flatbed, dry van, over-dimensional, temperature controlled, and rail. Its primary product surface is the Quick Quote self-service booking tool, which enables shippers to request pricing and arrange capacity without sales-led interaction.

The platform integrates AI-driven freight matching, real-time shipment tracking, data-driven insight generation, and administrative workflow automation. Navigate also integrates with Registry Monitoring Insurance Services (RMIS) to automate carrier insurance and compliance verification. The technical stack appears to combine a self-service web front-end with rule-based and AI-assisted back-office processes layered on top of standard brokerage operations.

The business model is commission-based: Navigate earns a transaction fee on each booked shipment. Go-to-market is direct-to-shipper via the Quick Quote channel, targeting SMB and mid-market shippers through product-led, quote-driven engagement rather than enterprise contracts. No named customer accounts, funding rounds, headcount figures beyond a 11-50 range, or revenue disclosures are present in the available data, which constrains any bottom-up revenue reconstruction.

Name

Navigate

Legal name

Navigate Transportation

Website

https://navigate-usa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Navigate is a Birmingham, Alabama-based freight brokerage founded in 2021 that uses AI-driven matching and its Quick Quote platform to provide truckload, LTL, expedited, specialized, and intermodal services to SMB and mid-market shippers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Brokerage

NAICS

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

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Freight Brokerage / Freight Marketplace Platforms (TLADAMAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Freight Brokerage (Truckload/LTL/Intermodal) (TLAIANAA), Dedicated Lanes & Mini-Bid / RFP Marketplace Platforms (TLAEAJAG), Intermodal Freight Brokerage (Rail-Truck) (TLADAMAD)

Keywords

• Freight brokerage services
• Less-than-truckload shipping
• Truckload freight services
• Logistics transportation services
• Intermodal freight shipping

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Brokerage Commission: Navigate acts as a freight broker matching shippers with carriers and earns commissions on completed shipments. The company facilitates transportation of various cargo types including truckload, LTL, and specialized freight.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Navigate is a freight brokerage that arranges transportation between shippers and third-party carriers across multiple modes including Truckload, LTL, Expedited, Specialized, Intermodal, and Project cargo. Shippers obtain pricing and book shipments online through a Quick Quote tool, while carriers are onboarded through an RMIS-integrated compliance portal. The platform applies AI-driven freight matching, real-time tracking, and routing/capacity optimization to coordinate each shipment.

Product overview

Navigate is a logistics brokerage platform offering a comprehensive suite of shipping and transportation services. The core platform is supported by a Quick Quote tool for instant freight pricing. The service portfolio includes Truckload, LTL (Less Than Truckload), Expedited, Specialized, Intermodal, and Projects services. These services utilize multiple transport modes including Flatbed, Dry Van, Over-Dimensional, Temperature Controlled, Intermodal, and Rail equipment types. The company connects shippers with carriers and is exploring AI integration for freight matching, real-time tracking, and operational optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quick Quote Online quote request tool enabling shippers to obtain freight quotes by providing load information including origin/destination zip codes, weight, and material type. Shippers enter their details and submit to receive pricing for available freight services.
• Truckload Shipping Full truckload shipping service for large-volume freight shipments requiring an entire trailer, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• LTL (Less Than Truckload) Shipping Less-than-truckload shipping service for smaller freight shipments that do not require a full trailer, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• Expedited Shipping Time-sensitive shipping service for urgent deliveries requiring faster transit times, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• Specialized Shipping Specialized shipping service for unique or sensitive cargo requiring specific handling or equipment, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• Intermodal Shipping Combined transportation service using multiple modes such as truck and rail for efficient long-distance shipping, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• Project Cargo Shipping Project-based logistics service for complex, large-scale shipping initiatives such as industrial equipment moves, arranged through Navigate's carrier network.
• Flatbed Transport Flatbed trailer service for oversized or non-standard cargo that cannot fit in enclosed trailers, offered as a transport mode across Navigate's freight services.
• Dry Van Transport Enclosed trailer service for general freight requiring protection from weather elements, offered as a transport mode across Navigate's freight services.
• Over-Dimensional Transport Oversized load transportation service for cargo exceeding standard legal size limits, offered as a transport mode across Navigate's freight services.
• Temperature Controlled Transport Climate-controlled trailer service for temperature-sensitive freight such as food and pharmaceuticals, offered as a transport mode across Navigate's freight services.
• Rail Transport Rail-based transportation service for long-haul freight movement, offered as a transport mode across Navigate's freight services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant cost savings through optimized capacity utilization and reduced empty miles
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Registry Monitoring Insurance Services (RMIS)coreTechnology or IntegrationNavigate is fully integrated with Registry Monitoring Insurance Services (RMIS). This integration allows Navigate to verify carrier insurance compliance through the RMIS system. Carriers must register through the secure portal at navigatecarriers.rmissecure.com to work with Navigate, ensuring all partnered carriers meet insurance requirements.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Loadsmart: Digital freight platform combining AI-powered truckload and intermodal pricing with instant booking. Closely comparable to Navigate's Quick Quote and AI-matching positioning, serving similar mid-market shippers and asset-based carriers.
• Echo Global Logistics: Technology-enabled non-asset-based 3PL providing truckload, LTL, and intermodal brokerage. Directly competes with Navigate across the same multi-modal service portfolio and shipper segments, with a tech-driven matching platform.
• Landstar System: Non-asset freight transportation services provider with an agent-based model offering truckload, expedited, and specialized services. Comparable to Navigate's asset-light brokerage and specialized/over-dimensional service offerings.
• Uber Freight: Digital freight marketplace owned by Uber, offering shipper-carrier matching across truckload with technology-led pricing and visibility. Directly comparable to Navigate's AI-driven, self-serve Quick Quote approach targeting mid-market and enterprise shippers.
• Coyote Logistics: UPS-owned asset-light freight brokerage providing truckload, LTL, and intermodal services across North America. Competes with Navigate in the same carrier-shipping market with a multi-modal offering and digital procurement tools.
• Worldwide Express: Non-asset logistics provider offering LTL, truckload, and parcel services through a digital sales and procurement platform. Comparable to Navigate's LTL and TL brokerage with similar mid-market shipper focus and multi-modal capabilities.
• RXO: Spin-off from XPO Logistics, RXO is a major North American tech-enabled freight brokerage offering truckload, LTL, and last-mile services. Directly competes with Navigate on shipper-facing digital freight matching and take-rate economics across the same modes (TL, LTL, intermodal).

Broad incumbents

• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Diversified carrier and brokerage (J.B. Hunt 360) offering truckload, intermodal, and brokerage services with a digital load board. Overlaps with Navigate in TL and intermodal brokerage, especially through its digital marketplace for shippers and carriers.
• Maersk Logistics & Services: Global logistics provider offering integrated ocean, road, and intermodal freight services with growing digital freight capability. Comparable to Navigate at the intermodal and multi-modal level, especially for shippers needing intermodal/rail-truck combinations.
• CH Robinson Worldwide: Largest North American 3PL with Navisphere digital platform providing brokerage across truckload, LTL, intermodal, and ocean. Commercially comparable to Navigate but vastly larger and established; competes for the same shipper wallet across all of Navigate's offered modes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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