Shipper database
Most shipper databases are static directories: scraped once, resold to everyone, stale by the time you call. LaneRadar’s board is a live database ranked by current freight demand, every entry carries a recent, dated event and its public-record source, and it is free to browse.
What each database entry contains
Every row on the board is a shipper with five things attached: the company behind the freight, the lane it implies, commodity and equipment, a recent and dateddemand trigger with its public-record citation, and, once unlocked, the person who books the freight. Identity and contact stay hidden until a broker buys the lead, which is what keeps each entry exclusive rather than a record in everyone’s CRM.
Static directories and import-record tools answer “who ships things?” That question has ten thousand answers and no urgency. A demand-ranked database answers the question brokers actually have: who needs a carrier this month, and how do I get to them first?
Shipper databases, answered
- What should a shipper database include?
- Five fields make one usable: the company, the lane (origin and destination), the equipment and commodity, a recent dated reason the shipper needs freight moved, and the decision-maker who books it. Most directories stop at the first field and a phone number, which is why calling through them feels like calling the phone book.
- Is there a free shipper database?
- Free sources exist: import records, FMCSA data, industrial directories, chamber lists. They share one flaw, no demand signal, so you cannot tell which of ten thousand records needs a carrier this month. LaneRadar's board is free to browse; you only pay to unlock a specific shipper's identity and contact.
- How is a shipper list for freight brokers different from a database?
- A list is a snapshot, exported once and aging from that moment. A database is maintained. The board behind this page re-ranks as new demand events land and as old ones age out, so what you see is ordered by who needs freight now, not by who was easiest to scrape last year.
- Is this a freight database?
- It's the demand-side slice of one. A general freight database mixes carriers, brokers, lanes, and rates; LaneRadar's board is a freight database of one thing only, shippers with live, dated demand events, because that's the slice a broker can actually sell against. Carrier and rate data live elsewhere; in-market shippers live here.
- How often is the database updated?
- Continuously. Discovery runs surface new demand events from the public record, each is verified before listing, and every lead shows the date of its trigger so you can judge freshness yourself. Sold leads leave the board for 30 days, so you never chase a shipper another broker just locked up.
- Can I filter by lane or commodity?
- Yes. The board filters by origin and destination region, industry, freight-spend band, and demand-trigger type, and there are dedicated pages by commodity and by state if you want to start from your lanes rather than the full board.
Related: what makes a shipper lead worth paying for, an honest comparison of freight lead sources, and the method behind how to find shippers.
The database is the demo
No sales call required. Browse the live board, check the triggers against their sources, and unlock a lead only when one fits your lanes.