Trucking Profitability Software That Shows What Every Mile Earns
LoadNumbers is the all-in-one financial operating system for truckers. Upload receipts, import rate confirmations, track loads and expenses, prepare IFTA, and see load profitability, cost per mile, and net business profit — in one place.
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Revenue Isn't Profit
You know how many loads you hauled and what the broker paid. But fuel, deadhead, repairs, and operating costs change what actually stays in your pocket. Most trucking businesses guess at the answer.
LoadNumbers answers these questions automatically.
What Is Trucking Profitability Software?
Trucking profitability software is a tool that turns the operational activity of a trucking business — loads, miles, fuel, and expenses — into a clear picture of what each load and each mile actually earned. Instead of tracking gross revenue alone, it accounts for the costs behind the revenue so an owner-operator or small fleet can see true operating profit, not just what the broker paid.
LoadNumbers is built for exactly this, but it is broader than profitability software alone. LoadNumbers is an all-in-one financial operating system for truckers that brings loads, expenses, documents, IFTA, and reports together in one workflow — with profitability as the outcome of having the whole financial picture in one place.
Cost Per Mile
The single most important number for understanding whether your freight rates are high enough to keep the truck running.
Cost Per Mile
Total Operating Costs ÷ Total Miles
Cost per mile tells you what it costs to run one mile before you earn anything on it. A complete calculation combines two kinds of costs:
Knowing cost per mile lets you judge whether a load's rate per mile clears what it costs to run. LoadNumbers calculates cost per mile from the expenses and mileage you record, and separates direct load costs from shared operating costs so you can see both the per-load and the whole-business picture.
Profit Per Load
The gross rate on a load does not tell you whether the load was worth taking.
Load Profit
Load Revenue − Attributable Load Costs
A larger gross load is not automatically a more profitable load. A higher-paying load can cost more to run because of distance, deadhead, fuel, tolls, or the time it ties up the truck. Two loads with very different gross rates can produce similar profit once the real costs are subtracted.
Illustrative example
A $3,000 load with 400 miles of deadhead and heavy tolls may keep less than a $2,400 short-haul load that burns little fuel and runs close to home. Profit per load shows that difference; the gross rate alone does not.
LoadNumbers attributes direct costs to the load they belong to and shows profit per load alongside cost per mile and profit per mile, so you can compare loads, lanes, and customers on the same scale.
One Financial Operating System for Trucking
Profitability is the outcome. LoadNumbers is the system that gets you there — loads, expenses, documents, IFTA, and reports in one workflow, built for trucking.
Loads
Create a load manually or import a rate confirmation. Track revenue, mileage, stops, and customers for every haul.
Expenses
AI reads fuel, repair, and scale-ticket receipts, captures the vendor, date, and amount, and blocks duplicates.
Documents
Rate confirmations, receipts, and paperwork live in one document hub — classified and linked to the right load.
Profitability
See profit per load, cost per mile, and profit per mile. Compare loads, lanes, and customers on the same scale.
IFTA
Track mileage by state and fuel purchases, then prepare quarterly IFTA reports from the miles you already logged.
Reports
Revenue, operational profit, shared operating costs, and net business profit — with tax-ready exports.
Connect Motive for mileage and vehicle data, and hand clean prospect lists to your CRM. Explore IFTA Manager or see pricing.
Bring Your Trucking Numbers Together
Most trucking software starts with manual data entry. LoadNumbers starts with the paperwork you already receive — rate confirmations and receipts that AI reads and links to the right load.
Create a Load
Create a load manually or upload a Rate Confirmation. AI reads the shipment details automatically.
Upload Receipts
Drop fuel, repair, or scale-ticket receipts. AI extracts the details and blocks duplicate uploads.
AI Links Everything
Expenses are categorized as direct load costs or shared operating costs for accurate profitability.
See Your Profit
Your dashboard updates with load profitability, cost per mile, and net business profit.
IFTA Within the Financial Workflow
IFTA is an important LoadNumbers capability — not the whole product.
IFTA is the quarterly fuel tax trucking businesses owe based on the miles driven in each state and the fuel purchased in each state. It matters, but it does not need to live in a separate system disconnected from the rest of your numbers.
In LoadNumbers, IFTA mileage and fuel information sit alongside your loads, expenses, documents, and reports. The miles you already logged hauling loads feed your IFTA picture instead of being re-entered into a standalone IFTA tool. IFTA Manager is also available as a dedicated add-on for carriers who want a focused IFTA workspace.
LoadNumbers prepares IFTA reports from the mileage and fuel you record. It does not file returns with jurisdictions on your behalf and does not provide tax advice — confirm your filings with your tax preparer.
Built for the People Running the Trucking Business
LoadNumbers is designed for owner-operators and small trucking businesses — typically one to five trucks. It is not an enterprise fleet-management platform.
Owner-operators
Drivers running their own trucking business who want clearer visibility into revenue, costs, and profitability without rebuilding their books from scratch.
Small carriers
Businesses managing a few trucks without a large internal finance team, where the owner still handles much of the financial work themselves.
Small fleets
Growing operators that need more organized financial visibility across multiple trucks, not a heavy enterprise fleet-management suite.
Owner + spouse teams
Families where one person drives or manages operations while another handles the financial administration from the same shared numbers.
See exactly how LoadNumbers compares.
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| Feature | Spreadsheet | QuickBooks | LoadNumbers™ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Load Profitability | — | — | Yes |
| Cost Per Mile | Manual | — | Yes |
| Profit Per Mile | Manual | — | Yes |
| AI Receipt OCR | — | — | Yes |
| AI Rate Confirmation Import | — | — | Yes |
| Fuel Tracking | — | Partial | Yes |
| IFTA Reporting | — | — | Yes |
| Document Hub | — | — | Yes |
| Tax Export Center | Manual | Partial | Yes |
| Duplicate Protection | — | — | Yes |
| Trucking Financial Dashboard | — | — | Yes |