COMMODITY FORWARDERS, INC. is a South Dakota corporation, registered on April 6, 1993. The company has since been marked inactive on the South Dakota register, is registered under company number DB032891 and carries EIN 952945008. Its E-Verify enrollment reports a workforce of 20 to 99 employees, hiring at 11 sites across 6 states. Public records for the company include 1 SoS registration, 8 licenses, 2 federal contracts, 1 E-Verify record, 2 USDOT records and 13 Form 5500 filings. Every fact here is republished from an official public register and traces back to a primary source document.
| Legal entity name | COMMODITY FORWARDERS, INC. |
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| Principal address | 11101 S LA CIENEGA BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90045 |
| Registration state | South Dakota |
| Status | Inactive |
| Registered | 6 April 1993 (over 33 years ago) |
| Shareholders | CHRISTOPHER CONNELL, owner |
| Entity type | Corporation |
| Standing | not compliant |
| Company number | DB032891 |
| EIN | 952945008 |
| Employees (modeled) | ≈400 employees2022 |
| Workforce size | 20 to 99 employees · updated 2 April 2012 |
| Hiring sites | 11 sites across 6 states |
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| USDOT carrier | USDOT 614690 · 67 power units · 104 drivers · Interstate |
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| Registered agent | PATRICK J. (JR.) HART |
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| Source registry | South Dakota Secretary of State · updated 15 June 2026 |
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| Public records | 1 SoS registration |
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| Est. revenue (modeled) | $83.8M2022 |
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| Federal contracts | $17K · 6 awards |
| Total obligated | $17K |
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| Awards | 6 |
| Top agency | Department of State |
| Action date | Agency | Obligated | |
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| 2018-01-16 | Department of the Interior | $-7650 | |
| 2017-02-08 | Department of the Interior | $9K | |
| 2010-06-23 | Department of the Interior | $2K | |
| 2009-12-29 | Department of the Interior | $1K | |
| 2009-02-19 | Department of the Interior | $2K | |
| 2007-08-15 | Department of State | $9K | |
| State | Business name | Filed | Registered agent | Officers | Status | |
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| South DakotaTHIS | COMMODITY FORWARDERS, INC. | 1993-04-06 | PATRICK J. (JR.) HART | — | Inactive | |
Filing ID DB032891 Jurisdiction Domestic · Corporation Principal address — Registered agent PATRICK J. (JR.) HARTRR 1 BOX 190, BIG STONE CITY, SD, 57216-9510 Officers Not reported | ||||||
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| State | License / ID | Type | Issued | Status | |
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| Florida | 2020006943 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2019-07-30 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2020006942 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2019-07-30 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2019008803 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2018-08-28 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2018009410 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2017-08-03 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2018009409 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2017-08-03 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2017010605 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2017-06-12 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2017010606 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2017-06-12 | Expired | |
| Florida | 2019008802 | BTR-CU General - New Application/Transfer of License | 2017-06-09 | Expired | |
| California | 614690 | Interstate carrier | — | Active | |
| California | 614690 | Carrier authority (USDOT) | — | Active | |
| State | Workforce | Hiring sites | Enrolled | Industry | Status | |
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| 6 states | 20 to 99 | 11 | 4/2/2012 | TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING (48-49) | Open | |
Employee-benefit plan filings by COMMODITY FORWARDERS, INC. with the Department of Labor. Employee and revenue figures are modeled estimates derived from retirement-plan participant counts and industry ratios — not official headcount or reported revenue.
| Employees (modeled) | ≈400 · plan year 2022 |
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| Est. annual revenue (modeled) | $83.8M |
| Benefit plans | 401(k) plan on file · plan terminated |
| Filing history | 24 plan years filed, 1999–2022 |
| Sponsor EIN | 95-2945008 |
| Plan year | Employees (est.) | Participants | Plan assets | Revenue (est.) | 401(k) | |
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| 2022 | ≈400 | 398 (360 active) | — | $83.8M | 401(k) | |
| 2021 | ≈390 | 381 (351 active) | $4.3M | $71.7M | 401(k) | |
| 2020 | ≈383 | 353 (345 active) | $3.4M | $57.2M | 401(k) | |
| 2019 | ≈389 | 348 (350 active) | $2.6M | $51.5M | 401(k) | |
| 2018 | ≈387 | 362 (348 active) | $2.2M | $49.2M | 401(k) | |
| 2017 | ≈398 | 364 (358 active) | $2.2M | $57.6M | 401(k) | |
| 2016 | ≈411 | 359 (370 active) | $2M | $52M | 401(k) | |
| 2015 | ≈399 | 359 (359 active) | $6.9M | $48.2M | 401(k) | |
| 2014 | ≈272 | 245 (245 active) | $4.8M | $38.2M | 401(k) | |
| 2013 | ≈229 | 185 (206 active) | $3.9M | $31M | 401(k) | |
Matched Form 5500 filing records:
| Plan | Plan year | Participants | EIN | |
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| COMMODITY FORWARDERS INC. 401(K) PLAN | — | — | — | |
| COMMODITY FORWARDERS INC. 401(K) PLAN | — | — | — | |
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Companies adjacent to COMMODITY FORWARDERS, INC. in the South Dakota Secretary of State register, in alphabetical order.
Netstate aggregates public records from federal, state and municipal sources; records are matched to this company by its registered legal names. Latest source snapshot 2026-07-17. Document getpalm-companies/5257-6027-0756.