Small, mid-size, and large brokerages each give agents something different, and each takes something away. Here is what size actually changes across support, technology, customer credit, internal competition, and stability, plus how to tell which one fits the book you have now.

The two titles get used interchangeably, and they describe very different seats. Here is the practical difference between a freight agent and a freight broker: who holds the authority, who carries the risk, and how each one earns.

How freight agent pay actually works, and how to tell a real pay promise from a recruiting line.

A realistic timeline for switching brokerages with a book, phase by phase, without the recruiting gloss.

A high split percentage is not the same as high pay. Here is how to read a freight agent commission split, where the money quietly leaks out, and how to compare programs on what you actually take home.