What is an average percentage you should charge the trucking companies you dispatch  for?

The answer to that question will vary.  I would suggest that you set a price that you can live with for the services that you are going to provide.

For a dispatcher, these are going to be your regular duties:

• Call brokers, finding freight (using load board contacts)
• Calls to the driver to tell him what loads are available
• Book the loads the drivers wants, passing along the paperwork or instructions to the driver for the pick up.  Once the driver picks up the load, (you may decide this is the end of the obligation to the truck company and you are free to bill for the load that is picked up.)
• From that point the regular upkeep of your own paperwork (i.e. filing, billing).

If this is what you do for your clients and they agree that this is all they want, I would say a fair percentage is between 6 and 8 percent per load.

If your client wants you to be more involved, like helping with invoicing for loads that you book for him.  You should start at 10% per load.

Don’t try to make all your money off of one truck, but get a fair price for what you do.  So, in my opinion set your dispatch fee to charge (client) trucking companies that you dispatch for is between 6 and 10% per load.