Supply chain disruptions may be easing, but freight volumes continue to stir anxiety in shippers.
Non-asset based companies join the field in this year’s Global Freight Top 50 list.
Get a continent-by-continent and country-by-country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.
Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
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50 | 36 | Old Dominion Freight Line | USA | $5,256 | $5,256 | 100% |
49 | 42 | Schneider | USA | $5,609 | $5,609 | 100% |
48 | 32 | Emirates Group | United Arab Emirates | $5,895 | $15,867 | 37.2% |
47 | 35 | Knight-Swift Transportation | USA | $5,998 | $5,998 | 100% |
46 | 31 | Qatar Airways | Qatar | $6,329 | $14,370 | 44% |
45 | - | Landstar System | USA | $6,538 | $6,538 | 100% |
44 | 27 | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line) | Japan | $6,893 | $6,893 | 100% |
43 | - | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | $7,105 | $7,105 | 100% |
42 | 40 | TFI International | Canada | $7,220 | $7,220 | 100% |
41 | 48 | Wan Hai Lines | Taiwan | $8,163 | $8,163 | 100% |
40 | - | Bolloré Logistics | France | $8,648 | $11,615 | 74.5% |
39 | 33 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Co. | Taiwan | $8,762 | $8,762 | 100% |
38 | - | Dachser Group | Germany | $9,744 | $9,744 | 100% |
37 | - | CJ Logistics | South Korea | $9,908 | $9,908 | 100% |
36 | 15 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $9,926 | $14,927 | 66.5% |
35 | - | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | $10,520 | $10,520 | 100% |
34 | 23 | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines | Japan | $10,655 | $11,159 | 95.5% |
33 | 37 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $10,729 | $10,729 | 100% |
32 | 20 | Norfolk Southern | USA | $11,142 | $11,142 | 100% |
31 | 19 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $11,547 | $11,547 | 100% |
30 | 21 | SG Holdings | Japan | $11,616 | $11,948 | 97.2% |
29 | 29 | HMM Co. | South Korea | $12,048 | $12,048 | 100% |
28 | 25 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | USA | $12,168 | $12,168 | 100% |
27 | 18 | CSX Corp. | USA | $12,522 | $12,522 | 100% |
26 | 24 | XPO | USA | $12,806 | $12,806 | 100% |
25 | - | SNCF Group | France | $12,896 | $41,094 | 31.4% |
24 | 22 | NYK Group | Japan | $13,862 | $15,192 | 91.2% |
23 | 13 | Indian Railways | India | $15,229 | $17,235 | 88.4% |
22 | - | Expeditors International | USA | $16,524 | $16,524 | 100% |
21 | 26 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $17,031 | $17,522 | 97.2% |
20 | 16 | GeoPost/DPDgroup | France | $17,262 | $17,262 | 100% |
19 | - | Sinotrans | China | $19,273 | $19,273 | 100% |
18 | 12 | Union Pacific Railroad | USA | $21,804 | $21,804 | 100% |
17 | - | C.H. Robinson | USA | $22,047 | $23,102 | 95.4% |
16 | 11 | BNSF Railway | USA | $23,282 | $23,282 | 100% |
15 | 14 | Hapag-Lloyd | Germany | $26,339 | $26,339 | 100% |
14 | 10 | Russian Railways | Russia | $27,536 | $33,073 | 83.3% |
13 | - | DSV A/S (North America) | Denmark | $28,983 | $28,983 | 100% |
12 | 9 | SF Express | China | $29,644 | $29,644 | 100% |
11 | 3 | China State Railway Group | China | $32,089 | $166,355 | 19.3% |
10 | 5 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $32,399 | $32,399 | 100% |
9 | 17 | Deutsche Bahn Group | Germany | $33,027 | $52,624 | 62.8% |
8 | - | Kuehne + Nagel International | Switzerland | $40,147 | $40,147 | 100% |
7 | 7 | COSCO Shipping Group | China | $51,722 | $51,722 | 100% |
6 | 8 | CMA CGM | France | $56,193 | $56,193 | 100% |
5 | 4 | Maersk | Denmark | $60,439 | $61,787 | 97.8% |
4 | - | United States Postal Service | USA | $77,040 | $77,040 | 100% |
3 | 6 | Deutsche Post DHL | Germany | $77,050 | $101,697 | 75.8% |
2 | 2 | FedEx Corp. | USA | $92,110 | $92,110 | 100% |
1 | 1 | UPS Inc. | USA | $97,287 | $97,287 | 100% |
Top 50 Global Freight Companies
Revenue from acquired companies only included for period after close of acquisition. All revenue figures have been converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate in the appropriate calendar year.
Sources: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group Inc. estimates
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