2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers listing.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
TT’s Dan Bearth hosted a livestream panel discussion on the disruptive influences affecting trucking.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Landstar System 1,109,356
2 Daseke Inc. 612,000
3 Mercer Transportation Co. 494,912
4 PS Logistics 491,000
5 Anderson Trucking Service 367,971
6 Acme Truck Line 282,597
7 Maverick USA 278,584
8 Bennett Family of Companies 244,149
9 CRST The Transportation Solution 243,818
10 Melton Truck Lines 223,641
11 Transport Investments 215,408
12 PGT Trucking 200,000
13 System Transport 144,647
14 Roehl Transport 104,019
15 EZE Trucking 80,000
16 Aveda Transportation 79,400
17 CT Transportation 66,469
18 Hunt Transportation 32,000
est
19 Bison Transport 20,478
20 Celadon Group Inc. 19,009
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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On the Bubble

Western Dairy Transport is a bulk carrier based in Cabool, Missouri.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

Covenant Logistics Reaches $317M Revenue by Overcoming Q2 Headwinds

Covenant Logistics Group Inc. reported second-quarter revenue and earnings growth July 25, despite market headwinds.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire

10 Roads Express Launches Autonomous Route Using Kodiak Tech

The 10 Roads Express company launched an autonomous truck route in partnership with Kodiak Robotics, a driverless trucking company, they announced July 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2022
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Reduces US Sunday Deliveries in Some Rural Areas

FedEx Corp. plans to scale back Sunday delivery service in far-flung areas of the U.S., the latest evidence that the e-commerce surge spurred by COVID-19 is ending.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
July 22, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Posts Higher Earnings, Revenue for Q2

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. experienced revenue and earnings growth during the second quarter, the company reported July 20.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 21, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Names Shelley Simpson Company President

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. appointed Shelley Simpson president — the first woman to serve in that role.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 20, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports Q2 Revenue Jump to $3.84 Billion

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. on July 19 posted earnings and revenue growth for the second quarter that was driven by strong segment results.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 20, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Marten Reports Record-Breaking Results for Q2

Marten Transport on July 18 reported the highest operating revenue and operating income in its history for the second quarter.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 19, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS Expands Cargo Services in India to Seize Airfreight Boom

UPS Inc. opened a second airport cargo-handling facility in India to capture soaring pandemic-driven demand for airfreight.

Ragini Saxena | Bloomberg News
July 19, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Trucking Faces Pressure to Prepare for Holidays Early

Supply chain pressures are forcing trucking to get an early start to the holiday shipping season despite a shift of underlying conditions within the industry.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 18, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Averitt Announces Pay Increases for Drivers

Cookeville, Tenn.-based Averitt Express announced July 13 it was raising pay for its less-than-truckload drivers as well as providing a new guaranteed weekly minimum for its regional and flatbed drivers and a shorter waiting period in receiving benefits coverage for its new hires.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 13, 2022
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