2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
The nation’s top for-hire carriers are taking steps to shore up capacity in anticipation of increasing demand for freight hauling and a tighter market for drivers.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
Find out what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Bison Transport 16,061
2 Celadon Group Inc. 25,000
3 Dart Intermodal 26,870
4 Canada Drayage Inc. 27,918
5 NFI 32,000
6 Eagle Systems 45,882
7 TCW 60,996
8 ASF Intermodal 65,000
9 Cowan Systems 68,070
10 Marten Transport 71,490
11 Tiger Cool Express 72,000
12 Prime Inc. 84,192
13 TransX Group of Companies 84,736
14 Landstar System 103,721
15 Roadrunner Freight 134,000
16 Universal Intermodal Services 141,381
17 Forward Air 166,000
18 RoadOne IntermodaLogistics 175,000
19 IMC Cos. 293,000
20 Swift Intermodal 360,157
21 Evans Delivery 404,000
22 California Cartage Co. 440,000
23 Schneider 757,530
24 XPO 1,500,000
25 Hub Group 2,191,067
26 J.B. Hunt Intermodal 3,796,251
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble

May Trucking Co. ($199 million), Based in Salem, Ore., this company has been operating since 1945 and provides refrigerated truckload and less-than-truckload freight services throughout the lower 48 states.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

ATA Group Advances Trucking Diversity Initiative

A working group formed by American Trucking Associations to advance diversity in the industry has drafted guidelines to help fleets of all sizes foster greater inclusiveness in their ranks, and has now created an award to recognize industry diversity efforts.

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

PS Logistics Completes Acquisition, Agreement

PS Logistics announced its refrigerated carrier Purdy Bros. Trucking, based in Loudon, Tenn., completed the acquisition of certain transportation assets of Phoenix Leasing of Tennessee Inc.

August 26, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Cuts Nondriving Staff, Slows Spending

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. Xpress Enterprises is hitting the brakes on its spending, cutting its nondriving staff by another 5% this month and looking for ways to dispose of extra real estate and trim other expenses to offset rising costs amid signs of a shipping slowdown in some industries.

Dave Flessner | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
August 26, 2022
Business, Technology, For-Hire, TCA

Covenant Official Says Range Is Biggest Factor in EV Adoption

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The distance a battery-powered tractor-trailer can travel before recharging is “the big holdup” for the adoption of electric trucks, a top official for Chattanooga-based Covenant Logistics said Aug. 23.

Mike Pare | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
August 24, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Partners With School to Launch Supply Chain Program

High school students in Hamilton County, Tenn., can explore careers in supply chain management and logistics through a new Future Ready Institute that’s launching this fall.

Carmen Nesbitt | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
August 24, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Subsidiary Acquires Noble

DMT Trucking announced Aug. 9 that it has completed its acquisition of the Scottsboro, Ala.-based Noble family of transportation businesses.

August 18, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

XPO Posts Strong Q2 Earnings Amid Upcoming Leadership Change

XPO Logistics Inc. on Aug. 4 reported record revenue and net income for the second quarter, part of a busy week for the Greenwich, Conn.-based company.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
August 5, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

XPO Names Mario Harik to Succeed Brad Jacobs as CEO

XPO Logistics Inc. announced that Mario Harik will succeed Brad Jacobs as CEO of XPO and join the board of directors following XPO’s planned spinoff of its tech-enabled brokerage platform.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
August 4, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

U.S. Xpress Reports $554M Revenue for Q2

U.S. Xpress Enterprises posted revenue gains but sluggish earnings during the second quarter of 2022, the company reported Aug. 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 4, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Werner Enterprises Reports Record for Q2

Werner Enterprises achieved its eighth consecutive quarter of record earnings per share during the second quarter of 2022, the company reported Aug. 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 4, 2022
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