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 Spee-Dee Delivery Service 14,000
2 Fletes y Materiales Forsis 29,400
3 Transportes Leon-Mexico 33,500
4 Transportes del Valle 40,500
5 Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero 41,400
6 Transportes de Carga FEMA 52,300
7 Anderson Trucking Service 53,310
8 Transportes Comandos del Norte 59,200
9 Landstar System 74,530
10 Dependable Highway Express 77,373
11 Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) 84,900
12 Servicio de Transportacion Jaguar 88,800
13 Midwest Motor Express 95,400
14 TransX Group of Companies 97,446
15 Fastfrate Group 111,371
16 Celadon Group Inc. 125,000
17 Lakeville Motor Express 126,000
18 Wilson Logistics 141,800
19 Forward Air 148,600
20 Ward Trucking 153,000
21 Carlile 180,000
22 Oak Harbor Freight Lines 194,000
23 Daylight Transport 195,000
24 Central Freight Lines 206,000
25 Transportes Castores de Baja California 207,200
26 Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras 217,000
27 Day & Ross Freight 249,673
28 A. Duie Pyle Inc. 290,000
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29 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 397,000
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30 New England Motor Freight 398,000
31 Roadrunner Freight 461,000
32 Dayton Freight Lines 489,277
33 AAA Cooper Transportation 518,000
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34 TFI International 610,263
35 Central Transport 703,000
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36 Averitt Express 717,000
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37 Southeastern Freight Lines 975,884
38 Saia Inc. 1,218,481
39 R+L Carriers 1,429,000
40 ABF Freight 1,916,394
41 Estes Express Lines 2,400,000
42 UPS Inc. 2,736,000
43 Old Dominion Freight Line 2,991,517
44 XPO 3,445,300
45 Yellow Corp. 4,697,500
46 FedEx Freight 6,352,000
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble

Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras ($217 million), This Mexican fleet, based in the central state of Guanajuato, has been in business since 1935 and operates a fleet of 1,000 tractors and 450 straight trucks, providing less-than-truckload and truckload freight service to 400 cities through 48 offices and 15 warehouses.
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