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
est
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

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, Logistics, For-Hire

Nearshoring Trend Drives More Border Growth

The nearshoring trend has been driving further transportation and logistics investments near the Mexican border as companies work to capture current and expected future growth.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 4, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Navistar Launches Integrated Powertrain

Truck maker Navistar announced Feb. 26 it has made the first deliveries of its International LT Series equipped with the International S13 Integrated Powertrain.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt to Promote Shelley Simpson to CEO Post

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that company president Shelley Simpson is also taking on the post of CEO, effective July 1.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reports 138% Earnings Drop for Q4

Forward Air Corp. experienced a 138% earnings drop year-over-year during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Feb. 28.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, For-Hire

Groups Support Werner in Legal Filing Over ‘Nuclear’ Verdict

The Texas Trucking Association and another advocacy group have filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Texas Supreme Court asking that it reject a $100 million lower-court accident verdict against Werner Enterprises.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 28, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, For-Hire

New SEC Rules Prompt Closer Look at Cybersecurity

Trucking businesses need to take a close look at the state of their cybersecur­ity in 2024 now that tough, new disclosure rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission have gone live.

Joe Dysart | Webology 101
February 23, 2024
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

Estes, Pitt Ohio Among Firms Filling Yellow Void in Buffalo

Yellow Corp.’s shutdown has opened the door for Estes Express Lines, Pitt Ohio and more to make greater inroads in the Buffalo, N.Y., Niagara region.

Matt Glynn | The Buffalo (N.Y.) News
February 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Social Media Platforms Open Fleets to Newer Recruiting Pool

Fleets are looking more to social media platforms to increase brand awareness, reach new customers and, increasingly, find new employees.

Amanda Smith | Special to Transport Topics
February 16, 2024
Government, Business, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Adds 10 More Leased Yellow Terminals to Haul

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. extended its winning streak in auctions of former Yellow Corp. terminals, strengthening its less-than-truckload operations.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
February 14, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Q4 Profit Slides on Weak Used Truck Prices, Rentals

Profits at Ryder System Inc. fell 39.8% in the fourth quarter of 2023 as weak freight conditions again sapped strength from used vehicle sales prices and rental activity, it said Feb. 14.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
February 14, 2024
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