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
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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

Schneider Reports 12% Revenue Decline for Q4

Schneider National experienced a year-over-year decline in profits as well as revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Feb. 1.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 1, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Landstar Reports 28% Revenue Decline for Q4

Landstar System Inc. posted declines in net income and revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Jan. 31.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 1, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder to Acquire Cardinal Logistics

Ryder System Inc. is acquiring Cardinal Logistics in a deal that will add 2,900 power units, 3,400 drivers and 200 operating locations to its existing network.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 1, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Forward Air Completes Acquisition of Omni Logistics

Forward Air on Jan. 25 announced the completion of its long-pending acquisition of Omni Logistics, with both companies’ leaders touting the benefits of the merger.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 31, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

UPS to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Explore Sale of Coyote Amid Weak Q4

UPS Inc. is reducing its overall employee head count by 12,000 workers, which the company says will save more than $1 billion, citing higher labor costs and softening demand.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 30, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire, Private

Kodiak Opens Truck Port at Ryder Facility in Houston

Kodiak Robotics opened a second truck port for its autonomous semis at a Ryder System Inc. fleet maintenance facility in Houston, the companies said Jan. 23.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Reports 11% Revenue Increase for Q4

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings profits dropped during the fourth quarter but the carrier experienced an increase in revenue, the company reported Jan. 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reaches Deal With Omni Logistics on Acquisition

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics have settled litigation surrounding a planned merger that allows a deal to proceed under amended terms, the companies announced Jan. 22.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 22, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports Revenue Declined to $3.3 Billion for Q4

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a result of weaker performance across its segments and rising insurance costs, the company reported Jan. 18. 

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 19, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Industry Takes Fresh Look at Reverse Logistics

Reverse logistics — the management and movement of returned goods — is one of the most significant systems in the economy, and one of the most complicated. 

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
January 10, 2024
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