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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rankings
Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Less-Than-Truckload Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bison Transport | 12,028 |
| 2 | CalArk | 13,007 |
| 3 | Spee-Dee Delivery Service | 14,600 |
| 4 | Fletes y Materiales Forsis | 31,400 |
| 5 | Transportes Leon-Mexico | 35,700 |
| 6 | Transportes del Valle | 43,200 |
| 7 | Servicio de Transportacion Jaguar | 44,000 |
| 8 | Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero | 44,200 |
| 9 | Transportes de Carga FEMA | 55,800 |
| 10 | Transportes Comandos del Norte | 63,200 |
| 11 | Peninsula Truck Lines | 66,476 |
| 12 | Anderson Trucking Service | 67,189 |
| 13 | Dependable Highway Express | 73,600 |
| 14 | Landstar System | 89,041 |
| 15 | Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) | 90,600 |
| 16 | TransX Group of Companies | 91,419 |
| 17 | Midwest Motor Express | 105,100 |
| 18 | Standard Forwarding | 110,000 est |
| 19 | Fastfrate Group | 123,764 |
| 20 | Forward Air | 163,932 |
| 21 | Ward Trucking | 166,000 est |
| 22 | Transportes Julian de Obregon | 173,700 |
| 23 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines | 204,947 |
| 24 | Transportes Castores de Baja California | 221,100 |
| 25 | Daylight Transport | 229,000 est |
| 26 | Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras | 231,500 |
| 27 | Central Freight Lines | 266,000 |
| 28 | Day & Ross Freight | 278,374 |
| 29 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 309,600 |
| 30 | New England Motor Freight | 400,500 |
| 31 | Roadrunner Freight | 464,000 |
| 32 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 548,000 |
| 33 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 555,907 |
| 34 | Dayton Freight Lines | 558,200 |
| 35 | TFI International | 748,175 |
| 36 | Central Transport | 754,000 |
| 37 | Averitt Express | 768,957 |
| 38 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,040,423 |
| 39 | Saia Inc. | 1,378,510 |
| 40 | R+L Carriers | 1,580,000 |
| 41 | ABF Freight | 1,993,314 |
| 42 | Estes Express Lines | 2,740,000 |
| 43 | UPS Inc. | 2,998,000 |
| 44 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 3,358,112 |
| 45 | XPO | 3,600,000 |
| 46 | Yellow Corp. | 4,891,000 |
| 47 | FedEx Freight | 6,904,000 |
Extras
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UPS to Become the Primary Air Cargo Provider for USPS
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