2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.
See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.
COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Highlight Motor Group 14,558
2 Bison Transport 14,941
3 TGR Logistics 19,000
est
4 CalArk 19,455
5 Diligent Delivery Systems 21,420
6 Fletes y Materiales Forsis 33,200
est
7 Atlas World Group 33,789
8 Transportes Leon-Mexico 37,700
est
9 TransAmerica Express Logistics 40,000
10 Transportes del Valle 45,600
est
11 Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero 46,700
est
12 JP Express Service 51,862
13 Canada Cartage System 53,580
14 Transportes de Carga FEMA 58,900
est
15 Transportes Comandos del Norte 66,700
est
16 Anderson Trucking Service 68,885
17 Peninsula Truck Lines 76,467
18 Dependable Highway Express 85,000
est
19 Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) 95,700
est
20 Landstar System 98,324
21 Midwest Motor Express 105,300
22 Standard Forwarding 119,000
est
23 Fastfrate Group 169,605
24 Transportes Julian de Obregon 183,400
est
25 Ward Trucking 185,000
26 Forward Air 207,400
27 Oak Harbor Freight Lines 220,194
28 Central Freight Lines 232,000
29 Transportes Castores de Baja California 233,500
est
30 Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras 244,500
est
31 Daylight Transport 262,000
32 A. Duie Pyle Inc. 385,600
33 Day & Ross Freight 426,500
34 Roadrunner Freight 430,806
35 AAA Cooper Transportation 593,000
36 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 616,000
37 TFI International 627,322
38 Dayton Freight Lines 679,000
39 Central Transport 856,000
est
40 Averitt Express 873,419
41 Southeastern Freight Lines 1,166,622
42 Saia Inc. 1,786,735
43 R+L Carriers 1,972,000
est
44 ABF Freight 2,145,000
45 Estes Express Lines 3,260,000
46 UPS Inc. 3,265,000
47 Old Dominion Freight Line 4,109,111
48 XPO 4,815,000
49 Yellow Corp. 4,871,200
50 FedEx Freight 7,237,000
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On the Bubble

Daylight Transport ($262 million), is a regional and interregional less-than-truckload carrier based in Long Beach, Calif.
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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Saia Reports Lower Q2 Profit, Revenue

Saia Inc. posted net income of $91.3 million in the second quarter of 2023, compared with $109.2 million in the same period a year earlier, the less-than-truckload carrier said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 31, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Georgia Distribution Center to Team NFI, Bradshaw Home

Georgia officials announced plans to open a new East Coast distribution center in Effingham County to bring  Bradshaw Home’s products to customers faster through a partnership with NFI.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Old Dominion Freight Line Q2 Profit Falls 22.3% Year-On-Year

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. profits fell 22.3% year-over-year to $292.4 million in the second quarter of 2023 from $376.1 million in the year-ago period, it said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

ArcBest Q2 Profit More Than Halves on Weak Demand

ArcBest posted lower earnings and revenue on weaker demand for the second quarter, the Fort Smith, Ark.-based carrier announced July 28. 

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Yellow Ceases Operations

Less-than-truckload company Yellow shut down operations, ending a nearly 100-year history as one of the nation’s largest carriers, and the company began posting notices at terminals.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 30, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Yellow Puts Logistics Division Up for Sale

Yellow Corp. says it is shopping its third-party logistics broker, Yellow Logistics, to raise cash as the less-than-truckload company attempts to remain in business.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 28, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Posts Q2 Loss on Market Weakness, UK Exit Charge

Ryder System Inc. posted an $18 million loss in the second quarter of 2023, compared with a profit of $239 million in the year-ago period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 27, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Landstar Records Q2 Earnings Drop but Beats Expectations

Landstar System Inc. posted a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings during the second quarter of 2023, the company reported July 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 27, 2023
Government, Business, For-Hire

Yellow Says Discussions With Teamsters Ongoing

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. said it continues to negotiate with union leaders as the future of the company, which has been in operation for nearly 100 years, may be in jeopardy.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 26, 2023
Business, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

UPS, Teamsters Reach Agreement on New Contract

UPS and the Teamsters have reached a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement that covers more than 340,000 workers, the company and the union announced in separate statements.

Joe Howard and Dan Ronan | Staff Reporters
July 25, 2023
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