2026 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
This year’s Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list reflects a challenging market in 2025, but the outlook has brightened considerably.
Tougher enforcement is tightening capacity and driving up freight rates, closing the book on a painfully long downcycle.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by state and country; search company names to view details.
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 88,661,000 | 5,572,000 | 460,000 | 125,000 |
- | |
| 2 | 2 | 79,680,000 | 4,484,000 | 500,000 | 22,978 |
91,157 | |
| 3 | 3 | 11,999,096 | 598,282 | 31,750 | 21,448 |
49,300 | |
| 4 | - | 8,684,000 | - | 40,000 | 16,709 |
60,599 | |
| 5 | 5 | 8,157,000 | 316,000 | 37,000 | 9,700 |
34,400 | |
| 6 | 4 | 7,884,671 | 310,553 | 24,900 | 19,121 |
40,687 | |
| 7 | 6 | 7,800,000 | 5,900,000 | 39,500 | 10,700 |
20,400 | |
| 8 | 7 | 7,469,689 | 216,062 | 37,100 | 26,187 |
95,908 | |
| 9 | 8 | 5,730,000 | - | 24,207 | 9,939 |
42,494 | |
| 10 | 10 | 5,700,000 | 103,600 | 19,000 | 14,300 |
51,790 | |
| 11 | 9 | 5,496,389 | 1,023,703 | 21,304 | 10,184 |
45,137 | |
| 12 | 11 | 4,743,760 | 115,007 | 1,294 | 8,514 |
17,426 | |
| 13 | 12 | 4,210,000 | - | 20,994 | 7,462 |
19,081 | |
| 14 | 13 | 4,010,200 | 60,100 | 14,000 | 4,229 |
24,125 | |
| 15 | 14 | 3,922,712 est |
- | 6,300 | 2,421 |
4,440 | |
| 16 | 15 | 3,725,000 est |
- | - | 9,103 |
24,472 | |
| 17 | 16 | 3,700,000 | - | 17,000 | 4,980 |
9,600 | |
| 18 | 17 | 3,234,286 | 255,036 | 14,000 | 7,700 |
26,500 | |
| 19 | 18 | 2,974,296 | -14,399 | 12,031 | 7,712 |
25,262 | |
| 20 | 19 | 2,704,143 | 361,549 | 4,746 | 7,502 |
14,432 | |
| 21 | 21 | 2,437,053 | 231,760 | 17,075 | 547 |
1,040 | |
| 22 | 20 | 2,433,097 | - | 10,000 | 7,650 |
14,000 | |
| 23 | 22 | 1,900,000 | - | 530 | 7,500 |
300 | |
| 24 | 24 | 1,728,177 | 225,926 | 8,185 | 2,639 |
10,240 | |
| 25 | 27 | 1,705,000 est |
- | - | 4,719 |
16,577 | |
| 26 | 25 | 1,673,338 | - | 1,777 | 5,342 |
10,630 | |
| 27 | 31 | 1,560,000 | - | 8,000 | 3,857 |
9,053 | |
| 28 | 23 | 1,558,397 | -99,873 | 10,525 | 4,327 |
4,343 | |
| 29 | 29 | 1,504,400 | - | 7,560 | 4,109 |
13,440 | |
| 30 | 26 | 1,450,000 | - | 5,161 | 3,229 |
9,490 | |
| 31 | 32 | 1,409,424 | - | 2,380 | 2,174 |
6,158 | |
| 32 | 33 | 1,400,000 | - | 6,000 | 5,421 |
13,477 | |
| 33 | - | 1,391,687 | - | 1,207 | 3,506 |
14,937 | |
| 34 | 34 | 1,358,000 | - | 2,594 | 900 |
2,773 | |
| 35 | 42 | 1,343,510 | - | 5,687 | 4,000 |
7,000 | |
| 36 | 28 | 1,318,885 | - | 4,996 | 3,307 |
8,836 | |
| 37 | 37 | 1,243,092 | -107,796 | 6,356 | 297 |
4,863 | |
| 38 | 36 | 1,185,599 | 9,879 | 1,173 | 2,604 |
1,199 | |
| 39 | 35 | 1,164,472 | 7,239 | 5,352 | 2,358 |
4,436 | |
| 40 | 44 | 1,085,265 | 65,165 | 6,869 | 2,283 |
6,581 | |
| 41 | 47 | 1,067,471 | - | 363 | 1,388 |
1,649 | |
| 42 | 55 | 1,053,570 est |
- | 4,705 | - | - | |
| 43 | 40 | 1,030,000 | - | 5,990 | 2,321 |
5,672 | |
| 44 | 45 | 1,020,651 | - | 5,780 | 1,982 |
4,698 | |
| 45 | 41 | 939,114 | - | - | 3,130 |
4,316 | |
| 46 | 43 | 938,417 | 1,172 | 475 | 2,569 |
4,181 | |
| 47 | 49 | 917,739 | 8,108 | 475 | 1,366 |
3,023 | |
| 48 | 46 | 883,652 | 17,444 | 3,502 | 2,654 |
5,107 | |
| 49 | 52 | 860,506 est |
- | - | 1,521 |
4,913 | |
| 50 | 53 | 939,800 | - | 2,952 | 2,128 |
150 | |
| 51 | 56 | 818,600 | - | 4,240 | 1,817 |
3,265 | |
| 52 | 54 | 816,000 | - | - | 2,632 |
8,382 | |
| 53 | 39 | 805,709 | -52,453 | 3,630 | 4,533 |
12,869 | |
| 54 | 38 | 796,720 | - | 4,293 | 3,315 |
10,000 | |
| 55 | 51 | 788,404 | - | 3,436 | 1,945 |
8,630 | |
| 56 | 57 | 768,123 | 59,471 | 3,825 | 2,565 |
4,730 | |
| 57 | 59 | 754,959 est |
- | - | - | - | |
| 58 | 58 | 747,000 est |
- | - | 2,952 |
5,542 | |
| 59 | 61 | 720,650 est |
- | 3,130 | 2,414 |
2,467 | |
| 60 | 63 | 673,288 est |
- | - | 3,880 |
5,145 | |
| 61 | 65 | 658,000 | - | 2,803 | 1,834 |
6,800 | |
| 62 | 72 | 650,500 | - | 2,976 | 1,482 |
3,007 | |
| 63 | 64 | 644,404 est |
- | 400 | 2,200 |
2,800 | |
| 64 | 66 | 627,155 | - | 4,500 | 2,800 |
3,757 | |
| 65 | 62 | 598,056 | -52,607 | 2,365 | 2,094 |
8,020 | |
| 66 | 70 | 561,616 | - | 1,643 | 1,487 |
3,147 | |
| 67 | 73 | 491,805 | - | 656 | 1,307 |
2,252 | |
| 68 | 77 | 475,774 est |
- | 312 | 518 |
660 | |
| 69 | 75 | 463,224 | - | 2,255 | 1,640 |
3,229 | |
| 70 | 69 | 456,474 | - | 2,766 | - | - | |
| 71 | 81 | 412,200 | - | 1,400 | 952 |
5,835 | |
| 72 | 78 | 410,000 | - | 1,000 | 700 |
2,000 | |
| 73 | 79 | 404,558 est |
- | 650 | 720 |
1,450 | |
| 74 | 82 | 387,990 | - | 1,818 | 1,440 |
2,400 | |
| 75 | 80 | 387,000 est |
- | - | 323 |
607 | |
| 76 | 83 | 368,000 | - | 1,925 | 948 |
2,985 | |
| 77 | 84 | 350,000 | - | 1,504 | 687 |
1,423 | |
| 78 | 87 | 333,000 | - | 1,250 | 1,145 |
2,100 | |
| 79 | 85 | 329,568 | 18,770 | 1,067 | 480 |
3,052 | |
| 80 | 90 | 286,000 | - | 160 | 1,005 |
1,110 | |
| 81 | 91 | 283,787 est |
- | 601 | 910 |
3,700 | |
| 82 | - | 265,000 | - | 1,500 | 950 |
1,100 | |
| 83 | 93 | 262,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 650 |
1,050 | |
| 84 | 86 | 250,000 | - | - | 599 |
734 | |
| 85 | 88 | 248,899 | - | 907 | 550 |
1,502 | |
| 86 | 92 | 242,669 | - | 952 | 790 |
790 | |
| 87 | 95 | 238,331 est |
- | 1,295 | 639 |
864 | |
| 88 | - | 218,727 | - | 1,029 | 759 |
1,759 | |
| 89 | 97 | 217,307 est |
- | 1,022 | 775 |
2,931 | |
| 90 | 98 | 209,734 est |
- | - | 1,080 |
2,700 | |
| 91 | 94 | 201,000 | - | 225 | 868 |
225 | |
| 92 | 96 | 200,000 | - | 895 | 400 |
1,200 | |
| 93 | 99 | 198,924 est |
- | 640 | 486 |
1,273 | |
| 94 | 100 | 190,067 | 5,168 | 1,080 | 618 |
1,434 | |
| 95 | - | 182,500 | 3,800 | 1,652 | 130 |
296 | |
| 96 | - | 178,410 | 7,204 | 803 | 681 |
1,589 | |
| 97 | - | 173,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 892 |
2,199 | |
| 98 | - | 162,390 | - | 800 | 560 |
1,580 | |
| 99 | - | 157,496 | 6,000 | 600 | 530 |
900 | |
| 100 | - | 149,738 | - | 595 | 514 |
3,695 |
Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
* Tractor count includes company-operated, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
#4 FedEx Freight completed its spinoff from #2 FedEx Corp. on June 1. FedEx Corp.’s net income figures include the operations of FedEx Freight prior to the spinoff.
#15 Hub Group, #42 Canada Cartage, #49 Quantix, #57 Manitoulin, #59 RoadOne, #60 TMC, #63 Mercer Transportation, #68 Beemac, #73 Bay and Bay, #81 Artur Express, #87 Acme, #89 Paper Transport, #90 May Trucking, and #93 National Carriers revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
#16 R+L Carriers, #25 Central Transport, #58 Hirschbach Motor Lines, #75 Daylight Transport, #83 Ward Transport & Logistics, and #97 Magnum Ltd. revenue estimates are based on data provided by SJ Consulting Group.
#21 Purolator and #40 Mullen Group revenue and income converted to U.S. dollars based on average 2025 exchange rate.
#50 IMC Logistics’ and #77 TCI Transportation’s 2025 revenues were updated after the publication deadline.
Premium
Prominent for-hire carriers largely agree with the view that the trucking industry is emerging from an extended downcycle.
Many of North America’s largest motor carriers are investing in AI to automate processes and improve efficiency.
Large for-hire carriers generally agree that diesel will remain the trucking industry’s predominant fuel well into the future.
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Carriers across various segments of the trucking industry navigated unfavorable business conditions in 2025.
Learn more about how companies are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 largest for-hire carriers list.
For-Hire News
Elections change Congress, but they don’t change trucking’s priorities
Cargo theft does not have a party affiliation, notes ATA's Henry Hanscom. Neither do deteriorating roads and bridges, safety compliance or the shortage of truck parking.
November 4, 2026What the midterms could mean for trucking
The results of Election Day 2026 may completely change how transportation policy is decided.
November 3, 2026Schneider shifts eastern intermodal freight to Norfolk Southern
Schneider unveiled a deal making Norfolk Southern its primary eastern rail provider Oct. 29, demonstrating the size of the carrier’s intermodal ambitions.
November 3, 2026More states halt non-domiciled CDL programs
Louisiana and Wyoming have ceased issuing non-domiciled commercial driver licenses, while Ohio is ending its program and downgrading credentials.
November 2, 2026Heniff to develop Ohio terminal for Cargill
Heniff Transportation Systems will develop a sweetener transload facility in Ohio dedicated to serving Cargill and its customers, Heniff announced Nov. 2.
November 2, 2026Trucking awaits Congress’ next move on highway funds
The $36.8 billion funding lapse affects road, safety and bridge projects across the country as states and localities try to plan ahead.
November 2, 2026TFI’s Bédard bemoans ‘broken record’ of disappointment in LTL
Longtime Chairman and CEO Alain Bédard told analysts and investors during TFI’s third-quarter 2026 earnings call that the carrier plans to raid its peers for manager replacements.
November 2, 2026FedEx Freight goes hunting after initial consolidation
The company’s revenue was $2.442 billion in the three months that ended Sept. 30, an increase of 8.1% compared with $2.259 billion in the same period a year earlier.
October 30, 2026XPO’s higher Q3 volume, profit powered by SMB, grocery wins
Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO benefited from improved freight market conditions and customer service, the executives told analysts and investors.
October 30, 2026
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