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2014 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
55,438,000 | 4,372,000 | 395,000 | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
45,100,000 | 2,046,000 | 300,000 | 25,028 |
92,982 |
| 3 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
5,585,000 | 342,000 | 18,467 | 11,235 |
26,340 |
| 4 | 3 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,473,356 | 99,153 | 29,500 | 11,867 |
32,800 |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,865,400 | -83,600 | 32,000 | 14,500 |
46,500 |
| 6 | 7 | Swift Transportation
|
4,118,195 | 155,422 | 16,900 | 17,961 |
57,310 |
| 7 | 6 | Schneider
|
3,600,000 | - | 16,900 | 11,700 |
31,000 |
| 8 | 69 | Hub Group
|
3,373,898 | 69,110 | 1,982 | 2,624 |
448 |
| 9 | 8 | TFI International
|
3,019,367 | 98,754 | 14,210 | 11,930 |
11,200 |
| 10 | 9 | Landstar System
|
2,644,780 | 146,009 | 1,217 | 8,174 |
12,912 |
| 11 | 10 | Ryder System
|
2,383,063 | - | 14,312 | 4,098 |
6,042 |
| 12 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,337,648 | 206,113 | 14,073 | 6,296 |
25,052 |
| 14 | 13 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,029,183 | 86,785 | 11,656 | 7,050 |
23,705 |
| 15 | 14 | Sirva
|
1,994,200 | 9,700 | 2,700 | 1,832 |
6,516 |
| 16 | 15 | Estes Express Lines
|
1,948,525 | - | 14,909 | 6,277 |
24,102 |
| 17 | 18 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 1,050 | 6,301 |
10,000 |
| 18 | 16 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,600,000 | - | 9,700 | 7,996 |
17,000 |
| 19 | 17 | Purolator
|
1,575,391 | - | 12,000 | 493 |
1,292 |
| 20 | 19 | C.R. England
|
1,495,597 | - | 7,352 | 4,498 |
6,400 |
| 21 | 24 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,361,410 | 48,996 | 3,325 | 3,723 |
3,429 |
| 22 | 21 | Prime Inc.
|
1,300,998 | 163,439 | 4,400 | 5,347 |
9,436 |
| 23 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,286,631 | - | 7,530 | 6,301 |
9,774 |
| 24 | 20 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,269,899 | - | 4,975 | 4,490 |
7,552 |
| 25 | 22 | Saia Inc.
|
1,139,094 | 43,627 | 8,400 | 3,426 |
10,848 |
| 26 | 25 | NFI
|
1,090,000 | 33,975 | 7,631 | 2,304 |
7,391 |
| 27 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,065,187 | - | 8,030 | 3,318 |
11,042 |
| 28 | 26 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,033,492 | 50,572 | 4,339 | 4,137 |
6,198 |
| 29 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,020,000 | - | - | 4,121 |
12,139 |
| 30 | 28 | Crete Carrier
|
1,008,164 | - | 5,524 | 5,300 |
13,614 |
| 31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
969,237 | 69,282 | 4,600 | 3,991 |
9,181 |
| 32 | 30 | Penske Logistics
|
968,000 | - | 10,000 | 1,598 |
2,816 |
| 33 | 47 | Heartland Express
|
961,525 | 90,821 | 5,220 | 4,878 |
14,372 |
| 34 | 35 | Quality Carriers
|
929,810 | -42,038 | 1,145 | 1,721 |
5,255 |
| 36 | 37 | Atlas World Group
|
844,827 | 7,747 | 700 | 2,140 |
3,922 |
| 37 | 53 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
825,000 | - | 4,500 | 4,000 |
- |
| 38 | 38 | Ruan Transportation Management Systems
|
807,507 | - | 5,088 | 3,651 |
6,683 |
| 39 | 36 | Day & Ross
|
796,476 | - | 1,734 | 1,612 |
2,627 |
| 40 | 39 | Trimac Transportation
|
761,000 | - | 3,345 | 1,970 |
4,801 |
| 41 | 32 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
750,204 | - | 1,300 | 2,205 |
5,300 |
| 42 | 74 | KLLM Transport Services
|
743,682 | - | - | 3,250 |
4,600 |
| 43 | - | XPO
|
702,300 | - | 2,259 | - | - |
| 44 | 41 | Covenant Logistics
|
684,549 | 5,244 | 4,202 | 2,688 |
6,861 |
| 45 | 44 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
680,963 | 23,314 | 1,331 | 3,790 |
8,385 |
| 47 | 45 | Forward Air
|
652,481 | 54,497 | 3,537 | 1,517 |
3,017 |
| 48 | 43 | Stevens Transport
|
642,138 | 86,285 | 2,835 | 2,710 |
3,615 |
| 49 | 46 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 |
6,000 |
| 50 | 51 | Contrans Group
|
555,715 | 28,577 | - | 1,400 |
2,600 |
| 51 | 52 | USA Truck
|
555,005 | -9,110 | 2,750 | 2,248 |
6,054 |
| 52 | 48 | Canada Cartage
|
541,800 | - | 3,800 | 2,246 |
2,589 |
| 53 | 49 | Mullen Group
|
537,858 | - | 2,170 | 1,325 |
3,329 |
| 54 | 50 | TransX Group of Companies
|
533,061 | - | 2,630 | 1,540 |
4,280 |
| 55 | 60 | Suddath
|
500,000 | 7,000 | 2,000 | 330 |
692 |
| 56 | 63 | Bison Transport
|
365,911 | - | 1,738 | 1,402 |
4,000 |
| 57 | 54 | Mercer Transportation
|
483,161 | - | 315 | 2,183 |
- |
| 58 | 59 | Western Express
|
463,453 | - | 2,962 | 2,419 |
5,650 |
| 59 | 57 | Shevell Group
|
450,105 | - | 3,515 | 2,140 |
4,475 |
| 60 | - | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
447,000 | - | 1,990 | 2,055 |
3,800 |
| 61 | 64 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
429,800 | - | 2,851 | 1,070 |
3,134 |
| 62 | 55 | Dart Transit Co.
|
426,320 | - | 411 | 1,886 |
6,799 |
| 63 | 62 | Groupe Robert
|
410,719 | - | 3,300 | 1,370 |
3,000 |
| 64 | 65 | PAMT Corp.
|
402,813 | 5,915 | 3,034 | 1,837 |
5,170 |
| 65 | - | United Vision Logistics
|
400,325 | 19,512 | 291 | 1,505 |
1,668 |
| 66 | 73 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
386,000 | - | 3,361 | 1,167 |
2,750 |
| 67 | 68 | Roehl Transport
|
384,007 | - | 2,290 | 2,058 |
5,148 |
| 68 | 80 | Cowan Systems
|
377,428 | - | 1,878 | 1,748 |
3,795 |
| 69 | 67 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
376,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,200 |
4,500 |
| 70 | 75 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
363,100 | 158 | 2,271 | 618 |
963 |
| 71 | 71 | Acme Truck Line
|
356,157 | - | 3,200 | 2,007 |
2,257 |
| 72 | 72 | Transport America
|
347,465 | - | 1,945 | 1,515 |
4,450 |
| 73 | 70 | Comcar Industries
|
346,403 | - | 2,679 | 1,986 |
4,401 |
| 75 | 78 | United Road Services
|
333,464 | - | 2,100 | 1,740 |
1,325 |
| 76 | 83 | OnTrac Inc.
|
332,331 | - | 1,697 | - | 445 |
| 77 | 88 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
327,857 | - | 727 | 1,179 |
1,422 |
| 78 | 76 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
325,502 | - | 1,800 | 1,440 |
2,900 |
| 79 | 82 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
320,000 | 17,700 | 1,446 | 1,115 |
- |
| 80 | 81 | California Cartage Co.
|
318,000 | - | - | 1,000 |
- |
| 81 | 84 | Maverick Transportation
|
315,014 | 18,674 | 1,777 | 1,405 |
1,971 |
| 82 | 87 | Evans Network of Cos.
|
310,000 | - | 200 | 2,250 |
525 |
| 83 | 85 | A. Duie Pyle
|
293,000 | - | 2,235 | 731 |
1,702 |
| 84 | 86 | Cassens Transport
|
289,794 | - | 1,430 | 1,203 |
1,303 |
| 85 | 91 | Koch Cos.
|
274,705 | - | 955 | 824 |
4,279 |
| 86 | 90 | Fastfrate Group
|
274,633 | - | - | - | - |
| 87 | 92 | Towne Air Freight
|
265,000 | - | - | 1,060 |
1,600 |
| 88 | - | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
257,000 | - | 1,850 | 374 |
1,231 |
| 89 | 89 | John Christner Trucking
|
256,426 | 9,417 | 211 | 878 |
1,188 |
| 90 | 96 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
250,700 | 8,900 | 1,414 | 1,176 |
2,037 |
| 91 | - | Trans-System
|
246,002 | - | 898 | 876 |
1,100 |
| 92 | 97 | Groendyke Transport
|
239,000 | - | 1,368 | 955 |
1,800 |
| 93 | - | Arnold Transportation
|
237,000 | - | 1,429 | 1,399 |
4,265 |
| 94 | - | Calyx Transportation Group
|
223,323 | - | 373 | 488 |
750 |
| 95 | 98 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
222,685 | - | 1,450 | 1,130 |
2,600 |
| 96 | 93 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
221,000 | 6,413 | 183 | 740 |
1,143 |
| 97 | 95 | Quantix SCS
|
220,000 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 725 |
50 |
| 98 | 99 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
218,779 | - | 1,107 | 1,002 |
4,800 |
| 99 | - | Bridge Terminal Transport
|
218,244 | - | 262 | - | - |
| 100 | - | Falcon Transport
|
217,510 | - | - | - | - |
About the Rankings...
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.
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