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