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