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