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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 |
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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 |
12 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,337,648 | 206,113 | 14,073 | 6,296 | 25,052 |
22 | 21 | Prime Inc.
|
1,300,998 | 163,439 | 4,400 | 5,347 | 9,436 |
6 | 7 | Swift Transportation
|
4,118,195 | 155,422 | 16,900 | 17,961 | 57,310 |
10 | 9 | Landstar System
|
2,644,780 | 146,009 | 1,217 | 8,174 | 12,912 |
4 | 3 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,473,356 | 99,153 | 29,500 | 11,867 | 32,800 |
9 | 8 | TFI International
|
3,019,367 | 98,754 | 14,210 | 11,930 | 11,200 |
33 | 47 | Heartland Express
|
961,525 | 90,821 | 5,220 | 4,878 | 14,372 |
14 | 13 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,029,183 | 86,785 | 11,656 | 7,050 | 23,705 |
48 | 43 | Stevens Transport
|
642,138 | 86,285 | 2,835 | 2,710 | 3,615 |
31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
969,237 | 69,282 | 4,600 | 3,991 | 9,181 |
8 | 69 | Hub Group
|
3,373,898 | 69,110 | 1,982 | 2,624 | 448 |
47 | 45 | Forward Air
|
652,481 | 54,497 | 3,537 | 1,517 | 3,017 |
28 | 26 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,033,492 | 50,572 | 4,339 | 4,137 | 6,198 |
21 | 24 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,361,410 | 48,996 | 3,325 | 3,723 | 3,429 |
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 |
97 | 95 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
220,000 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 725 | 50 |
50 | 51 | Contrans Group
|
555,715 | 28,577 | 1,400 | 2,600 | |
45 | 44 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
680,963 | 23,314 | 1,331 | 3,790 | 8,385 |
65 | United Vision Logistics
|
400,325 | 19,512 | 291 | 1,505 | 1,668 | |
81 | 84 | Maverick USA
|
315,014 | 18,674 | 1,777 | 1,405 | 1,971 |
79 | 82 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
320,000 | 17,700 | 1,446 | 1,115 | |
15 | 14 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,994,200 | 9,700 | 2,700 | 1,832 | 6,516 |
89 | 89 | John Christner Trucking
|
256,426 | 9,417 | 211 | 878 | 1,188 |
90 | 96 | Superior Bulk Logistics
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250,700 | 8,900 | 1,414 | 1,176 | 2,037 |
36 | 37 | Atlas World Group
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844,827 | 7,747 | 700 | 2,140 | 3,922 |
55 | 60 | Suddath
|
500,000 | 7,000 | 2,000 | 330 | 692 |
96 | 93 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
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221,000 | 6,413 | 183 | 740 | 1,143 |
64 | 65 | P.A.M. Transport
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402,813 | 5,915 | 3,034 | 1,837 | 5,170 |
44 | 41 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
684,549 | 5,244 | 4,202 | 2,688 | 6,861 |
70 | 75 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
363,100 | 158 | 2,271 | 618 | 963 |
51 | 52 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
555,005 | -9,110 | 2,750 | 2,248 | 6,054 |
34 | 35 | Quality Carriers
|
929,810 | -42,038 | 1,145 | 1,721 | 5,255 |
5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,865,400 | -83,600 | 32,000 | 14,500 | 46,500 |
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
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541,800 | - | 3,800 | 2,246 | 2,589 |
80 | 81 | California Cartage Co.
|
318,000 | - | 1,000 | ||
18 | 16 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
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1,600,000 | - | 9,700 | 7,996 | 17,000 |
53 | 49 | Mullen Group
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537,858 | - | 2,170 | 1,325 | 3,329 |
19 | 17 | Purolator
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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
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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
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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 |
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.
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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 |
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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