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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 |
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 |
12 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,337,648 | 206,113 | 14,073 | 6,296 | 25,052 |
43 | XPO
|
702,300 | - | 2,259 | |||
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 |
21 | 24 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,361,410 | 48,996 | 3,325 | 3,723 | 3,429 |
18 | 16 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,600,000 | - | 9,700 | 7,996 | 17,000 |
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 |
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 |
15 | 14 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,994,200 | 9,700 | 2,700 | 1,832 | 6,516 |
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 |
28 | 26 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,033,492 | 50,572 | 4,339 | 4,137 | 6,198 |
27 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,065,187 | - | 8,030 | 3,318 | 11,042 |
32 | 30 | Penske Logistics
|
968,000 | - | 10,000 | 1,598 | 2,816 |
26 | 25 | NFI
|
1,090,000 | 33,975 | 7,631 | 2,304 | 7,391 |
31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
969,237 | 69,282 | 4,600 | 3,991 | 9,181 |
30 | 28 | Crete Carrier Corp.
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1,008,164 | - | 5,524 | 5,300 | 13,614 |
47 | 45 | Forward Air
|
652,481 | 54,497 | 3,537 | 1,517 | 3,017 |
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 |
41 | 32 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
750,204 | - | 1,300 | 2,205 | 5,300 |
33 | 47 | Heartland Express
|
961,525 | 90,821 | 5,220 | 4,878 | 14,372 |
42 | 74 | KLLM Transport Services
|
743,682 | - | 3,250 | 4,600 | |
38 | 38 | Ruan
|
807,507 | - | 5,088 | 3,651 | 6,683 |
45 | 44 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
680,963 | 23,314 | 1,331 | 3,790 | 8,385 |
37 | 53 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
825,000 | - | 4,500 | 4,000 | |
39 | 36 | Day & Ross
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796,476 | - | 1,734 | 1,612 | 2,627 |
40 | 39 | Trimac Transportation
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761,000 | - | 3,345 | 1,970 | 4,801 |
44 | 41 | Covenant Logistics Group
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684,549 | 5,244 | 4,202 | 2,688 | 6,861 |
48 | 43 | Stevens Transport
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642,138 | 86,285 | 2,835 | 2,710 | 3,615 |
60 | Daseke Inc.
|
447,000 | - | 1,990 | 2,055 | 3,800 | |
49 | 46 | AAA Cooper Transportation
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580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 | 6,000 |
61 | 64 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
429,800 | - | 2,851 | 1,070 | 3,134 |
57 | 54 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
483,161 | - | 315 | 2,183 | |
58 | 59 | Western Express
|
463,453 | - | 2,962 | 2,419 | 5,650 |
75 | 78 | United Road Services
|
333,464 | - | 2,100 | 1,740 | 1,325 |
52 | 48 | Canada Cartage System
|
541,800 | - | 3,800 | 2,246 | 2,589 |
53 | 49 | Mullen Group
|
537,858 | - | 2,170 | 1,325 | 3,329 |
55 | 60 | Suddath
|
500,000 | 7,000 | 2,000 | 330 | 692 |
56 | 63 | Bison Transport
|
365,911 | - | 1,738 | 1,402 | 4,000 |
71 | 71 | Acme Truck Line
|
356,157 | - | 3,200 | 2,007 | 2,257 |
54 | 50 | TransX Group of Companies
|
533,061 | - | 2,630 | 1,540 | 4,280 |
59 | 57 | Shevell Group
|
450,105 | - | 3,515 | 2,140 | 4,475 |
77 | 88 | Bennett International Group
|
327,857 | - | 727 | 1,179 | 1,422 |
66 | 73 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
386,000 | - | 3,361 | 1,167 | 2,750 |
62 | 55 | Dart Transit Co.
|
426,320 | - | 411 | 1,886 | 6,799 |
68 | 80 | Cowan Systems
|
377,428 | - | 1,878 | 1,748 | 3,795 |
64 | 65 | P.A.M. Transport
|
402,813 | 5,915 | 3,034 | 1,837 | 5,170 |
82 | 87 | Evans Delivery
|
310,000 | - | 200 | 2,250 | 525 |
67 | 68 | Roehl Transport
|
384,007 | - | 2,290 | 2,058 | 5,148 |
69 | 67 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
376,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,200 | 4,500 |
80 | 81 | California Cartage Co.
|
318,000 | - | 1,000 | ||
79 | 82 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
320,000 | 17,700 | 1,446 | 1,115 | |
84 | 86 | Cassens Transport Co.
|
289,794 | - | 1,430 | 1,203 | 1,303 |
83 | 85 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
293,000 | - | 2,235 | 731 | 1,702 |
81 | 84 | Maverick USA
|
315,014 | 18,674 | 1,777 | 1,405 | 1,971 |
73 | 70 | Comcar Industries
|
346,403 | - | 2,679 | 1,986 | 4,401 |
78 | 76 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
325,502 | - | 1,800 | 1,440 | 2,900 |
85 | 91 | Koch Cos.
|
274,705 | - | 955 | 824 | 4,279 |
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 |
70 | 75 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
363,100 | 158 | 2,271 | 618 | 963 |
91 | Trans-System Inc.
|
246,002 | - | 898 | 876 | 1,100 | |
95 | 98 | Paschall Truck Lines
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222,685 | - | 1,450 | 1,130 | 2,600 |
90 | 96 | Superior Bulk Logistics
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250,700 | 8,900 | 1,414 | 1,176 | 2,037 |
92 | 97 | Groendyke Transport
|
239,000 | - | 1,368 | 955 | 1,800 |
98 | 99 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
218,779 | - | 1,107 | 1,002 | 4,800 |
86 | 90 | Fastfrate Group
|
274,633 | - | |||
97 | 95 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
220,000 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 725 | 50 |
94 | Calyx Transportation Group
|
223,323 | - | 373 | 488 | 750 | |
96 | 93 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
221,000 | 6,413 | 183 | 740 | 1,143 |
100 | Falcon Transport
|
217,510 | - | ||||
76 | 83 | OnTrac Inc.
|
332,331 | - | 1,697 | 445 | |
72 | 72 | Transport America
|
347,465 | - | 1,945 | 1,515 | 4,450 |
87 | 92 | Towne Air Freight
|
265,000 | - | 1,060 | 1,600 | |
93 | Arnold Transportation
|
237,000 | - | 1,429 | 1,399 | 4,265 | |
99 | Bridge Terminal Transport
|
218,244 | - | 262 | |||
50 | 51 | Contrans Group
|
555,715 | 28,577 | 1,400 | 2,600 | |
63 | 62 | Groupe Robert
|
410,719 | - | 3,300 | 1,370 | 3,000 |
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 |
65 | United Vision Logistics
|
400,325 | 19,512 | 291 | 1,505 | 1,668 | |
29 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,020,000 | - | 4,121 | 12,139 |
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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