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