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