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2015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 18 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,730,000 | - | 7,770 | 17,000 | |
| 52 | 60 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
551,300 | - | 3,140 | 812 | 2,037 |
| 68 | 81 | Evans Delivery
|
400,000 | - | 275 | 3,150 | 525 |
| 19 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 1,150 | 5,001 | 8,500 |
| 53 | 57 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
547,269 | - | 325 | 2,189 | 2,189 |
| 69 | 66 | Roehl Transport
|
395,971 | - | 2,500 | 2,255 | 4,090 |
| 87 | 91 | Groendyke Transport
|
241,313 | - | 1,423 | 975 | 1,500 |
| 20 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,567,453 | - | 7,265 | 6,455 | 9,448 |
| 54 | 57 | Western Express
|
540,104 | - | 3,107 | 2,404 | 5,700 |
| 71 | 68 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
372,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,300 | 4,800 |
| 88 | 106 | Black Horse Carriers
|
238,000 | - | 1,965 | 950 | 2,800 |
| 38 | 41 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
873,432 | - | 1,389 | 2,519 | 6,127 |
| 55 | 74 | United Road Services
|
532,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,772 | |
| 72 | 79 | California Cartage Co.
|
368,700 | - | 1,200 | ||
| 89 | 107 | Transport Investments
|
237,068 | - | 115 | 755 | 1,101 |
| 22 | 19 | Purolator
|
1,524,071 | - | 11,500 | 489 | 1,286 |
| 56 | 51 | Canada Cartage System
|
516,976 | - | 2,543 | 2,417 | |
| 90 | 102 | Melton Truck Lines
|
236,000 | - | 1,378 | 1,107 | 1,837 |
| 23 | 20 | C.R. England
|
1,517,290 | - | 7,385 | 4,087 | 5,923 |
| 40 | 42 | KLLM Transport Services
|
863,000 | - | 3,800 | 5,500 | |
| 57 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
516,878 | - | 2,092 | 1,374 | 3,529 |
| 74 | 83 | Cassens Transport Co.
|
328,649 | - | 1,445 | 1,371 | |
| 90 | 104 | IMC Cos.
|
236,000 | - | 1,522 | 1,037 | 88 |
| 7 | 7 | Schneider
|
3,900,000 | - | 17,450 | 12,300 | 32,350 |
| 24 | 15 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,464,400 | - | 2,700 | 2,609 | 4,263 |
| 41 | 38 | Ruan
|
848,759 | - | 5,595 | 3,754 | 8,395 |
| 58 | 54 | Suddath
|
500,000 | - | 2,000 | 384 | 754 |
| 75 | 82 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
318,811 | - | 2,500 | 822 | 1,900 |
| 92 | 109 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
230,874 | - | 1,200 | 812 | 450 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,351,571 | - | 5,129 | 4,394 | 7,290 |
| 59 | 55 | Bison Transport
|
398,990 | - | 2,321 | 1,502 | 3,857 |
| 93 | 98 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
224,655 | - | 1,104 | 1,047 | 5,100 |
| 43 | 37 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
790,000 | - | 3,500 | ||
| 60 | 70 | Acme Truck Line
|
487,208 | - | 3,000 | 2,007 | 2,257 |
| 77 | 73 | Comcar Industries
|
315,972 | - | 2,409 | 1,937 | 4,226 |
| 94 | 86 | Fastfrate Group
|
222,960 | - | 710 | 504 | 1,371 |
| 44 | 39 | Day & Ross
|
771,988 | - | 1,602 | 1,552 | 3,103 |
| 61 | 54 | TransX Group of Companies
|
482,571 | - | 2,560 | 1,505 | 4,240 |
| 78 | 77 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
300,130 | - | 1,900 | 1,640 | 3,300 |
| 95 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
222,000 | - | 1,100 | 750 | 1,400 |
| 28 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,171,968 | - | 8,299 | 3,599 | 11,496 |
| 45 | 40 | Trimac Transportation
|
737,725 | - | 3,262 | 2,167 | 4,679 |
| 62 | 58 | Shevell Group
|
461,000 | - | 3,559 | 1,920 | 4,600 |
| 79 | 84 | Koch Cos.
|
285,000 | - | 980 | 839 | 4,584 |
| 95 | 108 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
222,000 | - | 1,551 | 930 | 1,800 |
| 29 | 32 | Penske Logistics
|
1,137,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,054 | 4,918 |
| 63 | 76 | Bennett International Group
|
436,024 | - | 772 | 1,408 | 1,418 |
| 80 | 88 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
282,000 | - | 1,777 | 496 | 1,130 |
| 97 | 93 | Calyx Transportation Group
|
218,198 | - | 500 | 750 | |
| 30 | 26 | NFI
|
1,105,000 | - | 8,000 | 2,264 | 7,500 |
| 64 | 65 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
436,000 | - | 3,610 | 1,228 | 3,109 |
| 98 | 105 | Navajo Express Inc.
|
218,000 | - | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,800 |
| 15 | 16 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,173,000 | - | 15,815 | 6,620 | 24,592 |
| 49 | 60 | Daseke Inc.
|
668,000 | - | 2,500 | 2,610 | 5,515 |
| 82 | 69 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
270,000 | - | 2,000 | 420 | 800 |
| 99 | 103 | Central Freight Lines
|
214,000 | - | 1,448 | 6,648 | |
| 32 | 30 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,100,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 | 12,883 |
| 66 | 67 | Cowan Systems
|
421,515 | - | 1,700 | 1,748 | 3,795 |
| 83 | 91 | Trans-System Inc.
|
262,627 | - | 965 | 924 | 1,463 |
| 33 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,078,000 | - | 4,441 | 13,075 | |
| 51 | 49 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 | 6,000 |
| 84 | 94 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
261,211 | - | 1,150 | 3,000 | |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,068,800 | -67,700 | 33,000 | 6,400 | 13,000 |
| 14 | 43 | XPO
|
2,356,600 | -63,600 | 10,000 | 6,200 | |
| 65 | 61 | Dart Transit Co.
|
425,503 | 3,854 | 1,365 | 1,875 | 5,789 |
| 50 | 51 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
602,477 | 6,285 | 2,183 | 6,216 | |
| 100 | 95 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
210,527 | 6,945 | 180 | 717 | 1,075 |
| 85 | 89 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
260,200 | 7,600 | 1,416 | 1,189 | 2,099 |
| 37 | 36 | Atlas World Group
|
878,313 | 9,542 | 644 | 2,086 | 4,012 |
| 67 | 63 | P.A.M. Transport
|
410,937 | 13,491 | 2,911 | 1,761 | 4,919 |
| 81 | 88 | John Christner Trucking
|
271,104 | 15,033 | 213 | 733 | 1,184 |
| 46 | 44 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
718,980 | 17,808 | 4,400 | 2,665 | 6,722 |
| 36 | 34 | Quality Carriers
|
991,758 | 20,640 | 1,188 | 3,195 | 3,171 |
| 76 | 80 | Maverick USA
|
316,018 | 21,044 | 1,813 | 1,376 | 1,983 |
| 73 | 79 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
341,494 | 24,001 | 1,359 | 1,121 | 5,500 |
| 42 | 45 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
806,400 | 35,579 | 4,582 | 4,031 | 11,180 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,191,521 | 45,370 | 4,218 | 4,408 | 6,291 |
| 8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,571,126 | 51,558 | 2,568 | 2,977 | 448 |
| 17 | 21 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,872,816 | 51,974 | 4,142 | 4,170 | 5,135 |
| 26 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,272,321 | 51,991 | 8,900 | 3,780 | 11,530 |
| 34 | 47 | Forward Air
|
1,010,959 | 61,169 | 3,600 | 1,300 | 3,100 |
| 39 | 33 | Heartland Express
|
871,355 | 84,834 | 4,500 | 4,776 | 12,970 |
| 47 | 47 | Stevens Transport
|
673,160 | 91,310 | 2,835 | 2,775 | 3,782 |
| 16 | 14 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,139,289 | 98,650 | 10,664 | 7,105 | 22,305 |
| 31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,102,332 | 102,862 | 5,526 | 4,738 | 11,487 |
| 13 | 11 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
|
2,461,149 | 122,356 | 4,098 | 6,042 | |
| 4 | 4 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,806,069 | 137,039 | 30,100 | 12,100 | 33,300 |
| 10 | 10 | Landstar System
|
3,184,790 | 138,809 | 1,211 | 8,662 | 13,732 |
| 9 | 9 | TFI International
|
3,363,213 | 138,902 | 16,050 | 14,980 | 18,680 |
| 6 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,298,724 | 161,151 | 21,274 | 18,836 | 61,652 |
| 21 | 22 | Prime Inc.
|
1,563,413 | 207,436 | 4,450 | 6,187 | 10,637 |
| 11 | 12 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,787,897 | 267,514 | 18,804 | 6,907 | 27,635 |
| 3 | 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,165,441 | 374,792 | 20,158 | 12,995 | 27,731 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
47,100,000 | 2,532,000 | 325,000 | 26,594 | 97,469 |
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
58,232,000 | 3,032,000 | 435,000 | 106,000 |
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.
Extras
If all you want is the 2015 Top 100 For-Hire carriers and their rank, here they are in a simple, clean table form.
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Bay & Bay Transportation
($189 million), is a refrigerated truckload carrier based in Rosemount, Minnesota.
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