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

Forward Air Completes Acquisition of Omni Logistics

Forward Air on Jan. 25 announced the completion of its long-pending acquisition of Omni Logistics, with both companies’ leaders touting the benefits of the merger.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 31, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

UPS to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Explore Sale of Coyote Amid Weak Q4

UPS Inc. is reducing its overall employee head count by 12,000 workers, which the company says will save more than $1 billion, citing higher labor costs and softening demand.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 30, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire, Private

Kodiak Opens Truck Port at Ryder Facility in Houston

Kodiak Robotics opened a second truck port for its autonomous semis at a Ryder System Inc. fleet maintenance facility in Houston, the companies said Jan. 23.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Reports 11% Revenue Increase for Q4

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings profits dropped during the fourth quarter but the carrier experienced an increase in revenue, the company reported Jan. 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reaches Deal With Omni Logistics on Acquisition

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics have settled litigation surrounding a planned merger that allows a deal to proceed under amended terms, the companies announced Jan. 22.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 22, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports Revenue Declined to $3.3 Billion for Q4

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a result of weaker performance across its segments and rising insurance costs, the company reported Jan. 18. 

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 19, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Industry Takes Fresh Look at Reverse Logistics

Reverse logistics — the management and movement of returned goods — is one of the most significant systems in the economy, and one of the most complicated. 

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
January 10, 2024
Business, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

TFI to Buy Daseke for $1.1 Billion

TFI International Inc., a Canadian carrier that has been growing through acquisitions, announced plans to purchase flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. for $1.1 billion, including debt.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
December 22, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Hub Group Buys Forward Air Final-Mile Unit for $262 Million

Hub Group Inc. is set to buy the final-mile unit of Forward Air Corp. for about $262 million in cash, Oak Brook, Ill.-based Hub Group said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 21, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Acceptance Grows for Driver-Assistance Technology

Drivers have had to grow accustomed to driver-assistance technologies such as the lane-assist function as fleets adopt the features for safety and legal reasons. 

Steve Brawner | Contributing Writer
December 15, 2023
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