Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
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2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
47,100,000 | 2,532,000 | 325,000 | 26,594 | 97,469 |
6 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,298,724 | 161,151 | 21,274 | 18,836 | 61,652 |
4 | 4 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,806,069 | 137,039 | 30,100 | 12,100 | 33,300 |
7 | 7 | Schneider
|
3,900,000 | - | 17,450 | 12,300 | 32,350 |
3 | 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,165,441 | 374,792 | 20,158 | 12,995 | 27,731 |
11 | 12 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,787,897 | 267,514 | 18,804 | 6,907 | 27,635 |
15 | 16 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,173,000 | - | 15,815 | 6,620 | 24,592 |
16 | 14 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,139,289 | 98,650 | 10,664 | 7,105 | 22,305 |
9 | 9 | TFI International
|
3,363,213 | 138,902 | 16,050 | 14,980 | 18,680 |
18 | 18 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,730,000 | - | 7,770 | 17,000 | |
10 | 10 | Landstar System
|
3,184,790 | 138,809 | 1,211 | 8,662 | 13,732 |
33 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,078,000 | - | 4,441 | 13,075 | |
5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,068,800 | -67,700 | 33,000 | 6,400 | 13,000 |
39 | 33 | Heartland Express
|
871,355 | 84,834 | 4,500 | 4,776 | 12,970 |
32 | 30 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,100,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 | 12,883 |
26 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,272,321 | 51,991 | 8,900 | 3,780 | 11,530 |
28 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,171,968 | - | 8,299 | 3,599 | 11,496 |
31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,102,332 | 102,862 | 5,526 | 4,738 | 11,487 |
42 | 45 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
806,400 | 35,579 | 4,582 | 4,031 | 11,180 |
21 | 22 | Prime Inc.
|
1,563,413 | 207,436 | 4,450 | 6,187 | 10,637 |
20 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,567,453 | - | 7,265 | 6,455 | 9,448 |
19 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 1,150 | 5,001 | 8,500 |
41 | 38 | Ruan
|
848,759 | - | 5,595 | 3,754 | 8,395 |
30 | 26 | NFI
|
1,105,000 | - | 8,000 | 2,264 | 7,500 |
25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,351,571 | - | 5,129 | 4,394 | 7,290 |
46 | 44 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
718,980 | 17,808 | 4,400 | 2,665 | 6,722 |
99 | 103 | Central Freight Lines
|
214,000 | - | 1,448 | 6,648 | |
27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,191,521 | 45,370 | 4,218 | 4,408 | 6,291 |
50 | 51 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
602,477 | 6,285 | 2,183 | 6,216 | |
38 | 41 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
873,432 | - | 1,389 | 2,519 | 6,127 |
13 | 11 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
|
2,461,149 | 122,356 | 4,098 | 6,042 | |
51 | 49 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 | 6,000 |
23 | 20 | C.R. England
|
1,517,290 | - | 7,385 | 4,087 | 5,923 |
65 | 61 | Dart Transit Co.
|
425,503 | 3,854 | 1,365 | 1,875 | 5,789 |
54 | 57 | Western Express
|
540,104 | - | 3,107 | 2,404 | 5,700 |
49 | 60 | Daseke Inc.
|
668,000 | - | 2,500 | 2,610 | 5,515 |
73 | 79 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
341,494 | 24,001 | 1,359 | 1,121 | 5,500 |
40 | 42 | KLLM Transport Services
|
863,000 | - | 3,800 | 5,500 | |
17 | 21 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,872,816 | 51,974 | 4,142 | 4,170 | 5,135 |
93 | 98 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
224,655 | - | 1,104 | 1,047 | 5,100 |
67 | 63 | P.A.M. Transport
|
410,937 | 13,491 | 2,911 | 1,761 | 4,919 |
29 | 32 | Penske Logistics
|
1,137,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,054 | 4,918 |
71 | 68 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
372,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,300 | 4,800 |
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 |
24 | 15 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,464,400 | - | 2,700 | 2,609 | 4,263 |
61 | 54 | TransX Group of Companies
|
482,571 | - | 2,560 | 1,505 | 4,240 |
77 | 73 | Comcar Industries
|
315,972 | - | 2,409 | 1,937 | 4,226 |
69 | 66 | Roehl Transport
|
395,971 | - | 2,500 | 2,255 | 4,090 |
37 | 36 | Atlas World Group
|
878,313 | 9,542 | 644 | 2,086 | 4,012 |
59 | 55 | Bison Transport
|
398,990 | - | 2,321 | 1,502 | 3,857 |
66 | 67 | Cowan Systems
|
421,515 | - | 1,700 | 1,748 | 3,795 |
47 | 47 | Stevens Transport
|
673,160 | 91,310 | 2,835 | 2,775 | 3,782 |
57 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
516,878 | - | 2,092 | 1,374 | 3,529 |
78 | 77 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
300,130 | - | 1,900 | 1,640 | 3,300 |
36 | 34 | Quality Carriers
|
991,758 | 20,640 | 1,188 | 3,195 | 3,171 |
64 | 65 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
436,000 | - | 3,610 | 1,228 | 3,109 |
44 | 39 | Day & Ross
|
771,988 | - | 1,602 | 1,552 | 3,103 |
34 | 47 | Forward Air
|
1,010,959 | 61,169 | 3,600 | 1,300 | 3,100 |
84 | 94 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
261,211 | - | 1,150 | 3,000 | |
88 | 106 | Black Horse Carriers
|
238,000 | - | 1,965 | 950 | 2,800 |
56 | 51 | Canada Cartage System
|
516,976 | - | 2,543 | 2,417 | |
60 | 70 | Acme Truck Line
|
487,208 | - | 3,000 | 2,007 | 2,257 |
53 | 57 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
547,269 | - | 325 | 2,189 | 2,189 |
85 | 89 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
260,200 | 7,600 | 1,416 | 1,189 | 2,099 |
52 | 60 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
551,300 | - | 3,140 | 812 | 2,037 |
76 | 80 | Maverick USA
|
316,018 | 21,044 | 1,813 | 1,376 | 1,983 |
75 | 82 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
318,811 | - | 2,500 | 822 | 1,900 |
90 | 102 | Melton Truck Lines
|
236,000 | - | 1,378 | 1,107 | 1,837 |
95 | 108 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
222,000 | - | 1,551 | 930 | 1,800 |
98 | 105 | Navajo Express Inc.
|
218,000 | - | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,800 |
87 | 91 | Groendyke Transport
|
241,313 | - | 1,423 | 975 | 1,500 |
83 | 91 | Trans-System Inc.
|
262,627 | - | 965 | 924 | 1,463 |
63 | 76 | Bennett International Group
|
436,024 | - | 772 | 1,408 | 1,418 |
95 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
222,000 | - | 1,100 | 750 | 1,400 |
94 | 86 | Fastfrate Group
|
222,960 | - | 710 | 504 | 1,371 |
22 | 19 | Purolator
|
1,524,071 | - | 11,500 | 489 | 1,286 |
81 | 88 | John Christner Trucking
|
271,104 | 15,033 | 213 | 733 | 1,184 |
80 | 88 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
282,000 | - | 1,777 | 496 | 1,130 |
89 | 107 | Transport Investments
|
237,068 | - | 115 | 755 | 1,101 |
100 | 95 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
210,527 | 6,945 | 180 | 717 | 1,075 |
82 | 69 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
270,000 | - | 2,000 | 420 | 800 |
58 | 54 | Suddath
|
500,000 | - | 2,000 | 384 | 754 |
97 | 93 | Calyx Transportation Group
|
218,198 | - | 500 | 750 | |
68 | 81 | Evans Delivery
|
400,000 | - | 275 | 3,150 | 525 |
92 | 109 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
230,874 | - | 1,200 | 812 | 450 |
8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,571,126 | 51,558 | 2,568 | 2,977 | 448 |
90 | 104 | IMC Cos.
|
236,000 | - | 1,522 | 1,037 | 88 |
43 | 37 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
790,000 | - | 3,500 | ||
14 | 43 | XPO
|
2,356,600 | -63,600 | 10,000 | 6,200 | |
1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
58,232,000 | 3,032,000 | 435,000 | 106,000 | |
55 | 74 | United Road Services
|
532,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,772 | |
72 | 79 | California Cartage Co.
|
368,700 | - | 1,200 | ||
74 | 83 | Cassens Transport Co.
|
328,649 | - | 1,445 | 1,371 |
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.
On the Bubble
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TMC Transportation Plans $38M South Carolina Campus
Iowa-based flatbed carrier TMC Transportation is consolidating its southeastern U.S. presence via a $38 million investment in its South Carolina operations.
Court Approves Sale of 128 Yellow-Owned Terminals
A Delaware court approved the sale of 128 freight terminals owned by bankrupt less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp., according to an audio recording of a Dec. 12 hearing.
Dark Horse Bidder Makes Second Offer for Yellow Assets
Next Century Logistics submitted a second bid for Yellow Corp. assets Dec. 7 after an initial offer to reanimate the bankrupt carrier was turned down by the administrators of Yellow’s assets.