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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 |
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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
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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
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410,937 | 13,491 | 2,911 | 1,761 | 4,919 |
29 | 32 | Penske Logistics
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1,137,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,054 | 4,918 |
71 | 68 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
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372,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,300 | 4,800 |
45 | 40 | Trimac Transportation
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737,725 | - | 3,262 | 2,167 | 4,679 |
62 | 58 | Shevell Group
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461,000 | - | 3,559 | 1,920 | 4,600 |
79 | 84 | Koch Cos.
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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
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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
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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 |
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 | |
43 | 37 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
790,000 | - | 3,500 | ||
14 | 43 | XPO
|
2,356,600 | -63,600 | 10,000 | 6,200 |
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
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