| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 28 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,192,296 | - | 8,458 | 3,734 | 11,943 |
| 45 | 42 | Trimac Transportation
|
700,000 | - | 3,400 | 1,800 | 2,400 |
| 61 | 58 | PS Logistics
|
495,300 | - | 2,600 | 2,247 | 2,359 |
| 77 | 96 | Central Freight Lines
|
347,800 | - | 1,127 | 7,852 | |
| 93 | United Vision Logistics
|
245,000 | - | 1,003 | 1,347 | ||
| 62 | 57 | Canada Cartage System
|
452,728 | - | 3,110 | 2,429 | 2,736 |
| 78 | 79 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
346,000 | - | 2,800 | 945 | 2,225 |
| 94 | Salmon Cos.
|
241,796 | - | 713 | 1,092 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,400,000 | - | 16,570 | 7,009 | 26,718 |
| 31 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,091,475 | - | 4,500 | 14,623 | |
| 63 | 55 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
449,337 | - | 295 | 2,228 | 2,400 |
| 79 | 78 | Black Horse Carriers
|
337,500 | - | 2,625 | 1,520 | 3,000 |
| 95 | 79 | Comcar Industries
|
240,054 | - | 1,592 | 4,660 | |
| 15 | 16 | Roadrunner Freight
|
2,044,000 | - | 4,645 | 4,332 | 6,508 |
| 48 | 44 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
667,849 | - | 2,119 | 2,126 | |
| 64 | 69 | Dart Transit Co.
|
441,845 | - | 1,273 | 2,187 | 6,963 |
| 80 | 74 | Maverick USA
|
334,953 | - | 2,119 | 1,675 | 2,453 |
| 65 | 63 | California Cartage Co.
|
440,000 | - | 1,500 | ||
| 97 | 89 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
237,500 | - | 1,637 | 1,130 | 2,200 |
| 17 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | |||
| 34 | 37 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,032,144 | - | 1,410 | 2,372 | 6,300 |
| 50 | 52 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
649,972 | - | 3,178 | 866 | 2,072 |
| 66 | 60 | Shevell Group
|
436,000 | - | 3,895 | 1,550 | 3,902 |
| 82 | 75 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
320,700 | - | |||
| 98 | 81 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
237,311 | - | 1,872 | 1,303 | 3,101 |
| 35 | 33 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,030,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 | 12,883 |
| 51 | 45 | Day & Ross
|
640,515 | - | 1,829 | 1,531 | 4,010 |
| 67 | 62 | Cowan Systems
|
434,018 | - | 1,915 | 2,059 | 5,111 |
| 83 | 74 | Cassens Transport Co.
|
317,557 | - | 1,419 | 1,364 | 1,364 |
| 19 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,546,000 | - | 7,849 | 6,682 | 13,811 |
| 36 | Cardinal Logistics
|
1,000,600 | - | 4,642 | 3,020 | 9,725 | |
| 84 | 80 | IMC Cos.
|
293,000 | - | 1,875 | 1,515 | 91 |
| 100 | 94 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
229,258 | - | 1,100 | 900 | 1,200 |
| 20 | 26 | Purolator
|
1,526,207 | - | 10,000 | 463 | 1,280 |
| 53 | 54 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
605,538 | - | 4,600 | 2,400 | 6,000 |
| 69 | 68 | Bennett International Group
|
429,616 | - | 998 | 1,338 | 1,892 |
| 85 | 76 | Koch Cos.
|
280,000 | - | 1,150 | 1,001 | 5,250 |
| 21 | 23 | Penske Logistics
|
1,500,000 | - | 14,180 | 2,704 | 8,785 |
| 38 | 36 | KLLM Transport Services
|
937,000 | - | 3,815 | 5,300 | |
| 54 | 49 | Suddath
|
550,000 | - | |||
| 86 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
278,000 | - | 321 | 1,220 | ||
| 21 | 20 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,400,000 | - | |||
| 39 | 34 | Lynden
|
925,000 | - | 2,800 | 768 | 2,889 |
| 71 | 61 | TransX Group of Companies
|
423,678 | - | 2,617 | 1,560 | 4,410 |
| 87 | 91 | Transport Investments
|
276,000 | - | 200 | 1,150 | 2,100 |
| 21 | 19 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,500,000 | - | 10,135 | 7,000 | 15,500 |
| 40 | 38 | Ruan
|
872,184 | - | 5,546 | 3,425 | 8,165 |
| 56 | 54 | United Road Services
|
525,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,835 | 1,200 |
| 72 | 66 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
402,940 | - | 1,900 | 1,400 | 5,100 |
| 88 | TransAm Trucking
|
270,000 | - | 1,144 | 1,818 | ||
| 24 | R+L Carriers
|
1,452,000 | - | 10,000 | 5,958 | 12,604 | |
| 41 | 39 | Atlas World Group
|
795,239 | - | 2,159 | ||
| 56 | OnTrac Inc.
|
525,000 | - | 3,000 | 55 | 571 | |
| 73 | TMC Transportation
|
394,000 | - | ||||
| 89 | 82 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
258,006 | - | |||
| 25 | 21 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,421,975 | - | 7,561 | 6,869 | 10,404 |
| 58 | 51 | Mullen Group
|
520,272 | - | 3,267 | 1,821 | 4,998 |
| 74 | 65 | Bison Transport
|
432,084 | - | 2,559 | 1,439 | 4,475 |
| 90 | 83 | Trans-System Inc.
|
252,500 | - | 1,100 | 1,021 | 1,600 |
| 26 | 23 | C.R. England
|
1,304,898 | - | 7,883 | 4,165 | 5,990 |
| 43 | 42 | Quality Carriers
|
758,000 | - | |||
| 59 | 59 | Evans Delivery
|
505,000 | - | 320 | 3,865 | 650 |
| 75 | 70 | Interstate Distributor Co.
|
370,168 | - | 2,000 | 1,805 | 3,900 |
| 91 | 84 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
252,275 | - | 1,261 | 1,173 | 2,185 |
| 27 | 27 | NFI
|
1,250,000 | - | 8,300 | 2,793 | 8,300 |
| 44 | 113 | Central Transport International
|
703,000 | - | 3,180 | 6,543 | |
| 60 | 58 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
498,370 | - | 4,010 | 1,387 | 3,664 |
| 76 | 70 | Roehl Transport
|
355,323 | - | 2,485 | 1,995 | 4,898 |
| 92 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
251,697 | - | 646 | 1,010 | ||
| 42 | 46 | Daseke Inc.
|
770,000 | -8,700 | 3,400 | 3,500 | 7,300 |
| 70 | 53 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
429,099 | -7,699 | 2,000 | 1,415 | 5,605 |
| 33 | 32 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
1,050,000 | 2,700 | 6,000 | 7,050 | 15,000 |
| 99 | 87 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
233,900 | 5,200 | 1,392 | 1,300 | 2,100 |
| 68 | 66 | P.A.M. Transport
|
432,852 | 11,101 | 2,463 | 5,699 | |
| 96 | 86 | John Christner Trucking
|
239,015 | 14,998 | 232 | 844 | 1,060 |
| 47 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
670,651 | 16,835 | 4,400 | 2,535 | 7,389 |
| 12 | 12 | ArcBest
|
2,700,219 | 18,652 | 13,000 | 4,387 | 21,361 |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,697,500 | 21,500 | 32,000 | 14,300 | 44,500 |
| 32 | 30 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,072,751 | 24,244 | 6,275 | 3,801 | 4,154 |
| 81 | 71 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
332,073 | 24,333 | 1,535 | 1,202 | |
| 37 | 35 | Forward Air
|
982,530 | 27,670 | 3,689 | 935 | 4,868 |
| 46 | 47 | Marten Transport
|
671,144 | 33,464 | 3,622 | 2,848 | 4,854 |
| 55 | 52 | Western Express
|
527,909 | 38,334 | 3,000 | 2,582 | 7,366 |
| 28 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,218,481 | 48,024 | 9,000 | 4,000 | 13,000 |
| 52 | 41 | Heartland Express
|
612,937 | 56,386 | 3,600 | 5,049 | 15,218 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
14,619,400 | 63,100 | 89,000 | 15,396 | 27,606 |
| 8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,572,790 | 74,805 | 2,755 | 2,705 | 436 |
| 49 | 46 | Stevens Transport
|
662,450 | 77,990 | 2,703 | 2,690 | 3,795 |
| 16 | 15 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,008,991 | 79,129 | 11,738 | 7,100 | 24,350 |
| 30 | 29 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,118,034 | 93,863 | 5,500 | 4,705 | 9,915 |
| 9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
3,167,634 | 137,350 | 1,197 | 9,186 | 15,170 |
| 7 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,031,517 | 149,267 | 21,900 | 18,366 | 64,066 |
| 6 | 7 | Schneider
|
4,045,736 | 156,851 | 19,300 | 10,459 | 37,910 |
| 13 | 13 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
|
2,658,745 | 169,172 | 67,900 | 42,800 | |
| 18 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
1,683,834 | 194,247 | 3,661 | 6,246 | 12,309 |
| 11 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,991,517 | 295,765 | 19,040 | 7,994 | 32,525 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,555,459 | 432,090 | 22,172 | 14,805 | 30,330 |
| 10 | 10 | TFI International
|
3,037,205 | 482,592 | 17,685 | 18,535 | 25,310 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
57,570,000 | 1,907,000 | 400,000 | 29,733 | 108,041 |
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
60,906,000 | 3,431,000 | 434,000 |
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
Forward Air Files Counterclaim Against Omni on Merger
Forward Air has filed a counterclaim against Omni Logistics in response to a lawsuit Omni filed alleging that Forward has not followed through on a planned merger between the companies.
Werner Enterprises Reports Earnings Drop on Steady Revenue
Werner Enterprises experienced a year-over-year drop in earnings on a slight decrease in revenue during the third quarter, the company reported Nov. 1.
Forward Air Reports 82% Earnings Drop During Q3
Forward Air Corp. reported an 82.2% drop in earnings during the third quarter of 2023 as revenue declined amid a weak freight environment, the company reported Oct 30.
Jack Cooper Making $2 Billion Bid for Bankrupt Yellow
Jack Cooper Transport is reportedly making a nearly $2 billion bid to snatch up the assets of Yellow, the trucking firm that collapsed in late July and filed for bankruptcy.
Court Approves Yellow Administrators’ Auction Plans
A court on Oct. 27 approved plans by the administrators of Yellow to use auctioneers to sell the company’s rolling stock, as Jack Cooper Transport eyes a bid to rescue the motor carrier.
XPO Reports Revenue Increase Despite Tough Conditions
XPO posted an increase in revenue but a dip in profit during the third quarter amid a challenging freight environment, the company said Oct 30.
Universal Reports Revenue Decline Amid Q3 Headwinds
Universal Logistics Holdings experienced an overall decrease in revenue, with each segment facing year-over-year declines for the third quarter of 2023, the company reported Oct 26.
Ryder Reports Slight Revenue Decline for Q3
Ryder System Inc. experienced a slight decline in year-over-year revenue amid market headwinds during the third quarter of 2023, the company reported Oct. 25.
Estes Express IT System Fully Restored, COO Says
Estes Express Lines’ information technology systems are “completely restored” after a cyberattack earlier in October, according to Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes.
UPS Reports Lower Earnings on Labor Deal Costs
UPS Inc. cut its annual profit target on a spike in costs from a new union labor contract and weaker package demand.
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