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2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
65,872,000 | 4,910,000 | 454,000 | 18,683 |
97,746 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
63,864,000 | 4,465,000 | 425,000 | 29,873 |
113,218 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
15,380,800 | 312,400 | 95,000 | 16,287 |
27,591 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
7,189,568 | 385,308 | 27,670 | 14,392 |
32,931 |
| 5 | 30 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
5,136,261 | 529,922 | 25,400 | 23,069 |
74,949 |
| 6 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,891,000 | -10,800 | 32,000 | 14,100 |
44,600 |
| 7 | 6 | Schneider
|
4,383,600 | 389,900 | 19,600 | 11,859 |
37,637 |
| 8 | 9 | Hub Group
|
4,034,897 | 135,153 | 4,377 | 3,520 |
5,850 |
| 9 | 10 | TFI International
|
3,906,575 | 130,181 | 17,044 | 16,132 |
24,617 |
| 10 | 9 | Landstar System
|
3,646,364 | 177,088 | 1,273 | 9,438 |
15,534 |
| 11 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
3,358,112 | 463,774 | 20,944 | 8,316 |
32,890 |
| 12 | 13 | Ryder System
|
3,065,500 | 158,400 | - | - | - |
| 13 | 12 | ArcBest
|
2,826,457 | 59,726 | 13,000 | 4,436 |
22,275 |
| 14 | 14 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,740,000 | - | 17,397 | 6,695 |
27,443 |
| 15 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,116,737 | 92,000 | 12,154 | 7,480 |
24,500 |
| 16 | 15 | Roadrunner Freight
|
2,091,300 | -91,200 | 4,600 | 3,625 |
6,920 |
| 17 | 27 | NFI
|
1,910,000 | - | 10,000 | 4,000 |
8,900 |
| 18 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
1,875,031 | 208,184 | 4,300 | 6,296 |
12,753 |
| 19 | 21 | Penske Logistics
|
1,700,000 | - | 18,011 | 2,935 |
9,108 |
| 19 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | 21 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,600,000 | - | 9,522 | 6,600 |
16,800 |
| 22 | 24 | R+L Carriers
|
1,580,000 | - | - | 5,084 |
15,675 |
| 23 | 19 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,555,000 | - | 7,538 | 5,774 |
12,145 |
| 24 | 25 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,441,440 | - | 9,000 | 6,686 |
10,744 |
| 25 | 26 | C.R. England
|
1,405,411 | - | 7,975 | 4,213 |
6,116 |
| 26 | 21 | Sirva
|
1,400,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | 28 | Saia Inc.
|
1,378,510 | 91,156 | 9,800 | 4,259 |
13,901 |
| 28 | 20 | Purolator
|
1,343,111 | - | 10,000 | 465 |
1,329 |
| 29 | 42 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,300,000 | 26,996 | 4,700 | 5,200 |
11,500 |
| 30 | 29 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,260,050 | - | 8,792 | 3,635 |
11,697 |
| 31 | 32 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,216,665 | 28,153 | 8,231 | 3,784 |
5,765 |
| 32 | 31 | Averitt Express
|
1,146,970 | 98,967 | 8,500 | 4,513 |
14,585 |
| 33 | 37 | Forward Air
|
1,100,816 | 87,321 | 4,898 | 964 |
6,464 |
| 34 | 35 | Crete Carrier
|
1,100,000 | - | 6,000 | 5,400 |
14,000 |
| 35 | 33 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
1,065,356 | - | 5,200 | 3,850 |
10,000 |
| 36 | 34 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,004,301 | - | 1,996 | 2,652 |
6,958 |
| 37 | 38 | KLLM Transport Services
|
959,000 | - | - | 3,800 |
5,700 |
| 38 | 39 | Lynden
|
950,000 | - | 2,600 | 768 |
2,889 |
| 39 | 59 | Evans Network of Cos.
|
898,000 | - | 376 | 5,014 |
550 |
| 40 | 41 | Atlas World Group
|
842,100 | 4,800 | 671 | 1,271 |
4,076 |
| 41 | 40 | Ruan
|
836,298 | - | 5,500 | 2,900 |
8,710 |
| 42 | 43 | Quality Carriers
|
786,000 | - | - | 2,541 |
5,204 |
| 43 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
754,000 | - | - | 3,180 |
6,543 |
| 44 | 36 | Cardinal Logistics
|
720,000 | - | 4,245 | 2,905 |
7,940 |
| 45 | 51 | Day & Ross
|
718,941 | - | 2,240 | 1,800 |
5,714 |
| 46 | 50 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
715,827 | - | 5,381 | 1,856 |
5,372 |
| 47 | 47 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
705,007 | 55,439 | 4,297 | 2,700 |
7,389 |
| 48 | 46 | Marten Transport
|
698,120 | 90,284 | 3,492 | 2,738 |
4,909 |
| 49 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
694,980 | 83,845 | 2,925 | 2,810 |
4,010 |
| 50 | 53 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
665,000 | - | 5,000 | 3,000 |
6,500 |
| 51 | 56 | United Road Services
|
645,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,850 |
1,150 |
| 52 | 58 | Mullen Group
|
627,372 | - | 3,535 | 1,919 |
5,065 |
| 53 | 52 | Heartland Express
|
607,336 | 75,173 | 3,800 | 6,719 |
19,975 |
| 54 | 48 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
602,825 | 74,839 | 3,753 | 2,637 |
- |
| 55 | 61 | PS Logistics
|
595,780 | - | 3,000 | 2,500 |
- |
| 56 | 45 | Trimac Transportation
|
576,796 | - | 3,200 | 1,720 |
3,800 |
| 57 | 56 | OnTrac Inc.
|
572,856 | - | - | 36 |
950 |
| 58 | 55 | Western Express
|
566,230 | 41,998 | 2,850 | 2,555 |
7,800 |
| 59 | 60 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
562,000 | - | 4,501 | 1,561 |
3,803 |
| 60 | 54 | Suddath
|
550,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 61 | 62 | Canada Cartage
|
546,309 | - | 3,137 | 2,548 |
2,817 |
| 62 | 69 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
512,874 | - | 1,023 | 1,345 |
2,126 |
| 63 | 63 | Mercer Transportation
|
492,509 | - | 293 | 2,299 |
2,299 |
| 64 | - | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
487,236 | - | 6,136 | - | - |
| 65 | 74 | Bison Transport
|
472,004 | - | 2,944 | 1,704 |
4,732 |
| 66 | 67 | Cowan Systems
|
462,544 | - | 1,946 | 2,122 |
5,677 |
| 67 | - | 10 Roads Express
|
452,429 | - | - | 1,935 |
2,421 |
| 68 | 64 | Dart Transit Co.
|
451,925 | - | 2,626 | 2,131 |
7,159 |
| 69 | 70 | USA Truck
|
446,533 | 7,497 | 2,400 | 1,669 |
5,596 |
| 70 | 66 | Shevell Group
|
439,500 | - | 3,745 | 1,550 |
3,950 |
| 71 | 68 | PAMT Corp.
|
437,838 | 38,899 | 2,409 | 2,281 |
5,795 |
| 72 | 72 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
430,261 | - | 1,760 | 1,450 |
6,000 |
| 73 | 71 | TransX Group of Companies
|
415,541 | - | 2,617 | 1,365 |
4,410 |
| 74 | 73 | TMC Transportation
|
413,000 | - | - | 2,613 |
3,404 |
| 75 | 79 | Black Horse Carriers
|
412,500 | - | 3,150 | 1,670 |
3,500 |
| 76 | 81 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
400,977 | 26,309 | - | 1,272 |
6,065 |
| 77 | - | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
400,000 | - | - | 29 |
27 |
| 78 | 76 | Roehl Transport
|
384,473 | - | 2,336 | 1,983 |
4,873 |
| 79 | 78 | A. Duie Pyle
|
373,000 | - | 2,697 | 946 |
1,936 |
| 80 | 80 | Maverick Transportation
|
352,068 | - | 2,122 | 1,648 |
2,480 |
| 81 | 87 | Transport Investments
|
339,920 | - | 190 | 1,037 |
1,846 |
| 82 | 84 | IMC Logistics
|
332,490 | - | 2,300 | 1,658 |
148 |
| 83 | 82 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
320,700 | - | - | - | - |
| 84 | 94 | Salmon Cos.
|
314,303 | - | - | 713 |
1,092 |
| 85 | 83 | Cassens Transport
|
302,004 | - | 1,265 | 1,231 |
1,231 |
| 86 | 88 | TransAm Trucking
|
280,000 | - | - | 1,135 |
1,823 |
| 87 | 92 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
278,494 | - | 800 | 1,250 |
1,965 |
| 88 | 91 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
277,471 | - | 1,190 | 1,183 |
2,233 |
| 89 | 85 | Koch Cos.
|
277,000 | - | 1,190 | 1,053 |
5,476 |
| 90 | 86 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
274,000 | - | - | 344 |
1,220 |
| 91 | 90 | Trans-System
|
271,000 | - | 1,050 | 1,000 |
1,700 |
| 92 | - | Melton Truck Lines
|
269,785 | - | 1,569 | 1,310 |
2,111 |
| 93 | 77 | Central Freight Lines
|
266,000 | - | - | 2,001 |
8,012 |
| 94 | 97 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
261,403 | - | 1,725 | 1,060 |
2,250 |
| 95 | 100 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
259,370 | - | 1,100 | 858 |
1,132 |
| 96 | 89 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
258,734 | - | 1,850 | 1,469 |
3,300 |
| 97 | 93 | United Vision Logistics
|
256,000 | - | - | 1,003 |
1,347 |
| 98 | 99 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
252,300 | 14,500 | 1,370 | 1,100 |
2,000 |
| 99 | 96 | John Christner Trucking
|
244,696 | 13,138 | 222 | 809 |
1,112 |
| 100 | - | Acme Truck Line
|
239,000 | - | 1,900 | 1,315 |
1,314 |
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 email 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.
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