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This year in particular has brought a changing of the guard at some of the largest companies.
See a breakdown of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers by region; get links to company pages.
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Rankings
Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
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1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
71,861,000 | 4,791,000 | 481,000 | 19,732 | 106,481 |
2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
69,200,000 | 3,636,000 | 425,000 | 29,813 | 113,218 |
4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
8,614,874 | 489,585 | 28,300 | 15,808 | 33,510 |
6 | 6 | Yellow Corp.
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5,092,000 | 20,200 | 31,000 | 14,100 | 45,000 |
7 | 7 | Schneider
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4,977,000 | 268,900 | 19,400 | 13,700 | 37,800 |
12 | 8 | Hub Group
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3,683,593 | 201,740 | 5,400 | 3,800 | 5,000 |
10 | 9 | TFI International
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3,954,008 | 225,356 | 17,127 | 15,992 | 26,487 |
8 | 10 | Landstar System
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4,615,144 | 255,281 | 1,306 | 10,599 | 16,743 |
9 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
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4,043,695 | 605,668 | 22,858 | 9,254 | 35,729 |
14 | 13 | ArcBest
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3,093,788 | 67,262 | 13,000 | 4,273 | 22,680 |
3 | 3 | XPO
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17,279,000 | 390,000 | 100,000 | 14,438 | 25,689 |
13 | 14 | Estes Express Lines
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3,160,000 | - | 18,451 | 7,569 | 29,519 |
15 | 15 | Werner Enterprises
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2,457,914 | 168,148 | 12,852 | 7,860 | 25,255 |
17 | 16 | Roadrunner Freight
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2,216,141 | -165,597 | 4,600 | 3,422 | 5,563 |
20 | 21 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
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1,842,817 | 26,106 | 8,912 | 6,909 | 16,000 |
22 | 19 | UniGroup
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1,700,000 | - | 5,022 | 5,607 | |
27 | 24 | Kenan Advantage Group
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1,536,191 | - | 9,000 | 6,409 | 10,732 |
18 | 18 | Prime Inc.
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2,186,057 | 306,419 | 4,900 | 7,226 | 13,524 |
36 | 28 | Purolator
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1,078,043 | - | 10,000 | 465 | 1,329 |
26 | 25 | C.R. England
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1,636,138 | - | 8,196 | 4,287 | 6,494 |
29 | 26 | Sirva Inc.
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1,400,000 | - | 1,657 | 2,867 | |
24 | 23 | CRST The Transportation Solution
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1,685,000 | - | 7,131 | 6,052 | 14,077 |
25 | 27 | Saia Inc.
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1,653,849 | 104,981 | 10,300 | 4,834 | 15,483 |
28 | 31 | Universal Logistics Holdings
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1,461,708 | 52,178 | 6,335 | 4,057 | 6,152 |
30 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines
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1,378,929 | - | 8,989 | 3,570 | 11,569 |
16 | 19 | Penske Logistics
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2,300,000 | - | 19,012 | 3,491 | 10,162 |
19 | 17 | NFI
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2,040,000 | - | 10,900 | 4,000 | 9,700 |
5 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
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5,344,066 | 456,070 | 22,800 | 19,156 | 69,544 |
35 | 34 | Crete Carrier Corp.
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1,156,000 | - | 6,000 | 5,373 | 13,430 |
31 | 32 | Forward Air
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1,320,886 | 92,051 | 5,411 | 1,185 | 6,647 |
37 | 38 | Lynden
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1,050,000 | - | 2,658 | 998 | 2,679 |
45 | 42 | Quality Carriers
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822,000 | - | 2,541 | 5,204 | |
41 | 40 | Atlas World Group
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900,500 | 10,000 | 650 | 1,064 | 4,136 |
33 | 36 | Anderson Trucking Service
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1,244,459 | - | 2,143 | 2,636 | 6,978 |
57 | 53 | Heartland Express
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610,803 | 72,677 | 3,450 | 2,906 | 10,506 |
40 | 37 | KLLM Transport Services
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917,000 | - | 3,500 | 5,400 | |
39 | 41 | Ruan
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957,131 | - | 5,700 | 3,700 | 9,600 |
38 | 35 | Celadon Group Inc.
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999,700 | - | 5,500 | 3,850 | 10,000 |
60 | 54 | Jack Cooper Holdings
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581,000 | - | 3,753 | 1,843 | 2,290 |
46 | 45 | Day & Ross
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806,806 | - | 3,277 | 2,872 | 9,006 |
66 | 56 | Trimac Transportation
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528,672 | - | 3,165 | 1,966 | 4,080 |
42 | 47 | Covenant Logistics Group
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885,455 | 42,503 | 5,500 | 3,154 | 6,950 |
51 | 49 | Stevens Transport
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719,870 | 102,660 | 2,700 | 2,715 | 3,900 |
48 | 48 | Marten Transport
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787,594 | 55,027 | 3,600 | 2,661 | 5,594 |
21 | 29 | Daseke Inc.
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1,770,000 | -5,187 | 5,930 | 6,144 | 13,824 |
50 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
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725,000 | - | 5,234 | 2,690 | 6,800 |
43 | 46 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
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826,947 | - | 5,751 | 2,047 | 5,534 |
58 | 63 | Mercer Transportation Co.
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602,504 | - | 305 | 2,608 | 2,608 |
52 | 58 | Western Express
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695,122 | - | 3,250 | 2,805 | 7,600 |
54 | 51 | United Road Services
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659,000 | - | 1,846 | 2,550 | 1,300 |
67 | 61 | Canada Cartage System
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501,659 | - | 3,160 | 3,309 | 2,817 |
53 | 52 | Mullen Group
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674,027 | - | 3,759 | 1,978 | 5,055 |
59 | 60 | Suddath
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600,000 | - | 2,200 | ||
62 | 65 | Bison Transport
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556,684 | - | 3,100 | 1,697 | 5,096 |
94 | 100 | Acme Truck Line
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290,475 | - | 2,000 | 900 | 1,000 |
56 | 62 | Bennett International Group
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612,140 | - | 1,124 | 1,632 | 2,698 |
54 | 59 | Dayton Freight Lines
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659,000 | 89,577 | 4,922 | 1,752 | 4,408 |
68 | 68 | Dart Transit Co.
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491,912 | - | 2,362 | 2,068 | 7,408 |
63 | 66 | Cowan Systems
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537,163 | - | 2,107 | 2,073 | 5,785 |
65 | 71 | P.A.M. Transport
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533,261 | 23,994 | 2,748 | 2,031 | 6,397 |
34 | 39 | Evans Delivery
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1,163,625 | - | 429 | 6,000 | 550 |
76 | 78 | Roehl Transport
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421,330 | - | 2,460 | 1,966 | 4,902 |
79 | 72 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
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383,950 | - | 1,662 | 1,400 | 5,000 |
91 | 85 | Cassens Transport Co.
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292,635 | - | 1,126 | 1,150 | 1,150 |
75 | 79 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
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428,800 | - | 2,851 | 1,083 | 2,086 |
77 | 80 | Maverick USA
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395,771 | - | 2,156 | 1,632 | 2,446 |
95 | 96 | Challenger Motor Freight
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285,000 | - | 1,875 | 1,530 | 3,350 |
83 | 89 | Koch Cos.
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310,000 | - | 1,167 | 1,155 | 5,432 |
92 | 90 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
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291,000 | - | 346 | 1,113 | |
89 | 99 | John Christner Trucking
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295,171 | 24,907 | 207 | 801 | 1,103 |
86 | 91 | Trans-System Inc.
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300,000 | - | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,870 |
99 | 98 | Superior Bulk Logistics
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277,000 | - | 1,100 | 2,000 | |
82 | 88 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
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317,062 | - | 1,301 | 1,279 | 2,301 |
78 | 81 | Transport Investments
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384,719 | - | 200 | 1,035 | 1,899 |
85 | 92 | Melton Truck Lines
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302,227 | - | 1,701 | 1,359 | 2,276 |
80 | 82 | IMC Cos.
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368,560 | - | 2,001 | 1,455 | 148 |
95 | 95 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
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285,000 | - | 1,100 | 858 | 1,132 |
97 | 94 | Martin Transportation Systems
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282,483 | - | 2,179 | 1,261 | 2,592 |
44 | 43 | Central Transport International
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825,000 | - | 3,180 | 6,543 | |
86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
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300,000 | - | 1,700 | 200 | ||
47 | 44 | Cardinal Logistics
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800,000 | - | 4,220 | 2,560 | 8,000 |
61 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
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562,856 | - | 23 | 900 | |
74 | 77 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
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435,000 | - | 14 | 10 | |
98 | PGT Trucking
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280,000 | - | 675 | 1,020 | 1,820 | |
49 | 55 | PS Logistics
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747,339 | - | 3,664 | 3,150 | 5,300 |
71 | 67 | 10 Roads Express
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480,806 | - | 1,857 | 2,281 | |
11 | 12 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
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3,731,457 | 194,806 | |||
23 | 22 | R+L Carriers
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1,692,000 | - | 5,084 | 15,675 | |
84 | 86 | TransAm Trucking
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307,000 | - | 1,135 | 1,823 | |
64 | 69 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
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534,060 | 12,204 | 2,400 | 1,674 | 5,531 |
69 | 75 | Black Horse Carriers
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491,000 | - | 3,438 | 1,700 | 4,000 |
73 | 87 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
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454,454 | - | 1,213 | 1,860 | 3,490 |
70 | 64 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
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487,236 | - | 6,334 | ||
100 | 97 | United Vision Logistics
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275,000 | - | 977 | 1,217 | |
32 | 32 | Averitt Express
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1,298,463 | - | 9,000 | 4,947 | 15,182 |
72 | 74 | TMC Transportation
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464,000 | - | 2,752 | 3,691 | |
86 | ContainerPort Group
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300,000 | - | 400 | 1,400 | 100 | |
93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
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290,935 | - | 1,137 | 1,139 | ||
81 | Red Classic
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354,416 | - | 1,211 | 546 | 2,647 | |
90 | Heniff Transportation Systems
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293,000 | - | 1,100 | 3,000 |
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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