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