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