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