2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.
See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.
COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
74,094,000 | 4,440,000 | 495,000 | 19,851 | 107,542 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
68,869,000 | 2,359,000 | 475,000 | 29,813 | 113,218 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
9,165,258 | 516,000 | 29,106 | 17,972 | 35,093 |
| 6 | 6 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,871,200 | -104,000 | 30,000 | 14,100 | 43,700 |
| 5 | 7 | Schneider
|
5,000,000 | 147,000 | 15,650 | 9,000 | 35,100 |
| 12 | 12 | Hub Group
|
3,668,117 | 107,171 | 5,000 | 3,900 | 4,920 |
| 11 | 10 | TFI International
|
3,903,828 | 233,891 | 16,700 | 15,844 | 25,505 |
| 9 | 8 | Landstar System
|
4,084,577 | 227,720 | 1,333 | 10,243 | 17,067 |
| 8 | 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
4,109,111 | 615,518 | 21,159 | 9,296 | 37,539 |
| 14 | 14 | ArcBest
|
2,988,310 | 39,985 | 13,000 | 4,137 | 23,639 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
16,648,000 | 379,000 | 100,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
| 13 | 13 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,260,000 | - | 19,000 | 7,485 | 38,617 |
| 16 | 15 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,463,701 | 166,944 | 12,736 | 8,033 | 24,145 |
| 20 | 17 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,847,862 | -340,937 | 3,600 | ||
| 24 | 20 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,707,361 | -3,043 | 8,572 | 6,900 | 15,500 |
| 28 | 22 | UniGroup
|
1,500,000 | - | |||
| 22 | 27 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,758,645 | - | 9,400 | 6,977 | 11,225 |
| 17 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
2,288,397 | 307,504 | 4,900 | 7,416 | 14,116 |
| 36 | 36 | Purolator
|
1,166,279 | - | 11,000 | 465 | 1,329 |
| 26 | 26 | C.R. England
|
1,545,199 | - | 8,153 | 4,309 | 6,604 |
| 30 | 29 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,400,000 | - | |||
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,559,000 | - | 6,778 | 5,808 | 14,513 |
| 21 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,786,735 | 113,719 | 10,400 | 4,779 | 16,376 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,511,998 | 37,586 | 6,541 | 5,343 | 4,428 |
| 31 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,384,438 | - | 8,839 | 3,385 | 10,666 |
| 15 | 16 | Penske Logistics
|
2,600,000 | - | 19,475 | 4,634 | 17,626 |
| 18 | 19 | NFI
|
2,140,000 | - | 12,600 | 4,550 | 12,500 |
| 7 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
4,843,950 | 310,178 | 23,800 | 19,520 | 58,315 |
| 35 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,200,000 | - | 6,500 | ||
| 29 | 31 | Forward Air
|
1,410,395 | 87,099 | 5,652 | 1,353 | 7,178 |
| 39 | 37 | Lynden
|
1,075,000 | - | 3,039 | 998 | 2,679 |
| 38 | 45 | Quality Carriers
|
1,090,684 | - | |||
| 42 | 41 | Atlas World Group
|
906,400 | 96,000 | 754 | 1,228 | 3,864 |
| 33 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,274,459 | - | 2,294 | 2,780 | 7,209 |
| 60 | 57 | Heartland Express
|
596,815 | 72,967 | 4,050 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 41 | 40 | KLLM Transport Services
|
936,000 | - | 3,600 | 5,400 | |
| 40 | 39 | Ruan
|
1,002,045 | - | 5,900 | 3,704 | 9,661 |
| 69 | 60 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 | - | 3,753 | ||
| 37 | 46 | Day & Ross
|
1,130,700 | - | 5,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 58 | 66 | Trimac Transportation
|
610,000 | - | 3,000 | 2,120 | 3,400 |
| 43 | 42 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
894,528 | 8,477 | 5,550 | 3,021 | 6,739 |
| 49 | 51 | Stevens Transport
|
737,294 | 85,210 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
| 46 | 48 | Marten Transport
|
843,271 | 61,071 | 4,087 | 3,212 | 5,464 |
| 23 | 21 | Daseke Inc.
|
1,737,000 | -307,400 | 5,946 | 2,334 | |
| 50 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
718,000 | - | 5,000 | 2,552 | 6,958 |
| 45 | 43 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
855,982 | - | 5,680 | 2,055 | 5,836 |
| 63 | 58 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
543,651 | - | 301 | 2,383 | 2,600 |
| 52 | 52 | Western Express
|
683,535 | - | 3,250 | 3,050 | 8,080 |
| 51 | 54 | United Road Services
|
713,000 | - | 1,837 | 2,368 | 1,200 |
| 64 | 67 | Canada Cartage System
|
535,800 | 5,800 | 3,269 | 2,736 | 3,019 |
| 54 | 53 | Mullen Group
|
664,550 | - | 3,768 | 1,978 | 5,139 |
| 59 | 59 | Suddath
|
600,000 | - | 2,200 | ||
| 56 | 62 | Bison Transport
|
633,817 | - | 3,688 | 2,185 | 5,711 |
| 55 | 56 | Bennett International Group
|
650,846 | - | 1,029 | 1,810 | 2,186 |
| 53 | 54 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
679,000 | - | 4,949 | 1,955 | 4,600 |
| 74 | 68 | Dart Transit Co.
|
424,000 | - | 2,362 | ||
| 65 | 63 | Cowan Systems
|
533,012 | - | 2,397 | 2,279 | 6,782 |
| 68 | 65 | P.A.M. Transport
|
514,177 | 7,900 | 2,666 | 2,130 | 7,081 |
| 34 | 34 | Evans Delivery
|
1,240,000 | - | 430 | 6,200 | 550 |
| 73 | 76 | Roehl Transport
|
438,659 | - | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 78 | 79 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
383,950 | - | 1,662 | ||
| 70 | 75 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
491,100 | - | 3,281 | 1,209 | 2,285 |
| 76 | 77 | Maverick USA
|
389,182 | - | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
| 84 | 95 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
335,000 | - | 1,200 | 1,570 | 3,550 |
| 79 | 83 | Koch Cos.
|
351,081 | - | 1,224 | 1,164 | 5,540 |
| 83 | 89 | John Christner Trucking
|
338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 93 | 86 | Trans-System Inc.
|
290,000 | - | 1,051 | 1,026 | 1,849 |
| 100 | 99 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
269,000 | - | |||
| 85 | 82 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
334,103 | - | 1,315 | 1,317 | 2,340 |
| 99 | Groendyke Transport
|
273,125 | - | ||||
| 77 | 78 | Transport Investments
|
384,719 | - | 200 | ||
| 87 | 85 | Melton Truck Lines
|
305,717 | - | 1,868 | 1,457 | 2,407 |
| 80 | 80 | IMC Cos.
|
347,395 | - | 2,012 | ||
| 88 | Fastfrate Group
|
301,520 | - | 1,530 | 1,116 | 1,350 | |
| 96 | 95 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
276,000 | - | 1,100 | ||
| 95 | 97 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
276,978 | - | 2,357 | 1,264 | 2,417 |
| 44 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
856,000 | - | |||
| 86 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
314,000 | - | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 47 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics
|
805,000 | - | 4,220 | 3,055 | 8,700 |
| 57 | 61 | OnTrac Inc.
|
618,000 | - | |||
| 71 | 74 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
452,000 | - | |||
| 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
297,582 | - | 1,313 | 750 | 1,471 | |
| 98 | 98 | PGT Trucking
|
273,828 | - | 680 | 1,090 | 1,800 |
| 48 | 49 | PS Logistics
|
747,339 | - | 3,664 | ||
| 75 | 71 | 10 Roads Express
|
390,445 | - | |||
| 10 | 11 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
|
3,968,754 | 226,209 | |||
| 19 | 23 | R+L Carriers
|
1,972,000 | - | |||
| 91 | 84 | TransAm Trucking
|
297,000 | - | |||
| 67 | 64 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
522,631 | -4,698 | 2,098 | 1,990 | 6,092 |
| 61 | 69 | Black Horse Carriers
|
561,000 | - | 4,040 | 1,958 | 4,500 |
| 62 | 73 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
550,530 | - | 1,141 | 1,887 | 3,503 |
| 82 | Salmon Cos.
|
341,073 | - | 824 | 1,104 | ||
| 66 | 70 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
524,929 | - | 11,396 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,319,000 | - | 9,007 | 5,319 | 14,905 |
| 72 | 72 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 | - | |||
| 89 | 86 | ContainerPort Group
|
300,000 | - | 400 | ||
| 94 | 93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
283,137 | 6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 81 | 81 | Red Classic
|
342,100 | - | 1,275 | 577 | 2,918 |
| 92 | 90 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
293,000 | - | |||
| 97 | FFE Transportation Services
|
275,000 | - | 1,511 | 1,000 | 1,450 |
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.
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Knight-Swift Agrees to Acquire U.S. Xpress
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