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