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