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