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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
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From Pandemic to Prosperity?

After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
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Map: Where They Are

Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
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Pandemic, Acquisitions Shake Up Top 100 List

Small carriers often were hardest hit by COVID, but large fleets faced challenges, too.
Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Revenue (000) Net Income (000) Employees Tractors* Trailers
1 1
UPS Inc.
 84,628,000 1,343,000 543,000 15,719 87,954
2 2
FedEx Corp.
 78,752,000 3,029,000 500,000 36,598 132,540
3 3
XPO Logistics
 16,252,000 79,000 102,000 15,500 40,000
4 4
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
 9,640,000 506,035 30,364 17,777 35,857
5 11
TFI International
 6,347,134 275,675 16,753 24,604 49,713
6 7
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
 4,673,863 410,002 22,900 19,025 57,722
7 5
Schneider
 4,552,800 211,700 15,225 9,000 36,900
8 5
Yellow Corp.
 4,513,700 -53,500 30,000 13,500 41,900
9 9
Landstar System
 4,132,981 192,106 1,320 10,991 17,061
10 8
Old Dominion Freight Line
 4,015,129 672,682 19,779 9,288 36,650
11 10
Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
 3,773,800 233,382 73,300 43,300
12 13
Estes Express Lines
 3,559,000 - 19,000 8,043 32,656
13 12
Hub Group
 3,495,644 73,559 5,000 3,600 4,800
14 15
Penske Logistics
 3,200,000 - 19,954 6,674 21,961
15 14
ArcBest
 2,940,163 71,100 13,000 4,136 22,776
16 18
NFI
 2,630,000 - 14,500 4,500 12,500
17 16
Werner Enterprises
 2,372,178 169,078 12,292 7,861 24,400
18 17
Prime Inc.
 2,208,764 326,543 4,839 7,199 14,162
19 19
R+L Carriers
 1,973,000
est
 - 0
20 21
Saia Inc.
 1,822,366 138,340 10,600 5,700 17,400
21 24
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
 1,742,101 17,632 7,998 6,500 13,000
22 36
Purolator
 1,646,117 - 10,882 462 1,649
23 22
Kenan Advantage Group
 1,572,138 - 8,600 6,854 12,283
24 25
CRST The Transportation Solution
 1,502,737 - 6,631 4,704 13,994
25 26
C.R. England
 1,466,947 - 7,150 4,000 6,600
26 23
Daseke Inc.
 1,454,100 6,200 4,304 5,052 11,579
27 34
Evans Delivery
 1,426,000 - 536 7,500
28 30
Sirva Inc.
 1,400,000
est
 - 0
29 27
Universal Logistics Holdings
 1,391,083 48,132 7,420 4,798 3,843
30 28
UniGroup
 1,320,000 - 850 4,500 2,575
31 37
Day & Ross
 1,319,498 - 8,000 4,200 8,600
32 33
Anderson Trucking Service
 1,274,709 - 2,369 2,706 7,209
33 29
Forward Air
 1,269,573 52,767 3,774 799 6,009
34 31
Southeastern Freight Lines
 1,256,333 - 8,252 2,847 7,886
35 40
Ruan
 1,222,782 - 5,500 3,413 9,468
36 32
Averitt Express
 1,207,587 - 8,550 4,488 14,495
37 35
Crete Carrier Corp.
 1,171,000
est
 - 6,500 0
38 38
Quality Carriers
 1,090,684
est
 - 0
39 39
Lynden
 960,000 - 2,595 877 2,428
40 48
PS Logistics
 957,000 - 3,036 3,500 5,900
41 41
KLLM Transport Services
 917,000 - 3,400 6,300
42 46
Marten Transport
 874,374 69,500 4,140 3,331 5,395
43 44
Central Transport International
 871,000
est
 - 3,580 8,675
44 75
10 Roads Express
 851,957
est
 - 3,500 5,000
45 47
Cardinal Logistics
 849,000 - 4,250 3,012 8,007
46 43
Covenant Logistics Group
 838,561 -42,718 5,550 2,579 5,114
47 57
OnTrac Inc.
 832,000
est
 - 0
48 45
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
 828,407 - 5,697 2,028 5,871
49 42
Atlas World Group
 806,000 8,000 637 994 3,803
50 71
LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
 725,000
est
 - 0
51 52
Western Express
 721,500 - 3,416 3,000 7,900
52 51
United Road Services
 713,000
est
 - 1,837 2,470 2,591
53 50
AAA Cooper Transportation
 702,000 - 4,500 2,679 7,474
54 55
Bennett International Group
 693,196 - 1,031 3,285 2,186
55 53
Dayton Freight Lines
 669,000 83,000 4,949 1,761 4,695
56 60
Heartland Express
 645,262 70,806 3,780 2,630 8,000
57 56
Bison Transport
 642,930 - 3,676 2,137 5,823
58 49
Stevens Transport
 688,000 92,460 2,750 1,950 3,290
59 64
Canada Cartage System
 628,127 - 4,332 2,880 2,700
60 54
Mullen Group
 601,288 - 3,539 2,042 5,079
61 58
Trimac Transportation
 600,000 - 3,100 2,500 2,900
61 59
Suddath
 600,000
est
 - 2,200 0
63 65
Cowan Systems
 575,872 - 2,406 2,322 7,022
64 92
Heniff Transportation Systems
 562,000
est
 - 2,157 7,147
65 67
USA Truck
 551,138 4,746 2,032 2,065 6,263
66 62
Hirschbach Motor Lines
 532,531 - 1,282 1,786 3,415
67 66
Two Men and a Truck Movers
 524,929
est
 - 11,396 0
68 69
Jack Cooper Holdings
 507,000
est
 - 3,753 1,424 1,434
69 70
A. Duie Pyle Inc.
 504,000 - 3,341 1,347 2,456
70 63
Mercer Transportation Co.
495,272 - 266 2,234 2,234
71 68
P.A.M. Transport
 486,825 17,827 2,653 2,013 6,944
72 80
IMC Cos.
 450,577 - 2,244 0
73 73
Roehl Transport
 450,302
est
 - 2,702 2,040 5,481
74 72
TMC Transportation
 450,000
est
 - 0
75 20
Roadrunner Freight
 430,000
est
 - 893 1,201
76 85
Foodliner/Quest Liner
 416,796 - 1,564 1,569 3,030
77 88
Consolidated Fastfrate
 400,000 - 2,800 1,152 1,622
78 78
Mesilla Valley Transportation
 399,317 - 1,970 2,015 5,800
79 76
Maverick USA
 389,182
est
 - 2,125 1,582 2,582
80 74
Dart Transit Co.
 377,600
est
 - 0
81 89
ContainerPort Group
 350,000 - 408 0
82 84
Challenger Motor Freight
 345,000 - 1,220 1,582 3,375
83
R&R Express
 343,110 - 291 504 642
84 83
John Christner Trucking
 338,873 - 207 839 1,244
85 81
Red Classic
 332,458 - 1,296 655 3,362
86 79
Koch Cos.
 328,936 3,028 1,045 973 5,652
87 96
Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
 324,922 -25,231 1,686 1,180 2,521
88 86
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
 314,000
est
 - 2,200 1,700 350
89 91
TransAm Trucking
 297,000
est
 - 0
90 90
Dupré Logistics
 294,058 6,464 1,125 770 1,700
91
Postal Fleet Services
 292,568 - 0
92 87
Melton Truck Lines
 292,125 - 1,614 1,390 2,428
93 94
Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
 283,137
est
 6,622 955 1,224 945
94
Daylight Transport
 275,000 - 0
95 93
Trans-System Inc.
 274,000 - 1,036 1,004 1,833
96 99
Groendyke Transport
 273,125
est
 - 0
97
United Vision Logistics
 261,000
est
 - 0
98
Central Freight Lines
 256,000
est
 - 0
99 98
PGT Trucking
 253,727 - 695 1,138 1,825
100
Smith Transport
 246,000 - 1,136 816 2,250
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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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Back-Office Job Demand Remains Steady at Fleets

Yellow Corp. employees

With a lingering labor shortage affecting drivers for several years, fleets are finding that there’s a steady growth of job demand for operational support roles known as back-office jobs.

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Trucking Technology Q&A: Melton’s Randy Rhines

Randy Rhines

Randy Rhines has managed information technology at flatbed carrier Melton Truck Lines since 1989, when the company was founded with 30 trucks.

Transport Topics
May 26, 2023
Business, Safety, For-Hire

Werner Appeal of $89.7 Million Verdict Denied

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A Texas state court has denied an appeal by Werner Enterprises Inc. of an $89.7 million jury verdict in a case involving a 2014 fatal crash.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 25, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Hair Drug-Testing Rule Could Be Finalized by Midsummer

Hair testing

Can the long wait be coming to an end for the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers?

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 24, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Cummins Invests in Jamestown Plant for Fuel-Agnostic Engine

Cummins Jamestown Engine Plant

LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Cummins Inc. is readying a $452 million investment in its 1 million-square-foot Jamestown Engine Plant to produce a fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine platform.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
May 24, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Impact of a Potential UPS Strike Looms Large

UPS customer Jessica Ray with her dog Adu

Like many UPS customers, Jessica Ray relies on deliveries of dog food and just about everything else for her home. Contentious labor negotiations at UPS could disrupt that comfort zone.

Matt Ott and Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
May 23, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Schneider Debuts Transportation-Focused Innovation Center

Schneider's The Grove

Schneider National has opened a new facility aimed at spurring innovation in the transportation sector, the company announced May 17.

May 22, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Transportation Labor Gets Biden Administration Attention

Driver in a Truck

Transportation leaders from government and industry are closely watching labor negotiations, including pending contracts with workers from both UPS Inc. and Yellow Corp.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 18, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Cuts Corporate Staff Ahead of Knight-Swift Deal

U.S. Xpress trucks

After losses widened in Q1, U.S. Xpress has cut its corporate staff for the third time in the past year as the trucking giant prepares to merge with the larger Knight-Swift Transportation.

Dave Flessner | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
May 12, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

XPO Confirms Job Cuts to Reduce Labor Costs

An XPO truck in Barcelona

GREENWICH, Conn. — XPO, one of the world’s largest freight transporters, is reducing its workforce as part of a cost-cutting plan.

Paul Schott | The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)
May 9, 2023
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