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2021 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers

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
 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 System
 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
 - - - -
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. (TFI)
 1,454,100 6,200 4,304
5,052
 11,579
27 34
Evans Network of Cos.
 1,426,000 - 536
7,500
 -
28 30
Sirva
 1,400,000
est
 - - - -
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 Transportation Management Systems
 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
 1,171,000
est
 - 6,500 - -
38 38
Quality Carriers
 1,090,684
est
 - - - -
39 39
Lynden Inc.
 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
 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
 838,561 -42,718 5,550
2,579
 5,114
47 57
OnTrac Inc.
 832,000
est
 - - - -
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
 - - - -
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 Family of Cos.
 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
 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 - -
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 - -
68 69
Jack Cooper Holdings
 507,000
est
 - 3,753
1,424
 1,434
69 70
A. Duie Pyle
 504,000 - 3,341
1,347
 2,456
70 63
Mercer Transportation
 495,272 - 266
2,234
 2,234
71 68
PAMT Corp.
 486,825 17,827 2,653
2,013
 6,944
72 80
IMC Logistics
 450,577 - 2,244 - -
73 73
Roehl Transport
 450,302
est
 - 2,702
2,040
 5,481
74 72
TMC Transportation
 450,000
est
 - - - -
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
Fastfrate Group
 400,000 - 2,800
1,152
 1,622
78 78
Mesilla Valley Transportation
 399,317 - 1,970
2,015
 5,800
79 76
Maverick Transportation
 389,182
est
 - 2,125
1,582
 2,582
80 74
Dart Transit Co.
 377,600
est
 - - - -
81 89
ContainerPort Group
 350,000 - 408 - -
82 84
Challenger Motor Freight
 345,000 - 1,220
1,582
 3,375
83 -
R&R Family of Cos.
 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
 - - - -
90 90
Dupré Logistics
 294,058 6,464 1,125
770
 1,700
91 -
Postal Fleet Services
 292,568 - - - -
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 - - - -
95 93
Trans-System
 274,000 - 1,036
1,004
 1,833
96 99
Groendyke Transport
 273,125
est
 - - - -
97 -
United Vision Logistics
 261,000
est
 - - - -
98 -
Central Freight Lines
 256,000
est
 - - - -
99 98
PGT Holdings
 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 email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.

* Tractor count includes company-operated, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.

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Truck driving through overhead toll

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American, Canadian and Mexican flags

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July 6, 2026
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CMA CGM containers

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Jim Filter

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PGT Trucking flatbed

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Estes Express Lines trucks

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Highlight Motor Group truck

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