2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
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
61 59
Suddath
600,000
est
- 2,200
94
Daylight Transport
275,000 -
47 57
OnTrac Inc.
832,000
est
-
80 74
Dart Transit Co.
377,600
est
-
96 99
Groendyke Transport
273,125
est
-
81 89
ContainerPort Group
350,000 - 408
97
United Vision Logistics
261,000
est
-
50 71
LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
725,000
est
-
98
Central Freight Lines
256,000
est
-
19 19
R+L Carriers
1,973,000
est
-
67 66
Two Men and a Truck Movers
524,929
est
- 11,396
37 35
Crete Carrier Corp.
1,171,000
est
- 6,500
38 38
Quality Carriers
1,090,684
est
-
72 80
IMC Cos.
450,577 - 2,244
89 91
TransAm Trucking
297,000
est
-
74 72
TMC Transportation
450,000
est
-
27 34
Evans Delivery
1,426,000 - 536 7,500
91
Postal Fleet Services
292,568 -
28 30
Sirva Inc.
1,400,000
est
-
88 86
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
314,000
est
- 2,200 1,700 350
83
R&R Express
343,110 - 291 504 642
93 94
Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
283,137
est
6,622 955 1,224 945
75 20
Roadrunner Freight
430,000
est
- 893 1,201
84 83
John Christner Trucking
338,873 - 207 839 1,244
68 69
Jack Cooper Holdings
507,000
est
- 3,753 1,424 1,434
77 88
Fastfrate Group
400,000 - 2,800 1,152 1,622
22 36
Purolator
1,646,117 - 10,882 462 1,649
90 90
Dupré Logistics
294,058 6,464 1,125 770 1,700
99 98
PGT Trucking
253,727 - 695 1,138 1,825
95 93
Trans-System Inc.
274,000 - 1,036 1,004 1,833
54 55
Bennett International Group
693,196 - 1,031 3,285 2,186
70 63
Mercer Transportation Co.
495,272 - 266 2,234 2,234
100
Smith Transport
246,000 - 1,136 816 2,250
39 39
Lynden
960,000 - 2,595 877 2,428
92 87
Melton Truck Lines
292,125 - 1,614 1,390 2,428
69 70
A. Duie Pyle Inc.
504,000 - 3,341 1,347 2,456
87 96
Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
324,922 -25,231 1,686 1,180 2,521
30 28
UniGroup
1,320,000 - 850 4,500 2,575
79 76
Maverick USA
389,182
est
- 2,125 1,582 2,582
52 51
United Road Services
713,000
est
- 1,837 2,470 2,591
59 64
Canada Cartage System
628,127 - 4,332 2,880 2,700
61 58
Trimac Transportation
600,000 - 3,100 2,500 2,900
76 85
Foodliner/Quest Liner
416,796 - 1,564 1,569 3,030
58 49
Stevens Transport
688,000 92,460 2,750 1,950 3,290
85 81
Red Classic
332,458 - 1,296 655 3,362
82 84
Challenger Motor Freight
345,000 - 1,220 1,582 3,375
66 62
Hirschbach Motor Lines
532,531 - 1,282 1,786 3,415
49 42
Atlas World Group
806,000 8,000 637 994 3,803
29 27
Universal Logistics Holdings
1,391,083 48,132 7,420 4,798 3,843
55 53
Dayton Freight Lines
669,000 83,000 4,949 1,761 4,695
13 12
Hub Group
3,495,644 73,559 5,000 3,600 4,800
44 75
10 Roads Express
851,957
est
- 3,500 5,000
60 54
Mullen Group
601,288 - 3,539 2,042 5,079
46 43
Covenant Logistics Group
838,561 -42,718 5,550 2,579 5,114
42 46
Marten Transport
874,374 69,500 4,140 3,331 5,395
73 73
Roehl Transport
450,302
est
- 2,702 2,040 5,481
86 79
Koch Cos.
328,936 3,028 1,045 973 5,652
78 78
Mesilla Valley Transportation
399,317 - 1,970 2,015 5,800
57 56
Bison Transport
642,930 - 3,676 2,137 5,823
48 45
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
828,407 - 5,697 2,028 5,871
40 48
PS Logistics
957,000 - 3,036 3,500 5,900
33 29
Forward Air
1,269,573 52,767 3,774 799 6,009
65 67
USA Truck (DB Schenker)
551,138 4,746 2,032 2,065 6,263
41 41
KLLM Transport Services
917,000 - 3,400 6,300
25 26
C.R. England
1,466,947 - 7,150 4,000 6,600
71 68
P.A.M. Transport
486,825 17,827 2,653 2,013 6,944
63 65
Cowan Systems
575,872 - 2,406 2,322 7,022
64 92
Heniff Transportation Systems
562,000
est
- 2,157 7,147
32 33
Anderson Trucking Service
1,274,709 - 2,369 2,706 7,209
53 50
AAA Cooper Transportation
702,000 - 4,500 2,679 7,474
34 31
Southeastern Freight Lines
1,256,333 - 8,252 2,847 7,886
51 52
Western Express
721,500 - 3,416 3,000 7,900
56 60
Heartland Express
645,262 70,806 3,780 2,630 8,000
45 47
Cardinal Logistics
849,000 - 4,250 3,012 8,007
31 37
Day & Ross
1,319,498 - 8,000 4,200 8,600
43 44
Central Transport International
871,000
est
- 3,580 8,675
35 40
Ruan
1,222,782 - 5,500 3,413 9,468
26 23
Daseke Inc.
1,454,100 6,200 4,304 5,052 11,579
23 22
Kenan Advantage Group
1,572,138 - 8,600 6,854 12,283
16 18
NFI
2,630,000 - 14,500 4,500 12,500
21 24
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
1,742,101 17,632 7,998 6,500 13,000
24 25
CRST The Transportation Solution
1,502,737 - 6,631 4,704 13,994
18 17
Prime Inc.
2,208,764 326,543 4,839 7,199 14,162
36 32
Averitt Express
1,207,587 - 8,550 4,488 14,495
9 9
Landstar System
4,132,981 192,106 1,320 10,991 17,061
20 21
Saia Inc.
1,822,366 138,340 10,600 5,700 17,400
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
17 16
Werner Enterprises
2,372,178 169,078 12,292 7,861 24,400
12 13
Estes Express Lines
3,559,000 - 19,000 8,043 32,656
4 4
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
9,640,000 506,035 30,364 17,777 35,857
10 8
Old Dominion Freight Line
4,015,129 672,682 19,779 9,288 36,650
7 5
Schneider
4,552,800 211,700 15,225 9,000 36,900
3 3
XPO
16,252,000 79,000 102,000 15,500 40,000
8 5
Yellow Corp.
4,513,700 -53,500 30,000 13,500 41,900
11 10
Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
3,773,800 233,382 73,300 43,300
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
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
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