Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 | 41 | KLLM Transport Services
|
917,000 | - | 3,400 | 6,300 | |
89 | 91 | TransAm Trucking
|
297,000 est |
- | |||
74 | 72 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 est |
- | |||
11 | 10 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions
|
3,773,800 | 233,382 | 73,300 | 43,300 | |
43 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
871,000 est |
- | 3,580 | 8,675 | |
75 | 20 | Roadrunner Freight
|
430,000 est |
- | 893 | 1,201 | |
91 | Postal Fleet Services
|
292,568 | - | ||||
28 | 30 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,400,000 est |
- | |||
44 | 75 | 10 Roads Express
|
851,957 est |
- | 3,500 | 5,000 | |
94 | Daylight Transport
|
275,000 | - | ||||
47 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
|
832,000 est |
- | |||
64 | 92 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
562,000 est |
- | 2,157 | 7,147 | |
80 | 74 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | |||
96 | 99 | Groendyke Transport
|
273,125 est |
- | |||
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 |
- | |||
38 | 38 | Quality Carriers
|
1,090,684 est |
- | |||
84 | 83 | John Christner Trucking
|
338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
70 | 63 | Mercer Transportation Co.
|
495,272 | - | 266 | 2,234 | 2,234 |
83 | R&R Express
|
343,110 | - | 291 | 504 | 642 | |
81 | 89 | ContainerPort Group
|
350,000 | - | 408 | ||
27 | 34 | Evans Delivery
|
1,426,000 | - | 536 | 7,500 | |
49 | 42 | Atlas World Group
|
806,000 | 8,000 | 637 | 994 | 3,803 |
99 | 98 | PGT Trucking
|
253,727 | - | 695 | 1,138 | 1,825 |
30 | 28 | UniGroup
|
1,320,000 | - | 850 | 4,500 | 2,575 |
93 | 94 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
283,137 est |
6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
54 | 55 | Bennett International Group
|
693,196 | - | 1,031 | 3,285 | 2,186 |
95 | 93 | Trans-System Inc.
|
274,000 | - | 1,036 | 1,004 | 1,833 |
86 | 79 | Koch Cos.
|
328,936 | 3,028 | 1,045 | 973 | 5,652 |
90 | 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
294,058 | 6,464 | 1,125 | 770 | 1,700 |
100 | Smith Transport
|
246,000 | - | 1,136 | 816 | 2,250 | |
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 |
85 | 81 | Red Classic
|
332,458 | - | 1,296 | 655 | 3,362 |
9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
4,132,981 | 192,106 | 1,320 | 10,991 | 17,061 |
76 | 85 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
416,796 | - | 1,564 | 1,569 | 3,030 |
92 | 87 | Melton Truck Lines
|
292,125 | - | 1,614 | 1,390 | 2,428 |
87 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
324,922 | -25,231 | 1,686 | 1,180 | 2,521 |
52 | 51 | United Road Services
|
713,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 2,470 | 2,591 |
78 | 78 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
399,317 | - | 1,970 | 2,015 | 5,800 |
65 | 67 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
551,138 | 4,746 | 2,032 | 2,065 | 6,263 |
79 | 76 | Maverick USA
|
389,182 est |
- | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
61 | 59 | Suddath
|
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | ||
88 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
314,000 est |
- | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
72 | 80 | IMC Cos.
|
450,577 | - | 2,244 | ||
32 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,274,709 | - | 2,369 | 2,706 | 7,209 |
63 | 65 | Cowan Systems
|
575,872 | - | 2,406 | 2,322 | 7,022 |
39 | 39 | Lynden
|
960,000 | - | 2,595 | 877 | 2,428 |
71 | 68 | P.A.M. Transport
|
486,825 | 17,827 | 2,653 | 2,013 | 6,944 |
73 | 73 | Roehl Transport
|
450,302 est |
- | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
58 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
688,000 | 92,460 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
77 | 88 | Fastfrate Group
|
400,000 | - | 2,800 | 1,152 | 1,622 |
40 | 48 | PS Logistics
|
957,000 | - | 3,036 | 3,500 | 5,900 |
61 | 58 | Trimac Transportation
|
600,000 | - | 3,100 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
69 | 70 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
504,000 | - | 3,341 | 1,347 | 2,456 |
51 | 52 | Western Express
|
721,500 | - | 3,416 | 3,000 | 7,900 |
60 | 54 | Mullen Group
|
601,288 | - | 3,539 | 2,042 | 5,079 |
57 | 56 | Bison Transport
|
642,930 | - | 3,676 | 2,137 | 5,823 |
68 | 69 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | 1,424 | 1,434 |
33 | 29 | Forward Air
|
1,269,573 | 52,767 | 3,774 | 799 | 6,009 |
56 | 60 | Heartland Express
|
645,262 | 70,806 | 3,780 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
42 | 46 | Marten Transport
|
874,374 | 69,500 | 4,140 | 3,331 | 5,395 |
45 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics
|
849,000 | - | 4,250 | 3,012 | 8,007 |
26 | 23 | Daseke Inc.
|
1,454,100 | 6,200 | 4,304 | 5,052 | 11,579 |
59 | 64 | Canada Cartage System
|
628,127 | - | 4,332 | 2,880 | 2,700 |
53 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
702,000 | - | 4,500 | 2,679 | 7,474 |
18 | 17 | Prime Inc.
|
2,208,764 | 326,543 | 4,839 | 7,199 | 14,162 |
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 |
35 | 40 | Ruan
|
1,222,782 | - | 5,500 | 3,413 | 9,468 |
46 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
838,561 | -42,718 | 5,550 | 2,579 | 5,114 |
48 | 45 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
828,407 | - | 5,697 | 2,028 | 5,871 |
37 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,171,000 est |
- | 6,500 | ||
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 |
29 | 27 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,391,083 | 48,132 | 7,420 | 4,798 | 3,843 |
21 | 24 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,742,101 | 17,632 | 7,998 | 6,500 | 13,000 |
31 | 37 | Day & Ross
|
1,319,498 | - | 8,000 | 4,200 | 8,600 |
34 | 31 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,256,333 | - | 8,252 | 2,847 | 7,886 |
36 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,207,587 | - | 8,550 | 4,488 | 14,495 |
23 | 22 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,572,138 | - | 8,600 | 6,854 | 12,283 |
20 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
1,822,366 | 138,340 | 10,600 | 5,700 | 17,400 |
22 | 36 | Purolator
|
1,646,117 | - | 10,882 | 462 | 1,649 |
67 | 66 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
524,929 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
17 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,372,178 | 169,078 | 12,292 | 7,861 | 24,400 |
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 |
7 | 5 | Schneider
|
4,552,800 | 211,700 | 15,225 | 9,000 | 36,900 |
5 | 11 | TFI International
|
6,347,134 | 275,675 | 16,753 | 24,604 | 49,713 |
12 | 13 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,559,000 | - | 19,000 | 8,043 | 32,656 |
10 | 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
4,015,129 | 672,682 | 19,779 | 9,288 | 36,650 |
14 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
3,200,000 | - | 19,954 | 6,674 | 21,961 |
6 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
4,673,863 | 410,002 | 22,900 | 19,025 | 57,722 |
8 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,513,700 | -53,500 | 30,000 | 13,500 | 41,900 |
4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
9,640,000 | 506,035 | 30,364 | 17,777 | 35,857 |
3 | 3 | XPO
|
16,252,000 | 79,000 | 102,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
78,752,000 | 3,029,000 | 500,000 | 36,598 | 132,540 |
1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
84,628,000 | 1,343,000 | 543,000 | 15,719 | 87,954 |
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.
Revenues for the following carriers are estimated by SJ Consulting Group: R+L Carriers, Crete Carrier Corp., Central Transport International, OnTrac Inc., LaserShip Inc., Jack Cooper Holdings, Roehl Transport, Dart Transit Co.
^ Stevens Transport revenue and net income figures updated after publication of 2021 ranking.
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