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
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
-
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
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
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Fleets Focus on Driver Performance to Raise Fuel Economy

Trucking companies are increasingly investing in training, technology and incentives to optimize driver performance when it comes to fuel consumption.

Stephen Bennett | Special to Transport Topics
June 6, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS-Teamsters Talks to Resume Today

Negotiations were set to resume June 5 between UPS and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents an estimated 360,000 UPS drivers and other workers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
June 1, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Estes Express Lines Opens Terminal in California

Estes Express Lines took a major step in its expansion and sustainability initiatives with the opening of a new terminal in Banning, Calif., the carrier announced May 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 31, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Seattle Amazon Workers Protest Climate Goals, Layoffs

SEATTLE — Hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate May 31.

Ed Komenda | Associated Press
May 31, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire

PGT Trucking Delivers Nucor Steel Using Nikola Truck

PGT Trucking announced it had delivered its inaugural shipment of low-greenhouse-gas steel, produced by steel manufacturer Nucor, using a Nikola Class 8 zero-emission vehicle.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Back-Office Job Demand Remains Steady at Fleets

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

May 26, 2023
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Werner Appeal of $89.7 Million Verdict Denied

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

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

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
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