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

Amazon Delivery Rival Pandion Secures Funding for Expansion

package delivery

E-commerce logistics startup Pandion — which helps retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue compete with Amazon’s delivery — has secured $41.5 million in fresh funds to expand its operation.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
March 22, 2024
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Plans $5 Billion Buyback of Shares

FedEx workers

FedEx Corp. plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares as cost-cutting efforts have helped boost the courier’s profits as fiscal third-quarter earnings beat expectations.

Transport Topics
March 21, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Aerolane Seeks to Use Freighter Planes to Pull Cargo Gliders

Aerolane

Aerolane is testing a business plan to pull cargo gliders with small freighter planes.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 19, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Buys Yordy Transport, Boosts Flatbed Ops Again

PS Logistics truck

Diamond State Trucking & Logistics is to buy Morton, Ill.-based flatbed carrier Yordy Transport for an undisclosed sum, parent company PS Logistics said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 14, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

TFI Buys Hercules Forwarding to Boost US LTL Operations

Hercules Freight

TFI International is to buy less-than-truckload carrier Hercules Forwarding Inc. for an undisclosed sum, it said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 12, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

PepsiCo, Estes Express Earn Sustainability Pathfinder Awards

TT's Sustainability Pathfinder winners

NEW ORLEANS — Transport Topics has presented its inaugural Sustainability Pathfinder awards to PepsiCo and Estes Express in recognition of efforts to curb emissions and eliminate waste.

Transport Topics
March 6, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Nearshoring Trend Drives More Border Growth

Ryder warehouse laredo

The nearshoring trend has been driving further transportation and logistics investments near the Mexican border as companies work to capture current and expected future growth.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
March 4, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Navistar Launches Integrated Powertrain

Navistar International LT Series

Truck maker Navistar announced Feb. 26 it has made the first deliveries of its International LT Series equipped with the International S13 Integrated Powertrain.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt to Promote Shelley Simpson to CEO Post

Shelley Simpson

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that company president Shelley Simpson is also taking on the post of CEO, effective July 1.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reports 138% Earnings Drop for Q4

Forward Air/Michael Hance

Forward Air Corp. experienced a 138% earnings drop year-over-year during the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported Feb. 28.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 29, 2024
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