Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics
|
849,000 | - | 4,250 | 3,012 | 8,007 |
61 | 58 | Trimac Transportation
|
600,000 | - | 3,100 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
77 | 88 | Fastfrate Group
|
400,000 | - | 2,800 | 1,152 | 1,622 |
14 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
3,200,000 | - | 19,954 | 6,674 | 21,961 |
30 | 28 | UniGroup
|
1,320,000 | - | 850 | 4,500 | 2,575 |
61 | 59 | Suddath
|
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | ||
78 | 78 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
399,317 | - | 1,970 | 2,015 | 5,800 |
94 | Daylight Transport
|
275,000 | - | ||||
31 | 37 | Day & Ross
|
1,319,498 | - | 8,000 | 4,200 | 8,600 |
47 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
|
832,000 est |
- | |||
63 | 65 | Cowan Systems
|
575,872 | - | 2,406 | 2,322 | 7,022 |
79 | 76 | Maverick USA
|
389,182 est |
- | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
95 | 93 | Trans-System Inc.
|
274,000 | - | 1,036 | 1,004 | 1,833 |
16 | 18 | NFI
|
2,630,000 | - | 14,500 | 4,500 | 12,500 |
32 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,274,709 | - | 2,369 | 2,706 | 7,209 |
48 | 45 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
828,407 | - | 5,697 | 2,028 | 5,871 |
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 |
- | |||
81 | 89 | ContainerPort Group
|
350,000 | - | 408 | ||
97 | United Vision Logistics
|
261,000 est |
- | ||||
34 | 31 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,256,333 | - | 8,252 | 2,847 | 7,886 |
50 | 71 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
725,000 est |
- | |||
66 | 62 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
532,531 | - | 1,282 | 1,786 | 3,415 |
82 | 84 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
345,000 | - | 1,220 | 1,582 | 3,375 |
98 | Central Freight Lines
|
256,000 est |
- | ||||
19 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
1,973,000 est |
- | |||
35 | 40 | Ruan
|
1,222,782 | - | 5,500 | 3,413 | 9,468 |
51 | 52 | Western Express
|
721,500 | - | 3,416 | 3,000 | 7,900 |
67 | 66 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
524,929 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
83 | R&R Express
|
343,110 | - | 291 | 504 | 642 | |
99 | 98 | PGT Trucking
|
253,727 | - | 695 | 1,138 | 1,825 |
36 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,207,587 | - | 8,550 | 4,488 | 14,495 |
52 | 51 | United Road Services
|
713,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 2,470 | 2,591 |
68 | 69 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | 1,424 | 1,434 |
84 | 83 | John Christner Trucking
|
338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
100 | Smith Transport
|
246,000 | - | 1,136 | 816 | 2,250 | |
37 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,171,000 est |
- | 6,500 | ||
53 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
702,000 | - | 4,500 | 2,679 | 7,474 |
69 | 70 | A. Duie Pyle Inc.
|
504,000 | - | 3,341 | 1,347 | 2,456 |
85 | 81 | Red Classic
|
332,458 | - | 1,296 | 655 | 3,362 |
22 | 36 | Purolator
|
1,646,117 | - | 10,882 | 462 | 1,649 |
38 | 38 | Quality Carriers
|
1,090,684 est |
- | |||
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 |
23 | 22 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,572,138 | - | 8,600 | 6,854 | 12,283 |
39 | 39 | Lynden
|
960,000 | - | 2,595 | 877 | 2,428 |
24 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,502,737 | - | 6,631 | 4,704 | 13,994 |
40 | 48 | PS Logistics
|
957,000 | - | 3,036 | 3,500 | 5,900 |
72 | 80 | IMC Cos.
|
450,577 | - | 2,244 | ||
88 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
314,000 est |
- | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
25 | 26 | C.R. England
|
1,466,947 | - | 7,150 | 4,000 | 6,600 |
41 | 41 | KLLM Transport Services
|
917,000 | - | 3,400 | 6,300 | |
57 | 56 | Bison Transport
|
642,930 | - | 3,676 | 2,137 | 5,823 |
73 | 73 | Roehl Transport
|
450,302 est |
- | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
89 | 91 | TransAm Trucking
|
297,000 est |
- | |||
74 | 72 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 est |
- | |||
27 | 34 | Evans Delivery
|
1,426,000 | - | 536 | 7,500 | |
43 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
871,000 est |
- | 3,580 | 8,675 | |
59 | 64 | Canada Cartage System
|
628,127 | - | 4,332 | 2,880 | 2,700 |
75 | 20 | Roadrunner Freight
|
430,000 est |
- | 893 | 1,201 | |
91 | Postal Fleet Services
|
292,568 | - | ||||
12 | 13 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,559,000 | - | 19,000 | 8,043 | 32,656 |
28 | 30 | Sirva Inc.
|
1,400,000 est |
- | |||
44 | 75 | 10 Roads Express
|
851,957 est |
- | 3,500 | 5,000 | |
60 | 54 | Mullen Group
|
601,288 | - | 3,539 | 2,042 | 5,079 |
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 |
8 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,513,700 | -53,500 | 30,000 | 13,500 | 41,900 |
46 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
838,561 | -42,718 | 5,550 | 2,579 | 5,114 |
87 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
324,922 | -25,231 | 1,686 | 1,180 | 2,521 |
86 | 79 | Koch Cos.
|
328,936 | 3,028 | 1,045 | 973 | 5,652 |
65 | 67 | USA Truck (DB Schenker)
|
551,138 | 4,746 | 2,032 | 2,065 | 6,263 |
26 | 23 | Daseke Inc.
|
1,454,100 | 6,200 | 4,304 | 5,052 | 11,579 |
90 | 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
294,058 | 6,464 | 1,125 | 770 | 1,700 |
93 | 94 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
283,137 est |
6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
49 | 42 | Atlas World Group
|
806,000 | 8,000 | 637 | 994 | 3,803 |
21 | 24 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,742,101 | 17,632 | 7,998 | 6,500 | 13,000 |
71 | 68 | P.A.M. Transport
|
486,825 | 17,827 | 2,653 | 2,013 | 6,944 |
29 | 27 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,391,083 | 48,132 | 7,420 | 4,798 | 3,843 |
33 | 29 | Forward Air
|
1,269,573 | 52,767 | 3,774 | 799 | 6,009 |
42 | 46 | Marten Transport
|
874,374 | 69,500 | 4,140 | 3,331 | 5,395 |
56 | 60 | Heartland Express
|
645,262 | 70,806 | 3,780 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
15 | 14 | ArcBest
|
2,940,163 | 71,100 | 13,000 | 4,136 | 22,776 |
13 | 12 | Hub Group
|
3,495,644 | 73,559 | 5,000 | 3,600 | 4,800 |
3 | 3 | XPO
|
16,252,000 | 79,000 | 102,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
55 | 53 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
669,000 | 83,000 | 4,949 | 1,761 | 4,695 |
58 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
688,000 | 92,460 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
20 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
1,822,366 | 138,340 | 10,600 | 5,700 | 17,400 |
17 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,372,178 | 169,078 | 12,292 | 7,861 | 24,400 |
9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
4,132,981 | 192,106 | 1,320 | 10,991 | 17,061 |
7 | 5 | Schneider
|
4,552,800 | 211,700 | 15,225 | 9,000 | 36,900 |
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 |
18 | 17 | Prime Inc.
|
2,208,764 | 326,543 | 4,839 | 7,199 | 14,162 |
6 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
4,673,863 | 410,002 | 22,900 | 19,025 | 57,722 |
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 |
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 |
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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Knight-Swift Reports 11% Revenue Increase for Q4
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Forward Air Reaches Deal With Omni Logistics on Acquisition
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J.B. Hunt Reports Revenue Declined to $3.3 Billion for Q4
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Industry Takes Fresh Look at Reverse Logistics
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Hub Group Buys Forward Air Final-Mile Unit for $262 Million
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Acceptance Grows for Driver-Assistance Technology
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