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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
100,300,000 | 11,500,000 | 536,000 | 16,440 | 85,024 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
92,619,000 | 2,992,000 | 547,000 | 38,749 | 141,902 |
| 3 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
14,814,000 | 969,351 | 37,000 | 20,215 | 43,040 |
| 13 | 10 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,245,000 | 22,000 | 30,000 | 12,700 | 42,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Schneider
|
6,604,400 | 457,800 | 17,050 | 10,200 | 44,120 |
| 11 | 13 | Hub Group
|
5,340,000 | 357,000 | 5,900 | 3,050 | 4,600 |
| 4 | 5 | TFI International
|
8,813,000 | 823,000 | 25,836 | 18,347 | 38,091 |
| 6 | 6 | Landstar System
|
7,437,000 | 430,914 | 1,449 | 11,281 | 18,593 |
| 10 | 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
6,260,077 | 1,377,159 | 24,027 | 11,274 | 45,567 |
| 12 | 14 | ArcBest
|
5,324,052 | 298,209 | 15,000 | 4,457 | 23,968 |
| 5 | 3 | XPO
|
7,718,000 | 666,000 | 38,000 | 8,200 | 27,000 |
| 14 | 12 | Estes Express Lines
|
5,150,000 | - | 22,111 | 9,694 | 37,032 |
| 17 | 17 | Werner Enterprises
|
3,289,978 | 241,256 | 14,300 | 8,639 | 27,650 |
| 88 | 79 | Roadrunner Freight
|
386,000 est |
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| 24 | 23 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
2,161,000 | -42,000 | 9,397 | 7,200 | 14,400 |
| 36 | 33 | UniGroup
|
1,600,000 | - | 795 | 150 | 5,237 |
| 22 | 24 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
2,480,512 | - | 10,000 | 7,320 | 12,700 |
| 19 | 20 | Prime Inc.
|
2,813,522 | 450,972 | 4,685 | 8,575 | 17,472 |
| 20 | 18 | Purolator
|
2,800,000 | 338,000 | 13,222 | 529 | 1,070 |
| 28 | 29 | C.R. England
|
1,837,665 | - | 6,500 | 3,996 | 5,544 |
| 26 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
2,000,000 | - | 6,224 | 4,788 | |
| 21 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
2,792,057 | 357,422 | 12,300 | 6,200 | 20,800 |
| 25 | 26 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
2,015,456 | - | 10,000 | 4,260 | 3,945 |
| 32 | 35 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,741,123 | - | 8,694 | 3,075 | 8,440 |
| 15 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
4,400,000 | - | 20,743 | 8,242 | 22,375 |
| 16 | 16 | NFI
|
3,900,000 | - | 16,800 | 5,000 | 14,300 |
| 7 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
7,429,000 | 771,000 | 27,900 | 21,899 | 83,210 |
| 38 | 37 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,525,000 est |
- | 6,500 | 5,000 | 13,000 |
| 27 | 27 | Forward Air
|
1,973,000 | 193,000 | 4,155 | 916 | 6,726 |
| 41 | 39 | Lynden
|
1,300,000 | - | 2,519 | 1,088 | 3,348 |
| 57 | 51 | Quality Carriers
|
984,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 2,600 | 7,500 |
| 53 | 46 | Atlas World Group
|
1,064,200 | 13,400 | 840 | 1,638 | 3,562 |
| 30 | 30 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,794,300 | - | 2,413 | 2,631 | 6,941 |
| 58 | 66 | Heartland Express
|
968,000 | 137,000 | 4,710 | 5,946 | 18,551 |
| 48 | 48 | KLLM Transport Services
|
1,142,000 | - | 3,500 | 5,900 | |
| 34 | 38 | Ruan
|
1,680,306 | - | 5,500 | 3,792 | 10,566 |
| 75 | 71 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
579,000 | - | 2,000 | 1,286 | 1,284 |
| 39 | 34 | Day & Ross
|
1,510,000 | - | 8,964 | 3,289 | 9,854 |
| 71 | 67 | Trimac Transportation
|
626,000 est |
- | 1,681 | 3,250 | |
| 46 | 40 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
1,216,858 | 108,682 | 4,985 | 2,368 | 5,074 |
| 62 | 55 | Stevens Transport
|
910,000 | 184,500 | 3,350 | 2,275 | 3,850 |
| 42 | 47 | Marten Transport
|
1,263,878 | 110,354 | 4,575 | 3,660 | 5,753 |
| 31 | 31 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,773,000 | 50,000 | 4,123 | 4,982 | 10,723 |
| 52 | 54 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
1,069,554 | 142,500 | 5,500 | 3,261 | 8,200 |
| 60 | 50 | Pitt Ohio
|
948,670 | - | 5,315 | 1,611 | 4,131 |
| 70 | 65 | Mercer Transportation
|
635,000 | - | 266 | 2,093 | 2,093 |
| 50 | 45 | Western Express
|
1,107,974 | 145,023 | 5,300 | 3,550 | 9,200 |
| 64 | 56 | United Road Services
|
802,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 1,978 | 2,110 |
| 65 | 59 | Canada Cartage
|
774,000 | - | 3,500 | 2,519 | 3,402 |
| 37 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
1,536,895 | 121,906 | 4,459 | 2,167 | 6,333 |
| 49 | 53 | Bison Transport
|
1,109,156 | - | 4,406 | 2,577 | 9,300 |
| 43 | 42 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
1,251,872 | - | 1,175 | 3,337 | 2,911 |
| 56 | 60 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
1,004,000 | - | 5,838 | 2,261 | 5,223 |
| 89 | 81 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | 2,051 | 7,140 | |
| 68 | 62 | Cowan Systems
|
727,612 | - | 2,527 | 2,569 | 7,426 |
| 61 | 58 | P.A.M. Transport
|
947,000 | 91,000 | 3,395 | 2,451 | 7,784 |
| 23 | 22 | Evans Delivery
|
2,425,000 est |
- | 650 | 9,000 | 3,000 |
| 73 | 70 | Roehl Transport
|
606,744 | - | 2,933 | 2,166 | 5,820 |
| 72 | 73 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
622,328 | - | 2,897 | 1,756 | 6,311 |
| 66 | 63 | A. Duie Pyle
|
768,000 | - | 3,977 | 1,528 | 3,036 |
| 79 | 79 | Maverick USA
|
461,256 | - | 2,173 | 1,645 | 2,763 |
| 84 | 85 | Koch Cos.
|
425,000 est |
- | 1,213 | 983 | 5,689 |
| 81 | 83 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
439,000 | - | 1,485 | 576 | 1,147 |
| 92 | 90 | Trans-System
|
356,000 | - | 1,170 | 995 | 1,920 |
| 99 | 97 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
265,000 est |
- | 1,545 | 1,170 | 3,500 |
| 83 | 76 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
437,035 | - | 1,684 | 1,621 | 3,125 |
| 82 | 86 | Melton Truck Lines
|
438,305 | - | 1,698 | 1,456 | 2,281 |
| 40 | 43 | IMC Logistics
|
1,397,609 | - | 2,797 | 1,890 | 150 |
| 59 | 72 | Fastfrate Group
|
950,000 est |
- | 3,000 | 2,702 | 5,019 |
| 69 | 74 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
715,000 | - | 2,094 | 1,640 | 3,764 |
| 94 | 94 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines
|
338,000 est |
- | 1,700 | 777 | 2,487 |
| 44 | 40 | Central Transport International
|
1,236,000 est |
- | 2,953 | 11,877 | |
| 87 | 80 | Daylight Transport
|
389,000 est |
- | |||
| 67 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
749,767 | - | 3,806 | 2,200 | 1,890 | |
| 51 | 44 | Cardinal Logistics
|
1,102,000 | - | 4,070 | 3,245 | 9,000 |
| 35 | 27 | OnTrac Inc.
|
1,662,000 est |
- | |||
| 100 | National Carriers
|
253,300 | - | 588 | 653 | 1,250 | |
| 86 | 84 | Dupré Logistics
|
393,000 | - | 1,225 | 675 | 1,400 |
| 85 | 98 | PGT Holdings
|
404,080 | 18,789 | 596 | 1,096 | 1,719 |
| 33 | 36 | PS Logistics
|
1,710,000 | - | 3,600 | 3,950 | 6,400 |
| 55 | 49 | 10 Roads Express
|
1,012,000 | - | 5,583 | 3,300 | 3,900 |
| 9 | 11 | Ryder System
|
6,506,000 | 288,000 | 48,000 | 69,400 | 41,500 |
| 91 | 88 | Leonard's Express
|
360,848 | 3,583 | 930 | 616 | 1,089 |
| 18 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
2,864,000 est |
- | 6,774 | 19,709 | |
| 63 | 57 | USA Truck
|
853,000 est |
25,000 | 2,069 | 2,157 | 6,548 |
| 45 | 64 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
1,219,000 | - | 2,624 | 3,152 | 5,250 |
| 77 | 69 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
525,000 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
| 29 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,834,641 | - | 9,309 | 5,255 | 15,774 |
| 76 | 75 | TMC Transportation
|
566,000 est |
- | 3,098 | 4,252 | |
| 78 | 93 | ContainerPort Group
|
510,000 | - | 450 | 1,500 | |
| 93 | 96 | Artur Express
|
340,886 | - | 509 | 757 | 3,400 |
| 80 | 91 | Beemac Trucking
|
452,201 | - | 260 | 550 | 650 |
| 90 | 82 | Red Classic
|
365,000 est |
- | 1,206 | 649 | 3,500 |
| 97 | 95 | Transervice Logistics
|
316,800 | - | 1,200 | 1,897 | 5,487 |
| 98 | 100 | Paper Transport
|
301,328 | - | 1,260 | 900 | 3,200 |
| 74 | 68 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
596,000 est |
- | 1,806 | 5,066 | |
| 96 | 92 | New Legend
|
328,129 | - | 1,300 | 1,200 | 4,600 |
| 54 | 61 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
1,014,000 | - | 746 | 1,016 | 1,626 |
| 47 | ITS Logistics
|
1,210,000 | 202,900 | 1,027 | 160 | 1,976 | |
| 95 | 89 | Western Flyer Express
|
333,000 est |
- | 1,150 | 4,000 |
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.
#2 FedEx Corp. revenue and net income is for the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 2023.
#7 Knight-Swift data does not reflect its planned acquisition of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, which the companies expected to close late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter.
#24 U.S. Xpress: In March, Knight-Swift announced plans to acquire U.S. Xpress Enterprises but the acquisition had not closed at press time.
#37 Mullen Group: Revenue and income converted to U.S. dollars from Canadian dollars based on average 2022 exchange rate.
#59 Fastfrate Group 2022 revenue and equipment counts are estimated by TT based on multiple data sources.
#77 Two Men and a Truck Movers revenue is for 2019.
#89 Dart Transit Co. revenue is estimated by SJ Consulting Group for 2020.
#90 Red Classic revenue is for 2021.
#99 Paschall Truck Lines revenue is for 2021.
#18 R+ L Carriers, #23 Evans Delivery, #35 OnTrac Inc., #38 Crete Carrier Corp., #44 Central Transport International, #57 Quality Carriers, #63 USA Truck, #64 United Road Services, #71 Trimac Transportation, #74 Heniff Transportation Systems, #76 TMC Transportation, #84 Koch Cos., #87 Daylight Transport, #88 Roadrunner Freight, #94 Oak Harbor Freight Lines, #95 Western Flyer Express revenue is estimated by SJ Consulting Group.
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