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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | National Carriers
|
253,300 | - | 588 | 653 | 1,250 | |
| 99 | 97 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
265,000 est |
- | 1,545 | 1,170 | 3,500 |
| 98 | 100 | Paper Transport
|
301,328 | - | 1,260 | 900 | 3,200 |
| 97 | 95 | Transervice Logistics
|
316,800 | - | 1,200 | 1,897 | 5,487 |
| 96 | 92 | New Legend
|
328,129 | - | 1,300 | 1,200 | 4,600 |
| 95 | 89 | Western Flyer Express
|
333,000 est |
- | 1,150 | 4,000 | |
| 94 | 94 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines
|
338,000 est |
- | 1,700 | 777 | 2,487 |
| 93 | 96 | Artur Express
|
340,886 | - | 509 | 757 | 3,400 |
| 92 | 90 | Trans-System
|
356,000 | - | 1,170 | 995 | 1,920 |
| 91 | 88 | Leonard's Express
|
360,848 | 3,583 | 930 | 616 | 1,089 |
| 90 | 82 | Red Classic
|
365,000 est |
- | 1,206 | 649 | 3,500 |
| 89 | 81 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | 2,051 | 7,140 | |
| 88 | 79 | Roadrunner Freight
|
386,000 est |
- | |||
| 87 | 80 | Daylight Transport
|
389,000 est |
- | |||
| 86 | 84 | Dupré Logistics
|
393,000 | - | 1,225 | 675 | 1,400 |
| 85 | 98 | PGT Holdings
|
404,080 | 18,789 | 596 | 1,096 | 1,719 |
| 84 | 85 | Koch Cos.
|
425,000 est |
- | 1,213 | 983 | 5,689 |
| 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 |
| 81 | 83 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
439,000 | - | 1,485 | 576 | 1,147 |
| 80 | 91 | Beemac Trucking
|
452,201 | - | 260 | 550 | 650 |
| 79 | 79 | Maverick USA
|
461,256 | - | 2,173 | 1,645 | 2,763 |
| 78 | 93 | ContainerPort Group
|
510,000 | - | 450 | 1,500 | |
| 77 | 69 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
525,000 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
| 76 | 75 | TMC Transportation
|
566,000 est |
- | 3,098 | 4,252 | |
| 75 | 71 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
579,000 | - | 2,000 | 1,286 | 1,284 |
| 74 | 68 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
596,000 est |
- | 1,806 | 5,066 | |
| 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 |
| 71 | 67 | Trimac Transportation
|
626,000 est |
- | 1,681 | 3,250 | |
| 70 | 65 | Mercer Transportation
|
635,000 | - | 266 | 2,093 | 2,093 |
| 69 | 74 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
715,000 | - | 2,094 | 1,640 | 3,764 |
| 68 | 62 | Cowan Systems
|
727,612 | - | 2,527 | 2,569 | 7,426 |
| 67 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
749,767 | - | 3,806 | 2,200 | 1,890 | |
| 66 | 63 | A. Duie Pyle
|
768,000 | - | 3,977 | 1,528 | 3,036 |
| 65 | 59 | Canada Cartage
|
774,000 | - | 3,500 | 2,519 | 3,402 |
| 64 | 56 | United Road Services
|
802,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 1,978 | 2,110 |
| 63 | 57 | USA Truck
|
853,000 est |
25,000 | 2,069 | 2,157 | 6,548 |
| 62 | 55 | Stevens Transport
|
910,000 | 184,500 | 3,350 | 2,275 | 3,850 |
| 61 | 58 | P.A.M. Transport
|
947,000 | 91,000 | 3,395 | 2,451 | 7,784 |
| 60 | 50 | Pitt Ohio
|
948,670 | - | 5,315 | 1,611 | 4,131 |
| 59 | 72 | Fastfrate Group
|
950,000 est |
- | 3,000 | 2,702 | 5,019 |
| 58 | 66 | Heartland Express
|
968,000 | 137,000 | 4,710 | 5,946 | 18,551 |
| 57 | 51 | Quality Carriers
|
984,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 2,600 | 7,500 |
| 56 | 60 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
1,004,000 | - | 5,838 | 2,261 | 5,223 |
| 55 | 49 | 10 Roads Express
|
1,012,000 | - | 5,583 | 3,300 | 3,900 |
| 54 | 61 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
1,014,000 | - | 746 | 1,016 | 1,626 |
| 53 | 46 | Atlas World Group
|
1,064,200 | 13,400 | 840 | 1,638 | 3,562 |
| 52 | 54 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
1,069,554 | 142,500 | 5,500 | 3,261 | 8,200 |
| 51 | 44 | Cardinal Logistics
|
1,102,000 | - | 4,070 | 3,245 | 9,000 |
| 50 | 45 | Western Express
|
1,107,974 | 145,023 | 5,300 | 3,550 | 9,200 |
| 49 | 53 | Bison Transport
|
1,109,156 | - | 4,406 | 2,577 | 9,300 |
| 48 | 48 | KLLM Transport Services
|
1,142,000 | - | 3,500 | 5,900 | |
| 47 | ITS Logistics
|
1,210,000 | 202,900 | 1,027 | 160 | 1,976 | |
| 46 | 40 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
1,216,858 | 108,682 | 4,985 | 2,368 | 5,074 |
| 45 | 64 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
1,219,000 | - | 2,624 | 3,152 | 5,250 |
| 44 | 40 | Central Transport International
|
1,236,000 est |
- | 2,953 | 11,877 | |
| 43 | 42 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
1,251,872 | - | 1,175 | 3,337 | 2,911 |
| 42 | 47 | Marten Transport
|
1,263,878 | 110,354 | 4,575 | 3,660 | 5,753 |
| 41 | 39 | Lynden
|
1,300,000 | - | 2,519 | 1,088 | 3,348 |
| 40 | 43 | IMC Logistics
|
1,397,609 | - | 2,797 | 1,890 | 150 |
| 39 | 34 | Day & Ross
|
1,510,000 | - | 8,964 | 3,289 | 9,854 |
| 38 | 37 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,525,000 est |
- | 6,500 | 5,000 | 13,000 |
| 37 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
1,536,895 | 121,906 | 4,459 | 2,167 | 6,333 |
| 36 | 33 | UniGroup
|
1,600,000 | - | 795 | 150 | 5,237 |
| 35 | 27 | OnTrac Inc.
|
1,662,000 est |
- | |||
| 34 | 38 | Ruan
|
1,680,306 | - | 5,500 | 3,792 | 10,566 |
| 33 | 36 | PS Logistics
|
1,710,000 | - | 3,600 | 3,950 | 6,400 |
| 32 | 35 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,741,123 | - | 8,694 | 3,075 | 8,440 |
| 31 | 31 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,773,000 | 50,000 | 4,123 | 4,982 | 10,723 |
| 30 | 30 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,794,300 | - | 2,413 | 2,631 | 6,941 |
| 29 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,834,641 | - | 9,309 | 5,255 | 15,774 |
| 28 | 29 | C.R. England
|
1,837,665 | - | 6,500 | 3,996 | 5,544 |
| 27 | 27 | Forward Air
|
1,973,000 | 193,000 | 4,155 | 916 | 6,726 |
| 26 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
2,000,000 | - | 6,224 | 4,788 | |
| 25 | 26 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
2,015,456 | - | 10,000 | 4,260 | 3,945 |
| 24 | 23 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
2,161,000 | -42,000 | 9,397 | 7,200 | 14,400 |
| 23 | 22 | Evans Delivery
|
2,425,000 est |
- | 650 | 9,000 | 3,000 |
| 22 | 24 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
2,480,512 | - | 10,000 | 7,320 | 12,700 |
| 21 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
2,792,057 | 357,422 | 12,300 | 6,200 | 20,800 |
| 20 | 18 | Purolator
|
2,800,000 | 338,000 | 13,222 | 529 | 1,070 |
| 19 | 20 | Prime Inc.
|
2,813,522 | 450,972 | 4,685 | 8,575 | 17,472 |
| 18 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
2,864,000 est |
- | 6,774 | 19,709 | |
| 17 | 17 | Werner Enterprises
|
3,289,978 | 241,256 | 14,300 | 8,639 | 27,650 |
| 16 | 16 | NFI
|
3,900,000 | - | 16,800 | 5,000 | 14,300 |
| 15 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
4,400,000 | - | 20,743 | 8,242 | 22,375 |
| 14 | 12 | Estes Express Lines
|
5,150,000 | - | 22,111 | 9,694 | 37,032 |
| 13 | 10 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,245,000 | 22,000 | 30,000 | 12,700 | 42,000 |
| 12 | 14 | ArcBest
|
5,324,052 | 298,209 | 15,000 | 4,457 | 23,968 |
| 11 | 13 | Hub Group
|
5,340,000 | 357,000 | 5,900 | 3,050 | 4,600 |
| 10 | 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
6,260,077 | 1,377,159 | 24,027 | 11,274 | 45,567 |
| 9 | 11 | Ryder System
|
6,506,000 | 288,000 | 48,000 | 69,400 | 41,500 |
| 8 | 8 | Schneider
|
6,604,400 | 457,800 | 17,050 | 10,200 | 44,120 |
| 7 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
7,429,000 | 771,000 | 27,900 | 21,899 | 83,210 |
| 6 | 6 | Landstar System
|
7,437,000 | 430,914 | 1,449 | 11,281 | 18,593 |
| 5 | 3 | XPO
|
7,718,000 | 666,000 | 38,000 | 8,200 | 27,000 |
| 4 | 5 | TFI International
|
8,813,000 | 823,000 | 25,836 | 18,347 | 38,091 |
| 3 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
14,814,000 | 969,351 | 37,000 | 20,215 | 43,040 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
92,619,000 | 2,992,000 | 547,000 | 38,749 | 141,902 |
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
100,300,000 | 11,500,000 | 536,000 | 16,440 | 85,024 |
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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