2025 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
Coming off yet another down year for freight in 2024, motor carriers now face an uncertain business environment.
Tariffs and shifting trade patterns have made business planning difficult for North American trucking companies.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by region; click links to view details about the company.
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
91,100,000 | 5,782,000 | 490,000 | 19,267 |
84,956 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
87,815,000 | 3,918,000 | 430,000 | 38,384 |
148,585 |
| 3 | 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
12,087,204 | 570,886 | 33,646 | 20,500 |
46,300 |
| 4 | 4 | TFI International
|
8,396,830 | 422,484 | 27,124 | 21,835 |
45,453 |
| 5 | 5 | XPO
|
8,072,000 | 387,000 | 38,000 | 9,700 |
34,400 |
| 6 | 6 | Ryder System
|
7,700,000 | 5,800,000 | 39,200 | 66,700 |
44,700 |
| 7 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
7,410,078 | 243,388 | 35,300 | 26,975 |
102,395 |
| 8 | 11 | Estes Express Lines
|
5,865,000 | - | 24,305 | 10,621 |
42,388 |
| 9 | 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
5,814,810 | 1,186,073 | 22,522 | 11,281 |
46,714 |
| 10 | 9 | Schneider
|
5,300,000 | 117,000 | 19,400 | 14,500 |
47,003 |
| 11 | 10 | Landstar System
|
4,819,245 | 195,946 | 1,441 | 8,843 |
17,667 |
| 12 | 13 | Penske Logistics
|
4,300,000 | - | 21,071 | 7,458 |
20,379 |
| 13 | 12 | ArcBest
|
4,179,019 | 173,361 | 14,000 | 4,258 |
24,783 |
| 14 | 14 | Hub Group
|
3,946,390 | 103,993 | 6,300 | 2,720 |
7,110 |
| 15 | 17 | R+L Carriers
|
3,820,000 est |
- | - | 9,023 |
23,825 |
| 16 | 15 | NFI
|
3,600,000 | - | 18,200 | 4,850 |
12,060 |
| 17 | 18 | Saia Inc.
|
3,209,074 | 362,065 | 15,000 | 6,600 |
26,200 |
| 18 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
3,030,258 | 33,570 | 13,191 | 9,808 |
25,495 |
| 19 | 20 | Prime Inc.
|
2,474,403 | 333,776 | 4,956 | 9,681 |
13,824 |
| 20 | 21 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
2,363,408 | - | 10,000 | 7,600 |
12,750 |
| 21 | 19 | Purolator
|
2,011,679 | 209,489 | 14,000 | 547 |
1,040 |
| 22 | 22 | Evans Network of Cos.
|
1,871,000 | - | - | 7,000 |
1,000 |
| 23 | 27 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,846,035 | 129,907 | 10,763 | 4,124 |
4,953 |
| 24 | 24 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,700,000 est |
- | 8,592 | 2,924 |
8,426 |
| 25 | 28 | PS Logistics
|
1,650,000 | - | 3,500 | 5,000 |
8,850 |
| 26 | 23 | Ruan Transportation Management Systems
|
1,639,676 est |
- | 5,000 | 3,782 |
5,663 |
| 27 | 35 | Central Transport
|
1,628,000 est |
- | - | 4,010 |
11,877 |
| 28 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,597,000 est |
- | - | 3,335 |
8,500 |
| 29 | 25 | Averitt Express
|
1,582,205 | - | 8,191 | 4,303 |
14,351 |
| 30 | 30 | OnTrac Inc.
|
1,528,767 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 31 | 29 | Day & Ross
|
1,498,420 | - | 8,468 | 3,222 |
9,023 |
| 32 | 31 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,428,838 | - | 2,412 | 2,223 |
6,170 |
| 33 | 32 | Crete Carrier
|
1,346,000 est |
- | - | 5,571 |
12,955 |
| 34 | 37 | Lynden Inc.
|
1,195,787 est |
- | - | 734 |
2,445 |
| 35 | 40 | Covenant Logistics
|
1,131,476 | 35,921 | 5,230 | 2,546 |
2,012 |
| 36 | 39 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
1,129,603 est |
- | 1,215 | 3,499 |
3,345 |
| 37 | 41 | Forward Air
|
1,115,163 | -816,969 | 6,319 | 325 |
5,346 |
| 38 | 44 | Western Express
|
1,062,000 est |
- | - | 3,600 |
10,259 |
| 39 | 36 | Heartland Express
|
1,047,511 | -29,722 | 5,220 | 5,404 |
16,725 |
| 40 | 45 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
1,024,836 | 165,667 | 4,372 | 2,023 |
5,568 |
| 41 | 43 | KLLM Transport Services
|
1,003,119 | - | - | 2,730 |
3,800 |
| 42 | 42 | C.R. England
|
1,000,000 est |
- | - | 4,254 |
8,936 |
| 43 | 34 | UniGroup
|
992,616 | - | 539 | 2,670 |
4,442 |
| 44 | 47 | Mullen Group
|
990,803 | 81,971 | 5,177 | 2,373 |
6,784 |
| 45 | 49 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
971,441 | - | 5,339 | 1,982 |
4,698 |
| 46 | 38 | Marten Transport
|
963,708 | 26,922 | 3,776 | 3,006 |
5,440 |
| 47 | - | Bridgeway Connects
|
959,333 | - | 379 | 1,433 |
1,546 |
| 48 | 52 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
959,000 | - | 715 | 1,142 |
896 |
| 49 | 50 | Atlas World Group
|
930,000 | 8,200 | 584 | 806 |
3,337 |
| 50 | 48 | 10 Roads Express
|
924,665 est |
- | - | 3,500 |
5,000 |
| 51 | 46 | Bison Transport
|
908,034 | - | 4,166 | 2,475 |
9,160 |
| 52 | 64 | Quantix SCS
|
865,700 | - | - | 1,896 |
3,425 |
| 53 | 33 | IMC Logistics
|
852,500 | - | 2,952 | 2,128 |
150 |
| 54 | 51 | Quality Carriers
|
851,000 | - | 3,000 | 2,632 |
8,382 |
| 55 | 59 | Canada Cartage
|
824,236 est |
- | 4,712 | 4,000 |
- |
| 56 | 57 | A. Duie Pyle
|
824,000 | - | 4,153 | 1,880 |
3,202 |
| 57 | 53 | Stevens Transport
|
782,880 | 82,415 | 3,635 | 2,500 |
4,420 |
| 58 | 55 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
777,000 est |
- | - | 3,814 |
6,835 |
| 59 | 58 | Manitoulin Group of Cos.
|
759,516 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 60 | 60 | United Road Services
|
737,708 est |
- | 2,000 | 1,797 |
1,915 |
| 61 | 56 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
725,000 | - | 3,130 | 2,414 |
2,467 |
| 62 | 54 | PAMT Corp.
|
714,646 | -31,795 | 2,304 | 2,222 |
8,703 |
| 63 | 61 | TMC Transportation
|
677,352 est |
- | - | 3,880 |
5,145 |
| 64 | 65 | Mercer Transportation
|
648,294 est |
- | 400 | 1,775 |
2,379 |
| 65 | 73 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
639,000 | - | 3,049 | 1,936 |
6,475 |
| 66 | 62 | Fastfrate Group
|
627,612 | - | 4,700 | 2,685 |
3,846 |
| 67 | 66 | FirstFleet
|
585,249 est |
- | 3,500 | 2,520 |
11,430 |
| 68 | 67 | Trimac Transportation
|
575,817 est |
- | 3,400 | 2,200 |
5,000 |
| 69 | 68 | Roehl Transport
|
575,148 est |
- | 2,933 | 2,200 |
5,800 |
| 70 | 69 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
562,564 | - | 1,682 | 1,490 |
3,097 |
| 71 | 70 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
548,222 est |
- | 2,000 | 1,920 |
4,897 |
| 72 | - | Transervice Logistics/Lily Transportation
|
501,000 | - | 2,895 | 1,408 |
5,356 |
| 73 | 75 | PGT Holdings
|
470,238 | - | 661 | 1,215 |
2,194 |
| 74 | 72 | ContainerPort Group
|
469,116 est |
- | - | 1,361 |
85,457 |
| 75 | 76 | Maverick Transportation
|
451,500 | - | 2,300 | 1,729 |
2,546 |
| 76 | 74 | USA Truck
|
443,886 est |
- | 2,231 | 1,535 |
- |
| 77 | 77 | Beemac Trucking
|
440,000 est |
- | 143 | - | - |
| 78 | 78 | Roadrunner Freight
|
416,700 | - | 1,250 | 613 |
2,054 |
| 79 | 82 | Bay and Bay Transportation
|
407,000 | - | 650 | 720 |
1,450 |
| 80 | 81 | Daylight Transport
|
393,000 est |
- | - | 450 |
663 |
| 81 | 80 | Koch Cos.
|
390,930 est |
- | - | 850 |
2,000 |
| 82 | 83 | Melton Truck Lines
|
375,273 | - | 1,848 | 1,559 |
2,379 |
| 83 | 88 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines
|
362,000 | - | 1,955 | 919 |
2,849 |
| 84 | 86 | TCI Transportation
|
350,000 est |
- | 1,504 | 687 |
1,423 |
| 85 | - | Red Classic
|
345,155 | - | 1,151 | 548 |
3,063 |
| 86 | 85 | Leonard's Express
|
331,920 est |
- | - | 623 |
962 |
| 87 | 84 | Trans-System
|
327,000 | - | 1,250 | 1,100 |
2,100 |
| 88 | 87 | Dupré Logistics
|
316,265 | - | 1,052 | 550 |
1,800 |
| 89 | 90 | Western Flyer Express
|
306,305 est |
- | - | 1,039 |
3,000 |
| 90 | - | United Vision Logistics
|
301,000 | - | 160 | 1,125 |
50 |
| 91 | 89 | Artur Express
|
285,500 | - | 601 | 910 |
3,700 |
| 92 | - | Cassens Transport
|
262,431 | - | 931 | 839 |
839 |
| 93 | 94 | Ward Transport & Logistics
|
258,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 650 |
1,050 |
| 94 | - | Gulf Winds International
|
250,000 | 15,000 | 265 | 855 |
239 |
| 95 | 95 | Acme Truck Line
|
239,770 | - | 1,295 | 639 |
864 |
| 96 | 97 | CrossCountry Freight Solutions
|
225,000 | - | 1,200 | 800 |
1,000 |
| 97 | 93 | Paper Transport
|
218,619 | - | 1,022 | 775 |
2,931 |
| 98 | 98 | May Trucking Co.
|
211,000 | - | - | 1,080 |
2,700 |
| 99 | 96 | National Carriers
|
200,125 | -2,303 | 640 | 486 |
1,273 |
| 100 | 99 | Highlight Motor Group
|
198,231 | -4,471 | 1,221 | 714 |
1,446 |
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 email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
* Tractor count includes company-operated, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
#2 FedEx Corp. revenue and net income are for the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 2025.
#21 Purolator, #44 Mullen Group revenue and income converted to U.S. dollars based on average 2024 exchange rate.
#26 Ruan, #30 OnTrac Inc., #34 Lynden, #36 Bennett Family of Cos., #50 10 Roads Express, #59 Manitoulin Group of Cos., #60 United Road Services, #63 TMC Transportation, #64 Mercer Transportation, #67 FirstFleet, #68 Trimac Transportation, #69 Roehl Transport, #71 Heniff Transportation Systems, #74 ContainerPort Group, #76 USA Truck, #81 Koch Cos., #86 Leonard’s Express, and #89 Western Flyer Express revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
#15 R+L Carriers, #24 Southeastern Freight Lines, #27 Central Transport, #28 CRST, #33 Crete Carrier, #38 Western Express, #42 C.R. England, #58 Hirschbach Motor Lines, #80 Daylight Transport, and #93 Ward Transport & Logistics revenue estimates are based on data provided by SJ Consulting Group.
Extras
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For-Hire News
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The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.1% from the prior month to 113.1. But the latest result also marked a decline of 0.1% from last year.
July 21, 2026Transport M&A builds momentum alongside freight market
The Tenney Group 2026 Mid-Year M&A Report found that capacity reductions have started to drive industry consolidation alongside other key factors.
July 21, 2026
Cabotage enforcement cuts Mexican carriers in border zones
Mexican drivers and trucking operators have come under pressure from the Trump administration as federal agencies take a harsher stance on illegal activities.
July 17, 2026Truck operating costs rose 3.4% in 2025, ATRI finds
The average cost to operate a truck in 2025 was $2.336 per mile — the highest since ATRI’s Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking was launched in 2016.
July 17, 2026Duffy awards $62 million for truck parking in 5 states
A chronic lack of available truck parking creates public safety risks and raises consumer costs, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said.
July 16, 2026J.B. Hunt rides tighter capacity to stronger Q2 results
J.B. Hunt executives highlighted how heightened DOT enforcement has accelerated market changes while reporting the company’s second-quarter financial results.
July 16, 2026Ruan launches customs brokerage
The brokerage will expand the truckload-focused carrier’s international trade and logistics capabilities across the United States and Mexico, Ruan said.
July 15, 2026STG Logistics exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
STG was owned by Wind Point Partners, Duration Capital Partners and Oaktree Capital Management when it sought court protection.
July 15, 2026DTNA’s O’Leary confident of truck demand acceleration
The parent company of Freightliner and Western Star is seeing heavy replacement demand from larger on-highway fleets in particular, DTNA CEO John O’Leary said.
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