2026 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
This year’s Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list reflects a challenging market in 2025, but the outlook has brightened considerably.
Tougher enforcement is tightening capacity and driving up freight rates, closing the book on a painfully long downcycle.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by state and country; search company names to view details.
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 88,661,000 | 5,572,000 | 460,000 | 125,000 |
- | |
| 2 | 2 | 79,680,000 | 4,484,000 | 500,000 | 22,978 |
91,157 | |
| 3 | 3 | 11,999,096 | 598,282 | 31,750 | 21,448 |
49,300 | |
| 4 | - | 8,684,000 | - | 40,000 | 16,709 |
60,599 | |
| 5 | 5 | 8,157,000 | 316,000 | 37,000 | 9,700 |
34,400 | |
| 6 | 4 | 7,884,671 | 310,553 | 24,900 | 19,121 |
40,687 | |
| 7 | 6 | 7,800,000 | 5,900,000 | 39,500 | 10,700 |
20,400 | |
| 8 | 7 | 7,469,689 | 216,062 | 37,100 | 26,187 |
95,908 | |
| 9 | 8 | 5,730,000 | - | 24,207 | 9,939 |
42,494 | |
| 10 | 10 | 5,700,000 | 103,600 | 19,000 | 14,300 |
51,790 | |
| 11 | 9 | 5,496,389 | 1,023,703 | 21,304 | 10,184 |
45,137 | |
| 12 | 11 | 4,743,760 | 115,007 | 1,294 | 8,514 |
17,426 | |
| 13 | 12 | 4,210,000 | - | 20,994 | 7,462 |
19,081 | |
| 14 | 13 | 4,010,200 | 60,100 | 14,000 | 4,229 |
24,125 | |
| 15 | 14 | 3,922,712 est |
- | 6,300 | 2,421 |
4,440 | |
| 16 | 15 | 3,725,000 est |
- | - | 9,103 |
24,472 | |
| 17 | 16 | 3,700,000 | - | 17,000 | 4,980 |
9,600 | |
| 18 | 17 | 3,234,286 | 255,036 | 14,000 | 7,700 |
26,500 | |
| 19 | 18 | 2,974,296 | -14,399 | 12,031 | 7,712 |
25,262 | |
| 20 | 19 | 2,704,143 | 361,549 | 4,746 | 7,502 |
14,432 | |
| 21 | 21 | 2,437,053 | 231,760 | 17,075 | 547 |
1,040 | |
| 22 | 20 | 2,433,097 | - | 10,000 | 7,650 |
14,000 | |
| 23 | 22 | 1,900,000 | - | 530 | 7,500 |
300 | |
| 24 | 24 | 1,728,177 | 225,926 | 8,185 | 2,639 |
10,240 | |
| 25 | 27 | 1,705,000 est |
- | - | 4,719 |
16,577 | |
| 26 | 25 | 1,673,338 | - | 1,777 | 5,342 |
10,630 | |
| 27 | 31 | 1,560,000 | - | 8,000 | 3,857 |
9,053 | |
| 28 | 23 | 1,558,397 | -99,873 | 10,525 | 4,327 |
4,343 | |
| 29 | 29 | 1,504,400 | - | 7,560 | 4,109 |
13,440 | |
| 30 | 26 | 1,450,000 | - | 5,161 | 3,229 |
9,490 | |
| 31 | 32 | 1,409,424 | - | 2,380 | 2,174 |
6,158 | |
| 32 | 33 | 1,400,000 | - | 6,000 | 5,421 |
13,477 | |
| 33 | - | 1,391,687 | - | 1,207 | 3,506 |
14,937 | |
| 34 | 34 | 1,358,000 | - | 2,594 | 900 |
2,773 | |
| 35 | 42 | 1,343,510 | - | 5,687 | 4,000 |
7,000 | |
| 36 | 28 | 1,318,885 | - | 4,996 | 3,307 |
8,836 | |
| 37 | 37 | 1,243,092 | -107,796 | 6,356 | 297 |
4,863 | |
| 38 | 36 | 1,185,599 | 9,879 | 1,173 | 2,604 |
1,199 | |
| 39 | 35 | 1,164,472 | 7,239 | 5,352 | 2,358 |
4,436 | |
| 40 | 44 | 1,085,265 | 65,165 | 6,869 | 2,283 |
6,581 | |
| 41 | 47 | 1,067,471 | - | 363 | 1,388 |
1,649 | |
| 42 | 55 | 1,053,570 est |
- | 4,705 | - | - | |
| 43 | 40 | 1,030,000 | - | 5,990 | 2,321 |
5,672 | |
| 44 | 45 | 1,020,651 | - | 5,780 | 1,982 |
4,698 | |
| 45 | 41 | 939,114 | - | - | 3,130 |
4,316 | |
| 46 | 43 | 938,417 | 1,172 | 475 | 2,569 |
4,181 | |
| 47 | 49 | 917,739 | 8,108 | 475 | 1,366 |
3,023 | |
| 48 | 46 | 883,652 | 17,444 | 3,502 | 2,654 |
5,107 | |
| 49 | 52 | 860,506 est |
- | - | 1,521 |
4,913 | |
| 50 | 53 | 939,800 | - | 2,952 | 2,128 |
150 | |
| 51 | 56 | 818,600 | - | 4,240 | 1,817 |
3,265 | |
| 52 | 54 | 816,000 | - | - | 2,632 |
8,382 | |
| 53 | 39 | 805,709 | -52,453 | 3,630 | 4,533 |
12,869 | |
| 54 | 38 | 796,720 | - | 4,293 | 3,315 |
10,000 | |
| 55 | 51 | 788,404 | - | 3,436 | 1,945 |
8,630 | |
| 56 | 57 | 768,123 | 59,471 | 3,825 | 2,565 |
4,730 | |
| 57 | 59 | 754,959 est |
- | - | - | - | |
| 58 | 58 | 747,000 est |
- | - | 2,952 |
5,542 | |
| 59 | 61 | 720,650 est |
- | 3,130 | 2,414 |
2,467 | |
| 60 | 63 | 673,288 est |
- | - | 3,880 |
5,145 | |
| 61 | 65 | 658,000 | - | 2,803 | 1,834 |
6,800 | |
| 62 | 72 | 650,500 | - | 2,976 | 1,482 |
3,007 | |
| 63 | 64 | 644,404 est |
- | 400 | 2,200 |
2,800 | |
| 64 | 66 | 627,155 | - | 4,500 | 2,800 |
3,757 | |
| 65 | 62 | 598,056 | -52,607 | 2,365 | 2,094 |
8,020 | |
| 66 | 70 | 561,616 | - | 1,643 | 1,487 |
3,147 | |
| 67 | 73 | 491,805 | - | 656 | 1,307 |
2,252 | |
| 68 | 77 | 475,774 est |
- | 312 | 518 |
660 | |
| 69 | 75 | 463,224 | - | 2,255 | 1,640 |
3,229 | |
| 70 | 69 | 456,474 | - | 2,766 | - | - | |
| 71 | 81 | 412,200 | - | 1,400 | 952 |
5,835 | |
| 72 | 78 | 410,000 | - | 1,000 | 700 |
2,000 | |
| 73 | 79 | 404,558 est |
- | 650 | 720 |
1,450 | |
| 74 | 82 | 387,990 | - | 1,818 | 1,440 |
2,400 | |
| 75 | 80 | 387,000 est |
- | - | 323 |
607 | |
| 76 | 83 | 368,000 | - | 1,925 | 948 |
2,985 | |
| 77 | 84 | 347,900 est |
- | 1,504 | 687 |
1,423 | |
| 78 | 87 | 333,000 | - | 1,250 | 1,145 |
2,100 | |
| 79 | 85 | 329,568 | 18,770 | 1,067 | 480 |
3,052 | |
| 80 | 90 | 286,000 | - | 160 | 1,005 |
1,110 | |
| 81 | 91 | 283,787 est |
- | 601 | 910 |
3,700 | |
| 82 | - | 265,000 | - | 1,500 | 950 |
1,100 | |
| 83 | 93 | 262,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 650 |
1,050 | |
| 84 | 86 | 250,000 | - | - | 599 |
734 | |
| 85 | 88 | 248,899 | - | 907 | 550 |
1,502 | |
| 86 | 92 | 242,669 | - | 952 | 790 |
790 | |
| 87 | 95 | 238,331 est |
- | 1,295 | 639 |
864 | |
| 88 | - | 218,727 | - | 1,029 | 759 |
1,759 | |
| 89 | 97 | 217,307 est |
- | 1,022 | 775 |
2,931 | |
| 90 | 98 | 209,734 est |
- | - | 1,080 |
2,700 | |
| 91 | 94 | 201,000 | - | 225 | 868 |
225 | |
| 92 | 96 | 200,000 | - | 895 | 400 |
1,200 | |
| 93 | 99 | 198,924 est |
- | 640 | 486 |
1,273 | |
| 94 | 100 | 190,067 | 5,168 | 1,080 | 618 |
1,434 | |
| 95 | - | 182,500 | 3,800 | 1,652 | 130 |
296 | |
| 96 | - | 178,410 | 7,204 | 803 | 681 |
1,589 | |
| 97 | - | 173,000 est |
- | 1,600 | 892 |
2,199 | |
| 98 | - | 162,390 | - | 800 | 560 |
1,580 | |
| 99 | - | 157,496 | 6,000 | 600 | 530 |
900 | |
| 100 | - | 149,738 | - | 595 | 514 |
3,695 |
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.
#4 FedEx Freight completed its spinoff from #2 FedEx Corp. on June 1. FedEx Corp.’s net income figures include the operations of FedEx Freight prior to the spinoff.
#21 Purolator, and #40 Mullen Group revenue and income converted to U.S. dollars based on average 2025 exchange rate.
#15 Hub Group, #42 Canada Cartage, #49 Quantix, #57 Manitoulin, #59 RoadOne, #60 TMC, #63 Mercer Transportation, #68 Beemac, #73 Bay and Bay, #76 TCI Transportation, #81 Artur Express, #87 Acme, #89 Paper Transport, #90 May Trucking, and #93 National Carriers revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
#16 R+L Carriers, #25 Central Transport, #58 Hirschbach Motor Lines, #75 Daylight Transport, #83 Ward Transport & Logistics, and #97 Magnum Ltd. revenue estimates are based on data provided by SJ Consulting Group.
#50 IMC Logistics’ 2025 revenue was updated after the publication deadline.
Premium
Prominent for-hire carriers largely agree with the view that the trucking industry is emerging from an extended downcycle.
Many of North America’s largest motor carriers are investing in AI to automate processes and improve efficiency.
Large for-hire carriers generally agree that diesel will remain the trucking industry’s predominant fuel well into the future.
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Carriers across various segments of the trucking industry navigated unfavorable business conditions in 2025.
Learn more about how companies are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 largest for-hire carriers list.
For-Hire News
Big battle brews over small stretch of spectrum
The federal review of a proposed backup geolocation network has drawn intense scrutiny as trucking and other industries battle over its potential downsides.
July 10, 2026USMCA uncertainty clouds outlook for trucking
The lack of clarity is adding volatility to a freight market seeking a smooth ride to greater prosperity after the longest downturn in industry memory.
July 7, 2026SMBs optimistic for rest of 2026 in boon for trucking
Owners and decision-makers at SMBs are optimistic about the prospects for the rest of 2026, a stance likely to extend the ongoing freight market recovery.
July 6, 2026Port truckers still struggling in harsh market
The trucking companies serving the nation’s largest seaports are still struggling against harsh market conditions even as port volumes increased in May.
July 2, 2026CMA CGM to buy FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion
The transaction, announced July 1, would nearly triple the North American contract logistics operations of Ceva Logistics, CMA CGM’s logistics subsidiary.
July 1, 2026Schneider turns to homegrown CEO Jim Filter for its next era
A former Marine Corps helicopter mechanic, Jim Filter started out at Schneider 28 years ago as a maintenance team leader in Green Bay.
July 1, 2026Interactive Map: Where the 2026 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers Are in North America
Find out where the 2026 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers are located by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.
June 27, 2026Survey Says: Major Carriers See Diesel Continuing Dominance
Prominent for-hire motor carriers generally agree that diesel will remain the trucking industry's predominant fuel well into the future.
June 27, 2026Survey Says: Fleets’ Tech Investments Center on AI and Safety
North America’s largest carriers are focusing technology investments on AI to improve efficiency, automate processes and unlock better decision-making.
June 27, 2026
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