2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
Small carriers often were hardest hit by COVID, but large fleets faced challenges, too.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Renewable Transport Services 5,885
2 R&R Express 6,890
3 AFC Transport 7,000
4 Alabama Motor Express 8,000
est
5 Sorenson Transport 14,762
6 TWT Refrigerated 18,000
7 May Trucking 26,304
est
8 Cowan Systems 26,933
9 PS Logistics 27,000
10 Halvor Lines 28,100
est
11 Challenger Motor Freight 34,500
12 Highlight Motor Group 36,380
13 CRST The Transportation Solution 44,417
14 Roehl Refrigerated Transport 59,078
est
15 Great Plains Transport 64,249
16 Bison Transport 74,851
17 Raider Express 80,000
18 Wilson Logistics 82,000
19 Canada Cartage System 94,219
20 Continental Express 95,000
21 Soar Transport 103,006
22 Cardinal Logistics 109,900
23 A&A Express 110,000
24 WEL Cos. 124,252
25 National Carriers 125,800
26 NFI 130,000
27 Pride Transport 134,000
28 Day & Ross 139,339
29 Bay & Bay Transportation 150,752
est
30 Navajo Express 243,000
est
31 Penske Logistics 280,500
est
32 TransAm Trucking 297,000
est
33 John Christner Trucking 338,873
est
34 Marten Transport 379,148
35 Hirschbach Motor Lines 423,222
36 Stevens Transport 688,000
est
37 Swift Refrigerated 755,000
est
38 C.R. England 897,868
est
39 KLLM Transport Services 917,000
40 Prime Inc. 1,932,669
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

Roadrunner Opens Service Center in Atlanta

Roadrunner opened a new less-than-truckload service center in Atlanta, the longhaul freight carrier announced April 10.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 10, 2024
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire

Kodiak Forms Autonomous Truck Council With Walmart, UPS

Kodiak Robotics launched an advisory council to bolster its efforts to commercialize autonomous trucks with the help of trucking industry leaders, the company announced March 27.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 8, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

Penske Sues Sacramento Over Environmental Plan

Penske Truck Leasing Co. has sued the city of Sacramento, Calif., alleging the city's environmental plan will harm the company's large North Sacramento facility.

Theresa Cliff | The Sacramento Bee
April 4, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS to Become the Primary Air Cargo Provider for USPS

UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service after FedEx said it wasn’t able to reach an agreement on mutually beneficial terms to extend its contract.

Michelle Chapman | Associated Press
April 1, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, For-Hire

Work Continues on Establishing PC-12 Oil Category

PC-12 will replace the current API CK-4 and FA-4 engine oils, but there are still hurdles ahead of the finish line.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
March 29, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS Sees Sales, Profit Growth Coming Out of ‘Difficult’ 2023

UPS Inc. expects sales and profit to grow over the next three years as the courier overcomes soft demand for package delivery coming out of the pandemic.

Kiel Porter | Bloomberg News
March 26, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Amazon Delivery Rival Pandion Secures Funding for Expansion

E-commerce logistics startup Pandion — which helps retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue compete with Amazon’s delivery — has secured $41.5 million in fresh funds to expand its operation.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
March 22, 2024
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Plans $5 Billion Buyback of Shares

FedEx Corp. plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares as cost-cutting efforts have helped boost the courier’s profits as fiscal third-quarter earnings beat expectations.

March 21, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Aerolane Seeks to Use Freighter Planes to Pull Cargo Gliders

Aerolane is testing a business plan to pull cargo gliders with small freighter planes.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
March 19, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

PS Logistics Buys Yordy Transport, Boosts Flatbed Ops Again

Diamond State Trucking & Logistics is to buy Morton, Ill.-based flatbed carrier Yordy Transport for an undisclosed sum, parent company PS Logistics said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
March 14, 2024
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