2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Swift Truckload | 3,131,771 |
2 |
Schneider | 2,380,000 est
|
3 |
Landstar System | 1,894,221 |
4 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 1,836,766 |
5 |
Werner Enterprises | 1,644,874 |
6 |
Penske Logistics | 1,400,000 |
7 |
U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,346,000 |
8 |
TFI International | 1,263,357 |
9 |
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 952,098 |
10 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 895,538 |
11 |
Crete Carrier | 775,000 est
|
12 |
XPO | 770,000 |
13 |
Celadon Trucking Services | 748,337 |
14 |
Heartland Express | 736,345 |
15 |
Universal Truckload | 696,134 |
16 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 585,587 |
17 |
Mullen Group | 559,477 |
18 |
Ruan Transportation Management Systems | 521,063 |
19 |
Western Express | 520,079 |
20 |
Canada Cartage | 466,463 |
21 |
Covenant Logistics | 449,029 |
22 |
Cowan Systems | 432,000 |
23 |
P.A.M. Transport | 417,050 |
24 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 397,716 |
25 |
Interstate Distributor Co. | 392,109 |
26 |
USA Truck | 356,528 |
27 |
Dart Transit Co. | 349,456 |
28 |
NFI | 332,700 |
29 |
Bison Transport | 303,191 |
30 |
Koch Cos. | 290,000 |
31 |
Paschall Truck Lines | 259,301 |
32 |
Challenger Motor Freight | 258,496 |
33 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 227,329 |
34 |
Martin Transportation Systems | 220,000 |
35 |
Epes Carriers Inc. | 215,979 |
36 |
Roehl Transport | 211,154 |
37 |
Brown Trucking Co. | 176,521 |
38 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 155,898 |
39 |
Black Horse Carriers | 143,000 |
40 |
CalArk | 124,218 |
41 |
SLH Transport | 114,581 |
42 |
Day & Ross | 112,324 |
43 |
Forward Air | 110,950 |
44 |
Abilene Motor Express | 95,000 est
|
45 |
Titan Transfer | 84,002 |
46 |
TransX Group of Companies | 79,593 |
47 |
System Freight | 72,562 |
48 |
Fastfrate Group | 44,604 |
49 |
Atlas World Group | 28,501 |
50 |
A. Duie Pyle | 15,490 |
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.
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