2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers listing.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
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Rankings
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 952,098
10 Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions 895,538
11 Crete Carrier Corp. 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 521,063
19 Western Express 520,079
20 Canada Cartage System 466,463
21 Covenant Logistics Group 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 (DB Schenker) 356,528
27 Dart Transit Co. 349,456
28 NFI 332,700
29 Bison Transport 303,191
30 Stan Koch & Sons Trucking 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 Freight 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 Atlas World Group 28,501
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
102

On the Bubble

Ward Transport & Logistics Corp. is a less-than-truckload carrier based in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Universal Logistics Reports Record-Breaking Q2

Universal Logistics Holdings reported all-time highs for revenue, operating income and earnings per share in its second-quarter earnings report July 28.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 29, 2022
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

ArcBest Reports Record-Setting Quarter for Q2

ArcBest Corp. posted records for quarterly revenue, operating income and net income for the second quarter of 2022.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 29, 2022
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

Schneider Reports $1.75 Billion Revenue for Q2

Schneider National posted increases in revenue and earnings during the second quarter of 2022, the company reported July 28.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 28, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Forward Air Reports Record-Setting Quarter for Q2

Forward Air Corp. on July 27 reported all-time quarterly records for revenue, income from operations and net income per diluted share for the second quarter.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 28, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

ODFL Reports Profit, Revenue Records for Second Quarter

Old Dominion Freight Line set records for revenue and profitability during the second quarter of 2022, the company reported July 27.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 27, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Used Class 8 Prices Continue Slide in June, but Remain High

The average retail price of a used Class 8 fell for the third consecutive month in June, ACT Research reported, calling the trend a significant downturn even as the average retail price remained above $90,000.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
July 27, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS Beats Q2 Estimates, but Delivery Volume Drops More Than Expected

UPS Inc. posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings July 26, thanks in part to a big leap in the price of domestic parcel revenues during the three-month period that ended June 30.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 26, 2022
Business, For-Hire

Covenant Logistics Reaches $317M Revenue by Overcoming Q2 Headwinds

Covenant Logistics Group Inc. reported second-quarter revenue and earnings growth July 25, despite market headwinds.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire

10 Roads Express Launches Autonomous Route Using Kodiak Tech

The 10 Roads Express company launched an autonomous truck route in partnership with Kodiak Robotics, a driverless trucking company, they announced July 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2022
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Reduces US Sunday Deliveries in Some Rural Areas

FedEx Corp. plans to scale back Sunday delivery service in far-flung areas of the U.S., the latest evidence that the e-commerce surge spurred by COVID-19 is ending.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
July 22, 2022
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