2018 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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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 |
Knight-Swift Transportation | 3,636,472 est |
2 |
Schneider | 2,187,400 |
3 |
Landstar System | 2,163,832 |
4 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 2,096,920 |
5 |
TFI International | 1,797,453 |
6 |
Penske Logistics | 1,700,000 |
7 |
Werner Enterprises | 1,635,244 |
8 |
U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,400,000 |
9 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,096,000 |
10 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 945,000 |
11 |
Crete Carrier | 850,000 |
12 |
Hub Group Dedicated | 822,410 |
13 |
Cardinal Logistics | 720,000 |
14 |
Mullen Group | 627,372 |
15 |
Heartland Express | 607,336 |
16 |
Ruan | 590,968 |
17 |
Canada Cartage | 546,309 |
18 |
Covenant Logistics Group | 437,100 |
19 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 430,261 |
20 |
Universal Truckload | 396,419 |
21 |
P.A.M. Transport | 377,854 |
22 |
Dart Transit Co. | 367,214 |
23 |
Western Express | 330,000 |
24 |
Bison Transport | 327,847 |
25 |
NFI | 311,300 |
26 |
USA Truck | 302,052 |
27 |
Cowan Systems | 266,683 |
28 |
Martin Transportation Systems | 261,403 |
29 |
Challenger Motor Freight | 258,734 |
30 |
Paschall Truck Lines | 238,523 |
31 |
Epes Carriers Inc. | 230,767 |
32 |
Day & Ross | 228,264 |
33 |
Black Horse Carriers | 227,500 |
34 |
Evans Network of Cos. | 226,000 |
35 |
Roehl Transport | 214,209 |
36 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 209,096 |
37 |
Auto Lineas America | 181,000 |
38 |
Averitt Express | 180,248 |
39 |
Forward Air | 171,970 |
40 |
Marten Transport | 166,881 |
41 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 163,891 |
42 |
Brown Trucking Co. | 160,000 |
43 |
Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 150,400 |
44 |
Transportadora Nacional | 145,200 |
45 |
Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 137,234 |
46 |
Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 135,700 |
47 |
Wilson Logistics | 135,447 |
48 |
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 126,788 |
49 |
A.D. Transport Express | 120,000 |
50 |
Trans-Mex Inc. | 118,400 |
51 |
Artur Express | 110,000 |
52 |
Titanium Transportation Group | 106,790 |
53 |
Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 104,100 |
54 |
Kriska Transportation | 102,625 |
55 |
G&D Integrated | 101,300 |
56 |
Mercer Transportation | 96,562 |
57 |
CalArk | 93,657 |
58 |
Grupo TMM / Lacto Comercial Organizada | 91,500 |
59 |
Titan Transfer | 82,262 |
60 |
System Freight | 82,227 |
61 |
Legend Transportation | 82,000 |
62 |
Express Tres Fronteras | 75,800 |
63 |
TransX Group of Companies | 74,797 |
64 |
Transportes Quintanilla | 69,500 |
65 |
Central de Fletes Monterrey / Transportes Gonzalez (Grupo MG) | 68,400 |
66 |
Transportadora Egoba | 66,300 |
67 |
Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 65,300 |
68 |
Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 62,100 |
69 |
Fleetmaster Express | 61,000 |
70 |
Transportes Lar-Mex | 56,900 |
71 |
Dupré Logistics | 55,542 |
72 |
Fletes Internacionales Coss | 54,700 |
73 |
Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 46,300 |
74 |
TRACOMEX | 45,200 |
75 |
Transportes Elola | 42,000 |
76 |
Transportes Internacionales JCV | 41,000 |
77 |
Ryder Capital | 39,500 |
78 |
Transportes Canales | 38,900 |
79 |
Centauros del Sureste | 33,800 |
80 |
Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 33,700 |
81 |
Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 33,500 |
82 |
Grupo GOR | 33,300 |
83 |
Transportes Sultana | 31,500 |
84 |
Autotransportes Dasa | 30,500 |
85 |
A. Duie Pyle | 28,500 |
86 |
Fastfrate Group | 21,341 |
87 |
Transport Investments | 20,581 |
88 |
Market Express | 15,831 |
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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