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