Despite a softer freight environment, most of the largest trucking companies in North America continued to grow their businesses last year even as spot market rates dropped.
June 23, 2023Up Front
This year in particular has brought a changing of the guard at some of the largest companies.
See a breakdown of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers by region; get links to company pages.
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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 | 3,471,064 |
| 2 | Landstar System | 2,791,494 |
| 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 2,580,506 |
| 4 | Schneider | 2,268,000 |
| 5 | Werner Enterprises | 1,881,323 |
| 6 | TFI International | 1,843,687 |
| 7 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,600,000 |
| 8 | Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,333,313 |
| 9 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 1,011,000 |
| 10 | Penske Logistics | 919,000 est |
| 11 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 860,000 |
| 12 | Celadon Trucking Services | 762,000 est |
| 13 | Mullen Group | 674,027 |
| 14 | Ruan | 648,539 |
| 15 | Cardinal Logistics | 648,000 |
| 16 | Heartland Express | 610,803 |
| 17 | Covenant Logistics Group | 591,900 |
| 18 | Canada Cartage System | 501,659 |
| 19 | Universal Truckload | 434,834 |
| 20 | P.A.M. Transport | 426,609 |
| 21 | Western Express | 406,831 |
| 22 | Dart Transit Co. | 384,336 |
| 23 | Mesilla Valley Transportation | 383,950 |
| 24 | Bison Transport | 372,387 |
| 25 | NFI | 369,000 |
| 26 | USA Truck (DB Schenker) | 347,729 |
| 27 | Hub Group Dedicated | 292,857 |
| 28 | Cowan Systems | 292,572 |
| 29 | Challenger Motor Freight | 285,000 |
| 30 | Black Horse Carriers | 277,000 |
| 31 | Paschall Truck Lines | 259,000 |
| 32 | Day & Ross Freight | 256,161 |
| 33 | Martin Transportation Systems | 255,199 |
| 34 | Wilson Logistics | 250,000 |
| 35 | Evans Delivery | 245,606 |
| 36 | Roehl Transport | 237,681 |
| 37 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 228,067 |
| 38 | Marten Transport | 223,852 |
| 39 | Anderson Trucking Service | 217,180 |
| 40 | C.A.T. Inc. | 208,382 |
| 41 | Forward Air | 192,600 |
| 42 | Auto Lineas America | 191,100 |
| 43 | Averitt Express | 181,096 |
| 44 | Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 158,800 |
| 45 | Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 158,225 |
| 46 | Brown Trucking Co. | 155,000 |
| 47 | Transportadora Nacional | 153,300 |
| 48 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 148,283 |
| 49 | Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 143,300 |
| 50 | Paper Transport | 142,882 |
| 51 | Titanium Transportation Group | 142,780 |
| 52 | Red Classic | 138,000 |
| 53 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 137,008 |
| 54 | G&D Integrated | 130,700 |
| 55 | Legend Transportation | 127,000 |
| 56 | Artur Express | 125,950 |
| 57 | Trans-Mex Inc. | 125,000 |
| 58 | A.D. Transport Express | 120,000 |
| 59 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 119,000 |
| 60 | Cargo Transporters | 116,719 |
| 61 | Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 109,900 |
| 62 | Kriska Transportation | 102,625 |
| 63 | Raven Transport | 102,000 est |
| 64 | System Freight | 99,249 |
| 65 | CalArk | 96,292 |
| 66 | J. Rayl Transport | 93,000 |
| 67 | Titan Transfer | 84,967 |
| 68 | Express Tres Fronteras | 80,000 |
| 69 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 80,000 |
| 70 | Transportes Quintanilla | 73,400 |
| 71 | Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 69,000 |
| 72 | Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 65,600 |
| 73 | American Central Transport | 65,000 |
| 74 | Halvor Lines | 62,422 |
| 75 | Highlight Motor Group | 61,335 |
| 76 | Fleetmaster Express | 61,000 |
| 77 | Transportes Lar-Mex | 60,100 |
| 78 | Fletes Internacionales Coss | 57,800 |
| 79 | Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 48,900 |
| 80 | TRACOMEX | 47,700 |
| 81 | Transportes Elola | 44,400 |
| 82 | Transportes Internacionales JCV | 43,300 |
| 83 | Transportes Canales | 41,100 |
| 84 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 40,900 |
| 85 | Market Express | 40,815 |
| 86 | Alabama Motor Express | 37,500 |
| 87 | Centauros del Sureste | 35,700 |
| 88 | Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 35,600 |
| 89 | Wright Transportation | 35,400 |
| 90 | Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 35,400 |
| 91 | Grupo GOR | 35,200 |
| 92 | Blackhawk Transport | 32,482 |
| 93 | Autotransportes Dasa | 32,200 |
| 94 | Dupré Logistics | 28,318 |
| 95 | Atlas World Group | 24,500 |
| 96 | Meiborg Inc. | 24,000 |
| 97 | TGR Logistics | 23,000 |
| 98 | Schuster Co. | 20,800 |
| 99 | Transport Investments | 18,476 |
| 100 | IMC Cos. | 18,428 |
Extras
Learn more about Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers.
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