2024 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
Soft market conditions in 2023 placed financial strain on many of the largest trucking companies in North America.
Trucking companies have been surviving on lower rates while awaiting a freight market recovery.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by region; click links to view details about the company.
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 | 4,698,655 |
2 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 4,332,439 |
3 |
Landstar System | 2,742,281 |
4 |
Werner Enterprises | 2,310,810 |
5 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 2,211,000 |
6 |
Penske Logistics | 2,200,000 |
7 |
Schneider | 2,156,000 |
8 |
TFI International | 1,625,592 |
9 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 1,350,000 est |
10 |
Crete Carrier | 1,342,000 |
11 |
Heartland Express | 1,207,000 |
12 |
Ruan | 912,000 est |
13 |
NFI | 823,401 |
14 |
Western Express | 743,578 est |
15 |
C.R. England | 709,335 est |
16 |
FirstFleet | 609,000 est |
17 |
Universal Truckload | 557,417 |
18 |
Day & Ross | 535,150 |
19 |
Bison Transport | 480,246 |
20 |
P.A.M. Transport | 460,900 |
21 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 446,000 est |
22 |
Cowan Systems | 429,381 |
23 |
Marten Transport | 408,272 |
24 |
USA Truck | 367,650 est |
25 |
Fastfrate Group | 344,000 |
26 |
Covenant Logistics Group | 320,287 |
27 |
New Legend | 311,928 est |
28 |
Artur Express | 298,248 est |
29 |
Roehl Transport | 285,205 est |
30 |
Evans Network of Cos. | 237,000 |
31 |
Canada Cartage | 232,811 est |
32 |
Paper Transport | 213,287 |
33 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 209,700 |
34 |
PS Logistics | 182,600 est |
35 |
TCI Transportation | 173,000 |
36 |
Forward Air | 159,513 |
37 |
Averitt Express | 158,360 est |
38 |
Cheema Freightlines | 148,452 |
39 |
GP Transco | 148,262 est |
40 |
Transportation Services | 141,000 |
41 |
System Freight | 137,212 |
42 |
A. Duie Pyle | 136,000 |
43 |
Titan Transfer | 125,244 est |
44 |
Cargo Transporters | 121,436 |
45 |
Transervice Logistics | 118,162 est |
46 |
Leonard's Express | 116,414 est |
47 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 89,207 |
48 |
Highlight Motor Group | 83,230 est |
49 |
May Trucking Co. | 71,644 |
50 |
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 50,000 |
51 |
TGR Logistics | 47,000 |
52 |
Schuster Co. | 44,600 |
53 |
AMX Trucking | 38,040 est |
54 |
Paul Logistics | 33,000 |
55 |
Aifleet | 30,099 |
56 |
McCollister's Global Services | 28,530 est |
57 |
Dupré Logistics | 27,522 |
58 |
Beemac Trucking | 19,020 est |
59 |
Atlas World Group | 18,024 |
60 |
Trans-System | 14,000 |
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.
Ryder’s revenue is adjusted to reflect its acquisition of Cardinal Logistics in February 2024.
CRST, Western Express, C.R. England, USA Truck, New Legend, Artur Express, Roehl Transport, Canada Cartage, PS Logistics, Averitt Express, GP Transco, Titan Transfer, Transervice Logistics, Leonard’s Express,
AMX Trucking, McCollister’s and Beemac Trucking revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
Crete Carrier Corp. and Heartland Express revenues are via SJ Consulting Group.
Ruan, FirstFleet and Mesilla Valley Transportation revenues are estimated by SJ Consulting Group.
Extras
The regional LTL carrier has adapted and expanded through a full century of economic cycles and industry changes.
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For-hire carriers across segments saw revenues slide and margins tighten, but some fared better than others.
Learn more about how companies are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 largest for-hire carriers list.
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