2024 Top 50 Global Freight Companies

2024 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Companies

Up Front

Revenues declined in 2023 amid an international trade slump, geopolitical conflicts and economic uncertainty.

E-commerce growth and constraints on ocean shipping have fueled strong demand for airfreight this year.

Get a continent-by-continent and country- by-country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.

Rankings

Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Headquarters Freight Revenue (Millions) Total Revenue (Millions) Freight Revenue Share
41 -
Ryder System
USA $6,660 $11,783 56.5%
32 -
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Canada $9,298 $9,298 100%
50 -
Estes Express Lines
USA $5,074 $5,074 100%
1 1
Amazon.com Inc.
USA $140,053 $573,988 24.4%
3 2
UPS Inc.
USA $90,958 $90,958 100%
2 3
FedEx Corp.
USA $93,316 $93,316 100%
5 4
DHL Group
Germany $66,119 $88,513 74.7%
6 5
Maersk
Denmark $48,905 $51,049 95.8%
4 6
United States Postal Service
USA $79,324 $79,324 100%
7 7
CMA CGM
France $47,020 $47,020 100%
13 8
Cosco Shipping Group
China $24,799 $24,799 100%
10 9
Kuehne + Nagel International
Switzerland $29,659 $29,659 100%
11 10
SF Express
China $27,182 $27,182 100%
8 11
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Switzerland $42,286 $42,286 100%
9 12
China State Railway Group
China $35,181 $178,584 19.7%
18 13
Hapag-Lloyd
Germany $19,400 $19,400 100%
16 14
DSV A/S
Denmark $21,884 $21,884 100%
12 15
Deutsche Bahn Group
Germany $26,735 $48,876 54.7%
23 16
Ocean Network Express
Japan $14,536 $14,536 100%
15 17
BNSF Railway
USA $23,876 $23,876 100%
14 18
Union Pacific Railroad
USA $24,119 $24,119 100%
20 19
C.H. Robinson
USA $16,373 $17,605 93%
34 20
Evergreen Marine Corp.
Taiwan $8,499 $8,881 95.7%
21 21
Nippon Express
Japan $15,935 $15,935 100%
17 22
Indian Railways
India $19,634 $31,017 63.3%
31 23
Expeditors International
USA $9,300 $9,300 100%
19 24
Geopost
France $16,976 $16,976 100%
24 25
Sinotrans
China $14,376 $14,376 100%
22 26
CSX Corp.
USA $14,657 $14,657 100%
26 27
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
USA $12,830 $12,830 100%
27 28
SNCF Group
France $12,594 $45,140 27.9%
42 29
HMM Co.
South Korea $6,429 $6,429 100%
25 30
Yamato Holdings
Japan $12,870 $13,066 98.5%
28 31
Canadian National Railway
Canada $12,459 $12,459 100%
29 32
Norfolk Southern
USA $12,156 $12,156 100%
49 33
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Israel $5,162 $5,162 100%
35 34
XPO
USA $7,744 $7,744 100%
30 35
SG Holdings
Japan $9,689 $10,210 94.9%
44 36
Kerry Logistics
Hong Kong $6,055 $6,055 100%
33 37
CJ Logistics
South Korea $9,006 $9,006 100%
36 40
Dachser Group
Germany $7,682 $7,682 100%
46 41
Toll Group
Australia $5,600 $5,600 100%
48 43
Landstar System
USA $5,303 $5,303 100%
39 44
Knight-Swift Transportation
USA $7,142 $7,142 100%
43 45
TFI International
Canada $6,417 $6,417 100%
38 46
Kintetsu World Express
Japan $7,515 $7,515 100%
37 47
Rhenus Group
Germany $7,644 $8,115 94.2%
40 48
GLS Group
The Netherlands $6,693 $6,693 100%
47 49
Schneider
USA $5,499 $5,499 100%
45 50
Old Dominion Freight Line
USA $5,866 $5,866 100%

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Post-COVID normalization and shaky economic conditions led to a difficult year at container ports and airports in 2023.

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