2025 Top 50 Global Freight Companies

2025 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Companies

Up Front

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers are operating in a highly volatile business environment.

Shippers await clarity on tariffs and trade policies before reconfiguring international supply chains.

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
1 1
Amazon.com Inc.
USA $156,146 $637,959 24.5%
2 3
UPS Inc.
USA $91,070 $91,070 100%
3 2
FedEx Corp.
USA $87,393 $87,393 100%
4 4
United States Postal Service
USA $79,537 $79,537 100%
5 5
DHL Group
Germany $67,594 $91,110 74.2%
6 7
CMA CGM
France $55,480 $55,480 100%
7 6
Maersk
Denmark $52,308 $55,482 94.3%
8 11
SF Express
China $39,563 $39,563 100%
9 8
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Switzerland $38,371 $38,371 100%
10 9
China State Railway Group
China $33,477 $166,552 20.1%
11 13
Cosco Shipping Group
China $32,532 $32,532 100%
12 10
Kuehne + Nagel International
Switzerland $31,060 $31,060 100%
13 17
Indian Railways
India $26,873 $49,399 54.4%
14 14
Union Pacific Railroad
USA $24,250 $24,250 100%
15 16
DSV A/S
Denmark $24,232 $24,232 100%
16 15
BNSF Railway
USA $23,437 $23,437 100%
17 18
Hapag-Lloyd
Germany $20,677 $20,677 100%
18 19
Geopost
France $17,135 $17,135 100%
19 28
Canadian National Railway
Canada $17,046 $17,046 100%
20 21
Nippon Express
Japan $17,030 $17,030 100%
21 20
C.H. Robinson
USA $16,354 $17,725 92.3%
22 24
Sinotrans
China $14,832 $14,832 100%
23 22
CSX Corp.
USA $14,540 $14,540 100%
24 23
Ocean Network Express
Japan $14,536 $14,536 100%
25 34
Evergreen Marine Corp.
Taiwan $14,434 $15,083 95.7%
26 29
Norfolk Southern
USA $12,123 $12,123 100%
27 26
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
USA $12,087 $12,087 100%
28 27
SNCF Group
France $12,018 $46,920 25.6%
29 31
Expeditors International
USA $10,601 $10,601 100%
30 32
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Canada $10,553 $10,772 98%
31 25
Yamato Holdings
Japan $10,231 $11,613 88.1%
32 -
Walmart Inc.
USA $9,497 $680,985 1.4%
33 37
Rhenus Group
Germany $9,304 $9,887 94.1%
34 33
CJ Logistics
South Korea $8,882 $8,882 100%
35 36
Dachser Group
Germany $8,655 $8,655 100%
36 42
HMM Co.
South Korea $8,577 $8,577 100%
37 49
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Israel $8,427 $8,427 100%
38 30
SG Holdings
Japan $8,247 $8,699 94.8%
39 35
XPO
USA $8,072 $8,072 100%
40 41
Ryder System
USA $7,746 $12,636 61.3%
41 44
KLN Logistics Group
Hong Kong $7,468 $7,468 100%
42 39
Knight-Swift Transportation
USA $7,410 $7,410 100%
43 43
TFI International
Canada $7,305 $7,305 100%
44 38
Kintetsu World Express
Japan $7,005 $7,005 100%
45 -
Yang Ming Marine Transport
Taiwan $6,940 $6,940 100%
46 40
GLS Group
The Netherlands $6,059 $6,059 100%
47 50
Estes Express Lines
USA $5,864 $5,864 100%
47 48
Landstar System
USA $5,819 $5,819 100%
48 45
Old Dominion Freight Line
USA $5,815 $5,815 100%
49 12
Deutsche Bahn Group
Germany $5,471 $28,358 19.3%
50 47
Schneider
USA $5,291 $5,291 100%

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