2020 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.
See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.
COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company |
Revenue (000) |
Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 99 | Superior Bulk Logistics |
269,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 99 | - | Groendyke Transport | 273,125 | - | - | - | - |
| 98 | 98 | PGT Holdings | 273,828 | - | 680 | 1,090 | 1,800 |
| 97 | - | FFE Transportation Services | 275,000 | - | 1,511 | 1,000 | 1,450 |
| 96 | 95 | A&R Logistics | 276,000 | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| 95 | 97 | Martin Transportation Systems | 276,978 | - | 2,357 | 1,264 | 2,417 |
| 94 | 93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport | 283,137 | 6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 93 | 86 | Trans-System Inc. | 290,000 | - | 1,051 | 1,026 | 1,849 |
| 92 | 90 | Heniff Transportation Systems |
293,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 91 | 84 | TransAm Trucking Inc. |
297,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 90 | - | Dupre Logistics | 297,582 | - | 1,313 | 750 | 1,471 |
| 89 | 86 | ContainerPort Group |
300,000 est |
- | 400 | - | - |
| 88 | - | Consolidated Fastfrate | 301,520 | - | 1,530 | 1,116 | 1,350 |
| 87 | 85 | Melton Truck Lines | 305,717 | - | 1,868 | 1,457 | 2,407 |
| 86 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 314,000 | - | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 85 | 82 | Foodliner/Quest Liner | 334,103 | - | 1,315 | 1,317 | 2,340 |
| 84 | 95 | Challenger Group | 335,000 | - | 1,200 | 1,570 | 3,550 |
| 83 | 89 | John Christner Trucking | 338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 82 | - | Salmon Cos. | 341,073 | - | - | 824 | 1,104 |
| 81 | 81 | Red Classic | 342,100 | - | 1,275 | 577 | 2,918 |
| 80 | 80 | IMC Cos. | 347,395 | - | 2,012 | - | - |
| 79 | 83 | Koch Cos. | 351,081 | - | 1,224 | 1,164 | 5,540 |
| 78 | 79 | Mesilla Valley Transportation |
383,950 est |
- | 1,662 | - | - |
| 77 | 78 | Transport Investments |
384,719 est |
- | 200 | - | - |
| 76 | 77 | Maverick USA | 389,182 | - | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
| 75 | 71 | Eagle Express Lines | 390,445 | - | - | - | - |
| 74 | 68 | Dart Transit Company |
424,000 est |
- | 2,362 | - | - |
| 73 | 76 | Roehl Transport | 438,659 | - | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 72 | 72 | TMC Transportation |
450,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 71 | 74 | LaserShip Inc. |
452,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 70 | 75 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 491,100 | - | 3,281 | 1,209 | 2,285 |
| 69 | 60 | Jack Cooper Holdings |
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | - | - |
| 68 | 65 | P.A.M. Transport | 514,177 | 7,900 | 2,666 | 2,130 | 7,081 |
| 67 | 64 | USA Truck | 522,631 | -4,698 | 2,098 | 1,990 | 6,092 |
| 66 | 70 | Two Men and a Truck Movers | 524,929 | - | 11,396 | - | - |
| 65 | 63 | Cowan Systems | 533,012 | - | 2,397 | 2,279 | 6,782 |
| 64 | 67 | Canada Cartage | 535,800 | 5,800 | 3,269 | 2,736 | 3,019 |
| 63 | 58 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 543,651 | - | 301 | 2,383 | 2,600 |
| 62 | 73 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 550,530 | - | 1,141 | 1,887 | 3,503 |
| 61 | 69 | Black Horse Carriers | 561,000 | - | 4,040 | 1,958 | 4,500 |
| 60 | 57 | Heartland Express | 596,815 | 72,967 | 4,050 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 59 | 59 | Suddath |
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | - | - |
| 58 | 66 | Trimac Transportation | 610,000 | - | 3,000 | 2,120 | 3,400 |
| 57 | 61 | OnTrac Inc. |
618,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 56 | 62 | Bison Transport | 633,817 | - | 3,688 | 2,185 | 5,711 |
| 55 | 56 | Bennett International Group | 650,846 | - | 1,029 | 1,810 | 2,186 |
| 54 | 53 | Mullen Group | 664,550 | - | 3,768 | 1,978 | 5,139 |
| 53 | 54 | Dayton Freight Lines | 679,000 | - | 4,949 | 1,955 | 4,600 |
| 52 | 52 | Western Express | 683,535 | - | 3,250 | 3,050 | 8,080 |
| 51 | 54 | United Road Services | 713,000 | - | 1,837 | 2,368 | 1,200 |
| 50 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 718,000 | - | 5,000 | 2,552 | 6,958 |
| 49 | 51 | Stevens Transport | 737,294 | 85,210 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
| 48 | 49 | PS Logistics |
747,339 est |
- | 3,664 | - | - |
| 47 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics |
805,000 est |
- | 4,220 | 3,055 | 8,700 |
| 46 | 48 | Marten Transport | 843,271 | 61,071 | 4,087 | 3,212 | 5,464 |
| 45 | 43 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 855,982 | - | 5,680 | 2,055 | 5,836 |
| 44 | 44 | Central Transport International |
856,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 43 | 42 | Covenant Logistics Group | 894,528 | 8,477 | 5,550 | 3,021 | 6,739 |
| 42 | 41 | Atlas World Group | 906,400 | 96,000 | 754 | 1,228 | 3,864 |
| 41 | 40 | KLLM Transport Services | 936,000 | - | - | 3,600 | 5,400 |
| 40 | 39 | Ruan | 1,002,045 | - | 5,900 | 3,704 | 9,661 |
| 39 | 37 | Lynden Inc. | 1,075,000 | - | 3,039 | 998 | 2,679 |
| 38 | 45 | Quality Distribution | 1,090,684 | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | 46 | Day & Ross | 1,130,700 | - | 5,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 36 | 36 | Purolator | 1,166,279 | - | 11,000 | 465 | 1,329 |
| 35 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 1,200,000 | - | 6,500 | - | - |
| 34 | 34 | Evans Delivery | 1,240,000 | - | 430 | 6,200 | 550 |
| 33 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service | 1,274,459 | - | 2,294 | 2,780 | 7,209 |
| 32 | 32 | Averitt Express | 1,319,000 | - | 9,007 | 5,319 | 14,905 |
| 31 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,384,438 | - | 8,839 | 3,385 | 10,666 |
| 30 | 29 | Sirva Inc. |
1,400,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 29 | 31 | Forward Air | 1,410,395 | 87,099 | 5,652 | 1,353 | 7,178 |
| 28 | 22 | UniGroup Inc. | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings | 1,511,998 | 37,586 | 6,541 | 5,343 | 4,428 |
| 26 | 26 | C.R. England | 1,545,199 | - | 8,153 | 4,309 | 6,604 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. | 1,559,000 | - | 6,778 | 5,808 | 14,513 |
| 24 | 20 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,707,361 | -3,043 | 8,572 | 6,900 | 15,500 |
| 23 | 21 | Daseke Inc. | 1,737,000 | -307,400 | 5,946 | 2,334 | - |
| 22 | 27 | Kenan Advantage Group | 1,758,645 | - | 9,400 | 6,977 | 11,225 |
| 21 | 25 | Saia Inc. | 1,786,735 | 113,719 | 10,400 | 4,779 | 16,376 |
| 20 | 17 | Roadrunner Transportation Systems | 1,847,862 | -340,937 | 3,600 | - | - |
| 19 | 23 | R+L Carriers |
1,972,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 18 | 19 | NFI | 2,140,000 | - | 12,600 | 4,550 | 12,500 |
| 17 | 18 | Prime Inc. | 2,288,397 | 307,504 | 4,900 | 7,416 | 14,116 |
| 16 | 15 | Werner Enterprises | 2,463,701 | 166,944 | 12,736 | 8,033 | 24,145 |
| 15 | 16 | Penske Logistics | 2,600,000 | - | 19,475 | 4,634 | 17,626 |
| 14 | 14 | ArcBest | 2,988,310 | 39,985 | 13,000 | 4,137 | 23,639 |
| 13 | 13 | Estes Express Lines | 3,260,000 | - | 19,000 | 7,485 | 38,617 |
| 12 | 12 | Hub Group | 3,668,117 | 107,171 | 5,000 | 3,900 | 4,920 |
| 11 | 10 | TFI International | 3,903,828 | 233,891 | 16,700 | 15,844 | 25,505 |
| 10 | 11 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions | 3,968,754 | 226,209 | - | - | - |
| 9 | 8 | Landstar System | 4,084,577 | 227,720 | 1,333 | 10,243 | 17,067 |
| 8 | 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 4,109,111 | 615,518 | 21,159 | 9,296 | 37,539 |
| 7 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 4,843,950 | 310,178 | 23,800 | 19,520 | 58,315 |
| 6 | 6 | Yellow Corp. | 4,871,200 | -104,000 | 30,000 | 14,100 | 43,700 |
| 5 | 7 | Schneider | 5,000,000 | 147,000 | 15,650 | 9,000 | 35,100 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 9,165,258 | 516,000 | 29,106 | 17,972 | 35,093 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO Logistics | 16,648,000 | 379,000 | 100,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp. | 68,869,000 | 2,359,000 | 475,000 | 29,813 | 113,218 |
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc. | 74,094,000 | 4,440,000 | 495,000 | 19,851 | 107,542 |
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Top 100 News
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Central Freight Lines Taps Jerry Moyes as CEO
Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines Inc. announced it named Jerry Moyes CEO, effective immediately.
December 2, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Coronavirus Likely Altered Supply Chains Permanently, XPO’s Chowdhury Says
Supply chains have changed dramatically to adapt to the coronavirus, but many of those changes may outlast the pandemic.
December 2, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
KLLM, Pride Transport Increase Pay for Truck Drivers
KLLM Transport Services and Pride Transport joined the surge of trucking companies set to raise driver pay.
December 1, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
J.B. Hunt Acquires Mass Movement to Expand Final-Mile Offerings
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. acquired the assets of Mass Movement, the company announced Nov. 30.
November 30, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Top 100
Big Fleets to Work Together on Enhancing Driver Visibility in Cab
Anheuser-Busch InBev, PepsiCo Inc., Republic Services and nongovernmental organization Together for Safer Roads announced a design challenge to improve fleet safety and save lives, calling the project the Truck of the Future.
November 23, 2020
Business, Top 100
Trucking Companies Increasing Pay Could Indicate Greater Trend
Carriers are boosting compensation to address an ongoing driver shortage that some fear may worsen as a recent surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to put new strains on the supply chain.
November 19, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel, Top 100
Diesel Jumps 5.8¢ a Gallon in Largest Increase of 2020
The national average price of diesel spiked by 5.8 cents per gallon, more than twice the previous high for the year, according to the Energy Information Administration’s weekly data released Nov. 16.
November 16, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
KAG Completes Acquisition of Fort Transfer Co.
The Kenan Advantage Group Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Fort Transfer Co. in Morton, Ill.
November 13, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Carriers Highlight Industry Issues Persisting After Volatile Year
Trucking companies detailed the market challenges that persist in the waning weeks of 2020 during a three-day conference on economic trends.
November 10, 2020
Business, Top 100
Landstar VP, CFO Kevin Stout Transitions to Advisory Role
Landstar System Inc. announced Chief Financial Officer Kevin Stout stepped down Nov. 2, but will remain at the company as special adviser to President Jim Gattoni.
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