2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | - | FFE Transportation Services | 275,000 | - | 1,511 | 1,000 | 1,450 |
| 88 | - | Consolidated Fastfrate | 301,520 | - | 1,530 | 1,116 | 1,350 |
| 90 | - | Dupre Logistics | 297,582 | - | 1,313 | 750 | 1,471 |
| 99 | - | Groendyke Transport | 273,125 | - | - | - | - |
| 82 | - | Salmon Cos. | 341,073 | - | - | 824 | 1,104 |
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc. | 74,094,000 | 4,440,000 | 495,000 | 19,851 | 107,542 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp. | 68,869,000 | 2,359,000 | 475,000 | 29,813 | 113,218 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO Logistics | 16,648,000 | 379,000 | 100,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 9,165,258 | 516,000 | 29,106 | 17,972 | 35,093 |
| 7 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 4,843,950 | 310,178 | 23,800 | 19,520 | 58,315 |
| 6 | 6 | YRC Worldwide | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| 12 | 12 | Hub Group | 3,668,117 | 107,171 | 5,000 | 3,900 | 4,920 |
| 13 | 13 | Estes Express Lines | 3,260,000 | - | 19,000 | 7,485 | 38,617 |
| 14 | 14 | ArcBest | 2,988,310 | 39,985 | 13,000 | 4,137 | 23,639 |
| 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 |
| 20 | 17 | Roadrunner Transportation Systems | 1,847,862 | -340,937 | 3,600 | - | - |
| 17 | 18 | Prime Inc. | 2,288,397 | 307,504 | 4,900 | 7,416 | 14,116 |
| 18 | 19 | NFI | 2,140,000 | - | 12,600 | 4,550 | 12,500 |
| 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 | - |
| 28 | 22 | UniGroup Inc. | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | 23 | R+L Carriers |
1,972,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 25 | 24 | CRST International | 1,559,000 | - | 6,778 | 5,808 | 14,513 |
| 21 | 25 | Saia Inc. | 1,786,735 | 113,719 | 10,400 | 4,779 | 16,376 |
| 26 | 26 | C.R. England | 1,545,199 | - | 8,153 | 4,309 | 6,604 |
| 22 | 27 | Kenan Advantage Group | 1,758,645 | - | 9,400 | 6,977 | 11,225 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings | 1,511,998 | 37,586 | 6,541 | 5,343 | 4,428 |
| 30 | 29 | Sirva Inc. |
1,400,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 31 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,384,438 | - | 8,839 | 3,385 | 10,666 |
| 29 | 31 | Forward Air | 1,410,395 | 87,099 | 5,652 | 1,353 | 7,178 |
| 32 | 32 | Averitt Express | 1,319,000 | - | 9,007 | 5,319 | 14,905 |
| 33 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service | 1,274,459 | - | 2,294 | 2,780 | 7,209 |
| 34 | 34 | Evans Delivery | 1,240,000 | - | 430 | 6,200 | 550 |
| 35 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 1,200,000 | - | 6,500 | - | - |
| 36 | 36 | Purolator | 1,166,279 | - | 11,000 | 465 | 1,329 |
| 39 | 37 | Lynden Inc. | 1,075,000 | - | 3,039 | 998 | 2,679 |
| 40 | 39 | Ruan | 1,002,045 | - | 5,900 | 3,704 | 9,661 |
| 41 | 40 | KLLM Transport Services | 936,000 | - | - | 3,600 | 5,400 |
| 42 | 41 | Atlas World Group | 906,400 | 96,000 | 754 | 1,228 | 3,864 |
| 43 | 42 | Covenant Transportation Group | 894,528 | 8,477 | 5,550 | 3,021 | 6,739 |
| 45 | 43 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 855,982 | - | 5,680 | 2,055 | 5,836 |
| 44 | 44 | Central Transport International |
856,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 38 | 45 | Quality Distribution | 1,090,684 | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | 46 | Day & Ross | 1,130,700 | - | 5,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 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 |
| 48 | 49 | PS Logistics |
747,339 est |
- | 3,664 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 52 | 52 | Western Express | 683,535 | - | 3,250 | 3,050 | 8,080 |
| 54 | 53 | Mullen Group | 664,550 | - | 3,768 | 1,978 | 5,139 |
| 51 | 54 | United Road Services | 713,000 | - | 1,837 | 2,368 | 1,200 |
| 53 | 54 | Dayton Freight Lines | 679,000 | - | 4,949 | 1,955 | 4,600 |
| 55 | 56 | Bennett International Group | 650,846 | - | 1,029 | 1,810 | 2,186 |
| 60 | 57 | Heartland Express | 596,815 | 72,967 | 4,050 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 63 | 58 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 543,651 | - | 301 | 2,383 | 2,600 |
| 59 | 59 | Suddath |
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | - | - |
| 69 | 60 | Jack Cooper Holdings |
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | - | - |
| 57 | 61 | OnTrac Inc. |
618,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 56 | 62 | Bison Transport | 633,817 | - | 3,688 | 2,185 | 5,711 |
| 65 | 63 | Cowan Systems | 533,012 | - | 2,397 | 2,279 | 6,782 |
| 67 | 64 | USA Truck | 522,631 | -4,698 | 2,098 | 1,990 | 6,092 |
| 68 | 65 | P.A.M. Transport | 514,177 | 7,900 | 2,666 | 2,130 | 7,081 |
| 58 | 66 | Trimac Transportation | 610,000 | - | 3,000 | 2,120 | 3,400 |
| 64 | 67 | Canada Cartage | 535,800 | 5,800 | 3,269 | 2,736 | 3,019 |
| 74 | 68 | Dart Transit Company |
424,000 est |
- | 2,362 | - | - |
| 61 | 69 | Black Horse Carriers | 561,000 | - | 4,040 | 1,958 | 4,500 |
| 66 | 70 | Two Men and a Truck Movers | 524,929 | - | 11,396 | - | - |
| 75 | 71 | Eagle Express Lines | 390,445 | - | - | - | - |
| 72 | 72 | TMC Transportation |
450,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 62 | 73 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 550,530 | - | 1,141 | 1,887 | 3,503 |
| 71 | 74 | LaserShip Inc. |
452,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 70 | 75 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 491,100 | - | 3,281 | 1,209 | 2,285 |
| 73 | 76 | Roehl Transport | 438,659 | - | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 76 | 77 | Maverick USA | 389,182 | - | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
| 77 | 78 | Transport Investments |
384,719 est |
- | 200 | - | - |
| 78 | 79 | Mesilla Valley Transportation |
383,950 est |
- | 1,662 | - | - |
| 80 | 80 | IMC Cos. | 347,395 | - | 2,012 | - | - |
| 81 | 81 | Red Classic | 342,100 | - | 1,275 | 577 | 2,918 |
| 85 | 82 | Foodliner/Quest Liner | 334,103 | - | 1,315 | 1,317 | 2,340 |
| 79 | 83 | Koch Cos. | 351,081 | - | 1,224 | 1,164 | 5,540 |
| 91 | 84 | TransAm Trucking Inc. |
297,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 87 | 85 | Melton Truck Lines | 305,717 | - | 1,868 | 1,457 | 2,407 |
| 93 | 86 | Trans-System Inc. | 290,000 | - | 1,051 | 1,026 | 1,849 |
| 86 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 314,000 | - | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 89 | 86 | ContainerPort Group |
300,000 est |
- | 400 | - | - |
| 83 | 89 | John Christner Trucking | 338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 92 | 90 | Heniff Transportation Systems |
293,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 94 | 93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport | 283,137 | 6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 96 | 95 | A&R Logistics | 276,000 | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| 84 | 95 | Challenger Group | 335,000 | - | 1,200 | 1,570 | 3,550 |
| 95 | 97 | Martin Transportation Systems | 276,978 | - | 2,357 | 1,264 | 2,417 |
| 98 | 98 | PGT Holdings | 273,828 | - | 680 | 1,090 | 1,800 |
| 100 | 99 | Superior Bulk Logistics |
269,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
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Patriot Transportation Posts Net Profit on Lower Revenue for Fiscal Q3
Patriot Transportation Holding posted an increase in net income on declining revenue for its fiscal third quarter, the company reported July 29.
August 3, 2020
Business, Top 100
A. Duie Pyle Expands Integrated Distribution Center
A. Duie Pyle Inc. has expanded its Westfield, Mass., integrated distribution center.
August 3, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Universal Posts Lower Profit, Declining Revenue in Q2
Universal Logistics Holdings reported July 30 that net income and revenue were down during the second quarter compared with last year.
July 31, 2020
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Forward Air Posts Decline in Net Income, Revenue for Q2
Forward Air Corp. saw net income and total revenue decrease during the second quarter from prior-year levels, the company reported July 30.
July 31, 2020
Business, Top 100
Old Dominion Profit, Revenue Fall in Q2
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.’s profit and revenue fell in the second quarter as freight demand dropped because of the COVID-19 pandemic recession.
July 30, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Schneider Reports Profit Rises, Revenue Dips
Schneider National saw net income increase while revenue fell during the second quarter, the truckload, intermodal and logistics services company reported July 30.
July 30, 2020
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UPS Reports Strong Q2 Earnings as Deliveries Surge
UPS Inc. reported strong results in the second quarter, as a surge in deliveries to homes and businesses has helped lift the company through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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