2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rank This Year |
Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 5 | 7 | Schneider | 5,000,000 | 147,000 | 15,650 | 9,000 | 35,100 |
| 6 | 6 | YRC Worldwide | 4,871,200 | -104,000 | 30,000 | 14,100 | 43,700 |
| 7 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 4,843,950 | 310,178 | 23,800 | 19,520 | 58,315 |
| 8 | 9 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 4,109,111 | 615,518 | 21,159 | 9,296 | 37,539 |
| 9 | 8 | Landstar System | 4,084,577 | 227,720 | 1,333 | 10,243 | 17,067 |
| 10 | 11 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions | 3,968,754 | 226,209 | - | - | - |
| 11 | 10 | TFI International | 3,903,828 | 233,891 | 16,700 | 15,844 | 25,505 |
| 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 |
| 15 | 16 | Penske Logistics | 2,600,000 | - | 19,475 | 4,634 | 17,626 |
| 16 | 15 | Werner Enterprises | 2,463,701 | 166,944 | 12,736 | 8,033 | 24,145 |
| 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 |
| 19 | 23 | R+L Carriers |
1,972,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 20 | 17 | Roadrunner Transportation Systems | 1,847,862 | -340,937 | 3,600 | - | - |
| 21 | 25 | Saia Inc. | 1,786,735 | 113,719 | 10,400 | 4,779 | 16,376 |
| 22 | 27 | Kenan Advantage Group | 1,758,645 | - | 9,400 | 6,977 | 11,225 |
| 23 | 21 | Daseke Inc. | 1,737,000 | -307,400 | 5,946 | 2,334 | - |
| 24 | 20 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,707,361 | -3,043 | 8,572 | 6,900 | 15,500 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST International | 1,559,000 | - | 6,778 | 5,808 | 14,513 |
| 26 | 26 | C.R. England | 1,545,199 | - | 8,153 | 4,309 | 6,604 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings | 1,511,998 | 37,586 | 6,541 | 5,343 | 4,428 |
| 28 | 22 | UniGroup Inc. | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | 31 | Forward Air | 1,410,395 | 87,099 | 5,652 | 1,353 | 7,178 |
| 30 | 29 | Sirva Inc. |
1,400,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 31 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,384,438 | - | 8,839 | 3,385 | 10,666 |
| 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 |
| 37 | 46 | Day & Ross | 1,130,700 | - | 5,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 38 | 45 | Quality Distribution | 1,090,684 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 44 | 44 | Central Transport International |
856,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 45 | 43 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 855,982 | - | 5,680 | 2,055 | 5,836 |
| 46 | 48 | Marten Transport | 843,271 | 61,071 | 4,087 | 3,212 | 5,464 |
| 47 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics |
805,000 est |
- | 4,220 | 3,055 | 8,700 |
| 48 | 49 | PS Logistics |
747,339 est |
- | 3,664 | - | - |
| 49 | 51 | Stevens Transport | 737,294 | 85,210 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
| 50 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 718,000 | - | 5,000 | 2,552 | 6,958 |
| 51 | 54 | United Road Services | 713,000 | - | 1,837 | 2,368 | 1,200 |
| 52 | 52 | Western Express | 683,535 | - | 3,250 | 3,050 | 8,080 |
| 53 | 54 | Dayton Freight Lines | 679,000 | - | 4,949 | 1,955 | 4,600 |
| 54 | 53 | Mullen Group | 664,550 | - | 3,768 | 1,978 | 5,139 |
| 55 | 56 | Bennett International Group | 650,846 | - | 1,029 | 1,810 | 2,186 |
| 56 | 62 | Bison Transport | 633,817 | - | 3,688 | 2,185 | 5,711 |
| 57 | 61 | OnTrac Inc. |
618,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 58 | 66 | Trimac Transportation | 610,000 | - | 3,000 | 2,120 | 3,400 |
| 59 | 59 | Suddath |
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | - | - |
| 60 | 57 | Heartland Express | 596,815 | 72,967 | 4,050 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 61 | 69 | Black Horse Carriers | 561,000 | - | 4,040 | 1,958 | 4,500 |
| 62 | 73 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 550,530 | - | 1,141 | 1,887 | 3,503 |
| 63 | 58 | Mercer Transportation Co. | 543,651 | - | 301 | 2,383 | 2,600 |
| 64 | 67 | Canada Cartage | 535,800 | 5,800 | 3,269 | 2,736 | 3,019 |
| 65 | 63 | Cowan Systems | 533,012 | - | 2,397 | 2,279 | 6,782 |
| 66 | 70 | Two Men and a Truck Movers | 524,929 | - | 11,396 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 69 | 60 | Jack Cooper Holdings |
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | - | - |
| 70 | 75 | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | 491,100 | - | 3,281 | 1,209 | 2,285 |
| 71 | 74 | LaserShip Inc. |
452,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 72 | 72 | TMC Transportation |
450,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 73 | 76 | Roehl Transport | 438,659 | - | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 74 | 68 | Dart Transit Company |
424,000 est |
- | 2,362 | - | - |
| 75 | 71 | Eagle Express Lines | 390,445 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 79 | 83 | Koch Cos. | 351,081 | - | 1,224 | 1,164 | 5,540 |
| 80 | 80 | IMC Cos. | 347,395 | - | 2,012 | - | - |
| 81 | 81 | Red Classic | 342,100 | - | 1,275 | 577 | 2,918 |
| 82 | - | Salmon Cos. | 341,073 | - | - | 824 | 1,104 |
| 83 | 89 | John Christner Trucking | 338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 84 | 95 | Challenger Group | 335,000 | - | 1,200 | 1,570 | 3,550 |
| 85 | 82 | Foodliner/Quest Liner | 334,103 | - | 1,315 | 1,317 | 2,340 |
| 86 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 314,000 | - | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 87 | 85 | Melton Truck Lines | 305,717 | - | 1,868 | 1,457 | 2,407 |
| 88 | - | Consolidated Fastfrate | 301,520 | - | 1,530 | 1,116 | 1,350 |
| 89 | 86 | ContainerPort Group |
300,000 est |
- | 400 | - | - |
| 90 | - | Dupre Logistics | 297,582 | - | 1,313 | 750 | 1,471 |
| 91 | 84 | TransAm Trucking Inc. |
297,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 92 | 90 | Heniff Transportation Systems |
293,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
| 93 | 86 | Trans-System Inc. | 290,000 | - | 1,051 | 1,026 | 1,849 |
| 94 | 93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport | 283,137 | 6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 95 | 97 | Martin Transportation Systems | 276,978 | - | 2,357 | 1,264 | 2,417 |
| 96 | 95 | A&R Logistics | 276,000 | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| 97 | - | FFE Transportation Services | 275,000 | - | 1,511 | 1,000 | 1,450 |
| 98 | 98 | PGT Holdings | 273,828 | - | 680 | 1,090 | 1,800 |
| 99 | - | Groendyke Transport | 273,125 | - | - | - | - |
| 100 | 99 | Superior Bulk Logistics |
269,000 est |
- | - | - | - |
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Top 100 News
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
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
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.
July 30, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Ryder Steps in as Amazon Restricts Third-Party Sellers
Ryder System Inc. is positioning itself to fill a major void left by Amazon.com Inc. after the online retail giant announced it will restrict warehouse space for third-party sellers.
July 30, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Werner Reports Q2 Revenue of $569 Million
Werner Enterprises reported declines in second-quarter revenue and net income during what the company’s leader said was one of the toughest business environments it has ever confronted.
July 30, 2020
Business, Top 50, Top 100
Ryder Posts Q2 Net Loss, Revenue Decline
A net loss and a drop-off in revenue marked Ryder System Inc.’s second-quarter results.
July 29, 2020
Business, Top 100
Saia Posts Decrease in Q2 Profit, Revenue
Profit and revenue declined during the second quarter at Saia Inc. as the company dealt with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 29, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
U.S. Xpress Reports Profit, Revenue Gains for Q2
U.S. Xpress Enterprises’ net income and revenue increased during the second quarter, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based carrier reported July 28.
July 29, 2020
Business, Top 50, Top 100
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July 29, 2020
Business, Top 100
TFI Profit, Revenue Fall Due to Impact of COVID-19
TFI International Inc. posted declines in profit and revenue for the second quarter but said business is starting to rebound.
July 28, 2020
Business, Top 100
USA Truck Reports Q2 Revenue of $123.7 Million
USA Truck saw second-quarter revenue and net income decrease compared with the prior year, the company reported July 27.
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