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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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 Transportation 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, Top 100
ABF Freight’s Tim Thorne Gets Service Award
Tim Thorne, president of ABF Freight, ArcBest’s less-than-truckload carrier, was honored with the 2020 Herbert Metzger Service Award from the Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services.
February 5, 2021
Business, Top 100
Prime Inc. Donates More Than $200,000 From Canceled Events to Charities
Prime Inc. donated a large portion of funds from its canceled 2020 company events to several charities.
February 5, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
USA Truck Reports $5.9M Earnings for Q4
USA Truck Inc. posted record fourth-quarter earnings as the company rebounded from a year-ago loss to a profit in the three-month period ending Dec. 31.
February 5, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Werner Reports Net Income Increased 25% to $60.6M for Q4
Werner Enterprises Inc. saw fourth-quarter earnings increase from the year-ago period while revenue declined slightly, the company reported Feb. 4.
February 4, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Werner Reports Net Income Increased 25% to $60.6M for Q4
Werner Enterprises Inc. saw fourth-quarter earnings increase from the year-ago period while revenue declined slightly, the company reported Feb. 4.
February 4, 2021
Business, Equipment, Top 100
Class 8 Orders in January Clear 40,000
North American Class 8 orders kicked off the year by reaching 42,200 in January, up 146% from a year earlier when they were 17,204, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.
February 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
UPS Gives Old Jets New Life
Imagine ripping out the dashboard of your 20-year-old minivan and replacing it with the high-tech controls from a Tesla.
February 4, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Schneider Reports Increased Net Income During Q4 2020
Schneider National on Feb. 3 reported a year-over-year increase in profit for the fourth quarter of 2020.
February 3, 2021
Business, Safety, Top 100
Ryder Provides Paid Time Off for COVID Vaccinations
Ryder System Inc. will pay up to six hours for employees to get the coronavirus vaccine, the company said Feb. 1.
February 2, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
ArcBest Reports Net Income Increased to $26M During Q4
ArcBest saw revenue and earnings increase from the prior year during the fourth quarter of 2020, the company reported Feb. 2.
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