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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Trucking's Frontline Role In Response to COVID-19

Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.

Interactive Map: Where They Are

See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.

Top 100 For-Hire Carriers Face Uncertain Outlook

COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.

Rankings

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	Yellow Corp.	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 The Transportation Solution, Inc.	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 Logistics 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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