2020 Top 100 For-Hire
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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