2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers listing.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
TT’s Dan Bearth hosted a livestream panel discussion on the disruptive influences affecting trucking.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Freight 6,170,000
2 Yellow Corp. 4,832,400
3 XPO 3,600,000
4 Old Dominion Freight Line 2,972,442
5 UPS Inc. 2,881,000
6 Estes Express Lines 2,367,000
7 ABF Freight 1,918,450
8 R+L Carriers 1,429,000
est
9 Saia Inc. 1,221,311
10 Southeastern Freight Lines 955,052
11 Averitt Express 702,000
12 TFI International 691,014
13 AAA Cooper Transportation 595,368
14 Roadrunner Freight 516,251
15 Dayton Freight Lines 452,817
16 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 396,000
17 New England Motor Freight 388,000
18 A. Duie Pyle Inc. 281,554
19 Day & Ross Freight 270,148
20 Central Freight Lines 205,000
21 Daylight Transport 192,000
est
22 Oak Harbor Freight Lines 186,974
23 Ward Trucking 166,944
24 Watkins & Shepard Trucking 159,000
est
25 Wilson Logistics 147,550
26 Forward Air 129,988
27 Lakeville Motor Express 120,000
est
28 Fastfrate Group 103,171
29 Midwest Motor Express 93,000
est
30 TransX Group of Companies 92,859
31 Landstar System 80,687
32 Dependable Highway Express 75,000
est
33 Anderson Trucking Service 54,096
34 Atlas World Group 38,178
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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On the Bubble

Ward Transport & Logistics Corp. is a less-than-truckload carrier based in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

Mullen Group Closes ContainerWorld Acquisition

Mullen Group closed its previously announced acquisition of fellow Canadian business ContainerWorld Forwarding Services, the company revealed May 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 3, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Schneider Reports Revenue Decline of 8% to $1.32B for Q1

Schneider experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue to $1.32 billion during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported May 2.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 2, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, For-Hire

Safety, HR Professionals Connect at ATA Conference

PHOENIX — More than 450 professionals came together to identify ways to improve the trucking industry at ATA's Safety, Security and Human Resources National Conference and Exhibition.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
May 1, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, For-Hire

Pitt Ohio Executive Targets EV Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — Ensuring electric commercial vehicles have reliable access to charging infrastructure remains a persistent challenge, a trucking executive recently told policymakers.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
May 1, 2024
Business, For-Hire

ArcBest Reports $1 Billion Revenue for Q1

ArcBest saw its bottom line swing from a profit to a loss and posted a decline in revenue during Q1 on the heels of market softness and weather-related delays, the company reported.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Continues Cross-Border Expansion With New Facility

Ryder System is opening a second multiclient logistics facility at a U.S.-Mexico port to take advantage of the recent nearshoring trend, the company announced April 29.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, For-Hire

Logistics Supply Chain Shows Steadiness Amid Rough Waters

During the past four years, supply chain and logistics companies have ridden the highs and lows of a market that included a pandemic and fractured economy to keep goods moving.

Amanda Smith-Teutsch | Special to Transport Topics
April 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

TFI Profit Falls 17.1% on ‘Worse Than Expected’ Market

Profits at TFI International fell 17.1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024 on the back of what CEO Alain Bédard said was a particularly weak freight environment.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 26, 2024
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

Intermodal Chassis Manufacturers Pull Back on Output

Intermodal chassis manufacturers are scaling back production as a result of weak demand as well as a supply overhang, company executives said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 25, 2024
For-Hire, Top 100

Top 100 For-Hire Carriers: How to Get on the List

Find out how your trucking business stacks up by submitting data for the 2024 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers publication.

April 25, 2024
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