2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
The nation’s top for-hire carriers are taking steps to shore up capacity in anticipation of increasing demand for freight hauling and a tighter market for drivers.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
Find out what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Corp. 1,678,856
2 Salmon Cos. 241,796
3 10 Roads Express 191,952
4 UPS Inc. 168,963
5 United Airlines 161,131
6 Postal Fleet Services 100,892
7 Matheson Trucking 96,360
8 Midwest Transport 91,194
9 American Airlines 86,349
10 Kalitta Air 78,464
11 Southern Mail Service 77,275
12 Delta Air Lines 72,009
13 Bancroft and Sons Transportation 69,502
14 URSA Logistics 43,820
15 Beco Inc. 43,446
16 Tracie McCormick Inc. 41,559
17 Alan Ritchey Inc. 41,376
18 B&B Trucking 38,316
19 Sodrel Truck Lines 31,683
20 Northern Air Cargo Inc. 31,683
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
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On the Bubble

May Trucking Co. ($199 million), Based in Salem, Ore., this company has been operating since 1945 and provides refrigerated truckload and less-than-truckload freight services throughout the lower 48 states.
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For-Hire News
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
Business, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Reports Earnings Drop Amid Revenue Growth

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings saw its first-quarter bottom-line results swing from a profit to a loss.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 25, 2024
Business, For-Hire

Mullen Group Reports Lower Revenue for Q1

Mullen Group experienced a decrease in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 25.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 25, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Hires Ex-Ceva Logistics Executive Stewart as CEO

Shawn Stewart is set to join Forward Air as CEO, effective April 28, the carrier said April 23. He also will join the asset-light transportation services group’s board of directors.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 24, 2024
Business, For-Hire

ODFL Reports Q1 Revenue and Earnings Growth

Old Dominion Freight Line experienced growth in revenue and earnings for the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 24, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS Reports 41% Earnings Drop During Q1

UPS Inc. experienced a 41.3% drop in earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 23.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 23, 2024
Government, Business, For-Hire

Five Auto Haulers to Merge as Backer Files for IPO

Five auto carriers look set to merge, with the combined entity likely to then add to its assets by buying up competitors, if an initial public offering pans out as planned.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 17, 2024
Business, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports $2.9 Billion Revenue for Q1

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. experienced a decline in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 16.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 17, 2024
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Truck Software Developer Platform Science Raises $125M

Platform Science raised $125 million in capital to accelerate the launch of its software platform with additional truck manufacturers, a spokesperson for the company said April 16.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 17, 2024
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