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2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
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.
Rankings
Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Flatbed/Heavy Specialized Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daseke Inc. (TFI) | 1,416,400 |
| 2 | Landstar System | 1,295,817 |
| 3 | Anderson Trucking Service | 767,777 |
| 4 | PS Logistics | 747,339 est |
| 5 | Bennett Family of Cos. | 458,791 |
| 6 | TMC Transportation | 450,000 est |
| 7 | Mercer Transportation | 405,276 |
| 8 | Maverick USA | 389,182 |
| 9 | Transport Investments | 364,251 est |
| 10 | Melton Truck Lines | 278,203 |
| 11 | United Vision Logistics | 261,000 est |
| 12 | PGT Holdings | 258,893 |
| 13 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 227,000 |
| 14 | Prime Inc. | 226,094 |
| 15 | Acme Truck Line | 205,000 |
| 16 | System Transport | 179,000 |
| 17 | Combined Transport | 137,017 est |
| 18 | Roehl Transport | 114,961 |
| 19 | Evans Delivery | 101,000 |
| 20 | Long Haul Trucking | 90,000 |
| 21 | Fraley & Schilling | 89,000 |
| 22 | PI & I Motor Express | 81,000 |
| 23 | Carrier One Inc. | 75,000 est |
| 24 | Super Transporte Internacional | 56,400 est |
| 25 | Express Anahuac | 54,400 est |
| 26 | JLE Industries | 52,848 |
| 27 | Decker Truck Line | 49,290 est |
| 28 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 40,000 est |
| 29 | National Carriers | 32,200 |
| 30 | Bison Transport | 31,281 |
| 31 | Hunt Transportation | 30,000 est |
| 32 | Canada Cartage | 26,790 |
| 33 | C.R. England | 26,300 |
| 34 | Halvor Lines | 23,700 |
| 35 | NFI | 19,000 |
| 36 | WLX | 18,900 est |
| 37 | Day & Ross | 17,639 |
| 38 | Koch Cos. | 17,247 |
| 39 | Bowers Trucking | 15,000 |
| 40 | TGR Logistics | 8,000 |
| 41 | Averitt Express | 7,781 |
| 42 | Diligent Delivery Systems | 7,140 |
| 43 | Andrews Logistics | 6,000 |
| 44 | A. Duie Pyle | 5,100 |
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On the Bubble
Postal Fleet Services
($249 million), is a U.S. Postal Service supplier based in St. Augustine, Fla.
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