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 UniGroup 1,700,000
2 Sirva 1,500,000
3 Atlas World Group 724,320
4 XPO 692,800
5 Suddath 600,000
6 CRST The Transportation Solution 241,819
7 Wheaton World Wide Moving 209,140
8 Forward Air 129,988
9 ArcBest 119,252
10 Stevens Worldwide Van Lines 97,728
11 Day & Ross 24,171
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
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On the Bubble

Wilson Trucking Corp. is a less-than-truckload carrier based in Fishersville, Virginia.
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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Estes Eyes 12% Terminal Door Total Increase in 2024

Estes Express Lines expects the number of terminal doors in the less-than-truckload carrier’s portfolio to jump more than 12% in 2024 to a total exceeding 12,750.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Business, For-Hire

Saia Lifts Target for 2024 Terminal Openings to 21

Saia could open a large batch of terminals in 2024 as profits and revenue grow at the less-than-truckload carrier, largely on the back of facilities acquired from the estate of Yellow Corp.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

TFI Eyes Large Truckload, LTL Acquisitions in 2025, 2026

TFI International’s ongoing acquisition spree is set to accelerate in 2025, with substantial truckload and less-than-truckload deals on the horizon, according to CEO Alain Bédard.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight

FAA Clears Drone Companies to Operate in Shared Airspace

The FAA has cleared Wing and Zipline to fly their drones simultaneously over the suburbs of Dallas-Fort Worth without visual observers, using technology to keep the drones apart.

Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg News
July 30, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Saia Q2 Profit, Revenue Rise on Former Yellow Facilities

Profits and revenues at Saia Inc. jumped in the second quarter of 2024 as the carrier continued to benefit from the collapse of erstwhile less-than-truckload rival Yellow Corp.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

TFI to Put LTL, Truckload Units on Diets as Q2 Profit Falls

TFI International is cutting costs across both its Less-Than-Truckload and Truckload businesses amid what CEO Alain Bédard described as a stubbornly lackluster freight environment.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Ryder Posts Q2 Profit Surge, Revenue Up 10% on Leasing Gains

Profits and revenues at Ryder System Inc. increased in the second quarter of 2024 on the back of higher returns from its leasing and maintenance program, the integration of the Cardinal Logistics acquisition and the absence of an accounting charge taken in the year-ago period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift CEO Cautiously Optimistic as Q2 Results Stabilize

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings reported July 24 that revenue reached just shy of $2 billion in the second quarter of 2024. The Phoenix-based carrier posted net income attributable to itself of $20.3 million.

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

Covenant Logistics Reports Nearly 5% Revenue Rise for Q2

Covenant Logistics Group experienced an increase in revenue but a slight decline in earnings during the second quarter of 2024, the company reported July 24.

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

Old Dominion Posts Third Straight Quarter of Revenue Growth

Old Dominion Freight Line marked its third consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth during the second quarter of 2024, the company reported July 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 24, 2024
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