Amazon delivered more than 5 billion packages in the U.S. in 2021, while UPS delivered roughly 5.5 billion U.S. packages, according to company figures and industry estimates. Amazon has said it could surpass UPS this year, and it’s not alone in that prediction.
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2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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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 Less-Than-Truckload Carriers
| 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 | 396,000 |
| 17 | New England Motor Freight | 388,000 |
| 18 | A. Duie Pyle | 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
Navajo Express Inc.
($175 million), is a refrigerated truckload carrier based in Denver, Colorado.
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Roadrunner Sells Intermodal Business to Universal Logistics for $51 Million
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