2020 Top Less-Than-Truckload Carriers

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2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

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Rankings

Top Less-Than-Truckload Carriers

Rank	Company	Revenue (000)
1	FedEx Freight	7,237,000
2	Yellow Corp.	4,871,200
3	XPO	4,815,000
4	Old Dominion Freight Line	4,109,111
5	UPS Inc.	3,265,000
6	Estes Express Lines	3,260,000
7	ABF Freight	2,145,000
8	R+L Carriers	1,972,000 est
9	Saia Inc.	1,786,735
10	Southeastern Freight Lines	1,166,622
11	Averitt Express	873,419
12	Central Transport	856,000 est
13	Dayton Freight Lines	679,000
14	TFI International	627,322
15	Pitt Ohio	616,000
16	AAA Cooper Transportation	593,000
17	Roadrunner Freight	430,806
18	Day & Ross Freight	426,500
19	A. Duie Pyle	385,600
20	Daylight Transport	262,000
21	Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras	244,500 est
22	Transportes Castores de Baja California	233,500 est
23	Central Freight Lines	232,000
24	Oak Harbor Freight Lines	220,194
25	Forward Air	207,400
26	Ward Trucking	185,000
27	Transportes Julian de Obregon	183,400 est
28	Fastfrate Group	169,605
29	Standard Forwarding	119,000 est
30	Midwest Motor Express	105,300
31	Landstar System	98,324
32	Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes)	95,700 est
33	Dependable Highway Express	85,000 est
34	Peninsula Truck Lines	76,467
35	Anderson Trucking Service	68,885
36	Transportes Comandos del Norte	66,700 est
37	Transportes de Carga FEMA	58,900 est
38	Canada Cartage	53,580
39	JP Express Service	51,862
40	Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero	46,700 est
41	Transportes del Valle	45,600 est
42	TransAmerica Express Logistics	40,000
43	Transportes Leon-Mexico	37,700 est
44	Atlas World Group	33,789
45	Fletes y Materiales Forsis	33,200 est
46	Diligent Delivery Systems	21,420
47	CalArk	19,455
48	TGR Logistics	19,000 est
49	Bison Transport	14,941
50	Highlight Motor Group	14,558

About the Rankings...

Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.

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For-Hire News

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FedEx Profit Tops Estimates as Higher Prices Offset Decline in Shipments

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December 21, 2022

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FedEx Freight Unit Furloughs Workers as Cargo Demand Slows

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FedEx Corp.’s freight unit is putting workers on furlough in some U.S. markets, adding to mounting evidence of a cargo slowdown as the company joins other large employers trimming their ranks.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News

November 14, 2022

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