2022 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
For-hire motor carriers achieved significant revenue gains and higher profits last year, powered by surging freight demand.
The pandemic accelerated driver wages, shortened routes to match shopping patterns and increased automation across the supply chain.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire Carriers are based.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Freight 9,011,000
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 5,256,000
3 Yellow Corp. 4,615,000
4 XPO 4,118,000
5 Estes Express Lines 3,783,000
est
6 TFI International 2,785,400
7 ABF Freight 2,573,800
8 R+L Carriers 2,427,000
est
9 Saia Inc. 2,289,000
est
10 Southeastern Freight Lines 1,395,600
11 Averitt Express 1,091,800
12 Central Transport 1,046,000
est
13 Pitt Ohio 780,000
est
14 Dayton Freight Lines 684,000
15 AAA Cooper Transportation 653,000
est
16 Day & Ross Freight 565,600
17 A. Duie Pyle 481,300
18 Mullen Group 466,700
19 Roadrunner Freight 430,000
est
20 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 396,300
21 Daylight Transport 379,900
22 Oak Harbor Freight Lines 284,000
est
23 Fastfrate Group 250,000
24 Ward Trucking 230,000
est
25 Midwest Motor Express 137,000
est
26 Magnum LTL 118,000
est
27 Landstar System 117,500
28 Dependable Highway Express 117,000
est
29 Peninsula Truck Lines 94,600
30 R&R Family of Cos. 88,400
31 Canada Cartage 84,100
32 Anderson Trucking Service 68,100
33 North Park Transportation 66,200
34 JP Express 61,800
35 Tax-Air 55,000
36 Highlight Motor Group 46,700
37 TGR Logistics 30,000
38 Atlas World Group 26,300
39 Bison Transport 26,200
40 McCollister's Global Services 19,000
41 Atech Logistics 10,000
Extras
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For-Hire News
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Hair Drug-Testing Rule Could Be Finalized by Midsummer

Can the long wait be coming to an end for the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers?

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 24, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Cummins Invests in Jamestown Plant for Fuel-Agnostic Engine

LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Cummins Inc. is readying a $452 million investment in its 1 million-square-foot Jamestown Engine Plant to produce a fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine platform.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
May 24, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Impact of a Potential UPS Strike Looms Large

Like many UPS customers, Jessica Ray relies on deliveries of dog food and just about everything else for her home. Contentious labor negotiations at UPS could disrupt that comfort zone.

Matt Ott and Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
May 23, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Schneider Debuts Transportation-Focused Innovation Center

Schneider National has opened a new facility aimed at spurring innovation in the transportation sector, the company announced May 17.

May 22, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Transportation Labor Gets Biden Administration Attention

Transportation leaders from government and industry are closely watching labor negotiations, including pending contracts with workers from both UPS Inc. and Yellow Corp.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 18, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Cuts Corporate Staff Ahead of Knight-Swift Deal

After losses widened in Q1, U.S. Xpress has cut its corporate staff for the third time in the past year as the trucking giant prepares to merge with the larger Knight-Swift Transportation.

Dave Flessner | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
May 12, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

XPO Confirms Job Cuts to Reduce Labor Costs

GREENWICH, Conn. — XPO, one of the world’s largest freight transporters, is reducing its workforce as part of a cost-cutting plan.

Paul Schott | The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)
May 9, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, For-Hire

ATA Leadership Touts Wins on Federal, State Levels

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The trucking industry is scoring wins on the national and state levels, said American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear at the Mid-Year Management Session.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 9, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel, For-Hire

Diesel Tumbles 9.6¢ to $3.922 a Gallon

The national average price for a gallon of diesel tumbled 9.6 cents — its largest drop of the year — to reach $3.922,  according to Energy Information Administration data released May 8.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
May 8, 2023
Government, Logistics, For-Hire

Yellow Reports Q1 Loss

Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. announced first-quarter earnings May 3 that missed Wall Street revenue and income expectations.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 4, 2023
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