2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
Small carriers often were hardest hit by COVID, but large fleets faced challenges, too.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Corp. 2,224,115
2 10 Roads Express 851,957
est
3 Postal Fleet Services 292,568
4 UPS Inc. 203,260
5 Kalitta Air 196,870
6 Matheson Trucking 171,270
7 Evo Transportation & Energy Services 169,852
8 United Airlines 166,829
9 Midwest Transport 119,552
10 Southern Mail Service 114,358
11 Delta Air Lines 93,389
12 Bancroft and Sons Transportation 77,374
13 Alan Ritchey Inc. 70,136
14 ITS Logistics 68,015
15 American Airlines 65,819
16 Northern Aviation Services 58,251
17 XPO 56,586
18 Davenport Transportation 54,786
19 Tracie McCormick Inc. 48,718
20 McCormick Trucking 48,369
21 Beco Inc. 48,288
22 B&B Trucking 48,236
23 Alaska Central Express 46,092
24 AJR Trucking 39,541
25 Sodrel Truck Lines 38,319
26 Alaska Air Group 37,547
27 Metro Air Service 35,879
28 Everts Air Alaska 35,277
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On the Bubble

Martin Transportation Systems ($220 million), is a truckload carrier based in Byron Center, Mich.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire

ArcBest Reports $1 Billion Revenue for Q1

ArcBest saw its bottom line swing from a profit to a loss and posted a decline in revenue during Q1 on the heels of market softness and weather-related delays, the company reported.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Continues Cross-Border Expansion With New Facility

Ryder System is opening a second multiclient logistics facility at a U.S.-Mexico port to take advantage of the recent nearshoring trend, the company announced April 29.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, For-Hire

Logistics Supply Chain Shows Steadiness Amid Rough Waters

During the past four years, supply chain and logistics companies have ridden the highs and lows of a market that included a pandemic and fractured economy to keep goods moving.

Amanda Smith-Teutsch | Special to Transport Topics
April 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

TFI Profit Falls 17.1% on ‘Worse Than Expected’ Market

Profits at TFI International fell 17.1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024 on the back of what CEO Alain Bédard said was a particularly weak freight environment.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 26, 2024
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

Intermodal Chassis Manufacturers Pull Back on Output

Intermodal chassis manufacturers are scaling back production as a result of weak demand as well as a supply overhang, company executives said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 25, 2024
For-Hire, Top 100

Top 100 For-Hire Carriers: How to Get on the List

Find out how your trucking business stacks up by submitting data for the 2024 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carriers publication.

April 25, 2024
Business, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Reports Earnings Drop Amid Revenue Growth

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings saw its first-quarter bottom-line results swing from a profit to a loss.

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

Mullen Group Reports Lower Revenue for Q1

Mullen Group experienced a decrease in revenue and earnings during the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 25.

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

Forward Air Hires Ex-Ceva Logistics Executive Stewart as CEO

Shawn Stewart is set to join Forward Air as CEO, effective April 28, the carrier said April 23. He also will join the asset-light transportation services group’s board of directors.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 24, 2024
Business, For-Hire

ODFL Reports Q1 Revenue and Earnings Growth

Old Dominion Freight Line experienced growth in revenue and earnings for the first quarter of 2024, the company reported April 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 24, 2024
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