Soft market conditions in 2023 placed financial strain on many of the largest trucking companies in North America.
Trucking companies have been surviving on lower rates while awaiting a freight market recovery.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by region; click links to view details about the company.
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 Mail Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 | FedEx Corp. | 1,600,744 |
2 | 10 Roads Express | 962,180 est |
3 | UPS Inc. | 339,870 |
4 | Evo Transportation & Energy Services | 236,363 |
5 | Southern Mail Service | 175,352 |
6 | Traffix USA | 150,527 |
7 | Midwest Transport | 145,423 |
8 | Alan Ritchey Inc. | 144,145 |
9 | McCormick Trucking | 115,874 |
10 | AJR Trucking | 114,237 |
11 | Mail Management Services | 105,320 |
12 | Davenport Transportation | 102,368 |
13 | Bancroft and Sons Transportation | 95,799 |
14 | Davis Mail Services | 65,597 |
15 | B&B Trucking | 65,422 |
16 | XPO | 59,608 |
17 | Covenant Logistics Group | 48,458 |
18 | United Express Service | 46,124 |
19 | Sodrel Truck Lines | 44,758 |
20 | STK Transportation | 41,984 |
21 | Freedom Trans USA | 40,839 |
22 | Hartwig Transit | 37,937 |
23 | DDA Transport | 34,784 |
24 | Beco Inc. | 33,706 |
25 | Postal Delivery Systems | 31,381 |
26 | W&L Mail Service | 30,347 |
27 | Maxway | 30,336 |
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.
Revenue for all companies is provided by Culhane Meadows.
The regional LTL carrier has adapted and expanded through a full century of economic cycles and industry changes.
The trucking industry remains mired in sustained overcapacity relative to freight demand even as it has slowly shed workers.
After being displaced by war in his native Sudan, Lual Akoon’s path took him to Middle America – and trucking.
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For-hire carriers across segments saw revenues slide and margins tighten, but some fared better than others.
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