2014 Top 100 For-Hire | Transport Topics

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2014 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada

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Takeaway: Mergers on Rise

Driver shortage limits ability to expand freight-hauling capacity, leading to more mergers and acquisitions.

Map: Where They Are

Placing the headquarters of each Top 100 company on a Google map produces an interesting visual perspective.

Rank This Year	Rank Last Year	Company	Revenue (000)	Net Income (000)	Employees	Tractors*	Trailers
1	1	UPS Inc.	55,438,000	4,372,000	395,000
2	2	FedEx Corp.	45,100,000	2,046,000	300,000	25,028	92,982
3	4	J.B. Hunt Transport Services	5,585,000	342,000	18,467	11,235	26,340
4	3	Con-way Inc.	5,473,356	99,153	29,500	11,867	32,800
5	5	Yellow Corp.	4,865,400	-83,600	32,000	14,500	46,500
6	7	Swift Transportation	4,118,195	155,422	16,900	17,961	57,310
7	6	Schneider	3,600,000	-	16,900	11,700	31,000
8	69	Hub Group	3,373,898	69,110	1,982	2,624	448
9	8	TFI International	3,019,367	98,754	14,210	11,930	11,200
10	9	Landstar System	2,644,780	146,009	1,217	8,174	12,912
11	10	Ryder System	2,383,063	-	14,312	4,098	6,042
12	11	Old Dominion Freight Line	2,337,648	206,113	14,073	6,296	25,052
14	13	Werner Enterprises	2,029,183	86,785	11,656	7,050	23,705
15	14	Sirva	1,994,200	9,700	2,700	1,832	6,516
16	15	Estes Express Lines	1,948,525	-	14,909	6,277	24,102
17	18	UniGroup	1,700,000	-	1,050	6,301	10,000
18	16	U.S. Xpress Enterprises	1,600,000	-	9,700	7,996	17,000
19	17	Purolator	1,575,391	-	12,000	493	1,292
20	19	C.R. England	1,495,597	-	7,352	4,498	6,400
21	24	Roadrunner Freight	1,361,410	48,996	3,325	3,723	3,429
22	21	Prime Inc.	1,300,998	163,439	4,400	5,347	9,436
23	23	Kenan Advantage Group	1,286,631	-	7,530	6,301	9,774
24	20	CRST The Transportation Solution	1,269,899	-	4,975	4,490	7,552
25	22	Saia Inc.	1,139,094	43,627	8,400	3,426	10,848
26	25	NFI	1,090,000	33,975	7,631	2,304	7,391
27	27	Southeastern Freight Lines	1,065,187	-	8,030	3,318	11,042
28	26	Universal Logistics Holdings	1,033,492	50,572	4,339	4,137	6,198
29	29	Averitt Express	1,020,000	-		4,121	12,139
30	28	Crete Carrier Corp.	1,008,164	-	5,524	5,300	13,614
31	31	Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings	969,237	69,282	4,600	3,991	9,181
32	30	Penske Logistics	968,000	-	10,000	1,598	2,816
33	47	Heartland Express	961,525	90,821	5,220	4,878	14,372
34	35	Quality Carriers	929,810	-42,038	1,145	1,721	5,255
36	37	Atlas World Group	844,827	7,747	700	2,140	3,922
37	53	Jack Cooper Holdings	825,000	-	4,500	4,000
38	38	Ruan	807,507	-	5,088	3,651	6,683
39	36	Day & Ross	796,476	-	1,734	1,612	2,627
40	39	Trimac Transportation	761,000	-	3,345	1,970	4,801
41	32	Anderson Trucking Service	750,204	-	1,300	2,205	5,300
42	74	KLLM Transport Services	743,682	-		3,250	4,600
43		XPO	702,300	-	2,259
44	41	Covenant Logistics Group	684,549	5,244	4,202	2,688	6,861
45	44	Celadon Group Inc.	680,963	23,314	1,331	3,790	8,385
47	45	Forward Air	652,481	54,497	3,537	1,517	3,017
48	43	Stevens Transport	642,138	86,285	2,835	2,710	3,615
49	46	AAA Cooper Transportation	580,371	-	4,500	2,450	6,000
50	51	Contrans Group	555,715	28,577		1,400	2,600
51	52	USA Truck	555,005	-9,110	2,750	2,248	6,054
52	48	Canada Cartage	541,800	-	3,800	2,246	2,589
53	49	Mullen Group	537,858	-	2,170	1,325	3,329
54	50	TransX Group of Companies	533,061	-	2,630	1,540	4,280
55	60	Suddath	500,000	7,000	2,000	330	692
56	63	Bison Transport	365,911	-	1,738	1,402	4,000
57	54	Mercer Transportation	483,161	-	315	2,183
58	59	Western Express	463,453	-	2,962	2,419	5,650
59	57	Shevell Group	450,105	-	3,515	2,140	4,475
60		Daseke Inc. (TFI)	447,000	-	1,990	2,055	3,800
61	64	Pitt Ohio	429,800	-	2,851	1,070	3,134
62	55	Dart Transit Co.	426,320	-	411	1,886	6,799
63	62	Groupe Robert	410,719	-	3,300	1,370	3,000
64	65	P.A.M. Transport	402,813	5,915	3,034	1,837	5,170
65		United Vision Logistics	400,325	19,512	291	1,505	1,668
66	73	Dayton Freight Lines	386,000	-	3,361	1,167	2,750
67	68	Roehl Transport	384,007	-	2,290	2,058	5,148
68	80	Cowan Systems	377,428	-	1,878	1,748	3,795
69	67	Mesilla Valley Transportation	376,000	-	1,700	1,200	4,500
70	75	Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions	363,100	158	2,271	618	963
71	71	Acme Truck Line	356,157	-	3,200	2,007	2,257
72	72	Transport America	347,465	-	1,945	1,515	4,450
73	70	Comcar Industries	346,403	-	2,679	1,986	4,401
75	78	United Road Services	333,464	-	2,100	1,740	1,325
76	83	OnTrac Inc.	332,331	-	1,697		445
77	88	Bennett Family of Cos.	327,857	-	727	1,179	1,422
78	76	Challenger Motor Freight	325,502	-	1,800	1,440	2,900
79	82	Epes Carriers Inc.	320,000	17,700	1,446	1,115
80	81	California Cartage Co.	318,000	-		1,000
81	84	Maverick USA	315,014	18,674	1,777	1,405	1,971
82	87	Evans Delivery	310,000	-	200	2,250	525
83	85	A. Duie Pyle	293,000	-	2,235	731	1,702
84	86	Cassens Transport	289,794	-	1,430	1,203	1,303
85	91	Koch Cos.	274,705	-	955	824	4,279
86	90	Fastfrate Group	274,633	-
87	92	Towne Air Freight	265,000	-		1,060	1,600
88		Dependable Supply Chain Services	257,000	-	1,850	374	1,231
89	89	John Christner Trucking	256,426	9,417	211	878	1,188
90	96	Superior Bulk Logistics	250,700	8,900	1,414	1,176	2,037
91		Trans-System	246,002	-	898	876	1,100
92	97	Groendyke Transport	239,000	-	1,368	955	1,800
93		Arnold Transportation	237,000	-	1,429	1,399	4,265
94		Calyx Transportation Group	223,323	-	373	488	750
95	98	Paschall Truck Lines	222,685	-	1,450	1,130	2,600
96	93	Wheaton World Wide Moving	221,000	6,413	183	740	1,143
97	95	Quantix Supply Chain Solutions	220,000	30,000	1,000	725	50
98	99	Brown Integrated Logistics	218,779	-	1,107	1,002	4,800
99		Bridge Terminal Transport	218,244	-	262
100		Falcon Transport	217,510	-

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.

* Tractor count includes company-owned, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.

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