2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
The nation’s top for-hire carriers are taking steps to shore up capacity in anticipation of increasing demand for freight hauling and a tighter market for drivers.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
Find out what carriers are doing to prepare for what looks like increased demand for freight hauling this year and next.
Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Revenue (000) Net Income (000) Employees Tractors* Trailers
1 1
UPS Inc.
60,906,000 3,431,000 434,000
2 2
FedEx Corp.
57,570,000 1,907,000 400,000 29,733 108,041
3 3
XPO
14,619,400 63,100 89,000 15,396 27,606
4 4
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
6,555,459 432,090 22,172 14,805 30,330
5 5
Yellow Corp.
4,697,500 21,500 32,000 14,300 44,500
6 7
Schneider
4,045,736 156,851 19,300 10,459 37,910
7 6
Swift Transportation
4,031,517 149,267 21,900 18,366 64,066
8 8
Hub Group
3,572,790 74,805 2,755 2,705 436
9 9
Landstar System
3,167,634 137,350 1,197 9,186 15,170
10 10
TFI International
3,037,205 482,592 17,685 18,535 25,310
11 11
Old Dominion Freight Line
2,991,517 295,765 19,040 7,994 32,525
12 12
ArcBest
2,700,219 18,652 13,000 4,387 21,361
13 13
Ryder System
2,658,745 169,172 67,900 42,800
14 14
Estes Express Lines
2,400,000 - 16,570 7,009 26,718
15 16
Roadrunner Freight
2,044,000 - 4,645 4,332 6,508
16 15
Werner Enterprises
2,008,991 79,129 11,738 7,100 24,350
17 17
UniGroup
1,700,000 -
18 18
Prime Inc.
1,683,834 194,247 3,661 6,246 12,309
19 24
CRST The Transportation Solution
1,546,000 - 7,849 6,682 13,811
20 26
Purolator
1,526,207 - 10,000 463 1,280
21 23
Penske Logistics
1,500,000 - 14,180 2,704 8,785
21 20
Sirva
1,400,000 -
21 19
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
1,500,000 - 10,135 7,000 15,500
24
R+L Carriers
1,452,000 - 10,000 5,958 12,604
25 21
Kenan Advantage Group
1,421,975 - 7,561 6,869 10,404
26 23
C.R. England
1,304,898 - 7,883 4,165 5,990
27 27
NFI
1,250,000 - 8,300 2,793 8,300
28 25
Saia Inc.
1,218,481 48,024 9,000 4,000 13,000
29 28
Southeastern Freight Lines
1,192,296 - 8,458 3,734 11,943
30 29
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
1,118,034 93,863 5,500 4,705 9,915
31 32
Averitt Express
1,091,475 - 4,500 14,623
32 30
Universal Logistics Holdings
1,072,751 24,244 6,275 3,801 4,154
33 32
Celadon Group Inc.
1,050,000 2,700 6,000 7,050 15,000
34 37
Anderson Trucking Service
1,032,144 - 1,410 2,372 6,300
35 33
Crete Carrier Corp.
1,030,000 - 5,500 5,130 12,883
36
Cardinal Logistics
1,000,600 - 4,642 3,020 9,725
37 35
Forward Air
982,530 27,670 3,689 935 4,868
38 36
KLLM Transport Services
937,000 - 3,815 5,300
39 34
Lynden
925,000 - 2,800 768 2,889
40 38
Ruan
872,184 - 5,546 3,425 8,165
41 39
Atlas World Group
795,239 - 2,159
42 46
Daseke Inc. (TFI)
770,000 -8,700 3,400 3,500 7,300
43 42
Quality Carriers
758,000 -
44 113
Central Transport International
703,000 - 3,180 6,543
45 42
Trimac Transportation
700,000 - 3,400 1,800 2,400
46 47
Marten Transport
671,144 33,464 3,622 2,848 4,854
47 43
Covenant Logistics Group
670,651 16,835 4,400 2,535 7,389
48 44
Jack Cooper Holdings
667,849 - 2,119 2,126
49 46
Stevens Transport
662,450 77,990 2,703 2,690 3,795
50 52
Pitt Ohio
649,972 - 3,178 866 2,072
51 45
Day & Ross
640,515 - 1,829 1,531 4,010
52 41
Heartland Express
612,937 56,386 3,600 5,049 15,218
53 54
AAA Cooper Transportation
605,538 - 4,600 2,400 6,000
54 49
Suddath
550,000 -
55 52
Western Express
527,909 38,334 3,000 2,582 7,366
56 54
United Road Services
525,000 - 1,700 1,835 1,200
56
OnTrac Inc.
525,000 - 3,000 55 571
58 51
Mullen Group
520,272 - 3,267 1,821 4,998
59 59
Evans Delivery
505,000 - 320 3,865 650
60 58
Dayton Freight Lines
498,370 - 4,010 1,387 3,664
61 58
PS Logistics
495,300 - 2,600 2,247 2,359
62 57
Canada Cartage
452,728 - 3,110 2,429 2,736
63 55
Mercer Transportation
449,337 - 295 2,228 2,400
64 69
Dart Transit Co.
441,845 - 1,273 2,187 6,963
65 63
California Cartage Co.
440,000 - 1,500
66 60
Shevell Group
436,000 - 3,895 1,550 3,902
67 62
Cowan Systems
434,018 - 1,915 2,059 5,111
68 66
P.A.M. Transport
432,852 11,101 2,463 5,699
69 68
Bennett Family of Cos.
429,616 - 998 1,338 1,892
70 53
USA Truck
429,099 -7,699 2,000 1,415 5,605
71 61
TransX Group of Companies
423,678 - 2,617 1,560 4,410
72 66
Mesilla Valley Transportation
402,940 - 1,900 1,400 5,100
73
TMC Transportation
394,000 -
74 65
Bison Transport
432,084 - 2,559 1,439 4,475
75 70
Interstate Distributor Co.
370,168 - 2,000 1,805 3,900
76 70
Roehl Transport
355,323 - 2,485 1,995 4,898
77 96
Central Freight Lines
347,800 - 1,127 7,852
78 79
A. Duie Pyle
346,000 - 2,800 945 2,225
79 78
Black Horse Carriers
337,500 - 2,625 1,520 3,000
80 74
Maverick USA
334,953 - 2,119 1,675 2,453
81 71
Epes Carriers Inc.
332,073 24,333 1,535 1,202
82 75
Dicom Transportation Group
320,700 -
83 74
Cassens Transport
317,557 - 1,419 1,364 1,364
84 80
IMC Logistics
293,000 - 1,875 1,515 91
85 76
Koch Cos.
280,000 - 1,150 1,001 5,250
86
Dependable Supply Chain Services
278,000 - 321 1,220
87 91
Transport Investments
276,000 - 200 1,150 2,100
88
TransAm Trucking
270,000 - 1,144 1,818
89 82
Challenger Motor Freight
258,006 -
90 83
Trans-System
252,500 - 1,100 1,021 1,600
91 84
Foodliner/Quest Liner
252,275 - 1,261 1,173 2,185
92
Hirschbach Motor Lines
251,697 - 646 1,010
93
United Vision Logistics
245,000 - 1,003 1,347
94
Salmon Cos.
241,796 - 713 1,092
95 79
Comcar Industries
240,054 - 1,592 4,660
96 86
John Christner Trucking
239,015 14,998 232 844 1,060
97 89
Martin Transportation Systems
237,500 - 1,637 1,130 2,200
98 81
Paschall Truck Lines
237,311 - 1,872 1,303 3,101
99 87
Superior Bulk Logistics
233,900 5,200 1,392 1,300 2,100
100 94
Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
229,258 - 1,100 900 1,200
Extras
About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
106

On the Bubble

Groendyke Transport ($206 million), Founded in 1932 by Harold Groendyke and now headed by his son John Groendyke, this family-owned carrier based in Enid, Okla., operates a fleet of 913 company-owned tractors and 1,693 tank truck trailers.
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