| 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 |
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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