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This year in particular has brought a changing of the guard at some of the largest companies.
See a breakdown of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers by region; get links to company pages.
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Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
71,861,000 | 4,791,000 | 481,000 | 19,732 | 106,481 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
69,200,000 | 3,636,000 | 425,000 | 29,813 | 113,218 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
17,279,000 | 390,000 | 100,000 | 14,438 | 25,689 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
8,614,874 | 489,585 | 28,300 | 15,808 | 33,510 |
| 5 | 5 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
5,344,066 | 456,070 | 22,800 | 19,156 | 69,544 |
| 6 | 6 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,092,000 | 20,200 | 31,000 | 14,100 | 45,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Schneider
|
4,977,000 | 268,900 | 19,400 | 13,700 | 37,800 |
| 8 | 10 | Landstar System
|
4,615,144 | 255,281 | 1,306 | 10,599 | 16,743 |
| 9 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
4,043,695 | 605,668 | 22,858 | 9,254 | 35,729 |
| 10 | 9 | TFI International
|
3,954,008 | 225,356 | 17,127 | 15,992 | 26,487 |
| 11 | 12 | Ryder System
|
3,731,457 | 194,806 | |||
| 12 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,683,593 | 201,740 | 5,400 | 3,800 | 5,000 |
| 13 | 14 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,160,000 | - | 18,451 | 7,569 | 29,519 |
| 14 | 13 | ArcBest
|
3,093,788 | 67,262 | 13,000 | 4,273 | 22,680 |
| 15 | 15 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,457,914 | 168,148 | 12,852 | 7,860 | 25,255 |
| 16 | 19 | Penske Logistics
|
2,300,000 | - | 19,012 | 3,491 | 10,162 |
| 17 | 16 | Roadrunner Freight
|
2,216,141 | -165,597 | 4,600 | 3,422 | 5,563 |
| 18 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
2,186,057 | 306,419 | 4,900 | 7,226 | 13,524 |
| 19 | 17 | NFI
|
2,040,000 | - | 10,900 | 4,000 | 9,700 |
| 20 | 21 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,842,817 | 26,106 | 8,912 | 6,909 | 16,000 |
| 21 | 29 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,770,000 | -5,187 | 5,930 | 6,144 | 13,824 |
| 22 | 19 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 5,022 | 5,607 | |
| 23 | 22 | R+L Carriers
|
1,692,000 | - | 5,084 | 15,675 | |
| 24 | 23 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,685,000 | - | 7,131 | 6,052 | 14,077 |
| 25 | 27 | Saia Inc.
|
1,653,849 | 104,981 | 10,300 | 4,834 | 15,483 |
| 26 | 25 | C.R. England
|
1,636,138 | - | 8,196 | 4,287 | 6,494 |
| 27 | 24 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,536,191 | - | 9,000 | 6,409 | 10,732 |
| 28 | 31 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,461,708 | 52,178 | 6,335 | 4,057 | 6,152 |
| 29 | 26 | Sirva
|
1,400,000 | - | 1,657 | 2,867 | |
| 30 | 30 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,378,929 | - | 8,989 | 3,570 | 11,569 |
| 31 | 32 | Forward Air
|
1,320,886 | 92,051 | 5,411 | 1,185 | 6,647 |
| 32 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,298,463 | - | 9,000 | 4,947 | 15,182 |
| 33 | 36 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,244,459 | - | 2,143 | 2,636 | 6,978 |
| 34 | 39 | Evans Delivery
|
1,163,625 | - | 429 | 6,000 | 550 |
| 35 | 34 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,156,000 | - | 6,000 | 5,373 | 13,430 |
| 36 | 28 | Purolator
|
1,078,043 | - | 10,000 | 465 | 1,329 |
| 37 | 38 | Lynden
|
1,050,000 | - | 2,658 | 998 | 2,679 |
| 38 | 35 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
999,700 | - | 5,500 | 3,850 | 10,000 |
| 39 | 41 | Ruan
|
957,131 | - | 5,700 | 3,700 | 9,600 |
| 40 | 37 | KLLM Transport Services
|
917,000 | - | 3,500 | 5,400 | |
| 41 | 40 | Atlas World Group
|
900,500 | 10,000 | 650 | 1,064 | 4,136 |
| 42 | 47 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
885,455 | 42,503 | 5,500 | 3,154 | 6,950 |
| 43 | 46 | Pitt Ohio
|
826,947 | - | 5,751 | 2,047 | 5,534 |
| 44 | 43 | Central Transport International
|
825,000 | - | 3,180 | 6,543 | |
| 45 | 42 | Quality Carriers
|
822,000 | - | 2,541 | 5,204 | |
| 46 | 45 | Day & Ross
|
806,806 | - | 3,277 | 2,872 | 9,006 |
| 47 | 44 | Cardinal Logistics
|
800,000 | - | 4,220 | 2,560 | 8,000 |
| 48 | 48 | Marten Transport
|
787,594 | 55,027 | 3,600 | 2,661 | 5,594 |
| 49 | 55 | PS Logistics
|
747,339 | - | 3,664 | 3,150 | 5,300 |
| 50 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
725,000 | - | 5,234 | 2,690 | 6,800 |
| 51 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
719,870 | 102,660 | 2,700 | 2,715 | 3,900 |
| 52 | 58 | Western Express
|
695,122 | - | 3,250 | 2,805 | 7,600 |
| 53 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
674,027 | - | 3,759 | 1,978 | 5,055 |
| 54 | 51 | United Road Services
|
659,000 | - | 1,846 | 2,550 | 1,300 |
| 54 | 59 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
659,000 | 89,577 | 4,922 | 1,752 | 4,408 |
| 56 | 62 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
612,140 | - | 1,124 | 1,632 | 2,698 |
| 57 | 53 | Heartland Express
|
610,803 | 72,677 | 3,450 | 2,906 | 10,506 |
| 58 | 63 | Mercer Transportation
|
602,504 | - | 305 | 2,608 | 2,608 |
| 59 | 60 | Suddath
|
600,000 | - | 2,200 | ||
| 60 | 54 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
581,000 | - | 3,753 | 1,843 | 2,290 |
| 61 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
|
562,856 | - | 23 | 900 | |
| 62 | 65 | Bison Transport
|
556,684 | - | 3,100 | 1,697 | 5,096 |
| 63 | 66 | Cowan Systems
|
537,163 | - | 2,107 | 2,073 | 5,785 |
| 64 | 69 | USA Truck
|
534,060 | 12,204 | 2,400 | 1,674 | 5,531 |
| 65 | 71 | P.A.M. Transport
|
533,261 | 23,994 | 2,748 | 2,031 | 6,397 |
| 66 | 56 | Trimac Transportation
|
528,672 | - | 3,165 | 1,966 | 4,080 |
| 67 | 61 | Canada Cartage
|
501,659 | - | 3,160 | 3,309 | 2,817 |
| 68 | 68 | Dart Transit Co.
|
491,912 | - | 2,362 | 2,068 | 7,408 |
| 69 | 75 | Black Horse Carriers
|
491,000 | - | 3,438 | 1,700 | 4,000 |
| 70 | 64 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
487,236 | - | 6,334 | ||
| 71 | 67 | 10 Roads Express
|
480,806 | - | 1,857 | 2,281 | |
| 72 | 74 | TMC Transportation
|
464,000 | - | 2,752 | 3,691 | |
| 73 | 87 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
454,454 | - | 1,213 | 1,860 | 3,490 |
| 74 | 77 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
435,000 | - | 14 | 10 | |
| 75 | 79 | A. Duie Pyle
|
428,800 | - | 2,851 | 1,083 | 2,086 |
| 76 | 78 | Roehl Transport
|
421,330 | - | 2,460 | 1,966 | 4,902 |
| 77 | 80 | Maverick USA
|
395,771 | - | 2,156 | 1,632 | 2,446 |
| 78 | 81 | Transport Investments
|
384,719 | - | 200 | 1,035 | 1,899 |
| 79 | 72 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
383,950 | - | 1,662 | 1,400 | 5,000 |
| 80 | 82 | IMC Logistics
|
368,560 | - | 2,001 | 1,455 | 148 |
| 81 | Red Classic
|
354,416 | - | 1,211 | 546 | 2,647 | |
| 82 | 88 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
317,062 | - | 1,301 | 1,279 | 2,301 |
| 83 | 89 | Koch Cos.
|
310,000 | - | 1,167 | 1,155 | 5,432 |
| 84 | 86 | TransAm Trucking
|
307,000 | - | 1,135 | 1,823 | |
| 85 | 92 | Melton Truck Lines
|
302,227 | - | 1,701 | 1,359 | 2,276 |
| 86 | 91 | Trans-System
|
300,000 | - | 1,100 | 1,000 | 1,870 |
| 86 | ContainerPort Group
|
300,000 | - | 400 | 1,400 | 100 | |
| 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
300,000 | - | 1,700 | 200 | ||
| 89 | 99 | John Christner Trucking
|
295,171 | 24,907 | 207 | 801 | 1,103 |
| 90 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
293,000 | - | 1,100 | 3,000 | ||
| 91 | 85 | Cassens Transport
|
292,635 | - | 1,126 | 1,150 | 1,150 |
| 92 | 90 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
291,000 | - | 346 | 1,113 | |
| 93 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
290,935 | - | 1,137 | 1,139 | ||
| 94 | 100 | Acme Truck Line
|
290,475 | - | 2,000 | 900 | 1,000 |
| 95 | 95 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
285,000 | - | 1,100 | 858 | 1,132 |
| 95 | 96 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
285,000 | - | 1,875 | 1,530 | 3,350 |
| 97 | 94 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
282,483 | - | 2,179 | 1,261 | 2,592 |
| 98 | PGT Holdings
|
280,000 | - | 675 | 1,020 | 1,820 | |
| 99 | 98 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
277,000 | - | 1,100 | 2,000 | |
| 100 | 97 | United Vision Logistics
|
275,000 | - | 977 | 1,217 |
About the Rankings...
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.
Extras
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Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA
UPS to Acquire German Cold Chain Company
UPS is acquiring a German firm that specializes in temperature-sensitive shipping to expand its health care logistics capabilities in Europe, the company announced Sept. 10.
Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 10, 2024Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA
UPS to Lay Off More Employees to Boost Profitability
UPS Inc. is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks.
Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The decision, repealing measures in place since 2014, follows a six-month review of input from the public, law enforcement and first responders.
Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 5, 2024Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Top 100
Yellow Submits Final Chapter 11 Plan, Seeks Creditor Deal
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Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
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Estes Purchases Seven Former Yellow Terminals
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Mike Gannon Appointed to Lead CRST
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XPO Explores Sale of European Transportation Business
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