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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
84,628,000 | 1,343,000 | 543,000 | 15,719 | 87,954 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
78,752,000 | 3,029,000 | 500,000 | 36,598 | 132,540 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
16,252,000 | 79,000 | 102,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
9,640,000 | 506,035 | 30,364 | 17,777 | 35,857 |
| 5 | 11 | TFI International
|
6,347,134 | 275,675 | 16,753 | 24,604 | 49,713 |
| 6 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
4,673,863 | 410,002 | 22,900 | 19,025 | 57,722 |
| 7 | 5 | Schneider
|
4,552,800 | 211,700 | 15,225 | 9,000 | 36,900 |
| 8 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,513,700 | -53,500 | 30,000 | 13,500 | 41,900 |
| 9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
4,132,981 | 192,106 | 1,320 | 10,991 | 17,061 |
| 10 | 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
4,015,129 | 672,682 | 19,779 | 9,288 | 36,650 |
| 11 | 10 | Ryder System
|
3,773,800 | 233,382 | 73,300 | 43,300 | |
| 12 | 13 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,559,000 | - | 19,000 | 8,043 | 32,656 |
| 13 | 12 | Hub Group
|
3,495,644 | 73,559 | 5,000 | 3,600 | 4,800 |
| 14 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
3,200,000 | - | 19,954 | 6,674 | 21,961 |
| 15 | 14 | ArcBest
|
2,940,163 | 71,100 | 13,000 | 4,136 | 22,776 |
| 16 | 18 | NFI
|
2,630,000 | - | 14,500 | 4,500 | 12,500 |
| 17 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,372,178 | 169,078 | 12,292 | 7,861 | 24,400 |
| 18 | 17 | Prime Inc.
|
2,208,764 | 326,543 | 4,839 | 7,199 | 14,162 |
| 19 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
1,973,000 est |
- | |||
| 20 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
1,822,366 | 138,340 | 10,600 | 5,700 | 17,400 |
| 21 | 24 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,742,101 | 17,632 | 7,998 | 6,500 | 13,000 |
| 22 | 36 | Purolator
|
1,646,117 | - | 10,882 | 462 | 1,649 |
| 23 | 22 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,572,138 | - | 8,600 | 6,854 | 12,283 |
| 24 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,502,737 | - | 6,631 | 4,704 | 13,994 |
| 25 | 26 | C.R. England
|
1,466,947 | - | 7,150 | 4,000 | 6,600 |
| 26 | 23 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,454,100 | 6,200 | 4,304 | 5,052 | 11,579 |
| 27 | 34 | Evans Delivery
|
1,426,000 | - | 536 | 7,500 | |
| 28 | 30 | Sirva
|
1,400,000 est |
- | |||
| 29 | 27 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,391,083 | 48,132 | 7,420 | 4,798 | 3,843 |
| 30 | 28 | UniGroup
|
1,320,000 | - | 850 | 4,500 | 2,575 |
| 31 | 37 | Day & Ross
|
1,319,498 | - | 8,000 | 4,200 | 8,600 |
| 32 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,274,709 | - | 2,369 | 2,706 | 7,209 |
| 33 | 29 | Forward Air
|
1,269,573 | 52,767 | 3,774 | 799 | 6,009 |
| 34 | 31 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,256,333 | - | 8,252 | 2,847 | 7,886 |
| 35 | 40 | Ruan
|
1,222,782 | - | 5,500 | 3,413 | 9,468 |
| 36 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,207,587 | - | 8,550 | 4,488 | 14,495 |
| 37 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,171,000 est |
- | 6,500 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Quality Carriers
|
1,090,684 est |
- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Lynden
|
960,000 | - | 2,595 | 877 | 2,428 |
| 40 | 48 | PS Logistics
|
957,000 | - | 3,036 | 3,500 | 5,900 |
| 41 | 41 | KLLM Transport Services
|
917,000 | - | 3,400 | 6,300 | |
| 42 | 46 | Marten Transport
|
874,374 | 69,500 | 4,140 | 3,331 | 5,395 |
| 43 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
871,000 est |
- | 3,580 | 8,675 | |
| 44 | 75 | 10 Roads Express
|
851,957 est |
- | 3,500 | 5,000 | |
| 45 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics
|
849,000 | - | 4,250 | 3,012 | 8,007 |
| 46 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
838,561 | -42,718 | 5,550 | 2,579 | 5,114 |
| 47 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
|
832,000 est |
- | |||
| 48 | 45 | Pitt Ohio
|
828,407 | - | 5,697 | 2,028 | 5,871 |
| 49 | 42 | Atlas World Group
|
806,000 | 8,000 | 637 | 994 | 3,803 |
| 50 | 71 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
725,000 est |
- | |||
| 51 | 52 | Western Express
|
721,500 | - | 3,416 | 3,000 | 7,900 |
| 52 | 51 | United Road Services
|
713,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 2,470 | 2,591 |
| 53 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
702,000 | - | 4,500 | 2,679 | 7,474 |
| 54 | 55 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
693,196 | - | 1,031 | 3,285 | 2,186 |
| 55 | 53 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
669,000 | 83,000 | 4,949 | 1,761 | 4,695 |
| 56 | 60 | Heartland Express
|
645,262 | 70,806 | 3,780 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 57 | 56 | Bison Transport
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642,930 | - | 3,676 | 2,137 | 5,823 |
| 58 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
688,000 | 92,460 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
| 59 | 64 | Canada Cartage
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628,127 | - | 4,332 | 2,880 | 2,700 |
| 60 | 54 | Mullen Group
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601,288 | - | 3,539 | 2,042 | 5,079 |
| 61 | 58 | Trimac Transportation
|
600,000 | - | 3,100 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
| 61 | 59 | Suddath
|
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | ||
| 63 | 65 | Cowan Systems
|
575,872 | - | 2,406 | 2,322 | 7,022 |
| 64 | 92 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
562,000 est |
- | 2,157 | 7,147 | |
| 65 | 67 | USA Truck
|
551,138 | 4,746 | 2,032 | 2,065 | 6,263 |
| 66 | 62 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
532,531 | - | 1,282 | 1,786 | 3,415 |
| 67 | 66 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
524,929 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
| 68 | 69 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | 1,424 | 1,434 |
| 69 | 70 | A. Duie Pyle
|
504,000 | - | 3,341 | 1,347 | 2,456 |
| 70 | 63 | Mercer Transportation
|
495,272 | - | 266 | 2,234 | 2,234 |
| 71 | 68 | P.A.M. Transport
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486,825 | 17,827 | 2,653 | 2,013 | 6,944 |
| 72 | 80 | IMC Logistics
|
450,577 | - | 2,244 | ||
| 73 | 73 | Roehl Transport
|
450,302 est |
- | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 74 | 72 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 est |
- | |||
| 75 | 20 | Roadrunner Freight
|
430,000 est |
- | 893 | 1,201 | |
| 76 | 85 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
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416,796 | - | 1,564 | 1,569 | 3,030 |
| 77 | 88 | Fastfrate Group
|
400,000 | - | 2,800 | 1,152 | 1,622 |
| 78 | 78 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
399,317 | - | 1,970 | 2,015 | 5,800 |
| 79 | 76 | Maverick USA
|
389,182 est |
- | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
| 80 | 74 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | |||
| 81 | 89 | ContainerPort Group
|
350,000 | - | 408 | ||
| 82 | 84 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
345,000 | - | 1,220 | 1,582 | 3,375 |
| 83 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
343,110 | - | 291 | 504 | 642 | |
| 84 | 83 | John Christner Trucking
|
338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 85 | 81 | Red Classic
|
332,458 | - | 1,296 | 655 | 3,362 |
| 86 | 79 | Koch Cos.
|
328,936 | 3,028 | 1,045 | 973 | 5,652 |
| 87 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
324,922 | -25,231 | 1,686 | 1,180 | 2,521 |
| 88 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
314,000 est |
- | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 89 | 91 | TransAm Trucking
|
297,000 est |
- | |||
| 90 | 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
294,058 | 6,464 | 1,125 | 770 | 1,700 |
| 91 | Postal Fleet Services
|
292,568 | - | ||||
| 92 | 87 | Melton Truck Lines
|
292,125 | - | 1,614 | 1,390 | 2,428 |
| 93 | 94 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
283,137 est |
6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 94 | Daylight Transport
|
275,000 | - | ||||
| 95 | 93 | Trans-System
|
274,000 | - | 1,036 | 1,004 | 1,833 |
| 96 | 99 | Groendyke Transport
|
273,125 est |
- | |||
| 97 | United Vision Logistics
|
261,000 est |
- | ||||
| 98 | Central Freight Lines
|
256,000 est |
- | ||||
| 99 | 98 | PGT Holdings
|
253,727 | - | 695 | 1,138 | 1,825 |
| 100 | Smith Transport
|
246,000 | - | 1,136 | 816 | 2,250 |
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.
Revenues for the following carriers are estimated by SJ Consulting Group: R+L Carriers, Crete Carrier Corp., Central Transport International, OnTrac Inc., LaserShip Inc., Jack Cooper Holdings, Roehl Transport, Dart Transit Co.
^ Stevens Transport revenue and net income figures updated after publication of 2021 ranking.
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Mullen Group Posts 0.1% Revenue Gain
Mullen Group experienced a slight increase in revenue year over year but a dip in earnings during the fourth quarter of 2024, the company reported Feb. 13.
Knight-Swift, A. Duie Pyle, TFI Buy Ex-Yellow Terminals
The three carriers bought a total of seven former Yellow terminals in private deals from the bankrupt LTL carrier’s administrators as each sought to bolster its LTL operations.
Ryder Reports Growth From Strong Operations During Q4
“We are pleased to report that this quarter is the first quarter in the last eight with year-over-year comparable earnings growth," CEO Robert Sanchez said during a call with investors.
Heartland Express Targets Major Operating Ratio Improvement
The Iowa-based company posted a loss in the fourth quarter of 2024 as the ongoing integration of two acquisitions alongside the industrywide freight recession weighed heavily on its OR.
Werner Posts Q4 Declines in Profit, Revenue
Werner Enterprises reported year-over-year income and revenue declines during the fourth quarter of 2024.
Hub Group Q4 Profit Falls Despite Intermodal Volume Growth
Fourth-quarter and full-year profit and revenue at Hub Group fell as lower revenue per load outweighed increased intermodal volume amid an ongoing weak freight market, the company said.
Universal Logistics Reports 19% Gain in Q4 Revenue
Universal Logistics Holdings experienced a 19% year-over-year increase in revenue but a slight dip in net income for the fourth quarter of 2024, the company reported Feb. 6.
Transportation M&A Gains Momentum in Late 2024
The transportation sector saw merger and acquisition activity gain momentum as market conditions stabilized in the second half of 2024, according to experts.
Purolator Buys Livingston to Boost International Operations
Purolator, which specializes in package delivery and is majority owned by Canada Post, sees the deal as an international growth play, particularly as the threat of trade wars grows.
Beacon Roofing Rejects Hostile QXO Bid
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