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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
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From Pandemic to Prosperity?

After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
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Map: Where They Are

Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
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Pandemic, Acquisitions Shake Up Top 100 List

Small carriers often were hardest hit by COVID, but large fleets faced challenges, too.
Rankings
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
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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
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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
 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
 628,127 - 4,332 2,880 2,700
60 54
Mullen Group
 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
 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
 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
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.

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For-Hire News
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, For-Hire

Electric, Autonomous Trucks Hold Promise, Executives Say

Manifest tech panel

LAS VEGAS — Autonomous and electric-powered trucks hold great potential to improve safety and efficiency in the freight transportation sector, but it will take time for these emerging technologies to overcome various market challenges and achieve widespread commercialization, industry executives said.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 8, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Expands in Chicago Area With New Terminal

Forward Air

Forward Air Corp. will expand its expedited less-than-truckload service offering in the Chicago area with a new terminal in Bolingbrook, Ill., the company announced Feb. 6.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 6, 2023
Business, For-Hire

ArcBest Reports Earnings Decline, Revenue Gain for Q4

ArcBest

ArcBest experienced a decline in earnings year-over-year on moderate revenue gains during the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported Feb. 3.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 3, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Schneider Reports 18% Earnings Decline for Q4

Schneider truck

Schneider experienced an 18% year-over-year drop in fourth-quarter earnings, the company reported Feb. 2.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 2, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Landstar System Reports Revenue Decline for Q4

Landstar truck

Landstar System Inc. experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings during the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported Feb. 1.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 2, 2023
Business, For-Hire, Global Freight

FedEx to Cut Management Jobs by More Than 10%

Packages at a FedEx Express facility

FedEx Corp. is cutting global officer and director jobs by more than 10%, the courier’s latest cost-saving measure as economic concerns and waning e-commerce weigh on demand for package delivery.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
February 1, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

FedEx Implementing Ranking System for Delivery Contractors

An independent contractor to FedEx Corp. unloads packages

FedEx Corp. is rolling out a new system for evaluating its delivery contractors that rank them like Olympic medal winners.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
January 31, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Covenant Sees Year-End Slowdown

Covenant

Covenant Logistics Group Inc. saw a 35% year-over-year decline in earnings amid marginal revenue improvements during the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported Jan. 25.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 26, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Marten Transport Reports 16th Consecutive Profitable Quarter

Marten Transport

Marten Transport reported higher fourth-quarter earnings, marking its 16th consecutive year-over-year increase.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, For-Hire

Former USA Truck CEO James Reed Joins Kodiak

Kodiak

Former USA Truck CEO James Reed has joined autonomous truck technology company Kodiak Robotics, the company announced Jan. 19.

January 23, 2023
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