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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
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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
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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
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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
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

FedEx Reports Declining Q1 FY 2023 Income

FedEx planes

FedEx Corp. said as the global economy slows, it is aggressively looking to reduce costs, and that it will raise rates across divisions in January.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
September 28, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous, For-Hire

Torc, Schneider Partner on Level 4 Autonomy

Torc HQ

Driverless technology company Torc Robotics and Schneider are preparing to launch a pilot program to further implement autonomous longhaul trucking, the companies announced Sept. 20.

September 21, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

FedEx Tumbles After Pulling Annual Earnings Forecast

FedEx truck

FedEx Corp. lost $11 billion in market value, wiping out two years of stock gains, after withdrawing its earnings forecast on worsening business conditions.

Richard Clough | Bloomberg News
September 16, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Hiring for Uncertain Holiday Season Continues

UPS holiday delivery

Trucking has started making thousands of hires for the holiday season despite facing a variety of economic headwinds.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
September 15, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

UPS to Hire 100,000 Seasonal Workers Ahead of Holidays

UPS sign

UPS Inc. is staffing up for the holiday shipping season by hiring more than 100,000 seasonal workers — a daunting challenge amid widespread labor shortages.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 7, 2022
Business, For-Hire

ATA Group Advances Trucking Diversity Initiative

driver

A working group formed by American Trucking Associations to advance diversity in the industry has drafted guidelines to help fleets of all sizes foster greater inclusiveness in their ranks, and has now created an award to recognize industry diversity efforts.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
August 26, 2022
Business, For-Hire

PS Logistics Completes Acquisition, Agreement

PS Logistics

PS Logistics announced its refrigerated carrier Purdy Bros. Trucking, based in Loudon, Tenn., completed the acquisition of certain transportation assets of Phoenix Leasing of Tennessee Inc.

August 26, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Cuts Nondriving Staff, Slows Spending

U.S. XPress truck

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. Xpress Enterprises is hitting the brakes on its spending, cutting its nondriving staff by another 5% this month and looking for ways to dispose of extra real estate and trim other expenses to offset rising costs amid signs of a shipping slowdown in some industries.

Dave Flessner | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
August 26, 2022
Business, Technology, For-Hire, TCA

Covenant Official Says Range Is Biggest Factor in EV Adoption

Matt McLelland

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The distance a battery-powered tractor-trailer can travel before recharging is “the big holdup” for the adoption of electric trucks, a top official for Chattanooga-based Covenant Logistics said Aug. 23.

Mike Pare | Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press
August 24, 2022
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

U.S. Xpress Partners With School to Launch Supply Chain Program

U.S. XPress truck

High school students in Hamilton County, Tenn., can explore careers in supply chain management and logistics through a new Future Ready Institute that’s launching this fall.

Carmen Nesbitt | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.
August 24, 2022
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