| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
97,300,000 | 12,900,000 | 534,000 | 15,554 | 85,398 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
91,683,000 | 6,118,000 | 577,000 | 37,488 | 136,947 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
12,800,000 | 323,000 | 42,000 | 7,900 | 25,800 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
12,168,000 | 760,800 | 34,978 | 18,617 | 39,994 |
| 5 | 5 | TFI International
|
7,220,000 | 664,000 | 29,539 | 22,812 | 50,091 |
| 6 | 9 | Landstar System
|
6,538,000 | 721,000 | 1,399 | 11,864 | 18,307 |
| 7 | 6 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
6,000,000 | 966,000 | 27,900 | 21,351 | 75,019 |
| 8 | 7 | Schneider
|
5,600,000 | 405,000 | 16,050 | 11,300 | 36,700 |
| 9 | 10 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
5,256,000 | 1,034,000 | 24,372 | 10,403 | 41,220 |
| 10 | 8 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,122,000 | 104,000 | 32,000 | 14,200 | 42,000 |
| 11 | 11 | Ryder System
|
4,612,000 | 166,000 | 41,900 | 70,700 | 43,500 |
| 12 | 12 | Estes Express Lines
|
4,447,000 | - | 21,700 | 8,500 | 34,000 |
| 13 | 13 | Hub Group
|
4,232,000 | 171,000 | 5,000 | 3,600 | 6,100 |
| 14 | 15 | ArcBest
|
3,980,000 | 214,000 | 14,000 | 4,360 | 23,438 |
| 15 | 14 | Penske Logistics
|
3,700,000 | - | 19,994 | 5,583 | 13,771 |
| 16 | 16 | NFI
|
3,100,000 | - | 15,500 | 4,600 | 13,000 |
| 17 | 17 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,734,000 | 259,000 | 13,525 | 8,775 | 27,225 |
| 18 | 22 | Purolator
|
2,600,000 | 293,000 | 13,533 | 522 | 2,005 |
| 19 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
2,427,000 est |
- | 6,774 | 19,709 | |
| 20 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
2,408,000 | 351,000 | 4,411 | 7,601 | 14,700 |
| 21 | 20 | Saia Inc.
|
2,300,000 | 335,000 | 12,000 | 5,600 | 19,300 |
| 22 | 27 | Evans Delivery
|
2,050,000 | - | 650 | 9,000 | 3,000 |
| 23 | 21 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,949,000 | 11,000 | 8,689 | 6,400 | 13,600 |
| 24 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,904,000 est |
- | 9,311 | 7,121 | 12,235 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,800,000 | - | 6,536 | 4,894 | 14,289 |
| 26 | 29 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,751,000 | - | 8,000 | 4,066 | 3,800 |
| 27 | 33 | Forward Air
|
1,662,000 | 116,000 | 4,327 | 865 | 6,370 |
| 27 | 47 | OnTrac Inc.
|
1,662,000 est |
- | |||
| 29 | 25 | C.R. England
|
1,644,000 | - | 6,588 | 3,833 | 5,897 |
| 30 | 32 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,567,000 | - | 2,325 | 2,588 | 7,082 |
| 31 | 26 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,557,000 | 56,000 | 4,006 | 4,697 | 11,266 |
| 32 | 36 | Averitt Express
|
1,532,000 | - | 9,000 | 5,090 | 15,071 |
| 33 | 30 | UniGroup
|
1,499,000 | - | 835 | 2,889 | 4,767 |
| 34 | 31 | Day & Ross
|
1,489,000 | - | 8,400 | 4,600 | 9,150 |
| 35 | 34 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,476,000 | - | 8,490 | 2,788 | 8,060 |
| 36 | 40 | PS Logistics
|
1,375,000 | - | 3,100 | 3,625 | 5,700 |
| 37 | 37 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,304,000 | - | 6,500 | 5,000 | 13,000 |
| 38 | 35 | Ruan
|
1,227,820 | - | 5,500 | 3,475 | 8,210 |
| 39 | 39 | Lynden
|
1,080,000 | - | 2,472 | 880 | 2,430 |
| 40 | 43 | Central Transport International
|
1,046,000 est |
- | 2,953 | 11,877 | |
| 40 | 46 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
1,046,000 | - | 5,600 | 2,563 | 5,213 |
| 42 | 54 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
998,000 | - | 1,114 | 2,726 | 1,865 |
| 43 | 72 | IMC Logistics
|
983,000 | - | 2,371 | 1,700 | 150 |
| 44 | 45 | Cardinal Logistics
|
981,000 | - | 4,200 | 3,025 | 8,000 |
| 45 | 51 | Western Express
|
977,000 | - | 4,400 | 3,150 | 8,400 |
| 46 | 49 | Atlas World Group
|
974,000 | 17,000 | 655 | 1,653 | 3,615 |
| 46 | 42 | Marten Transport
|
974,000 | 85,000 | 4,007 | 3,204 | 5,299 |
| 48 | 41 | KLLM Transport Services
|
953,000 | - | 3,200 | 6,100 | |
| 49 | 44 | 10 Roads Express
|
917,000 | - | 5,052 | 5,287 | |
| 50 | 48 | Pitt Ohio
|
900,000 | - | 5,087 | 1,565 | 3,995 |
| 51 | 38 | Quality Carriers
|
850,000 | - | 1,600 | 2,600 | 7,500 |
| 52 | 60 | Mullen Group
|
838,000 | - | 4,622 | 2,241 | 6,151 |
| 53 | 57 | Bison Transport
|
778,000 | - | 3,732 | 2,115 | 6,057 |
| 54 | 53 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
776,000 | - | 5,000 | 2,650 | |
| 55 | 58 | Stevens Transport
|
745,000 | 129,000 | 2,900 | 2,050 | 3,600 |
| 56 | 52 | United Road Services
|
713,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 1,978 | 2,110 |
| 57 | 65 | USA Truck
|
710,000 | 25,000 | 2,069 | 2,157 | 6,548 |
| 58 | 71 | P.A.M. Transport
|
707,100 | 76,500 | 2,510 | 1,970 | 6,859 |
| 59 | 59 | Canada Cartage
|
701,000 | - | 4,332 | 2,880 | 2,700 |
| 60 | 55 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
684,000 | 145,000 | 5,593 | 1,813 | 4,970 |
| 61 | 83 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
680,000 | - | 397 | 504 | 642 |
| 62 | 63 | Cowan Systems
|
655,000 | - | 2,301 | 2,346 | 7,487 |
| 63 | 69 | A. Duie Pyle
|
628,000 | - | 3,734 | 1,444 | 2,962 |
| 64 | 66 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
626,000 | - | 1,990 | 2,299 | 3,861 |
| 65 | 70 | Mercer Transportation
|
614,000 | - | 247 | 2,180 | 2,180 |
| 66 | 56 | Heartland Express
|
607,000 | 79,000 | 3,180 | 3,193 | 10,741 |
| 67 | 61 | Trimac Transportation
|
600,000 est |
- | 1,681 | 3,250 | |
| 68 | 64 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
562,000 est |
- | 1,806 | 5,066 | |
| 69 | 67 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
525,000 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
| 70 | 73 | Roehl Transport
|
521,000 | - | 2,968 | 2,074 | 5,883 |
| 71 | 68 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | 1,286 | 1,284 |
| 72 | 77 | Fastfrate Group
|
500,000 | - | 3,000 | 1,152 | 1,644 |
| 73 | 78 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
494,000 | - | 2,616 | 1,796 | 6,000 |
| 74 | 87 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
454,000 | -72,000 | 1,850 | 1,632 | 3,594 |
| 75 | 74 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 est |
- | 3,098 | 4,252 | |
| 76 | 76 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
437,000 | - | 1,562 | 1,608 | 2,914 |
| 77 | 75 | Roadrunner Freight
|
430,000 est |
- | |||
| 78 | 82 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
402,000 | - | 1,200 | 1,545 | 3,380 |
| 79 | 79 | Maverick USA
|
398,000 | - | 1,977 | 1,458 | 2,671 |
| 80 | 94 | Daylight Transport
|
380,000 | - | |||
| 81 | 80 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | 2,051 | 7,140 | |
| 82 | 85 | Red Classic
|
365,000 | - | 1,206 | 649 | 3,500 |
| 83 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
363,000 | - | 1,965 | 462 | 1,167 | |
| 84 | 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
360,000 | 188,000 | 1,260 | 750 | 2,000 |
| 85 | 86 | Koch Cos.
|
359,000 | - | 1,213 | 983 | 5,689 |
| 86 | 92 | Melton Truck Lines
|
338,000 | - | 1,611 | 1,233 | 2,191 |
| 87 | 84 | John Christner Trucking
|
334,000 | 17,000 | 315 | 754 | 1,236 |
| 88 | Leonard's Express
|
327,000 | - | 700 | 582 | 1,000 | |
| 89 | Western Flyer Express
|
320,000 | - | 1,150 | 4,000 | ||
| 90 | 95 | Trans-System
|
315,000 | - | 990 | 940 | 1,886 |
| 91 | Beemac Trucking
|
301,000 | - | 130 | 525 | 610 | |
| 92 | New Legend
|
294,000 | 37,000 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 4,600 | |
| 93 | 81 | ContainerPort Group
|
287,000 | - | 363 | 1,296 | 16 |
| 94 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines
|
284,000 est |
- | 1,700 | 777 | 2,487 | |
| 95 | Transervice Logistics
|
278,300 | - | 1,200 | 366 | 2,181 | |
| 96 | Artur Express
|
272,000 | - | 471 | 776 | 3,047 | |
| 97 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
265,000 | - | 1,545 | 1,170 | 3,500 | |
| 98 | 99 | PGT Holdings
|
253,700 | - | 695 | 1,138 | 1,825 |
| 99 | 100 | Smith Transport
|
246,000 est |
- | 1,136 | 816 | 2,250 |
| 100 | Paper Transport
|
244,000 | - | 1,100 | 850 | 3,200 |
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.
Revenues for the following carriers are estimated by SJ Consulting Group: R+L Carriers, LaserShip/OnTrac, Crete Carrier Corp., Central Transport International, Oak Harbor Freight Lines.
FedEx Corp. revenue is for 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 2022.
Ruan revenue is for 2020.
10 Roads Express revenue is estimated by Culhane Meadows Pllc.
United Road Services revenue is for 2019.
Trimac revenue is for 2020.
Heniff Transportation Systems revenue is estimated for 2020.
Two Men and a Truck revenue is for 2019.
Jack Cooper Holdings revenue is estimated by SJ Consulting Group for 2019.
TMC Transportation revenue is for 2019.
Roadrunner Freight revenue is for 2019.
Dart Transit Co. revenue is estimated by SJ Consulting Group for 2020.
PGT Trucking revenue is for 2020.
Smith Transport revenue is for 2020.
* Tractor count includes company-owned, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
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Canada Cartage Acquires GTI Group
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Forward Air Files Counterclaim Against Omni on Merger
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Werner Enterprises Reports Earnings Drop on Steady Revenue
Werner Enterprises experienced a year-over-year drop in earnings on a slight decrease in revenue during the third quarter, the company reported Nov. 1.
Forward Air Reports 82% Earnings Drop During Q3
Forward Air Corp. reported an 82.2% drop in earnings during the third quarter of 2023 as revenue declined amid a weak freight environment, the company reported Oct 30.
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