2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Learn how to be included in the 2017 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers listing.
Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
TT’s Dan Bearth hosted a livestream panel discussion on the disruptive influences affecting trucking.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Prime Inc. 1,627,899
2 C.R. England 1,397,626
3 KLLM Transport Services 910,000
4 Stevens Transport 671,110
5 Marten Transport 398,361
6 Swift Refrigerated 380,251
7 John Christner Trucking 244,718
8 Shaffer Trucking 207,000
est
9 May Trucking Co. 200,619
10 Covenant Logistics Group 195,545
11 Navajo Express Inc. 175,000
12 CanXpress 150,343
13 Black Horse Carriers 135,000
14 J&R Schugel Trucking 122,000
est
15 MCT Transportation 111,506
16 WEL Cos. 109,000
17 National Carriers 105,000
18 Freymiller Inc. 93,000
est
19 Day & Ross 72,513
20 Bay and Bay Transportation 70,269
21 Continental Express 69,000
est
22 Celadon Group Inc. 56,518
23 Forward Air 42,373
24 Interstate Distributor Co. 39,000
25 Roehl Refrigerated Transport 35,928
26 TWT Refrigerated 33,075
27 Koch Cos. 30,000
28 Maverick USA 29,277
29 CRST The Transportation Solution 28,873
Extras
North America’s for-hire carriers face an onslaught of regulations and potential disruption from technologies.
103

On the Bubble

Western Dairy Transport is a bulk carrier based in Cabool, Missouri.
If your company appears in the 2016 list, you have a few ways to announce it! Visit our logo library to get web- and print-ready graphics.
For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

TFI to Buy Daseke for $1.1 Billion

TFI International Inc., a Canadian carrier that has been growing through acquisitions, announced plans to purchase flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. for $1.1 billion, including debt.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
December 22, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Hub Group Buys Forward Air Final-Mile Unit for $262 Million

Hub Group Inc. is set to buy the final-mile unit of Forward Air Corp. for about $262 million in cash, Oak Brook, Ill.-based Hub Group said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 21, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Acceptance Grows for Driver-Assistance Technology

Drivers have had to grow accustomed to driver-assistance technologies such as the lane-assist function as fleets adopt the features for safety and legal reasons. 

Steve Brawner | Contributing Writer
December 15, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

TMC Transportation Plans $38M South Carolina Campus

Iowa-based flatbed carrier TMC Transportation is consolidating its southeastern U.S. presence via a $38 million investment in its South Carolina operations.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
December 13, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Court Approves Sale of 128 Yellow-Owned Terminals

A Delaware court approved the sale of 128 freight terminals owned by bankrupt less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp., according to an audio recording of a Dec. 12 hearing.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 12, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Dark Horse Bidder Makes Second Offer for Yellow Assets

Next Century Logistics submitted a second bid for Yellow Corp. assets Dec. 7 after an initial offer to reanimate the bankrupt carrier was turned down by the administrators of Yellow’s assets.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 7, 2023
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Reveals First Two Companies in EV Fleet Program

Truck leasing and logistics company Ryder System identified its initial customers Dec. 5 for its RyderElectric+ turnkey electric vehicle fleet program.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 7, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Canada Cartage Acquires GTI Group

Canada Cartage Corp. will buy GTI Group for an undisclosed sum, the company said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 4, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Estes Express Says It Is Doing Well Post-Cyberattack

Executives from Estes Express Lines recently shared details and lessons learned about the company’s response after an October cyberattack hampered the carrier’s operations.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
November 21, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Files Counterclaim Against Omni on Merger

Forward Air has filed a counterclaim against Omni Logistics in response to a lawsuit Omni filed alleging that Forward has not followed through on a planned merger between the companies.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
November 13, 2023
Archives
  • 2023

  • 2022

  • 2021

  • 2020

  • 2019

  • 2018

  • 2017

  • 2016

  • 2015

  • 2014

  • 2013

  • 2012

  • 2011

  • 2010

  • 2009

  • 2008

  • 2007

  • 2006

  • 2005

  • 2004