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.
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On the Bubble

Navajo Express Inc. ($175 million), is a refrigerated truckload carrier based in Denver, Colorado.
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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Estes Eyes 12% Terminal Door Total Increase in 2024

Estes Express Lines expects the number of terminal doors in the less-than-truckload carrier’s portfolio to jump more than 12% in 2024 to a total exceeding 12,750.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Business, For-Hire

Saia Lifts Target for 2024 Terminal Openings to 21

Saia could open a large batch of terminals in 2024 as profits and revenue grow at the less-than-truckload carrier, largely on the back of facilities acquired from the estate of Yellow Corp.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

TFI Eyes Large Truckload, LTL Acquisitions in 2025, 2026

TFI International’s ongoing acquisition spree is set to accelerate in 2025, with substantial truckload and less-than-truckload deals on the horizon, according to CEO Alain Bédard.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 30, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight

FAA Clears Drone Companies to Operate in Shared Airspace

The FAA has cleared Wing and Zipline to fly their drones simultaneously over the suburbs of Dallas-Fort Worth without visual observers, using technology to keep the drones apart.

Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg News
July 30, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Saia Q2 Profit, Revenue Rise on Former Yellow Facilities

Profits and revenues at Saia Inc. jumped in the second quarter of 2024 as the carrier continued to benefit from the collapse of erstwhile less-than-truckload rival Yellow Corp.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 29, 2024
Business, For-Hire

TFI to Put LTL, Truckload Units on Diets as Q2 Profit Falls

TFI International is cutting costs across both its Less-Than-Truckload and Truckload businesses amid what CEO Alain Bédard described as a stubbornly lackluster freight environment.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Ryder Posts Q2 Profit Surge, Revenue Up 10% on Leasing Gains

Profits and revenues at Ryder System Inc. increased in the second quarter of 2024 on the back of higher returns from its leasing and maintenance program, the integration of the Cardinal Logistics acquisition and the absence of an accounting charge taken in the year-ago period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 26, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift CEO Cautiously Optimistic as Q2 Results Stabilize

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings reported July 24 that revenue reached just shy of $2 billion in the second quarter of 2024. The Phoenix-based carrier posted net income attributable to itself of $20.3 million.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 25, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Covenant Logistics Reports Nearly 5% Revenue Rise for Q2

Covenant Logistics Group experienced an increase in revenue but a slight decline in earnings during the second quarter of 2024, the company reported July 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 25, 2024
Business, For-Hire

Old Dominion Posts Third Straight Quarter of Revenue Growth

Old Dominion Freight Line marked its third consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth during the second quarter of 2024, the company reported July 24.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
July 24, 2024
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