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2024 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front

Soft market conditions in 2023 placed financial strain on many of the largest trucking companies in North America.

Trucking companies have been surviving on lower rates while awaiting a freight market recovery.

Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by region; click links to view details about the company.

Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Prime Inc. 2,147,962
2 KLLM Transport Services 1,057,251
3 Stevens Transport 814,000
4 Hirschbach Motor Lines 753,647
est
5 Marten Transport 465,475
6 C.R. England 257,633
est
7 Leonard's Express 208,694
est
8 PS Logistics 183,611
est
9 Day & Ross 183,480
10 NFI 169,901
11 WEL Cos. 154,924
est
12 Bay and Bay Transportation 135,000
13 May Trucking Co. 133,054
14 National Carriers 124,389
est
15 Canada Cartage 111,441
est
16 Hurricane Express 104,573
17 Schuster Co. 101,000
18 Roehl Refrigerated Transport 79,324
est
19 Bison Transport 77,785
20 Portage Transport 32,130
est
21 Artur Express 25,026
est
22 Cowan Systems 19,392
23 Sorenson Transport 18,913
24 Beemac Trucking 13,770
est
25 TWT Refrigerated 12,000
26 AMX Trucking 9,180
est
27 AFC Transport 8,262
est
28 Atlas World Group 2,566
29 Supra National Express 1,000
Extras

The regional LTL carrier has adapted and expanded through a full century of economic cycles and industry changes.

The trucking industry remains mired in sustained overcapacity relative to freight demand even as it has slowly shed workers.

After being displaced by war in his native Sudan, Lual Akoon’s path took him to Middle America – and trucking.

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For-hire carriers across segments saw revenues slide and margins tighten, but some fared better than others.

Learn more about how companies are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 largest for-hire carriers list.

For-Hire News
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, For-Hire

Fleets Focus on Driver Performance to Raise Fuel Economy

Trucking companies are increasingly investing in training, technology and incentives to optimize driver performance when it comes to fuel consumption.

Stephen Bennett | Special to Transport Topics
June 6, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

UPS-Teamsters Talks to Resume Today

Negotiations were set to resume June 5 between UPS and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents an estimated 360,000 UPS drivers and other workers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
June 1, 2023
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

Estes Express Lines Opens Terminal in California

Estes Express Lines took a major step in its expansion and sustainability initiatives with the opening of a new terminal in Banning, Calif., the carrier announced May 26.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 31, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Seattle Amazon Workers Protest Climate Goals, Layoffs

SEATTLE — Hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate May 31.

Ed Komenda | Associated Press
May 31, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire

PGT Trucking Delivers Nucor Steel Using Nikola Truck

PGT Trucking announced it had delivered its inaugural shipment of low-greenhouse-gas steel, produced by steel manufacturer Nucor, using a Nikola Class 8 zero-emission vehicle.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Back-Office Job Demand Remains Steady at Fleets

With a lingering labor shortage affecting drivers for several years, fleets are finding that there’s a steady growth of job demand for operational support roles known as back-office jobs.

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
May 30, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Trucking Technology Q&A: Melton’s Randy Rhines

Randy Rhines has managed information technology at flatbed carrier Melton Truck Lines since 1989, when the company was founded with 30 trucks.

May 26, 2023
Business, Safety, For-Hire

Werner Appeal of $89.7 Million Verdict Denied

A Texas state court has denied an appeal by Werner Enterprises Inc. of an $89.7 million jury verdict in a case involving a 2014 fatal crash.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 25, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Hair Drug-Testing Rule Could Be Finalized by Midsummer

Can the long wait be coming to an end for the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt a drug testing rule allowing the use of hair samples to drug-test drivers?

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
May 24, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Cummins Invests in Jamestown Plant for Fuel-Agnostic Engine

LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Cummins Inc. is readying a $452 million investment in its 1 million-square-foot Jamestown Engine Plant to produce a fuel-agnostic internal combustion engine platform.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
May 24, 2023
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