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.
Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Tank Truck/Bulk Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 | Kenan Advantage Group | 2,406,635 |
2 | Quality Carriers | 984,000 est |
3 | Trimac Transportation Services | 574,668 est |
4 | Foodliner/Quest Liner | 556,974 |
5 | Heniff Transportation Systems | 547,128 est |
6 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions | 402,349 est |
7 | United Petroleum Transports | 166,428 |
8 | Evans Delivery | 139,317 est |
9 | Cliff Viessman Inc. | 117,057 est |
10 | Prime Inc. | 116,162 |
11 | Dupré Logistics | 108,895 |
12 | Andrews Logistics | 107,516 est |
13 | Liquid Trucking | 60,648 est |
14 | NFI | 44,500 |
15 | Canada Cartage | 29,718 est |
16 | Bulk Service Transport | 23,000 |
17 | PGT Holdings | 16,710 |
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.
Quality Carriers, Trimac, Heniff, Quantix, Evans Delivery, Cliff Viessman, Andrews Logistics, Liquid Trucking and Canada Cartage revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry
revenue trends.
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.
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