2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
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Find out where the carriers are by regions in North America.
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Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Swift Truckload 3,131,771
2 Schneider 2,380,000
est
3 Landstar System 1,894,221
4 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 1,836,766
5 Werner Enterprises 1,644,874
6 Penske Logistics 1,400,000
7 U.S. Xpress Enterprises 1,346,000
8 TFI International 1,263,357
9 Knight-Swift Transportation 952,098
10 Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions 895,538
11 Crete Carrier Corp. 775,000
est
12 XPO 770,000
13 Celadon Trucking Services 748,337
14 Heartland Express 736,345
15 Universal Truckload 696,134
16 CRST The Transportation Solution 585,587
17 Mullen Group 559,477
18 Ruan 521,063
19 Western Express 520,079
20 Canada Cartage 466,463
21 Covenant Logistics Group 449,029
22 Cowan Systems 432,000
23 P.A.M. Transport 417,050
24 Mesilla Valley Transportation 397,716
25 Interstate Distributor Co. 392,109
26 USA Truck 356,528
27 Dart Transit Co. 349,456
28 NFI 332,700
29 Bison Transport 303,191
30 Stan Koch & Sons Trucking 290,000
31 Paschall Truck Lines 259,301
32 Challenger Motor Freight 258,496
33 Southeastern Freight Lines 227,329
34 Martin Transportation Systems 220,000
35 Epes Carriers Inc. 215,979
36 Roehl Transport 211,154
37 Brown Trucking Co. 176,521
38 Anderson Trucking Service 155,898
39 Black Horse Carriers 143,000
40 CalArk 124,218
41 SLH Transport 114,581
42 Day & Ross Freight 112,324
43 Forward Air 110,950
44 Abilene Motor Express 95,000
est
45 Titan Transfer 84,002
46 TransX Group of Companies 79,593
47 System Freight 72,562
48 Fastfrate Group 44,604
49 Atlas World Group 28,501
50 A. Duie Pyle 15,490
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.
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For-Hire News
Business, For-Hire, Top 100

Landstar Q2 Profits Dip Amid Dry Van Market Softness

Profit and revenue at Landstar System Inc. fell in the second quarter of 2024, largely on the back of truckload market weakness.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
August 1, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Werner Spots Signs of Hope Despite Disappointing Q2

Profit dropped at Werner Enterprises Inc. in the second quarter of 2024 as revenue slid more than analysts expected on the back of continued freight weakness, although executives are seeing more room for optimism from the last few weeks.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
July 31, 2024
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
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