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October 16, 2024Up Front
This year in particular has brought a changing of the guard at some of the largest companies.
See a breakdown of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers by region; get links to company pages.
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Rankings
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 Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
| Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight-Swift Transportation | 3,471,064 |
| 2 | Landstar System | 2,791,494 |
| 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 2,580,506 |
| 4 | Schneider | 2,268,000 |
| 5 | Werner Enterprises | 1,881,323 |
| 6 | TFI International | 1,843,687 |
| 7 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,600,000 |
| 8 | Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,333,313 |
| 9 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 1,011,000 |
| 10 | Penske Logistics | 919,000 est |
| 11 | Crete Carrier Corp. | 860,000 |
| 12 | Celadon Trucking Services | 762,000 est |
| 13 | Mullen Group | 674,027 |
| 14 | Ruan | 648,539 |
| 15 | Cardinal Logistics | 648,000 |
| 16 | Heartland Express | 610,803 |
| 17 | Covenant Logistics Group | 591,900 |
| 18 | Canada Cartage | 501,659 |
| 19 | Universal Truckload | 434,834 |
| 20 | P.A.M. Transport | 426,609 |
| 21 | Western Express | 406,831 |
| 22 | Dart Transit Co. | 384,336 |
| 23 | Mesilla Valley Transportation | 383,950 |
| 24 | Bison Transport | 372,387 |
| 25 | NFI | 369,000 |
| 26 | USA Truck | 347,729 |
| 27 | Hub Group Dedicated | 292,857 |
| 28 | Cowan Systems | 292,572 |
| 29 | Challenger Motor Freight | 285,000 |
| 30 | Black Horse Carriers | 277,000 |
| 31 | Paschall Truck Lines | 259,000 |
| 32 | Day & Ross Freight | 256,161 |
| 33 | Martin Transportation Systems | 255,199 |
| 34 | Wilson Logistics | 250,000 |
| 35 | Evans Delivery | 245,606 |
| 36 | Roehl Transport | 237,681 |
| 37 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 228,067 |
| 38 | Marten Transport | 223,852 |
| 39 | Anderson Trucking Service | 217,180 |
| 40 | C.A.T. Inc. | 208,382 |
| 41 | Forward Air | 192,600 |
| 42 | Auto Lineas America | 191,100 |
| 43 | Averitt Express | 181,096 |
| 44 | Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 158,800 |
| 45 | Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 158,225 |
| 46 | Brown Trucking Co. | 155,000 |
| 47 | Transportadora Nacional | 153,300 |
| 48 | Pitt Ohio | 148,283 |
| 49 | Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 143,300 |
| 50 | Paper Transport | 142,882 |
| 51 | Titanium Transportation Group | 142,780 |
| 52 | Red Classic | 138,000 |
| 53 | Mercer Transportation | 137,008 |
| 54 | G&D Integrated | 130,700 |
| 55 | Legend Transportation | 127,000 |
| 56 | Artur Express | 125,950 |
| 57 | Trans-Mex Inc. | 125,000 |
| 58 | A.D. Transport Express | 120,000 |
| 59 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 119,000 |
| 60 | Cargo Transporters | 116,719 |
| 61 | Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 109,900 |
| 62 | Kriska Transportation | 102,625 |
| 63 | Raven Transport | 102,000 est |
| 64 | System Freight | 99,249 |
| 65 | CalArk | 96,292 |
| 66 | J. Rayl Transport | 93,000 |
| 67 | Titan Transfer | 84,967 |
| 68 | Express Tres Fronteras | 80,000 |
| 69 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 80,000 |
| 70 | Transportes Quintanilla | 73,400 |
| 71 | Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 69,000 |
| 72 | Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 65,600 |
| 73 | American Central Transport | 65,000 |
| 74 | Halvor Lines | 62,422 |
| 75 | Highlight Motor Group | 61,335 |
| 76 | Fleetmaster Express | 61,000 |
| 77 | Transportes Lar-Mex | 60,100 |
| 78 | Fletes Internacionales Coss | 57,800 |
| 79 | Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 48,900 |
| 80 | TRACOMEX | 47,700 |
| 81 | Transportes Elola | 44,400 |
| 82 | Transportes Internacionales JCV | 43,300 |
| 83 | Transportes Canales | 41,100 |
| 84 | A. Duie Pyle | 40,900 |
| 85 | Market Express | 40,815 |
| 86 | Alabama Motor Express | 37,500 |
| 87 | Centauros del Sureste | 35,700 |
| 88 | Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 35,600 |
| 89 | Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 35,400 |
| 90 | Wright Transportation | 35,400 |
| 91 | Grupo GOR | 35,200 |
| 92 | Blackhawk Transport | 32,482 |
| 93 | Autotransportes Dasa | 32,200 |
| 94 | Dupré Logistics | 28,318 |
| 95 | Atlas World Group | 24,500 |
| 96 | Meiborg Inc. | 24,000 |
| 97 | TGR Logistics | 23,000 |
| 98 | Schuster Co. | 20,800 |
| 99 | Transport Investments | 18,476 |
| 100 | IMC Logistics | 18,428 |
| 101 | ContainerPort Group | 15,000 |
| 102 | Brenny Transportation | 15,000 |
Extras
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