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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 Knight-Swift Transportation 4,698,655
2 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 4,332,439
3 Landstar System 2,742,281
4 Werner Enterprises 2,310,810
5 Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions 2,211,000
6 Penske Logistics 2,200,000
7 Schneider 2,156,000
8 TFI International 1,625,592
9 CRST The Transportation Solution 1,350,000
est
10 Crete Carrier Corp. 1,342,000
11 Heartland Express 1,207,000
12 Ruan 912,000
est
13 NFI 823,401
14 Western Express 743,578
est
15 C.R. England 709,335
est
16 FirstFleet 609,000
est
17 Universal Truckload 557,417
18 Day & Ross Freight 535,150
19 Bison Transport 480,246
20 P.A.M. Transport 460,900
21 Mesilla Valley Transportation 446,000
est
22 Cowan Systems 429,381
23 Marten Transport 408,272
24 USA Truck 367,650
est
25 Fastfrate Group 344,000
26 Covenant Logistics Group 320,287
27 New Legend 311,928
est
28 Artur Express 298,248
est
29 Roehl Transport 285,205
est
30 Evans Delivery 237,000
31 Canada Cartage 232,811
est
32 Paper Transport 213,287
33 Anderson Trucking Service 209,700
34 PS Logistics 182,600
est
35 TCI Transportation 173,000
36 Forward Air 159,513
37 Averitt Express 158,360
est
38 Cheema Freightlines 148,452
39 GP Transco 148,262
est
40 Transportation Services 141,000
41 System Freight 137,212
42 A. Duie Pyle 136,000
43 Titan Transfer 125,244
est
44 Cargo Transporters 121,436
45 Transervice Logistics 118,162
est
46 Leonard's Express 116,414
est
47 Southeastern Freight Lines 89,207
48 Highlight Motor Group 83,230
est
49 May Trucking Co. 71,644
50 RoadOne IntermodaLogistics 50,000
51 TGR Logistics 47,000
52 Schuster Co. 44,600
53 AMX Trucking 38,040
est
54 Paul Logistics 33,000
55 Aifleet 30,099
56 McCollister's Global Services 28,530
est
57 Dupré Logistics 27,522
58 Beemac Trucking 19,020
est
59 Atlas World Group 18,024
60 Trans-System 14,000
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, For-Hire

Uber Offers to Return Parcels for $5

Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores. 

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
October 4, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems

Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 3, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Heartland Express Deploys Isaac In-Cab Technology

Truckload carrier Heartland Express has deployed Isaac Instruments’ in-cab telematics system across its fleet, the companies said in a joint announcement.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 28, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight

UPS to Hire 30,000 Extra Drivers for Peak Season

UPS Inc. is set to hire more than 30,000 additional drivers for peak season, a mix of package car drivers, commercial driver license drivers and seasonal support drivers.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 27, 2023
Business, For-Hire, TCA

UPS Looks to Add 100,000 Workers for the Holidays

UPS Inc. said Sept. 26 it plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday shipping season this year.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 26, 2023
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Beats Quarterly Wall Street Profit Expectations

FedEx Corp. posted a higher profit than Wall Street expected in its most recent quarter, but trimmed expectations for the full-year period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

Experts: Freight Environment Unlikely to Improve Much Soon

Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire

Doug Nickles Crowned TMCSuperTech Grand Champion

CLEVELAND — Doug Nickles from FedEx Freight earned his first TMCSuperTech grand champion honor at ATA's  Technology & Maintenance Council’s National Technicians Skills Competition.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
September 20, 2023
Business, Fuel, For-Hire, Private

Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Nearshoring Boom Faces Growing Pains

The escalation of nearshoring this year has brought an increased need to bolster infrastructure investments and supply chain operations, according to experts.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
September 13, 2023
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