ORLANDO, Fla. — The emergence of Uber-style transactions in the freight industry will not replace brokers, experts in the segment said while acknowledging a surge in both the number of new motor carriers and mobile apps to locate freight.
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2015 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 largest logistics companies in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
FedEx, C.H. Robinson Worldwide make acquisitions, move up in the 2015 Top 50 list.
Over the past 10 years, $36.7 billion has been spent to acquire logistics companies in North America, according to data from Armstrong and Associates. And industry and investment experts believe that the buying is just getting started.
Video: A new set of Transport Topics Top 50 Logistics Companies rankings has been released, and we lined up a quintet of industry leaders to help analyze the latest trends for a LiveOnWeb program.
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Net Revenue (Millions) | Gross Revenue (Millions) | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | $3,030 est
|
$5,758 | - |
| 2 | 2 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | $2,605 est
|
$5,799 | - |
| 3 | 4 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions | $2,157 est
|
$2,461 | - |
| 4 | 6 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | $2,131 est
|
$14,093 | 11,521 |
| 5 | 5 | Expeditors International of Washington | $1,981 est
|
$6,565 | 14,659 |
| 6 | 3 | DHL Supply Chain | $1,815 est
|
$3,300 | 47,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Ceva Logistics (North America) | $1,715 est
|
$2,618 | - |
| 8 | 8 | Americold Logistics | $1,696 est
|
- | 11,000 |
| 9 | 9 | UTi Worldwide | $1,548 est
|
$4,369 | 21,018 |
| 10 | 13 | FedEx Logistics | $1,465 est
|
$2,896 | 10,885 |
| 11 | 10 | Schneider | $1,242 est
|
$3,393 | - |
| 12 | 12 | XPO Logistics | $1,160 est
|
$3,140 | - |
| 13 | 11 | Kuehne + Nagel Americas | $1,105 est
|
$5,157 | - |
| 14 | 16 | Swift Transportation | $1,045 est
|
$1,394 | - |
| 15 | 20 | Penske Logistics | $915 est
|
$1,137 | 10,882 |
| 16 | 15 | NFI | $914 est
|
$1,091 | - |
| 17 | 17 | Werner Enterprises | $844 est
|
$1,182 | 4,632 |
| 18 | 19 | Ruan | $805 est
|
$848 | 5,595 |
| 19 | 19 | Neovia Logistics | $800 est
|
- | - |
| 20 | 18 | DB Schenker (North America) | $774 est
|
$2,615 | 6,000 |
| 21 | 22 | Menlo Logistics | $749 est
|
$1,718 | 8,500 |
| 22 | 23 | Cardinal Logistics | $681 est
|
- | - |
| 23 | 14 | APL Logistics (North America) | $660 est
|
$1,030 | 6,000 |
| 24 | 26 | OHL | $650 est
|
$1,305 | 8,302 |
| 25 | 24 | Norbert Dentressangle | $601 est
|
$781 | 6,500 |
| 26 | 36 | Panalpina Inc. | $538 est
|
$2,463 | - |
| 27 | 28 | Kenco Group | $506 est
|
$518 | 3,800 |
| 28 | 27 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises | $475 est
|
$618 | - |
| 29 | 29 | Fidelitone | $454 est
|
$463 | 715 |
| 30 | 31 | Universal Logistics Holdings | $449 est
|
- | - |
| 31 | 32 | Hub Group | $370 est
|
$3,571 | 2,568 |
| 32 | 33 | Saddle Creek Logistics Services | $358 est
|
- | 2,453 |
| 33 | 37 | Total Quality Logistics | $352 est
|
$2,142 | 3,131 |
| 34 | 34 | DSC Logistics | $340 est
|
- | - |
| 35 | 35 | Toll Global Forwarding | $297 est
|
$1,468 | - |
| 36 | 44 | Landstar System | $270 est
|
$1,624 | - |
| 37 | 39 | Performance Team | $261 est
|
$263 | 3,845 |
| 38 | 38 | Burris Logistics | $256 est
|
- | - |
| 39 | 41 | Coyote Logistics | $255 est
|
$2,094 | 1,994 |
| 40 | 40 | BDP International | $254 est
|
$1,900 | - |
| 41 | 43 | Cowan Logistics | $240 est
|
$346 | - |
| 42 | 42 | Preferred Freezer Services | $225 est
|
$275 | 1,800 |
| 43 | 45 | SCI Group | $212 est
|
$213 | 1,800 |
| 44 | 46 | Averitt Express | $210 est
|
$365 | - |
| 45 | 50 | Echo Global Logistics | $208 est
|
$1,173 | 1,734 |
| 46 | 47 | Damco International | $185 est
|
$1,007 | - |
| 47 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | $183 est
|
$689 | - | |
| 48 | Odyssey Logistics & Technology | $180 est
|
$590 | - | |
| 48 | 49 | Legacy Supply Chain Services | $180 est
|
$401 | - |
| 50 | 48 | Agility Logistics | $175 est
|
$795 | - |
About the Rankings...
Top 50 Logistics Companies provide logistics services, including freight brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing and dedicated contract carriage in North America and are ranked on the basis of annual gross revenue. Some sector rankings may have been updated since their print publication. To be included in the Top 50 list, 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 50 list.
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Business, Technology, Government, Logistics, Autonomous
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