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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
The pandemic-driven spike in online shopping has forced firms to adjust operations.
For the 2021 list, we've decided to use a different metric to rank companies.
Find out where the Top 50 are located by U.S. region.
Rankings
Rank This Year Company Gross Revenue (Millions) Net Revenue (Millions) Employees
1 C.H. Robinson Worldwide $15,490 $2,241
est
9,114
2 XPO Logistics $12,107 $6,470
est
62,000
3 UPS Supply Chain Solutions $11,048 $5,565
est
77,000
4 Expeditors International of Washington $10,116 $2,927
est
17,908
5 J.B. Hunt Transport Services $9,198 $3,045
est
23,000
6 Kuehne + Nagel Americas $6,615 $1,656
est
15,000
7 DHL Supply Chain $5,800 $5,290
est
36,339
8 Transportation Insight Holding Co. $4,270 $280
est
1,800
9 Total Quality Logistics $4,138 $736
est
5,000
10 Burris Logistics $4,100 $435
est
2,109
11 Ryder Supply Chain Solutions $3,774 $2,800
est
15,000
12 Hub Group $3,646 $449
est
5,000
13 Uber Freight/Transplace Inc. $3,400 $334
est
2,800
14 DSV A/S (North America) $2,970 $730
est
-
15 Schneider $2,814 $1,135
est
1,500
16 Geodis (North America) $2,700 $1,600
est
17,337
17 NFI $2,631 $2,214
est
14,500
18 Penske Logistics $2,600 $2,040
est
20,033
19 Echo Global Logistics $2,512 $393
est
2,593
20 DB Schenker (North America) $2,335 $840
est
8,700
21 Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services $2,300 $2,140
est
28,500
22 Landstar System $2,196 $365
est
700
23 Mode Global $2,100 $287
est
435
23 FedEx Logistics $2,100 $1,075
est
20,000
25 Americold Logistics $1,990 $1,580
est
16,000
26 Ceva Logistics (North America) $1,975 $935
est
17,000
27 GlobalTranz Enterprises $1,651 $263
est
1,152
28 WWEX Group $1,650 $360
est
2,000
29 BDP International $1,552 $379
est
5,000
30 Werner Enterprises $1,527 $1,120
est
6,495
31 Lineage Logistics $1,440 $1,440
est
14,000
32 Knight-Swift Transportation $1,330 $665
est
20,000
33 TransGroup Global Logistics $1,300 $580
est
1,740
34 Ruan $1,223 $860
est
5,500
35 AIT Worldwide Logistics $1,220 $256
est
1,719
36 Syncreon $1,203 $1,080
est
-
37 Radial $1,200 $1,200
est
4,600
38 Universal Logistics Holdings $1,190 $550
est
7,550
39 Capstone Logistics $1,040 $900
est
12,000
40 Odyssey Logistics & Technology $1,018 $365
est
2,600
41 Uber Freight $1,011 $120
est
-
42 APL Logistics (North America) $1,010 $625
est
4,000
43 Ascent Global Logistics $974 $140
est
950
44 Crane Worldwide Logistics $916 $267
est
1,800
45 OIA Global $876 $164
est
1,300
46 Pilot Freight Services $874 $250
est
2,500
47 U.S. Xpress Enterprises $857 $609
est
3,895
48 Cardinal Logistics $849 $752
est
4,250
49 Radiant Logistics $847 $199
est
603
50 Nippon Express (North America) $844 $300
est
2,931
Extras
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On the Bubble

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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises in November

Intermodal rail volume for November rose 2.7%, and the weekly average volume was the highest level on record for the month, the Association of American Railroads reported.

December 5, 2014
Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Economy Continues Expansion; Trucking Revenue Rises, Fed Says

The national economy continued to expand from early October to late November as some of the 12 districts reported higher trucking revenue, the Federal Reserve said.

December 3, 2014
Business, Logistics

Canada Extends Order on Rail Shipment to Alleviate Grain Backlog

Canada extended an order that requires the country’s two largest railways to ship a minimum amount of grain each week until March 28.

December 1, 2014
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Historic Month for Trailers

Trailer manufacturers received a record 47,810 new orders in October, smashing the previous mark by more than 25%, ACT Research reported.

December 1, 2014
Business, Logistics

Trailer Orders Surge to Record High

Trailer orders leaped to a record-high 47,810 in October, almost doubling from a year ago, ACT Research Co. reported.

Michael G. Malloy | Web Editor
November 24, 2014
Business, Logistics

DHL Sets 4.9% Rate Increase for 2015

DHL Express has set a 4.9% average price increase for its account holders, effective Jan. 2.

Michael G. Malloy | Web Editor
November 21, 2014
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.6% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 2.6% in the week ended Nov. 15 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

November 21, 2014
Business, Logistics

LiveOnWeb Replay: The 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies

Watch a replay of our Nov. 19 installment of LiveOnWeb  that focused on Transport Topics' release of the 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies. Our TT panel was joined by Bob Farrell, Executive Director of the Automobile Carriers Conference. The panel conducted an overview of the list, analyzed capacity and congestion concerns and discussed automobile manufacturing and delivery challenges.

November 20, 2014
Business, Logistics

Logistics Spending on an Upward Trend

Spending on logistics services is expected to accelerate in 2014 as the economy in the United States continues to expand and more companies outsource transportation management to third-party logistics companies.

November 19, 2014
Business, Logistics

Change at the Top, New Firms on List Shape Annual Survey

The 2014 edition of Transport Topics’ Top 50 Logistics Companies list produced a few surprises, some fast movers and some new names.

November 19, 2014
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