| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
84,628,000 | 1,343,000 | 543,000 | 15,719 | 87,954 |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
78,752,000 | 3,029,000 | 500,000 | 36,598 | 132,540 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
16,252,000 | 79,000 | 102,000 | 15,500 | 40,000 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
9,640,000 | 506,035 | 30,364 | 17,777 | 35,857 |
| 5 | 11 | TFI International
|
6,347,134 | 275,675 | 16,753 | 24,604 | 49,713 |
| 6 | 7 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
4,673,863 | 410,002 | 22,900 | 19,025 | 57,722 |
| 7 | 5 | Schneider
|
4,552,800 | 211,700 | 15,225 | 9,000 | 36,900 |
| 8 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,513,700 | -53,500 | 30,000 | 13,500 | 41,900 |
| 9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
4,132,981 | 192,106 | 1,320 | 10,991 | 17,061 |
| 10 | 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
4,015,129 | 672,682 | 19,779 | 9,288 | 36,650 |
| 11 | 10 | Ryder System
|
3,773,800 | 233,382 | 73,300 | 43,300 | |
| 12 | 13 | Estes Express Lines
|
3,559,000 | - | 19,000 | 8,043 | 32,656 |
| 13 | 12 | Hub Group
|
3,495,644 | 73,559 | 5,000 | 3,600 | 4,800 |
| 14 | 15 | Penske Logistics
|
3,200,000 | - | 19,954 | 6,674 | 21,961 |
| 15 | 14 | ArcBest
|
2,940,163 | 71,100 | 13,000 | 4,136 | 22,776 |
| 16 | 18 | NFI
|
2,630,000 | - | 14,500 | 4,500 | 12,500 |
| 17 | 16 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,372,178 | 169,078 | 12,292 | 7,861 | 24,400 |
| 18 | 17 | Prime Inc.
|
2,208,764 | 326,543 | 4,839 | 7,199 | 14,162 |
| 19 | 19 | R+L Carriers
|
1,973,000 est |
- | |||
| 20 | 21 | Saia Inc.
|
1,822,366 | 138,340 | 10,600 | 5,700 | 17,400 |
| 21 | 24 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,742,101 | 17,632 | 7,998 | 6,500 | 13,000 |
| 22 | 36 | Purolator
|
1,646,117 | - | 10,882 | 462 | 1,649 |
| 23 | 22 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,572,138 | - | 8,600 | 6,854 | 12,283 |
| 24 | 25 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,502,737 | - | 6,631 | 4,704 | 13,994 |
| 25 | 26 | C.R. England
|
1,466,947 | - | 7,150 | 4,000 | 6,600 |
| 26 | 23 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
1,454,100 | 6,200 | 4,304 | 5,052 | 11,579 |
| 27 | 34 | Evans Delivery
|
1,426,000 | - | 536 | 7,500 | |
| 28 | 30 | Sirva
|
1,400,000 est |
- | |||
| 29 | 27 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,391,083 | 48,132 | 7,420 | 4,798 | 3,843 |
| 30 | 28 | UniGroup
|
1,320,000 | - | 850 | 4,500 | 2,575 |
| 31 | 37 | Day & Ross
|
1,319,498 | - | 8,000 | 4,200 | 8,600 |
| 32 | 33 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,274,709 | - | 2,369 | 2,706 | 7,209 |
| 33 | 29 | Forward Air
|
1,269,573 | 52,767 | 3,774 | 799 | 6,009 |
| 34 | 31 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,256,333 | - | 8,252 | 2,847 | 7,886 |
| 35 | 40 | Ruan
|
1,222,782 | - | 5,500 | 3,413 | 9,468 |
| 36 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,207,587 | - | 8,550 | 4,488 | 14,495 |
| 37 | 35 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,171,000 est |
- | 6,500 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Quality Carriers
|
1,090,684 est |
- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Lynden
|
960,000 | - | 2,595 | 877 | 2,428 |
| 40 | 48 | PS Logistics
|
957,000 | - | 3,036 | 3,500 | 5,900 |
| 41 | 41 | KLLM Transport Services
|
917,000 | - | 3,400 | 6,300 | |
| 42 | 46 | Marten Transport
|
874,374 | 69,500 | 4,140 | 3,331 | 5,395 |
| 43 | 44 | Central Transport International
|
871,000 est |
- | 3,580 | 8,675 | |
| 44 | 75 | 10 Roads Express
|
851,957 est |
- | 3,500 | 5,000 | |
| 45 | 47 | Cardinal Logistics
|
849,000 | - | 4,250 | 3,012 | 8,007 |
| 46 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
838,561 | -42,718 | 5,550 | 2,579 | 5,114 |
| 47 | 57 | OnTrac Inc.
|
832,000 est |
- | |||
| 48 | 45 | Pitt Ohio
|
828,407 | - | 5,697 | 2,028 | 5,871 |
| 49 | 42 | Atlas World Group
|
806,000 | 8,000 | 637 | 994 | 3,803 |
| 50 | 71 | LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
|
725,000 est |
- | |||
| 51 | 52 | Western Express
|
721,500 | - | 3,416 | 3,000 | 7,900 |
| 52 | 51 | United Road Services
|
713,000 est |
- | 1,837 | 2,470 | 2,591 |
| 53 | 50 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
702,000 | - | 4,500 | 2,679 | 7,474 |
| 54 | 55 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
693,196 | - | 1,031 | 3,285 | 2,186 |
| 55 | 53 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
669,000 | 83,000 | 4,949 | 1,761 | 4,695 |
| 56 | 60 | Heartland Express
|
645,262 | 70,806 | 3,780 | 2,630 | 8,000 |
| 57 | 56 | Bison Transport
|
642,930 | - | 3,676 | 2,137 | 5,823 |
| 58 | 49 | Stevens Transport
|
688,000 | 92,460 | 2,750 | 1,950 | 3,290 |
| 59 | 64 | Canada Cartage
|
628,127 | - | 4,332 | 2,880 | 2,700 |
| 60 | 54 | Mullen Group
|
601,288 | - | 3,539 | 2,042 | 5,079 |
| 61 | 58 | Trimac Transportation
|
600,000 | - | 3,100 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
| 61 | 59 | Suddath
|
600,000 est |
- | 2,200 | ||
| 63 | 65 | Cowan Systems
|
575,872 | - | 2,406 | 2,322 | 7,022 |
| 64 | 92 | Heniff Transportation Systems
|
562,000 est |
- | 2,157 | 7,147 | |
| 65 | 67 | USA Truck
|
551,138 | 4,746 | 2,032 | 2,065 | 6,263 |
| 66 | 62 | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
532,531 | - | 1,282 | 1,786 | 3,415 |
| 67 | 66 | Two Men and a Truck Movers
|
524,929 est |
- | 11,396 | ||
| 68 | 69 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
507,000 est |
- | 3,753 | 1,424 | 1,434 |
| 69 | 70 | A. Duie Pyle
|
504,000 | - | 3,341 | 1,347 | 2,456 |
| 70 | 63 | Mercer Transportation
|
495,272 | - | 266 | 2,234 | 2,234 |
| 71 | 68 | P.A.M. Transport
|
486,825 | 17,827 | 2,653 | 2,013 | 6,944 |
| 72 | 80 | IMC Logistics
|
450,577 | - | 2,244 | ||
| 73 | 73 | Roehl Transport
|
450,302 est |
- | 2,702 | 2,040 | 5,481 |
| 74 | 72 | TMC Transportation
|
450,000 est |
- | |||
| 75 | 20 | Roadrunner Freight
|
430,000 est |
- | 893 | 1,201 | |
| 76 | 85 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
416,796 | - | 1,564 | 1,569 | 3,030 |
| 77 | 88 | Fastfrate Group
|
400,000 | - | 2,800 | 1,152 | 1,622 |
| 78 | 78 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
399,317 | - | 1,970 | 2,015 | 5,800 |
| 79 | 76 | Maverick USA
|
389,182 est |
- | 2,125 | 1,582 | 2,582 |
| 80 | 74 | Dart Transit Co.
|
377,600 est |
- | |||
| 81 | 89 | ContainerPort Group
|
350,000 | - | 408 | ||
| 82 | 84 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
345,000 | - | 1,220 | 1,582 | 3,375 |
| 83 | R&R Family of Cos.
|
343,110 | - | 291 | 504 | 642 | |
| 84 | 83 | John Christner Trucking
|
338,873 | - | 207 | 839 | 1,244 |
| 85 | 81 | Red Classic
|
332,458 | - | 1,296 | 655 | 3,362 |
| 86 | 79 | Koch Cos.
|
328,936 | 3,028 | 1,045 | 973 | 5,652 |
| 87 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
324,922 | -25,231 | 1,686 | 1,180 | 2,521 |
| 88 | 86 | RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
|
314,000 est |
- | 2,200 | 1,700 | 350 |
| 89 | 91 | TransAm Trucking
|
297,000 est |
- | |||
| 90 | 90 | Dupré Logistics
|
294,058 | 6,464 | 1,125 | 770 | 1,700 |
| 91 | Postal Fleet Services
|
292,568 | - | ||||
| 92 | 87 | Melton Truck Lines
|
292,125 | - | 1,614 | 1,390 | 2,428 |
| 93 | 94 | Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
|
283,137 est |
6,622 | 955 | 1,224 | 945 |
| 94 | Daylight Transport
|
275,000 | - | ||||
| 95 | 93 | Trans-System
|
274,000 | - | 1,036 | 1,004 | 1,833 |
| 96 | 99 | Groendyke Transport
|
273,125 est |
- | |||
| 97 | United Vision Logistics
|
261,000 est |
- | ||||
| 98 | Central Freight Lines
|
256,000 est |
- | ||||
| 99 | 98 | PGT Holdings
|
253,727 | - | 695 | 1,138 | 1,825 |
| 100 | Smith Transport
|
246,000 | - | 1,136 | 816 | 2,250 |
Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, 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 100 list.
* Tractor count includes company-owned, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
Revenues for the following carriers are estimated by SJ Consulting Group: R+L Carriers, Crete Carrier Corp., Central Transport International, OnTrac Inc., LaserShip Inc., Jack Cooper Holdings, Roehl Transport, Dart Transit Co.
^ Stevens Transport revenue and net income figures updated after publication of 2021 ranking.
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