| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
58,232,000 | 3,032,000 | 435,000 | 106,000 | |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
47,100,000 | 2,532,000 | 325,000 | 26,594 | 97,469 |
| 3 | 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,165,441 | 374,792 | 20,158 | 12,995 | 27,731 |
| 4 | 4 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,806,069 | 137,039 | 30,100 | 12,100 | 33,300 |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,068,800 | -67,700 | 33,000 | 6,400 | 13,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,298,724 | 161,151 | 21,274 | 18,836 | 61,652 |
| 7 | 7 | Schneider
|
3,900,000 | - | 17,450 | 12,300 | 32,350 |
| 8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,571,126 | 51,558 | 2,568 | 2,977 | 448 |
| 9 | 9 | TFI International
|
3,363,213 | 138,902 | 16,050 | 14,980 | 18,680 |
| 10 | 10 | Landstar System
|
3,184,790 | 138,809 | 1,211 | 8,662 | 13,732 |
| 11 | 12 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,787,897 | 267,514 | 18,804 | 6,907 | 27,635 |
| 13 | 11 | Ryder System
|
2,461,149 | 122,356 | 4,098 | 6,042 | |
| 14 | 43 | XPO
|
2,356,600 | -63,600 | 10,000 | 6,200 | |
| 15 | 16 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,173,000 | - | 15,815 | 6,620 | 24,592 |
| 16 | 14 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,139,289 | 98,650 | 10,664 | 7,105 | 22,305 |
| 17 | 21 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,872,816 | 51,974 | 4,142 | 4,170 | 5,135 |
| 18 | 18 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,730,000 | - | 7,770 | 17,000 | |
| 19 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 1,150 | 5,001 | 8,500 |
| 20 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,567,453 | - | 7,265 | 6,455 | 9,448 |
| 21 | 22 | Prime Inc.
|
1,563,413 | 207,436 | 4,450 | 6,187 | 10,637 |
| 22 | 19 | Purolator
|
1,524,071 | - | 11,500 | 489 | 1,286 |
| 23 | 20 | C.R. England
|
1,517,290 | - | 7,385 | 4,087 | 5,923 |
| 24 | 15 | Sirva
|
1,464,400 | - | 2,700 | 2,609 | 4,263 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,351,571 | - | 5,129 | 4,394 | 7,290 |
| 26 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,272,321 | 51,991 | 8,900 | 3,780 | 11,530 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,191,521 | 45,370 | 4,218 | 4,408 | 6,291 |
| 28 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,171,968 | - | 8,299 | 3,599 | 11,496 |
| 29 | 32 | Penske Logistics
|
1,137,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,054 | 4,918 |
| 30 | 26 | NFI
|
1,105,000 | - | 8,000 | 2,264 | 7,500 |
| 31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,102,332 | 102,862 | 5,526 | 4,738 | 11,487 |
| 32 | 30 | Crete Carrier Corp.
|
1,100,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 | 12,883 |
| 33 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,078,000 | - | 4,441 | 13,075 | |
| 34 | 47 | Forward Air
|
1,010,959 | 61,169 | 3,600 | 1,300 | 3,100 |
| 36 | 34 | Quality Carriers
|
991,758 | 20,640 | 1,188 | 3,195 | 3,171 |
| 37 | 36 | Atlas World Group
|
878,313 | 9,542 | 644 | 2,086 | 4,012 |
| 38 | 41 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
873,432 | - | 1,389 | 2,519 | 6,127 |
| 39 | 33 | Heartland Express
|
871,355 | 84,834 | 4,500 | 4,776 | 12,970 |
| 40 | 42 | KLLM Transport Services
|
863,000 | - | 3,800 | 5,500 | |
| 41 | 38 | Ruan
|
848,759 | - | 5,595 | 3,754 | 8,395 |
| 42 | 45 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
806,400 | 35,579 | 4,582 | 4,031 | 11,180 |
| 43 | 37 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
790,000 | - | 3,500 | ||
| 44 | 39 | Day & Ross
|
771,988 | - | 1,602 | 1,552 | 3,103 |
| 45 | 40 | Trimac Transportation
|
737,725 | - | 3,262 | 2,167 | 4,679 |
| 46 | 44 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
718,980 | 17,808 | 4,400 | 2,665 | 6,722 |
| 47 | 47 | Stevens Transport
|
673,160 | 91,310 | 2,835 | 2,775 | 3,782 |
| 49 | 60 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
668,000 | - | 2,500 | 2,610 | 5,515 |
| 50 | 51 | USA Truck
|
602,477 | 6,285 | 2,183 | 6,216 | |
| 51 | 49 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 | 6,000 |
| 52 | 60 | Pitt Ohio
|
551,300 | - | 3,140 | 812 | 2,037 |
| 53 | 57 | Mercer Transportation
|
547,269 | - | 325 | 2,189 | 2,189 |
| 54 | 57 | Western Express
|
540,104 | - | 3,107 | 2,404 | 5,700 |
| 55 | 74 | United Road Services
|
532,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,772 | |
| 56 | 51 | Canada Cartage
|
516,976 | - | 2,543 | 2,417 | |
| 57 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
516,878 | - | 2,092 | 1,374 | 3,529 |
| 58 | 54 | Suddath
|
500,000 | - | 2,000 | 384 | 754 |
| 59 | 55 | Bison Transport
|
398,990 | - | 2,321 | 1,502 | 3,857 |
| 60 | 70 | Acme Truck Line
|
487,208 | - | 3,000 | 2,007 | 2,257 |
| 61 | 54 | TransX Group of Companies
|
482,571 | - | 2,560 | 1,505 | 4,240 |
| 62 | 58 | Shevell Group
|
461,000 | - | 3,559 | 1,920 | 4,600 |
| 63 | 76 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
436,024 | - | 772 | 1,408 | 1,418 |
| 64 | 65 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
436,000 | - | 3,610 | 1,228 | 3,109 |
| 65 | 61 | Dart Transit Co.
|
425,503 | 3,854 | 1,365 | 1,875 | 5,789 |
| 66 | 67 | Cowan Systems
|
421,515 | - | 1,700 | 1,748 | 3,795 |
| 67 | 63 | P.A.M. Transport
|
410,937 | 13,491 | 2,911 | 1,761 | 4,919 |
| 68 | 81 | Evans Delivery
|
400,000 | - | 275 | 3,150 | 525 |
| 69 | 66 | Roehl Transport
|
395,971 | - | 2,500 | 2,255 | 4,090 |
| 71 | 68 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
372,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,300 | 4,800 |
| 72 | 79 | California Cartage Co.
|
368,700 | - | 1,200 | ||
| 73 | 79 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
341,494 | 24,001 | 1,359 | 1,121 | 5,500 |
| 74 | 83 | Cassens Transport
|
328,649 | - | 1,445 | 1,371 | |
| 75 | 82 | A. Duie Pyle
|
318,811 | - | 2,500 | 822 | 1,900 |
| 76 | 80 | Maverick USA
|
316,018 | 21,044 | 1,813 | 1,376 | 1,983 |
| 77 | 73 | Comcar Industries
|
315,972 | - | 2,409 | 1,937 | 4,226 |
| 78 | 77 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
300,130 | - | 1,900 | 1,640 | 3,300 |
| 79 | 84 | Koch Cos.
|
285,000 | - | 980 | 839 | 4,584 |
| 80 | 88 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
282,000 | - | 1,777 | 496 | 1,130 |
| 81 | 88 | John Christner Trucking
|
271,104 | 15,033 | 213 | 733 | 1,184 |
| 82 | 69 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
270,000 | - | 2,000 | 420 | 800 |
| 83 | 91 | Trans-System
|
262,627 | - | 965 | 924 | 1,463 |
| 84 | 94 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
261,211 | - | 1,150 | 3,000 | |
| 85 | 89 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
260,200 | 7,600 | 1,416 | 1,189 | 2,099 |
| 87 | 91 | Groendyke Transport
|
241,313 | - | 1,423 | 975 | 1,500 |
| 88 | 106 | Black Horse Carriers
|
238,000 | - | 1,965 | 950 | 2,800 |
| 89 | 107 | Transport Investments
|
237,068 | - | 115 | 755 | 1,101 |
| 90 | 102 | Melton Truck Lines
|
236,000 | - | 1,378 | 1,107 | 1,837 |
| 90 | 104 | IMC Logistics
|
236,000 | - | 1,522 | 1,037 | 88 |
| 92 | 109 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
230,874 | - | 1,200 | 812 | 450 |
| 93 | 98 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
224,655 | - | 1,104 | 1,047 | 5,100 |
| 94 | 86 | Fastfrate Group
|
222,960 | - | 710 | 504 | 1,371 |
| 95 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
222,000 | - | 1,100 | 750 | 1,400 |
| 95 | 108 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
222,000 | - | 1,551 | 930 | 1,800 |
| 97 | 93 | Calyx Transportation Group
|
218,198 | - | 500 | 750 | |
| 98 | 105 | Navajo Express Inc.
|
218,000 | - | 1,300 | 1,000 | 1,800 |
| 99 | 103 | Central Freight Lines
|
214,000 | - | 1,448 | 6,648 | |
| 100 | 95 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
210,527 | 6,945 | 180 | 717 | 1,075 |
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.
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