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Top 100 3PLs Adapt to Market Pressures, Trade Upheaval
Challenging Conditions Led to Mixed Results for 3PLs in 2025
Key Takeaways:
- Transport Topics released its 2026 Top 100 Logistics Companies list after another volatile year for North American third-party logistics providers.
- Mixed 2025 results reflected compressed margins and tariff upheaval, as Amazon again led with more than $172 billion in third-party seller services revenue.
- Mergers and exits reshaped the rankings, with companies like RXO and DSV A/S climbing this year's list due to recent M&A activity.
The largest third-party logistics companies in North America continued to face volatile business conditions last year, from compressed margins amid a grueling freight market downturn to tariff-driven supply chain upheaval.
The ongoing realignment of U.S. trade policy and Âglobal freight patterns has continued to cloud business planning well into 2026. Although the Supreme Court ruled in February that many of the new levies on imports enacted during the past year were invalid, the Trump administration promptly imposed alternative tariffs under a different statute.
Through it all, 3PLs have been proving their value to customers by helping them adapt to this constantly fluctuating business environment.
Transport Topics’ 2026 Top 100 Logistics Companies list provides an updated look at the industry’s competitive landscape after another challenging year.
In general, the companies that qualified for the Top 100 posted mixed results in 2025. A narrow majority were able to grow their business, but many others reported lower revenue than the previous year.
The top ranking once again belongs to the logistics operations of online retailer Amazon.com Inc., which reported more than $172 billion in sales from its third-party seller services, including commissions and related fulfillment and shipping fees.
The next few positions on the list were also unchanged from a year ago. C.H. Robinson, the industry’s largest freight broker, held on to the No. 2 spot, followed by contract logistics provider GXO and intermodal transportation firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
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Freight forwarder Expeditors International of Washington climbed into the top five this year by moving past UPS Supply Chain Solutions.
A bit further down the list, technology-enabled freight broker RXO continued its ascent, jumping five positions to No. 11 after expanding its annual revenue to more than $5.7 billion. That figure includes a full year of Âadditional revenue from Coyote Logistics, which RXO purchased from UPS in late 2024.
A company poised to climb this ranking next year is No. 19 Echo Global Logistics, which completed its acquisition of ITS Logistics in March. Echo and ITS retain separate rankings on this year’s list, with ITS appearing at No. 43, but the companies’ combined revenues in 2025 would have been enough to rank No. 13.
Several other Top 100 companies have completed significant acquisitions during the past year.
No. 78 Logistics Plus expanded its brokerage operations through its purchase of Chicago-based LoadDelivered Logistics in September.
No. 81 ATS Logistics Services, a subsidiary of Anderson Trucking Service, acquired the domestic freight brokerage business of Caribbean shipping provider Trailer Bridge in November.
This year’s updated Top 100 also reflects the toll that the prolonged freight market downturn has exacted on the transportation industry.
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A significant departure from the list this year is R&R Family of Cos., which closed its doors in January after losing the backing of its largest lender. The Pittsburgh-based trucking and logistics provider ranked No. 63 on last year’s Top 100.
This year’s list features several newcomers.
Appearing at No. 69 is the North American business of France-based ID Logistics, a provider of warehousing and distributing, supply chain consulting and transportation management.
The Top 100 also welcomes a Mexico-based 3PL to the list this year. No. 73 Grupo Traxión of Mexico City is a technology-enabled provider of freight brokerage, warehousing and distribution, final-mile services and freight forwarding.
Another new addition is No. 77 RJW Logistics Group, a Woodridge, Ill.-based contract logistics firm specializing in consumer packaged goods.
Joining the list at No. 85 is Neovia Logistics Services, a contract logistics provider headquartered in Dallas. The company was founded in 1987 as Caterpillar Logistics Services to support Caterpillar International and its partner companies before becoming a stand-alone logistics firm in 2012.
Just cracking the list at No. 100 is another newÂcomer, ODW Logistics, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of warehousing, e-commerce fulfillment and transportation management.
A familiar 3PL on the Top 100 now appears under a different name. No. 71 Paxon is the new brand identity of the e-commerce fulfillment provider previously known as ÂRadial, a business unit of Belgium-based mail and Âe-commerce logistics firm Bnode.
TT’s Top 100 Logistics Companies list ranks the largest 3PL providers in North America based on annual gross revenue generated by their logistics services, including freight brokerage, transportation management, freight forwarding, warehousing and asset-based dedicated contract carriage.
Transport Topics produced this Top 100 ranking and the accompanying industry sector lists in collaboration with 3PL research and consulting firm , which provided estimates for some revenue figures in cases where data was not available from company management or public sources.
