2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Top 100 For-Hire | Less-Than-Truckload | Truckload/Dedicated | Intermodal/Drayage | Motor Vehicle/Driveaway | Tank/Bulk
Air/Expedited | Refrigerated | Flatbed/Heavy Specialized | Package/Courier | Household Goods/Commercial | Mail
Top Less-Than-Truckload Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
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1 | FedEx Freight | 7,237,000 |
2 | Yellow Corp. | 4,871,200 |
3 | XPO | 4,815,000 |
4 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 4,109,111 |
5 | UPS Inc. | 3,265,000 |
6 | Estes Express Lines | 3,260,000 |
7 | ABF Freight | 2,145,000 |
8 | R+L Carriers | 1,972,000 est |
9 | Saia Inc. | 1,786,735 |
10 | Southeastern Freight Lines | 1,166,622 |
11 | Averitt Express | 873,419 |
12 | Central Transport | 856,000 est |
13 | Dayton Freight Lines | 679,000 |
14 | TFI International | 627,322 |
15 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 616,000 |
16 | AAA Cooper Transportation | 593,000 |
17 | Roadrunner Freight | 430,806 |
18 | Day & Ross | 426,500 |
19 | A. Duie Pyle | 385,600 |
20 | Daylight Transport | 262,000 |
21 | Autotransportes de Carga Tresguerras | 244,500 est |
22 | Transportes Castores de Baja California | 233,500 est |
23 | Central Freight Lines | 232,000 |
24 | Oak Harbor Freight Lines | 220,194 |
25 | Forward Air | 207,400 |
26 | Ward Trucking | 185,000 |
27 | Transportes Julian de Obregon | 183,400 est |
28 | Fastfrate Group | 169,605 |
29 | Standard Forwarding | 119,000 est |
30 | Midwest Motor Express | 105,300 |
31 | Landstar System | 98,324 |
32 | Transportadora Hercel / Transportadores Unidos (Grupo Transportes) | 95,700 est |
33 | Dependable Highway Express | 85,000 est |
34 | Peninsula Truck Lines | 76,467 |
35 | Anderson Trucking Service | 68,885 |
36 | Transportes Comandos del Norte | 66,700 est |
37 | Transportes de Carga FEMA | 58,900 est |
38 | Canada Cartage | 53,580 |
39 | JP Express Service | 51,862 |
40 | Autotransportes de Carga El Duero / Fletes El Duero | 46,700 est |
41 | Transportes del Valle | 45,600 est |
42 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 40,000 |
43 | Transportes Leon-Mexico | 37,700 est |
44 | Atlas World Group | 33,789 |
45 | Fletes y Materiales Forsis | 33,200 est |
46 | Diligent Delivery Systems | 21,420 |
47 | CalArk | 19,455 |
48 | TGR Logistics | 19,000 est |
49 | Bison Transport | 14,941 |
50 | Highlight Motor Group | 14,558 |
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 email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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August 11, 2025Hub Group Reports Q2 Revenue Decline Amid Tariff Turmoil
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