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2022 Top Less-Than-Truckload Carriers

2022 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

For-hire motor carriers achieved significant revenue gains and higher profits last year, powered by surging freight demand.
The pandemic accelerated driver wages, shortened routes to match shopping patterns and increased automation across the supply chain.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire Carriers are based.

Rankings

Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 FedEx Freight 9,011,000
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 5,256,000
3 Yellow Corp. 4,615,000
4 XPO 4,118,000
5 Estes Express Lines 3,783,000
est
6 TFI International 2,785,400
7 ABF Freight 2,573,800
8 R+L Carriers 2,427,000
est
9 Saia Inc. 2,289,000
est
10 Southeastern Freight Lines 1,395,600
11 Averitt Express 1,091,800
12 Central Transport 1,046,000
est
13 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 780,000
est
14 Dayton Freight Lines 684,000
15 AAA Cooper Transportation 653,000
est
16 Day & Ross 565,600
17 A. Duie Pyle 481,300
18 Mullen Group 466,700
19 Roadrunner Freight 430,000
est
20 AAA Cooper Transportation (Knight-Swift) 396,300
21 Daylight Transport 379,900
22 Oak Harbor Freight Lines 284,000
est
23 Fastfrate Group 250,000
24 Ward Trucking 230,000
est
25 Midwest Motor Express 137,000
est
26 Magnum LTL 118,000
est
27 Landstar System 117,500
28 Dependable Highway Express 117,000
est
29 Peninsula Truck Lines 94,600
30 R&R Family of Cos. 88,400
31 Canada Cartage 84,100
32 Anderson Trucking Service 68,100
33 North Park Transportation 66,200
34 JP Express 61,800
35 Tax-Air 55,000
36 Highlight Motor Group 46,700
37 TGR Logistics 30,000
38 Atlas World Group 26,300
39 Bison Transport 26,200
40 McCollister's Global Services 19,000
41 Atech Logistics 10,000

Extras

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