2020 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers

2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

Fleets have been overcoming unprecedented challenges to keep essential freight moving during the pandemic.
See the locations of the headquarters for each of the Top 100 for-hire carriers in North America.
COVID-19 has transformed 2020 into a tumultuous year for trucking, but the Top 100 list remains stable, at least for now.

Rankings

Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Revenue (000) Net Income (000) Employees Tractors* Trailers
1 1
UPS Inc.
74,094,000 4,440,000 495,000
19,851
107,542
2 2
FedEx Corp.
68,869,000 2,359,000 475,000
29,813
113,218
3 3
XPO
16,648,000 379,000 100,000
15,500
40,000
4 4
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
9,165,258 516,000 29,106
17,972
35,093
5 7
Schneider
5,000,000 147,000 15,650
9,000
35,100
6 6
Yellow Corp.
4,871,200 -104,000 30,000
14,100
43,700
7 5
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
4,843,950 310,178 23,800
19,520
58,315
8 9
Old Dominion Freight Line
4,109,111 615,518 21,159
9,296
37,539
9 8
Landstar System
4,084,577 227,720 1,333
10,243
17,067
10 11
Ryder System
3,968,754 226,209 - - -
11 10
TFI International
3,903,828 233,891 16,700
15,844
25,505
12 12
Hub Group
3,668,117 107,171 5,000
3,900
4,920
13 13
Estes Express Lines
3,260,000 - 19,000
7,485
38,617
14 14
ArcBest
2,988,310 39,985 13,000
4,137
23,639
15 16
Penske Logistics
2,600,000 - 19,475
4,634
17,626
16 15
Werner Enterprises
2,463,701 166,944 12,736
8,033
24,145
17 18
Prime Inc.
2,288,397 307,504 4,900
7,416
14,116
18 19
NFI
2,140,000 - 12,600
4,550
12,500
19 23
R+L Carriers
1,972,000 - - - -
20 17
Roadrunner Freight
1,847,862 -340,937 3,600 - -
21 25
Saia Inc.
1,786,735 113,719 10,400
4,779
16,376
22 27
Kenan Advantage Group
1,758,645 - 9,400
6,977
11,225
23 21
Daseke Inc. (TFI)
1,737,000 -307,400 5,946
2,334
-
24 20
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
1,707,361 -3,043 8,572
6,900
15,500
25 24
CRST The Transportation Solution
1,559,000 - 6,778
5,808
14,513
26 26
C.R. England
1,545,199 - 8,153
4,309
6,604
27 28
Universal Logistics Holdings
1,511,998 37,586 6,541
5,343
4,428
28 22
UniGroup
1,500,000 - - - -
29 31
Forward Air
1,410,395 87,099 5,652
1,353
7,178
30 29
Sirva
1,400,000 - - - -
31 30
Southeastern Freight Lines
1,384,438 - 8,839
3,385
10,666
32 32
Averitt Express
1,319,000 - 9,007
5,319
14,905
33 33
Anderson Trucking Service
1,274,459 - 2,294
2,780
7,209
34 34
Evans Network of Cos.
1,240,000 - 430
6,200
550
35 35
Crete Carrier
1,200,000 - 6,500 - -
36 36
Purolator
1,166,279 - 11,000
465
1,329
37 46
Day & Ross
1,130,700 - 5,000
4,000
8,000
38 45
Quality Carriers
1,090,684 - - - -
39 37
Lynden
1,075,000 - 3,039
998
2,679
40 39
Ruan
1,002,045 - 5,900
3,704
9,661
41 40
KLLM Transport Services
936,000 - -
3,600
5,400
42 41
Atlas World Group
906,400 96,000 754
1,228
3,864
43 42
Covenant Logistics Group
894,528 8,477 5,550
3,021
6,739
44 44
Central Transport International
856,000 - - - -
45 43
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
855,982 - 5,680
2,055
5,836
46 48
Marten Transport
843,271 61,071 4,087
3,212
5,464
47 47
Cardinal Logistics
805,000 - 4,220
3,055
8,700
48 49
PS Logistics
747,339 - 3,664 - -
49 51
Stevens Transport
737,294 85,210 2,750
1,950
3,290
50 50
AAA Cooper Transportation
718,000 - 5,000
2,552
6,958
51 54
United Road Services
713,000 - 1,837
2,368
1,200
52 52
Western Express
683,535 - 3,250
3,050
8,080
53 54
Dayton Freight Lines
679,000 - 4,949
1,955
4,600
54 53
Mullen Group
664,550 - 3,768
1,978
5,139
55 56
Bennett Family of Cos.
650,846 - 1,029
1,810
2,186
56 62
Bison Transport
633,817 - 3,688
2,185
5,711
57 61
OnTrac Inc.
618,000 - - - -
58 66
Trimac Transportation
610,000 - 3,000
2,120
3,400
59 59
Suddath
600,000 - 2,200 - -
60 57
Heartland Express
596,815 72,967 4,050
2,630
8,000
61 69
Black Horse Carriers
561,000 - 4,040
1,958
4,500
62 73
Hirschbach Motor Lines
550,530 - 1,141
1,887
3,503
63 58
Mercer Transportation
543,651 - 301
2,383
2,600
64 67
Canada Cartage
535,800 5,800 3,269
2,736
3,019
65 63
Cowan Systems
533,012 - 2,397
2,279
6,782
66 70
Two Men and a Truck Movers
524,929 - 11,396 - -
67 64
USA Truck
522,631 -4,698 2,098
1,990
6,092
68 65
PAMT Corp.
514,177 7,900 2,666
2,130
7,081
69 60
Jack Cooper Holdings
507,000 - 3,753 - -
70 75
A. Duie Pyle
491,100 - 3,281
1,209
2,285
71 74
LaserShip Inc./OnTrac Inc.
452,000 - - - -
72 72
TMC Transportation
450,000 - - - -
73 76
Roehl Transport
438,659 - 2,702
2,040
5,481
74 68
Dart Transit Co.
424,000 - 2,362 - -
75 71
10 Roads Express
390,445 - - - -
76 77
Maverick Transportation
389,182 - 2,125
1,582
2,582
77 78
Transport Investments
384,719 - 200 - -
78 79
Mesilla Valley Transportation
383,950 - 1,662 - -
79 83
Koch Cos.
351,081 - 1,224
1,164
5,540
80 80
IMC Logistics
347,395 - 2,012 - -
81 81
Red Classic
342,100 - 1,275
577
2,918
82 -
Salmon Cos.
341,073 - -
824
1,104
83 89
John Christner Trucking
338,873 - 207
839
1,244
84 95
Challenger Motor Freight
335,000 - 1,200
1,570
3,550
85 82
Foodliner/Quest Liner
334,103 - 1,315
1,317
2,340
86 86
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
314,000 - 2,200
1,700
350
87 85
Melton Truck Lines
305,717 - 1,868
1,457
2,407
88 -
Fastfrate Group
301,520 - 1,530
1,116
1,350
89 86
ContainerPort Group
300,000 - 400 - -
90 -
Dupré Logistics
297,582 - 1,313
750
1,471
91 84
TransAm Trucking
297,000 - - - -
92 90
Heniff Transportation Systems
293,000 - - - -
93 86
Trans-System
290,000 - 1,051
1,026
1,849
94 93
Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport
283,137 6,622 955
1,224
945
95 97
Martin Transportation Systems
276,978 - 2,357
1,264
2,417
96 95
Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
276,000 - 1,100 - -
97 -
FFE Transportation Services
275,000 - 1,511
1,000
1,450
98 98
PGT Holdings
273,828 - 680
1,090
1,800
99 -
Groendyke Transport
273,125 - - - -
100 99
Superior Bulk Logistics
269,000 - - - -

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