2020 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rankings
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 Refrigerated (Truckload & LTL) Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
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1 | Prime Inc. | 2,006,924 |
2 | KLLM Transport Services | 936,000 |
3 | C.R. England | 897,868 |
4 | Swift Refrigerated | 755,000 est |
5 | Stevens Transport | 737,294 |
6 | Hirschbach Motor Lines | 440,862 |
7 | Marten Transport | 378,000 |
8 | John Christner Trucking | 338,873 |
9 | TransAm Trucking | 297,000 est |
10 | Black Horse Carriers | 280,500 |
11 | FFE Transportation Services | 275,000 |
12 | Shaffer Trucking | 266,000 est |
13 | Navajo Express | 243,000 est |
14 | Bay and Bay Transportation | 150,752 |
15 | Frialsa Logistica | 143,200 est |
16 | NFI | 126,000 |
17 | Pride Transport | 122,000 |
18 | WEL Cos. | 120,284 |
19 | J&R Schugel Trucking | 119,000 est |
20 | Day & Ross | 118,837 |
21 | National Carriers | 108,500 |
22 | Decker Truck Line | 106,206 est |
23 | Covenant Logistics Group | 98,272 est |
24 | Freymiller Inc. | 98,000 est |
25 | Roadrunner Freight | 96,692 est |
26 | Schuster Co. | 83,200 est |
27 | Raider Express | 80,000 |
28 | Wilson Logistics | 75,000 |
29 | Continental Express | 71,500 |
30 | Great Plains Transport | 64,302 |
31 | Roehl Refrigerated Transport | 59,078 |
32 | Canada Cartage | 53,580 |
33 | Denney Transport | 46,401 est |
34 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 38,000 |
35 | Transportes Garza Leal | 34,500 |
36 | Cowan Systems | 32,590 |
37 | Halvor Lines | 28,100 |
38 | May Trucking Co. | 26,304 |
39 | TWT Refrigerated | 20,000 |
40 | Sorenson Transport | 12,474 |
41 | Centurion Trucking | 9,107 |
42 | Alabama Motor Express | 8,000 |
43 | TransAmerica Express Logistics | 3,000 |
44 | Atlas World Group | 2,300 |
45 | Dupré Logistics | 1,641 |
46 | Bowers Trucking | 1,000 |
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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For-Hire News
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