2025 Top Refrigerated (Truckload and LTL) Carriers

2025 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

Coming off yet another down year for freight in 2024, motor carriers now face an uncertain business environment.

Tariffs and shifting trade patterns have made business planning difficult for North American trucking companies.

Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire carriers are located by region; click links to view details about the company.

Rankings

Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Prime Inc. 2,131,312
2 KLLM Transport Services 1,003,119
3 Stevens Transport 782,880
4 Hirschbach Motor Lines 724,941
est
5 Marten Transport 439,792
6 C.R. England 237,000
est
7 Leonard's Express 209,110
est
8 NFI 182,000
9 Day & Ross 180,410
10 National Carriers 162,685
11 Continental Express 154,500
12 May Trucking Co. 151,000
13 Bay and Bay Transportation 145,000
14 WEL Cos. 128,299
15 Hurricane Express 110,419
16 Pride Transport 110,000
17 Schuster Co. 101,202
est
18 Canada Cartage 99,733
est
19 Raider Express 95,000
20 Roehl Refrigerated Transport 79,370
est
21 Bison Transport 68,965
22 PS Logistics 40,000
23 Portage Transport 32,194
est
24 Pacific Shipping & Trucking 20,400
25 Sorenson Transport 16,873
26 Beemac Trucking 13,798
est
27 Artur Express 11,500
28 TWT Refrigerated 11,000

Extras

Young professionals joining the trucking industry are reshaping their workplaces, advocating for flexible work environments.

Carriers across various segments of the trucking industry navigated unfavorable business conditions in 2024.

Motor carriers are sharing knowledge and resources to better support military veteran employees.

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Tariffs raised by the Trump administration create obstacles on the path to a market recovery, the study’s authors warned.

Learn more about how companies are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 largest for-hire carriers list.

For-Hire News

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Daimler CFO Says Signals Point to a Market Turnaround

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Fuel Transport Expands Toronto Dedicated Fleet Operations

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