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 Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Knight-Swift Transportation | 3,198,000 est |
2 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 3,084,112 |
3 |
Landstar System | 2,371,188 |
4 |
Schneider | 2,076,800 |
5 |
Werner Enterprises | 1,909,776 |
6 |
TFI International | 1,658,016 |
7 |
U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,521,494 |
8 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,417,483 |
9 |
Penske Logistics | 919,000 est |
10 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 873,000 |
11 |
Crete Carrier | 860,000 est |
12 |
Mullen Group | 664,550 |
13 |
Ruan | 648,539 |
14 |
Cardinal Logistics | 648,000 est |
15 |
Covenant Logistics Group | 600,722 |
16 |
Heartland Express | 596,815 |
17 |
P.A.M. Transport | 425,224 |
18 |
Western Express | 424,672 |
19 |
NFI | 422,500 |
20 |
Canada Cartage | 401,850 |
21 |
Universal Truckload | 390,095 |
22 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 383,950 est |
23 |
USA Truck | 377,093 |
24 |
Dart Transit Co. | 365,000 |
25 |
Day & Ross | 358,997 |
26 |
Bison Transport | 345,037 |
27 |
Challenger Motor Freight | 335,000 |
28 |
Cowan Systems | 330,093 |
29 |
Hub Group Dedicated | 298,747 |
30 |
Black Horse Carriers | 280,500 |
31 |
Marten Transport | 265,984 |
32 |
Paschall Truck Lines | 259,000 est |
33 |
Martin Transportation Systems | 248,044 |
34 |
Roehl Transport | 236,332 |
35 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 217,816 |
36 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 211,845 |
37 |
C.A.T. Inc. | 208,382 est |
38 |
Auto Lineas America | 191,100 est |
39 |
Smith Transport | 187,891 |
40 |
Forward Air | 184,700 |
41 |
Averitt Express | 179,366 |
42 |
Artur Express | 172,000 |
43 |
Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 168,162 |
44 |
Paper Transport | 161,302 |
45 |
New Legend | 160,126 |
46 |
Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 158,800 est |
47 |
Brown Trucking Co. | 155,000 est |
48 |
Transportadora Nacional | 153,300 est |
49 |
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group | 148,283 |
50 |
Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 143,300 est |
51 |
Mercer Transportation | 138,376 |
52 |
Red Classic | 134,400 |
53 |
Legend Transportation | 127,000 est |
54 |
Trans-Mex Inc. | 125,000 est |
55 |
Blackhawk Transport & Logistics | 120,531 |
56 |
A.D. Transport Express | 120,000 est |
57 |
Evans Network of Cos. | 118,000 |
58 |
Cargo Transporters | 114,025 |
59 |
AAA Cooper Transportation | 113,000 |
60 |
Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 109,900 est |
61 |
C.R. England | 105,200 |
62 |
System Freight | 104,691 |
63 |
Kriska Transportation | 102,625 est |
64 |
Raven Transport | 102,000 est |
65 |
CalArk | 94,559 |
66 |
J. Rayl Transport | 93,000 est |
67 |
Wilson Logistics | 93,000 |
68 |
Nussbaum Transportation | 92,000 |
69 |
Titanium Transportation Group | 82,918 |
70 |
Express Tres Fronteras | 80,000 est |
71 |
Arnold Transportation | 80,000 |
72 |
TransAmerica Express Logistics | 80,000 |
73 |
Titan Transfer | 79,918 |
74 |
Transportes Quintanilla | 73,400 est |
75 |
Alabama Motor Express | 72,000 |
76 |
Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 69,000 est |
77 |
Halvor Lines | 68,100 |
78 |
A. Duie Pyle | 65,800 |
79 |
Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 65,600 est |
80 |
American Central Transport | 65,000 est |
81 |
Fleetmaster Express | 61,000 est |
82 |
Transportes Lar-Mex | 60,100 est |
83 |
Fletes Internacionales Coss | 57,800 est |
84 |
Market Express | 55,000 |
85 |
Highlight Motor Group | 53,379 |
86 |
Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 48,900 est |
87 |
TRACOMEX | 47,700 est |
88 |
Ward Trucking | 45,000 |
89 |
Transportes Elola | 44,400 est |
90 |
Transportes Internacionales JCV | 43,300 est |
91 |
Transportes Canales | 41,100 est |
92 |
Meiborg Inc. | 36,500 |
93 |
Fraley & Schilling | 36,000 |
94 |
Centauros del Sureste | 35,700 est |
95 |
Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 35,600 est |
96 |
Wright Transportation | 35,400 est |
97 |
Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 35,400 est |
98 |
Grupo GOR | 35,200 est |
99 |
Autotransportes Dasa | 32,200 est |
100 |
Dupré Logistics | 31,599 |
101 |
Continental Express | 25,000 |
102 |
Atlas World Group | 24,628 |
103 |
TGR Logistics | 23,000 est |
104 |
Schuster Co. | 20,800 est |
105 |
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 20,000 |
106 |
Transport Investments | 18,476 est |
107 |
IMC Logistics | 17,370 |
108 |
Midwest Motor Express | 15,900 |
109 |
Trans-System | 15,000 |
110 |
Diligent Delivery Systems | 14,280 |
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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