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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 780,000
est
14 Dayton Freight Lines 684,000
15 AAA Cooper Transportation 653,000
est
16 Day & Ross Freight 565,600
17 A. Duie Pyle 481,300
18 Mullen Group 466,700
19 Roadrunner Freight 430,000
est
20 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 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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For-Hire News

Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Estes Eyes 14,000 Doors in 2026 After Buying Yellow Terminals

Estes Express Lines is boosting its terminal capacity as it incorporates assets acquired from bankrupt motor carrier Yellow, President and Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes said.

June 12, 2025
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

United Road CEO Kraft’s Adventure Continues at ý

“As opportunities arose … I was there to help and solve problems, and that led to where I am today,” Ryan Kraft said. He replaces Mark Anderson as United Road CEO.

June 5, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Fleet Margins Set to Shrink Again in 2025, CSCMP Finds

Tariffs introduced by the Trump administration, and the consequent aversion to risk, are a major reason why there is no clear trajectory for recovery, the study’s authors warned.

June 4, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Maverick Raises Pay for Glass Division Drivers

Maverick Transportation increased pay for drivers in its glass over-the-road driving division, the company announced June 2.

June 3, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Global Freight, Top 100

FedEx Names CEO, Chairman for Spun-Off Freight Unit

The appointments will take effect after the separation of FedEx Freight from FedEx Corp., which the company expects to complete by June 2026.

May 20, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics, For-Hire, Global Freight, Top 100

Landstar Posts Q1 Revenue of $1.15B After Fraud-Related Delay

Landstar System reported its first-quarter earnings following a two-week delay caused by a supply chain fraud incident, the company said May 13.

May 13, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Hub Group Reports Steady Q1 Earnings Amid Revenue Slip

Hub Group kept its earnings almost perfectly steady year over year despite revenue declining during the first quarter of 2025, the company reported May 8.

May 9, 2025
Government, Business, For-Hire

Post Office Names David Steiner Postmaster General

The U.S. Postal Service has selected FedEx board member David Steiner to be the country’s next postmaster general, the agency announced May 9.

May 9, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Autonomous, For-Hire, Top 100

Volvo Autonomous TaaS Product to Be Known as Autona/freight

Volvo Autonomous Solutions’ rollout of its transport-as-a-service offering ramped up a couple of notches in recent days.

May 8, 2025
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Global Freight

USPS Eyes FedEx’s David Steiner for Postmaster General Role

The USPS board has spent months looking for a new leader after Louis DeJoy abruptly resigned in March. DeJoy had pushed for sweeping changes to promote efficiency at the postal service.

May 7, 2025

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