2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
60,906,000 | 3,431,000 | 434,000 | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
57,570,000 | 1,907,000 | 400,000 | 29,733 |
108,041 |
| 3 | 3 | XPO
|
14,619,400 | 63,100 | 89,000 | 15,396 |
27,606 |
| 4 | 4 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,555,459 | 432,090 | 22,172 | 14,805 |
30,330 |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
4,697,500 | 21,500 | 32,000 | 14,300 |
44,500 |
| 6 | 7 | Schneider
|
4,045,736 | 156,851 | 19,300 | 10,459 |
37,910 |
| 7 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,031,517 | 149,267 | 21,900 | 18,366 |
64,066 |
| 8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,572,790 | 74,805 | 2,755 | 2,705 |
436 |
| 9 | 9 | Landstar System
|
3,167,634 | 137,350 | 1,197 | 9,186 |
15,170 |
| 10 | 10 | TFI International
|
3,037,205 | 482,592 | 17,685 | 18,535 |
25,310 |
| 11 | 11 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,991,517 | 295,765 | 19,040 | 7,994 |
32,525 |
| 12 | 12 | ArcBest
|
2,700,219 | 18,652 | 13,000 | 4,387 |
21,361 |
| 13 | 13 | Ryder System
|
2,658,745 | 169,172 | - | 67,900 |
42,800 |
| 14 | 14 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,400,000 | - | 16,570 | 7,009 |
26,718 |
| 15 | 16 | Roadrunner Freight
|
2,044,000 | - | 4,645 | 4,332 |
6,508 |
| 16 | 15 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,008,991 | 79,129 | 11,738 | 7,100 |
24,350 |
| 17 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | 18 | Prime Inc.
|
1,683,834 | 194,247 | 3,661 | 6,246 |
12,309 |
| 19 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,546,000 | - | 7,849 | 6,682 |
13,811 |
| 20 | 26 | Purolator
|
1,526,207 | - | 10,000 | 463 |
1,280 |
| 21 | 23 | Penske Logistics
|
1,500,000 | - | 14,180 | 2,704 |
8,785 |
| 21 | 20 | Sirva
|
1,400,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | 19 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,500,000 | - | 10,135 | 7,000 |
15,500 |
| 24 | - | R+L Carriers
|
1,452,000 | - | 10,000 | 5,958 |
12,604 |
| 25 | 21 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,421,975 | - | 7,561 | 6,869 |
10,404 |
| 26 | 23 | C.R. England
|
1,304,898 | - | 7,883 | 4,165 |
5,990 |
| 27 | 27 | NFI
|
1,250,000 | - | 8,300 | 2,793 |
8,300 |
| 28 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,218,481 | 48,024 | 9,000 | 4,000 |
13,000 |
| 29 | 28 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,192,296 | - | 8,458 | 3,734 |
11,943 |
| 30 | 29 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,118,034 | 93,863 | 5,500 | 4,705 |
9,915 |
| 31 | 32 | Averitt Express
|
1,091,475 | - | - | 4,500 |
14,623 |
| 32 | 30 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,072,751 | 24,244 | 6,275 | 3,801 |
4,154 |
| 33 | 32 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
1,050,000 | 2,700 | 6,000 | 7,050 |
15,000 |
| 34 | 37 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
1,032,144 | - | 1,410 | 2,372 |
6,300 |
| 35 | 33 | Crete Carrier
|
1,030,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 |
12,883 |
| 36 | - | Cardinal Logistics
|
1,000,600 | - | 4,642 | 3,020 |
9,725 |
| 37 | 35 | Forward Air
|
982,530 | 27,670 | 3,689 | 935 |
4,868 |
| 38 | 36 | KLLM Transport Services
|
937,000 | - | - | 3,815 |
5,300 |
| 39 | 34 | Lynden
|
925,000 | - | 2,800 | 768 |
2,889 |
| 40 | 38 | Ruan
|
872,184 | - | 5,546 | 3,425 |
8,165 |
| 41 | 39 | Atlas World Group
|
795,239 | - | - | 2,159 |
- |
| 42 | 46 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
770,000 | -8,700 | 3,400 | 3,500 |
7,300 |
| 43 | 42 | Quality Carriers
|
758,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | 113 | Central Transport International
|
703,000 | - | - | 3,180 |
6,543 |
| 45 | 42 | Trimac Transportation
|
700,000 | - | 3,400 | 1,800 |
2,400 |
| 46 | 47 | Marten Transport
|
671,144 | 33,464 | 3,622 | 2,848 |
4,854 |
| 47 | 43 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
670,651 | 16,835 | 4,400 | 2,535 |
7,389 |
| 48 | 44 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
667,849 | - | - | 2,119 |
2,126 |
| 49 | 46 | Stevens Transport
|
662,450 | 77,990 | 2,703 | 2,690 |
3,795 |
| 50 | 52 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
649,972 | - | 3,178 | 866 |
2,072 |
| 51 | 45 | Day & Ross
|
640,515 | - | 1,829 | 1,531 |
4,010 |
| 52 | 41 | Heartland Express
|
612,937 | 56,386 | 3,600 | 5,049 |
15,218 |
| 53 | 54 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
605,538 | - | 4,600 | 2,400 |
6,000 |
| 54 | 49 | Suddath
|
550,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | 52 | Western Express
|
527,909 | 38,334 | 3,000 | 2,582 |
7,366 |
| 56 | 54 | United Road Services
|
525,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,835 |
1,200 |
| 56 | - | OnTrac Inc.
|
525,000 | - | 3,000 | 55 |
571 |
| 58 | 51 | Mullen Group
|
520,272 | - | 3,267 | 1,821 |
4,998 |
| 59 | 59 | Evans Network of Cos.
|
505,000 | - | 320 | 3,865 |
650 |
| 60 | 58 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
498,370 | - | 4,010 | 1,387 |
3,664 |
| 61 | 58 | PS Logistics
|
495,300 | - | 2,600 | 2,247 |
2,359 |
| 62 | 57 | Canada Cartage
|
452,728 | - | 3,110 | 2,429 |
2,736 |
| 63 | 55 | Mercer Transportation
|
449,337 | - | 295 | 2,228 |
2,400 |
| 64 | 69 | Dart Transit Co.
|
441,845 | - | 1,273 | 2,187 |
6,963 |
| 65 | 63 | California Cartage Co.
|
440,000 | - | 1,500 | - | - |
| 66 | 60 | Shevell Group
|
436,000 | - | 3,895 | 1,550 |
3,902 |
| 67 | 62 | Cowan Systems
|
434,018 | - | 1,915 | 2,059 |
5,111 |
| 68 | 66 | PAMT Corp.
|
432,852 | 11,101 | 2,463 | - | 5,699 |
| 69 | 68 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
429,616 | - | 998 | 1,338 |
1,892 |
| 70 | 53 | USA Truck
|
429,099 | -7,699 | 2,000 | 1,415 |
5,605 |
| 71 | 61 | TransX Group of Companies
|
423,678 | - | 2,617 | 1,560 |
4,410 |
| 72 | 66 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
402,940 | - | 1,900 | 1,400 |
5,100 |
| 73 | - | TMC Transportation
|
394,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 74 | 65 | Bison Transport
|
432,084 | - | 2,559 | 1,439 |
4,475 |
| 75 | 70 | Interstate Distributor Co.
|
370,168 | - | 2,000 | 1,805 |
3,900 |
| 76 | 70 | Roehl Transport
|
355,323 | - | 2,485 | 1,995 |
4,898 |
| 77 | 96 | Central Freight Lines
|
347,800 | - | - | 1,127 |
7,852 |
| 78 | 79 | A. Duie Pyle
|
346,000 | - | 2,800 | 945 |
2,225 |
| 79 | 78 | Black Horse Carriers
|
337,500 | - | 2,625 | 1,520 |
3,000 |
| 80 | 74 | Maverick Transportation
|
334,953 | - | 2,119 | 1,675 |
2,453 |
| 81 | 71 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
332,073 | 24,333 | 1,535 | 1,202 |
- |
| 82 | 75 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
320,700 | - | - | - | - |
| 83 | 74 | Cassens Transport
|
317,557 | - | 1,419 | 1,364 |
1,364 |
| 84 | 80 | IMC Logistics
|
293,000 | - | 1,875 | 1,515 |
91 |
| 85 | 76 | Koch Cos.
|
280,000 | - | 1,150 | 1,001 |
5,250 |
| 86 | - | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
278,000 | - | - | 321 |
1,220 |
| 87 | 91 | Transport Investments
|
276,000 | - | 200 | 1,150 |
2,100 |
| 88 | - | TransAm Trucking
|
270,000 | - | - | 1,144 |
1,818 |
| 89 | 82 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
258,006 | - | - | - | - |
| 90 | 83 | Trans-System
|
252,500 | - | 1,100 | 1,021 |
1,600 |
| 91 | 84 | Foodliner/Quest Liner
|
252,275 | - | 1,261 | 1,173 |
2,185 |
| 92 | - | Hirschbach Motor Lines
|
251,697 | - | 646 | 1,010 |
- |
| 93 | - | United Vision Logistics
|
245,000 | - | - | 1,003 |
1,347 |
| 94 | - | Salmon Cos.
|
241,796 | - | - | 713 |
1,092 |
| 95 | 79 | Comcar Industries
|
240,054 | - | - | 1,592 |
4,660 |
| 96 | 86 | John Christner Trucking
|
239,015 | 14,998 | 232 | 844 |
1,060 |
| 97 | 89 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
237,500 | - | 1,637 | 1,130 |
2,200 |
| 98 | 81 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
237,311 | - | 1,872 | 1,303 |
3,101 |
| 99 | 87 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
233,900 | 5,200 | 1,392 | 1,300 |
2,100 |
| 100 | 94 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
229,258 | - | 1,100 | 900 |
1,200 |
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.
* Tractor count includes company-owned, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
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Schneider posted higher revenue and earnings in the second quarter of 2025, the company reported July 31.
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The Greenwich, Conn.-based less-than-truckload carrier posted net income of $106 million, or 89 cents a diluted share, for the three months ending June 30.
July 31, 2025ODFL Q2 Profit Slides 16.6% as Market Weakness Persists
Profit and revenue at Old Dominion Freight Line fell in the second quarter, but senior executives said clarity is growing on how the ongoing freight recession might start to see an upturn.
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ArcBest experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue and earnings amid the continuing soft freight environment during the second quarter of 2025, the company reported July 30.
July 30, 2025Werner Q2 Earnings Lifted by Texas Nuclear Verdict Reversal
A pair of favorable financial outcomes tied to legal and business proceedings helped lift Werner Enterprises’ bottom-line results in the second quarter of 2025, the company reported July 29.
July 30, 2025
TFI Q2 Profit, Revenue Fall Double Digits as Tariffs Bite
“We’re most affected by the [tariff] instability in our industrial truckload base in the U.S.,” TFI CEO Alain Bédard said during a July 28 conference call with investors.
July 29, 2025UPS Withholds Outlook on Market Upheaval After Mixed Quarter
UPS has struggled to get a handle on volatility in the market, underscoring the challenges for the courier’s effort to reconfigure its network and revitalize its business.
July 29, 2025Hub Group Buys Marten’s Intermodal Unit for $51.8 Million
The deal, which Hub Group expects to more than double the size of its temperature-controlled intermodal fleet, is set to close by the end of the third quarter.
July 28, 2025International Q2 Truck Sales, Profit Rise Amid Dim Outlook
International sold 14,628 trucks in the most recent quarter, compared with 13,143 trucks a year earlier.
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