2025 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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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
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 Delivery
Top Refrigerated (Truckload & LTL) Carriers
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 |
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.
Hirschbach, C.R. England, Leonard’s Express, Schuster, Canada Cartage, Roehl, Portage Transport and Beemac revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
Extras
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Tariffs raised by the Trump administration create obstacles on the path to a market recovery, the study’s authors warned.
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