2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
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 | Mail
Top Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Swift Truckload | 3,019,295 |
2 |
Schneider | 2,090,953 |
3 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 1,920,950 |
4 |
Landstar System | 1,900,406 |
5 |
Werner Enterprises | 1,533,981 |
6 |
Penske Logistics | 1,500,000 |
7 |
U.S. Xpress Enterprises | 1,320,000 |
8 |
TFI International | 1,231,714 |
9 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 1,020,895 |
10 |
Cardinal Logistics | 935,000 |
11 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 905,000 |
12 |
Knight-Swift Transportation | 900,368 |
13 |
Celadon Trucking Services | 850,000 |
14 |
Crete Carrier | 780,000 |
15 |
Universal Truckload | 629,200 |
16 |
Heartland Express | 612,937 |
17 |
Ruan | 524,127 |
18 |
Mullen Group | 520,272 |
19 |
Canada Cartage | 452,728 |
20 |
P.A.M. Transport | 432,852 |
21 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 402,940 |
22 |
Covenant Logistics Group | 375,564 |
23 |
Interstate Distributor Co. | 370,168 |
24 |
Dart Transit Co. | 349,031 |
25 |
Black Horse Carriers | 337,500 |
26 |
Western Express | 315,095 |
27 |
NFI | 315,000 |
28 |
Bison Transport | 304,782 |
29 |
USA Truck | 295,807 |
30 |
Cowan Systems | 258,761 |
31 |
Challenger Motor Freight | 258,006 |
32 |
Hub Group Dedicated | 250,000 |
33 |
Martin Transportation Systems | 237,500 |
34 |
Paschall Truck Lines | 232,896 |
35 |
Epes Carriers Inc. | 216,652 |
36 |
Roehl Transport | 207,048 |
37 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 206,673 |
38 |
Auto Lineas America | 169,600 |
39 |
Brown Trucking Co. | 168,218 |
40 |
Forward Air | 164,300 |
41 |
Marten Transport | 157,370 |
42 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 156,577 |
43 |
Transportistas Unidos Mexicano | 141,000 |
44 |
Transportadora Nacional | 136,100 |
45 |
Stan Koch & Sons Trucking | 132,440 |
46 |
Transportes Cuauhtemoc | 127,200 |
47 |
Trans-Mex Inc. | 111,000 |
48 |
Day & Ross | 100,433 |
49 |
A.D. Transport Express | 100,000 |
50 |
CalArk | 99,434 |
51 |
Auto Lineas Regiomontanas | 97,600 |
52 |
Titanium Transportation Group | 91,258 |
53 |
Raven Transport | 89,000 |
54 |
TransX Group of Companies | 88,972 |
55 |
Titan Transfer | 87,808 |
56 |
Grupo TMM / Lacto Comercial Organizada | 85,800 |
57 |
Abilene Motor Express | 85,350 |
58 |
Mercer Transportation | 83,178 |
59 |
J. Rayl Transport | 76,408 |
60 |
System Freight | 76,407 |
61 |
SLH Transport | 71,003 |
62 |
Express Tres Fronteras | 71,000 |
63 |
Transportes Quintanilla | 65,100 |
64 |
Central de Fletes Monterrey / Transportes Gonzalez (Grupo MG) | 64,100 |
65 |
Transportadora Egoba | 62,100 |
66 |
Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos | 61,200 |
67 |
Freight Exchange | 60,000 |
68 |
Transportes de Nuevo Laredo | 58,200 |
69 |
Star Transportation | 53,652 |
70 |
Transportes Lar-Mex | 53,300 |
71 |
Fletes Internacionales Coss | 51,300 |
72 |
Evans Network of Cos. | 50,500 |
73 |
Dupr茅 Logistics | 47,677 |
74 |
Transportes Lopez e Hijos | 43,400 |
75 |
TRACOMEX | 42,400 |
76 |
Transportes Elola | 39,400 |
77 |
Transportes Internacionales JCV | 38,400 |
78 |
Ryder Capital | 37,000 |
79 |
Transportes Canales | 36,500 |
80 |
Centauros del Sureste | 31,700 |
81 |
Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos | 31,600 |
82 |
Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes | 31,400 |
83 |
Grupo GOR | 31,200 |
84 |
Transportes Sultana | 29,500 |
85 |
Autotransportes Dasa | 28,600 |
86 |
Shevell Group | 20,000 |
87 |
Fastfrate Group | 16,600 |
88 |
Bolt Express | 14,555 |
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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