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2019 Top Truckload/Dedicated Carriers

2019 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

This year in particular has brought a changing of the guard at some of the largest companies.
See a breakdown of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers by region; get links to company pages.
After you've absorbed the changes and trends in this year's Top 100 For-Hire Carrier rankings, take our interactive quiz!

Rankings

Rank Company Revenue (000)
1
Knight-Swift Transportation 3,471,064
2
Landstar System 2,791,494
3
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 2,580,506
4
Schneider 2,268,000
5
Werner Enterprises 1,881,323
6
TFI International 1,843,687
7
U.S. Xpress Enterprises 1,600,000
8
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions 1,333,313
9
CRST The Transportation Solution 1,011,000
10
Penske Logistics 919,000
est
11
Crete Carrier 860,000
12
Celadon Trucking Services 762,000
est
13
Mullen Group 674,027
14
Ruan 648,539
15
Cardinal Logistics 648,000
16
Heartland Express 610,803
17
Covenant Logistics Group 591,900
18
Canada Cartage 501,659
19
Universal Truckload 434,834
20
P.A.M. Transport 426,609
21
Western Express 406,831
22
Dart Transit Co. 384,336
23
Mesilla Valley Transportation 383,950
24
Bison Transport 372,387
25
NFI 369,000
26
USA Truck 347,729
27
Hub Group Dedicated 292,857
28
Cowan Systems 292,572
29
Challenger Motor Freight 285,000
30
Black Horse Carriers 277,000
31
Paschall Truck Lines 259,000
32
Day & Ross 256,161
33
Martin Transportation Systems 255,199
34
Wilson Logistics 250,000
35
Evans Network of Cos. 245,606
36
Roehl Transport 237,681
37
Southeastern Freight Lines 228,067
38
Marten Transport 223,852
39
Anderson Trucking Service 217,180
40
C.A.T. Inc. 208,382
41
Forward Air 192,600
42
Auto Lineas America 191,100
43
Averitt Express 181,096
44
Transportistas Unidos Mexicano 158,800
45
Stan Koch & Sons Trucking 158,225
46
Brown Trucking Co. 155,000
47
Transportadora Nacional 153,300
48
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group 148,283
49
Transportes Cuauhtemoc 143,300
50
Paper Transport 142,882
51
Titanium Transportation Group 142,780
52
Red Classic 138,000
53
Mercer Transportation 137,008
54
G&D Integrated 130,700
55
Legend Transportation 127,000
56
Artur Express 125,950
57
Trans-Mex Inc. 125,000
58
A.D. Transport Express 120,000
59
AAA Cooper Transportation 119,000
60
Cargo Transporters 116,719
61
Auto Lineas Regiomontanas 109,900
62
Kriska Transportation 102,625
63
Raven Transport 102,000
est
64
System Freight 99,249
65
CalArk 96,292
66
J. Rayl Transport 93,000
67
Titan Transfer 84,967
68
Express Tres Fronteras 80,000
69
TransAmerica Express Logistics 80,000
70
Transportes Quintanilla 73,400
71
Transportes Especializados Antonio de la Torre e Hijos 69,000
72
Transportes de Nuevo Laredo 65,600
73
American Central Transport 65,000
74
Halvor Lines 62,422
75
Highlight Motor Group 61,335
76
Fleetmaster Express 61,000
77
Transportes Lar-Mex 60,100
78
Fletes Internacionales Coss 57,800
79
Transportes Lopez e Hijos 48,900
80
TRACOMEX 47,700
81
Transportes Elola 44,400
82
Transportes Internacionales JCV 43,300
83
Transportes Canales 41,100
84
A. Duie Pyle 40,900
85
Market Express 40,815
86
Alabama Motor Express 37,500
87
Centauros del Sureste 35,700
88
Transportes Unidos Tampiquenos 35,600
89
Wright Transportation 35,400
90
Autotransportes Rapidos de Aguascalientes 35,400
91
Grupo GOR 35,200
92
Blackhawk Transport & Logistics 32,482
93
Autotransportes Dasa 32,200
94
Dupré Logistics 28,318
95
Atlas World Group 24,500
96
Meiborg Inc. 24,000
97
TGR Logistics 23,000
98
Schuster Co. 20,800
99
Transport Investments 18,476
100
IMC Logistics 18,428
101
Brenny Transportation 15,000
102
ContainerPort Group 15,000

Extras

Learn more about Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers.
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