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 Flatbed/Heavy Specialized Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
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1 | Landstar System | 963,649 |
2 | Daseke Inc. (TFI) | 770,000 |
3 | Anderson Trucking Service | 520,678 |
4 | PS Logistics | 495,300 |
5 | TMC Transportation | 394,000 |
6 | Mercer Transportation | 366,158 |
7 | Maverick Transportation | 301,458 |
8 | United Vision Logistics | 280,000 |
9 | Bennett Family of Cos. | 271,616 |
10 | Transport Investments | 269,667 |
11 | Melton Truck Lines | 222,576 |
12 | PGT Holdings | 214,000 |
13 | CRST The Transportation Solution | 199,000 |
14 | Acme Truck Line | 173,600 |
15 | Western Express | 160,984 |
16 | Prime Inc. | 151,545 |
17 | System Transport | 146,000 |
18 | Farren International | 110,000 |
19 | Roadmaster Group Inc. | 100,000 |
20 | CT Transportation | 71,617 |
21 | Aveda Transportation | 55,298 |
22 | Super Transporte Internacional | 50,000 |
23 | Express Anahuac | 48,300 |
24 | Hunt Transportation | 40,000 |
25 | Decker Truck Line | 37,000 |
26 | Koch Cos. | 27,720 |
27 | Carrier One Inc. | 23,000 |
28 | Celadon Group Inc. | 20,000 |
29 | Roehl Transport | 19,177 |
30 | Bison Transport | 18,131 |
31 | Shevell Group | 18,000 |
32 | NFI | 17,000 |
33 | DeckX | 16,947 |
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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