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2022 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers

2022 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America

Up Front

For-hire motor carriers achieved significant revenue gains and higher profits last year, powered by surging freight demand.
The pandemic accelerated driver wages, shortened routes to match shopping patterns and increased automation across the supply chain.
Find out where the Top 100 For-Hire Carriers are based.

Rankings

Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Revenue (000) Net Income (000) Employees Tractors* Trailers
1 1
UPS Inc.
97,300,000 12,900,000 534,000
15,554
85,398
2 2
FedEx Corp.
91,683,000 6,118,000 577,000
37,488
136,947
3 3
XPO
12,800,000 323,000 42,000
7,900
25,800
4 4
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
12,168,000 760,800 34,978
18,617
39,994
5 5
TFI International
7,220,000 664,000 29,539
22,812
50,091
6 9
Landstar System
6,538,000 721,000 1,399
11,864
18,307
7 6
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
6,000,000 966,000 27,900
21,351
75,019
8 7
Schneider
5,600,000 405,000 16,050
11,300
36,700
9 10
Old Dominion Freight Line
5,256,000 1,034,000 24,372
10,403
41,220
10 8
Yellow Corp.
5,122,000 104,000 32,000
14,200
42,000
11 11
Ryder System
4,612,000 166,000 41,900
70,700
43,500
12 12
Estes Express Lines
4,447,000 - 21,700
8,500
34,000
13 13
Hub Group
4,232,000 171,000 5,000
3,600
6,100
14 15
ArcBest
3,980,000 214,000 14,000
4,360
23,438
15 14
Penske Logistics
3,700,000 - 19,994
5,583
13,771
16 16
NFI
3,100,000 - 15,500
4,600
13,000
17 17
Werner Enterprises
2,734,000 259,000 13,525
8,775
27,225
18 22
Purolator
2,600,000 293,000 13,533
522
2,005
19 19
R+L Carriers
2,427,000
est
- -
6,774
19,709
20 18
Prime Inc.
2,408,000 351,000 4,411
7,601
14,700
21 20
Saia Inc.
2,300,000 335,000 12,000
5,600
19,300
22 27
Evans Network of Cos.
2,050,000 - 650
9,000
3,000
23 21
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
1,949,000 11,000 8,689
6,400
13,600
24 23
Kenan Advantage Group
1,904,000
est
- 9,311
7,121
12,235
25 24
CRST The Transportation Solution
1,800,000 - 6,536
4,894
14,289
26 29
Universal Logistics Holdings
1,751,000 - 8,000
4,066
3,800
27 33
Forward Air
1,662,000 116,000 4,327
865
6,370
27 47
OnTrac Inc.
1,662,000
est
- - - -
29 25
C.R. England
1,644,000 - 6,588
3,833
5,897
30 32
Anderson Trucking Service
1,567,000 - 2,325
2,588
7,082
31 26
Daseke Inc. (TFI)
1,557,000 56,000 4,006
4,697
11,266
32 36
Averitt Express
1,532,000 - 9,000
5,090
15,071
33 30
UniGroup
1,499,000 - 835
2,889
4,767
34 31
Day & Ross
1,489,000 - 8,400
4,600
9,150
35 34
Southeastern Freight Lines
1,476,000 - 8,490
2,788
8,060
36 40
PS Logistics
1,375,000 - 3,100
3,625
5,700
37 37
Crete Carrier
1,304,000 - 6,500
5,000
13,000
38 35
Ruan
1,227,820 - 5,500
3,475
8,210
39 39
Lynden
1,080,000 - 2,472
880
2,430
40 46
Covenant Logistics Group
1,046,000 - 5,600
2,563
5,213
40 43
Central Transport International
1,046,000
est
- -
2,953
11,877
42 54
Bennett Family of Cos.
998,000 - 1,114
2,726
1,865
43 72
IMC Logistics
983,000 - 2,371
1,700
150
44 45
Cardinal Logistics
981,000 - 4,200
3,025
8,000
45 51
Western Express
977,000 - 4,400
3,150
8,400
46 49
Atlas World Group
974,000 17,000 655
1,653
3,615
46 42
Marten Transport
974,000 85,000 4,007
3,204
5,299
48 41
KLLM Transport Services
953,000 - -
3,200
6,100
49 44
10 Roads Express
917,000 - -
5,052
5,287
50 48
Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
900,000 - 5,087
1,565
3,995
51 38
Quality Carriers
850,000 - 1,600
2,600
7,500
52 60
Mullen Group
838,000 - 4,622
2,241
6,151
53 57
Bison Transport
778,000 - 3,732
2,115
6,057
54 53
AAA Cooper Transportation
776,000 - 5,000
2,650
-
55 58
Stevens Transport
745,000 129,000 2,900
2,050
3,600
56 52
United Road Services
713,000
est
- 1,837
1,978
2,110
57 65
USA Truck
710,000 25,000 2,069
2,157
6,548
58 71
PAMT Corp.
707,100 76,500 2,510
1,970
6,859
59 59
Canada Cartage
701,000 - 4,332
2,880
2,700
60 55
Dayton Freight Lines
684,000 145,000 5,593
1,813
4,970
61 83
R&R Family of Cos.
680,000 - 397
504
642
62 63
Cowan Systems
655,000 - 2,301
2,346
7,487
63 69
A. Duie Pyle
628,000 - 3,734
1,444
2,962
64 66
Hirschbach Motor Lines
626,000 - 1,990
2,299
3,861
65 70
Mercer Transportation
614,000 - 247
2,180
2,180
66 56
Heartland Express
607,000 79,000 3,180
3,193
10,741
67 61
Trimac Transportation
600,000
est
- -
1,681
3,250
68 64
Heniff Transportation Systems
562,000
est
- -
1,806
5,066
69 67
Two Men and a Truck Movers
525,000
est
- 11,396 - -
70 73
Roehl Transport
521,000 - 2,968
2,074
5,883
71 68
Jack Cooper Holdings
507,000
est
- 3,753
1,286
1,284
72 77
Fastfrate Group
500,000 - 3,000
1,152
1,644
73 78
Mesilla Valley Transportation
494,000 - 2,616
1,796
6,000
74 87
Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
454,000 -72,000 1,850
1,632
3,594
75 74
TMC Transportation
450,000
est
- -
3,098
4,252
76 76
Foodliner/Quest Liner
437,000 - 1,562
1,608
2,914
77 75
Roadrunner Freight
430,000
est
- - - -
78 82
Challenger Motor Freight
402,000 - 1,200
1,545
3,380
79 79
Maverick Transportation
398,000 - 1,977
1,458
2,671
80 94
Daylight Transport
380,000 - - - -
81 80
Dart Transit Co.
377,600
est
- -
2,051
7,140
82 85
Red Classic
365,000 - 1,206
649
3,500
83 -
Dependable Supply Chain Services
363,000 - 1,965
462
1,167
84 90
Dupré Logistics
360,000 188,000 1,260
750
2,000
85 86
Koch Cos.
359,000 - 1,213
983
5,689
86 92
Melton Truck Lines
338,000 - 1,611
1,233
2,191
87 84
John Christner Trucking
334,000 17,000 315
754
1,236
88 -
Leonard's Express
327,000 - 700
582
1,000
89 -
Western Flyer Express
320,000 - -
1,150
4,000
90 95
Trans-System
315,000 - 990
940
1,886
91 -
Beemac Trucking
301,000 - 130
525
610
92 -
New Legend
294,000 37,000 1,400
1,000
4,600
93 81
ContainerPort Group
287,000 - 363
1,296
16
94 -
Oak Harbor Freight Lines
284,000
est
- 1,700
777
2,487
95 -
Transervice Logistics/Lily Transportation
278,300 - 1,200
366
2,181
96 -
Artur Express
272,000 - 471
776
3,047
97 -
Paschall Truck Lines
265,000 - 1,545
1,170
3,500
98 99
PGT Holdings
253,700 - 695
1,138
1,825
99 100
Smith Transport
246,000
est
- 1,136
816
2,250
100 -
Paper Transport
244,000 - 1,100
850
3,200

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