2025 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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 Truckload/Dedicated Carriers
Rank | Company | Revenue (000) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Knight-Swift Transportation | 5,034,941 |
2 |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | 4,097,099 |
3 |
TFI International | 2,937,305 |
4 |
Landstar System | 2,447,810 |
5 |
Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions | 2,446,000 |
6 |
Penske Logistics | 2,300,000 |
7 |
Schneider | 2,170,700 |
8 |
Werner Enterprises | 2,138,293 |
9 |
Crete Carrier | 1,346,000 est |
10 |
CRST The Transportation Solution | 1,291,950 est |
11 |
Heartland Express | 1,047,511 |
12 |
Ruan | 876,432 est |
13 |
NFI | 815,000 |
14 |
Western Express | 749,527 est |
15 |
C.R. England | 651,170 est |
16 |
FirstFleet | 585,249 est |
17 |
Day & Ross | 551,419 |
18 |
Mesilla Valley Transportation | 464,000 |
19 |
Averitt Express | 449,811 |
20 |
P.A.M. Transport | 422,000 |
21 |
Bison Transport | 410,760 |
22 |
Covenant Logistics Group | 364,414 |
23 |
USA Truck | 353,312 est |
24 |
Red Classic | 345,155 |
25 |
Universal Truckload | 331,982 |
26 |
Marten Transport | 319,135 |
27 |
Fastfrate Group | 314,918 |
28 |
Roehl Transport | 274,082 est |
29 |
Canada Cartage | 223,731 est |
30 |
Evans Network of Cos. | 218,000 |
31 |
Artur Express | 191,000 |
32 |
Paper Transport | 187,203 |
33 |
Forward Air | 170,455 |
34 |
Blackhawk Transport & Logistics | 167,000 |
35 |
TCI Transportation | 166,253 est |
36 |
Anderson Trucking Service | 163,515 |
37 |
Cheema Freightlines | 160,157 |
38 |
GP Transco | 142,480 est |
39 |
System Freight | 141,928 |
40 |
A. Duie Pyle | 141,000 |
41 |
Transportation Services | 136,000 |
42 |
Titan Transfer | 121,577 |
43 |
Transervice Logistics | 117,537 est |
44 |
Cargo Transporters | 116,700 est |
45 |
Leonard's Express | 111,874 est |
46 |
Southeastern Freight Lines | 90,100 est |
47 |
PS Logistics | 90,000 |
48 |
Highlight Motor Group | 79,292 est |
49 |
May Trucking Co. | 60,000 |
50 |
Pride Transport | 60,000 |
51 |
Apache Logistics | 53,400 |
52 |
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics | 45,675 est |
53 |
TGR Logistics | 45,167 est |
54 |
Aifleet | 43,005 |
55 |
Schuster Co. | 42,861 est |
56 |
Paul Logistics | 31,713 |
57 |
McCollister's Global Services | 27,417 est |
58 |
Dupré Logistics | 21,685 |
59 |
Beemac Trucking | 18,278 est |
60 |
Bay and Bay Transportation | 18,000 |
61 |
Trans-System | 15,000 |
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.
Crete Carrier revenue estimate is based on data provided by SJ Consulting Group.
CRST, Ruan, Western Express, C.R. England, FirstFleet, USA Truck, Roehl, Canada Cartage, TCI Transportation, GP Transco, Transervice, Cargo Transporters, Leonard’s Express, Southeastern Freight Lines, RoadOne, TGR Logistics, Schuster, McCollister’s and Beemac revenues are estimated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data and industry revenue trends.
Extras
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