2023 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
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Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Revenue (000) Net Income (000) Employees Tractors* Trailers
1 1 100,300,000 11,500,000 536,000 16,440 85,024
2 2 92,619,000 2,992,000 547,000 38,749 141,902
3 4 14,814,000 969,351 37,000 20,215 43,040
4 5 8,813,000 823,000 25,836 18,347 38,091
5 3 7,718,000 666,000 38,000 8,200 27,000
6 6 7,437,000 430,914 1,449 11,281 18,593
7 7 7,429,000 771,000 27,900 21,899 83,210
8 8 6,604,400 457,800 17,050 10,200 44,120
9 11 6,506,000 288,000 48,000 69,400 41,500
10 9 6,260,077 1,377,159 24,027 11,274 45,567
11 13 5,340,000 357,000 5,900 3,050 4,600
12 14 5,324,052 298,209 15,000 4,457 23,968
13 10 5,245,000 22,000 30,000 12,700 42,000
14 12 5,150,000 - 22,111 9,694 37,032
15 15 4,400,000 - 20,743 8,242 22,375
16 16 3,900,000 - 16,800 5,000 14,300
17 17 3,289,978 241,256 14,300 8,639 27,650
18 19 2,864,000
est
- 6,774 19,709
19 20 2,813,522 450,972 4,685 8,575 17,472
20 18 2,800,000 338,000 13,222 529 1,070
21 21 2,792,057 357,422 12,300 6,200 20,800
22 24 2,480,512 - 10,000 7,320 12,700
23 22 2,425,000
est
- 650 9,000 3,000
24 23 2,161,000 -42,000 9,397 7,200 14,400
25 26 2,015,456 - 10,000 4,260 3,945
26 25 2,000,000 - 6,224 4,788
27 27 1,973,000 193,000 4,155 916 6,726
28 29 1,837,665 - 6,500 3,996 5,544
29 32 1,834,641 - 9,309 5,255 15,774
30 30 1,794,300 - 2,413 2,631 6,941
31 31 1,773,000 50,000 4,123 4,982 10,723
32 35 1,741,123 - 8,694 3,075 8,440
33 36 1,710,000 - 3,600 3,950 6,400
34 38 1,680,306 - 5,500 3,792 10,566
35 27 1,662,000
est
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36 33 1,600,000 - 795 150 5,237
37 52 1,536,895 121,906 4,459 2,167 6,333
38 37 1,525,000
est
- 6,500 5,000 13,000
39 34 1,510,000 - 8,964 3,289 9,854
40 43 1,397,609 - 2,797 1,890 150
41 39 1,300,000 - 2,519 1,088 3,348
42 47 1,263,878 110,354 4,575 3,660 5,753
43 42 1,251,872 - 1,175 3,337 2,911
44 40 1,236,000
est
- 2,953 11,877
45 64 1,219,000 - 2,624 3,152 5,250
46 40 1,216,858 108,682 4,985 2,368 5,074
47 1,210,000 202,900 1,027 160 1,976
48 48 1,142,000 - 3,500 5,900
49 53 1,109,156 - 4,406 2,577 9,300
50 45 1,107,974 145,023 5,300 3,550 9,200
51 44 1,102,000 - 4,070 3,245 9,000
52 54 1,069,554 142,500 5,500 3,261 8,200
53 46 1,064,200 13,400 840 1,638 3,562
54 61 1,014,000 - 746 1,016 1,626
55 49 1,012,000 - 5,583 3,300 3,900
56 60 1,004,000 - 5,838 2,261 5,223
57 51 984,000
est
- 1,600 2,600 7,500
58 66 968,000 137,000 4,710 5,946 18,551
59 72 950,000
est
- 3,000 2,702 5,019
60 50 948,670 - 5,315 1,611 4,131
61 58 947,000 91,000 3,395 2,451 7,784
62 55 910,000 184,500 3,350 2,275 3,850
63 57 853,000
est
25,000 2,069 2,157 6,548
64 56 802,000
est
- 1,837 1,978 2,110
65 59 774,000 - 3,500 2,519 3,402
66 63 768,000 - 3,977 1,528 3,036
67 749,767 - 3,806 2,200 1,890
68 62 727,612 - 2,527 2,569 7,426
69 74 715,000 - 2,094 1,640 3,764
70 65 635,000 - 266 2,093 2,093
71 67 626,000
est
- 1,681 3,250
72 73 622,328 - 2,897 1,756 6,311
73 70 606,744 - 2,933 2,166 5,820
74 68 596,000
est
- 1,806 5,066
75 71 579,000 - 2,000 1,286 1,284
76 75 566,000
est
- 3,098 4,252
77 69 525,000
est
- 11,396
78 93 510,000 - 450 1,500
79 79 461,256 - 2,173 1,645 2,763
80 91 452,201 - 260 550 650
81 83 439,000 - 1,485 576 1,147
82 86 438,305 - 1,698 1,456 2,281
83 76 437,035 - 1,684 1,621 3,125
84 85 425,000
est
- 1,213 983 5,689
85 98 404,080 18,789 596 1,096 1,719
86 84 393,000 - 1,225 675 1,400
87 80 389,000
est
-
88 79 386,000
est
-
89 81 377,600
est
- 2,051 7,140
90 82 365,000
est
- 1,206 649 3,500
91 88 360,848 3,583 930 616 1,089
92 90 356,000 - 1,170 995 1,920
93 96 340,886 - 509 757 3,400
94 94 338,000
est
- 1,700 777 2,487
95 89 333,000
est
- 1,150 4,000
96 92 328,129 - 1,300 1,200 4,600
97 95 316,800 - 1,200 1,897 5,487
98 100 301,328 - 1,260 900 3,200
99 97 265,000
est
- 1,545 1,170 3,500
100 253,300 - 588 653 1,250
Extras

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For-Hire News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Forward Air Reaches Deal With Omni Logistics on Acquisition

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics have settled litigation surrounding a planned merger that allows a deal to proceed under amended terms, the companies announced Jan. 22.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 22, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt Reports Revenue Declined to $3.3 Billion for Q4

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported a decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a result of weaker performance across its segments and rising insurance costs, the company reported Jan. 18. 

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
January 19, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Industry Takes Fresh Look at Reverse Logistics

Reverse logistics — the management and movement of returned goods — is one of the most significant systems in the economy, and one of the most complicated. 

Hilary Daninhirsch | Special to Transport Topics
January 10, 2024
Business, Logistics, Breaking News, For-Hire

TFI to Buy Daseke for $1.1 Billion

TFI International Inc., a Canadian carrier that has been growing through acquisitions, announced plans to purchase flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. for $1.1 billion, including debt.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
December 22, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Hub Group Buys Forward Air Final-Mile Unit for $262 Million

Hub Group Inc. is set to buy the final-mile unit of Forward Air Corp. for about $262 million in cash, Oak Brook, Ill.-based Hub Group said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 21, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Acceptance Grows for Driver-Assistance Technology

Drivers have had to grow accustomed to driver-assistance technologies such as the lane-assist function as fleets adopt the features for safety and legal reasons. 

Steve Brawner | Contributing Writer
December 15, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

TMC Transportation Plans $38M South Carolina Campus

Iowa-based flatbed carrier TMC Transportation is consolidating its southeastern U.S. presence via a $38 million investment in its South Carolina operations.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
December 13, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Court Approves Sale of 128 Yellow-Owned Terminals

A Delaware court approved the sale of 128 freight terminals owned by bankrupt less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp., according to an audio recording of a Dec. 12 hearing.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 12, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Dark Horse Bidder Makes Second Offer for Yellow Assets

Next Century Logistics submitted a second bid for Yellow Corp. assets Dec. 7 after an initial offer to reanimate the bankrupt carrier was turned down by the administrators of Yellow’s assets.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 7, 2023
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Reveals First Two Companies in EV Fleet Program

Truck leasing and logistics company Ryder System identified its initial customers Dec. 5 for its RyderElectric+ turnkey electric vehicle fleet program.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
December 7, 2023
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