Western Railroad Discussion > Top Ten LTL and TL Carriers for 2014

LIsted below are the Top Ten LTL and TL carriers by million dollars in revenue for 2014 as listed in the Journal of Commerce  Guide to Trucking August 2015

LTL
1 Fedex Freight       $5,672   Freight only 11 per cent growth over 2013
2 Conway                 3,632
3 YRC                      3,220
4 ODF                      2,710  27 per cent growth over 2013
5 UPS Freight           2,633   Freight only
6 Estes                    2,043
7 ABF                      1,885
8 R L Carriers             1,298
9 Saia                       1,272
10 Holland                 1,082    YRC Regional Carrier

TL
1 Swift                       $3,611    all divisions-intermodal reefer
2 Schnieder                 2,465    all divisions
3 Landstar                  1,794
4 J B Hunt                  1,779    TL division  Total Rev for 2014 was6.1 Billion
5 Werner                     1,683
6 Prime                       1,601
7 US EXP                    1,540
8 CRST                        1,099
9 C R England               1,071
10 CRETE                     1,034

DaleSmith

Thanks for posting this info.  I currently drive for Oak Harbor Freight Lines, a Western regional carrier.  We're not anywhere near as big as the CON-WAY and FED-EX types, but we have customers wanting to give us more freight, except we need more drivers.  In general, the freight business is thriving.

I know that some of these bigger carriers run their drivers hard, and burn out is a huge factor in the LTL business.  But every ABF driver I've met seemed happy.

I have no idea how Swift & England make any money with the amount of equipment they destroy. Their claims must be astronomical. I s'pose they make some of it up with the pitiful rates they pay their staff.

Looks like they are not listing all the divisions for truckers.  JB Hunt had 6.200 billion revenue in 2014.
here is link.https://ww2.jbhunt.com/INET/webcontent.nsf/0/B3EA67DFF442461C86257DD40073FA35/$File/Q4%202014%20Earnings%20Release%20with%20Schedules.pdf​gmojim

You have to hand it to ABF. Of the original group of major Unionized LTL carriers, I think they are the only ones left. YRC sort of qualifies but it is a merger of Yellow and Roadway.

gmojim Wrote:
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> Looks like they are not listing all the divisions
> for truckers.  JB Hunt had 6.200 billion
> revenue in 2014.
> here is
> link.https://ww2.jbhunt.com/INET/webcontent.nsf/0/
> B3EA67DFF442461C86257DD40073FA35/$File/Q4%202014%2
> 0Earnings%20Release%20with%20Schedules.pdf​gmoji
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Opps , total listed to the right did not see it on the post.

gmojim​

Yes, SWIFT is very cheap with pay.

SWIFT:  Sure Wish I'd Finish Training.