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A new No. 1 leads off this year’s Transport Topics Top 50 list of the world’s largest freight companies.
Get a continent-by-continent and country- by-country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Headquarters | Freight Revenue (Millions) | Total Revenue (Millions) | Freight Revenue Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | Old Dominion Freight Line | USA | $6,260 | $6,260 | 100% |
| 49 | 49 | Schneider | USA | $6,604 | $6,604 | 100% |
| 48 | - | GLS Group | The Netherlands | $6,656 | $6,656 | 100% |
| 46 | 43 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | $7,316 | $7,316 | 100% |
| 45 | 42 | TFI International | Canada | $7,357 | $7,357 | 100% |
| 44 | 47 | Knight-Swift Transportation | USA | $7,429 | $7,429 | 100% |
| 43 | 45 | Landstar System | USA | $7,437 | $7,437 | 100% |
| 47 | - | Rhenus Group | Germany | $7,144 | $7,584 | 94.2% |
| 41 | - | Toll Group | Australia | $7,800 | $7,800 | 100% |
| 40 | 38 | Dachser Group | Germany | $8,577 | $8,577 | 100% |
| 39 | 41 | Wan Hai Lines | Taiwan | $8,686 | $8,686 | 100% |
| 38 | 39 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Co. | Taiwan | $8,755 | $8,755 | 100% |
| 37 | 37 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | $9,387 | $9,387 | 100% |
| 36 | 35 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | $11,065 | $11,065 | 100% |
| 42 | 40 | Bolloré Logistics | France | $7,477 | $11,261 | 66.4% |
| 35 | 30 | SG Holdings | Japan | $11,649 | $11,696 | 99.6% |
| 34 | 26 | XPO | USA | $12,121 | $12,121 | 100% |
| 33 | 33 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $12,562 | $12,562 | 100% |
| 32 | 32 | Norfolk Southern | USA | $12,745 | $12,745 | 100% |
| 31 | 31 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $13,147 | $13,147 | 100% |
| 30 | 36 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $13,501 | $13,693 | 98.6% |
| 29 | 29 | HMM Co. | South Korea | $14,380 | $14,380 | 100% |
| 27 | 28 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | USA | $14,814 | $14,814 | 100% |
| 26 | 27 | CSX Corp. | USA | $14,853 | $14,853 | 100% |
| 25 | 19 | Sinotrans | China | $16,169 | $16,169 | 100% |
| 24 | 20 | Geopost | France | $16,402 | $16,402 | 100% |
| 23 | 22 | Expeditors International | USA | $17,071 | $17,071 | 100% |
| 21 | - | Nippon Express | Japan | $19,929 | $19,929 | 100% |
| 20 | 21 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $20,587 | $21,050 | 97.8% |
| 22 | 23 | Indian Railways | India | $19,338 | $22,885 | 84.5% |
| 19 | 17 | C.H. Robinson | USA | $23,516 | $24,702 | 95.2% |
| 18 | 18 | Union Pacific Railroad | USA | $24,875 | $24,875 | 100% |
| 17 | 16 | BNSF Railway | USA | $25,888 | $25,888 | 100% |
| 16 | - | Ocean Network Express | Japan | $29,916 | $29,916 | 100% |
| 14 | 13 | DSV A/S (North America) | Denmark | $33,298 | $33,298 | 100% |
| 13 | 15 | Hapag-Lloyd | Germany | $36,319 | $36,319 | 100% |
| 11 | 10 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $38,938 | $38,938 | 100% |
| 10 | 12 | SF Express | China | $41,838 | $41,838 | 100% |
| 28 | 25 | SNCF Group | France | $14,429 | $43,592 | 33.1% |
| 15 | 9 | Deutsche Bahn Group | Germany | $31,101 | $43,681 | 71.2% |
| 9 | 8 | Kuehne + Nagel International | Switzerland | $45,066 | $45,066 | 100% |
| 8 | 7 | COSCO Shipping Group | China | $58,108 | $58,108 | 100% |
| 7 | 6 | CMA CGM | France | $74,500 | $74,500 | 100% |
| 6 | 4 | United States Postal Service | USA | $78,507 | $78,507 | 100% |
| 5 | 5 | Maersk | Denmark | $80,023 | $81,490 | 98.2% |
| 3 | 2 | FedEx Corp. | USA | $90,155 | $90,155 | 100% |
| 2 | 1 | UPS Inc. | USA | $100,338 | $100,338 | 100% |
| 4 | 3 | DHL Group | Germany | $87,036 | $108,254 | 80.4% |
| 12 | 11 | China State Railway Group | China | $38,475 | $199,352 | 19.3% |
| 1 | - | Amazon.com Inc. | USA | $117,716 | $514,044 | 22.9% |
Top 50 Global Freight Companies
Revenue from acquired companies only included for period after close of acquisition. All revenue figures have been converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate in the appropriate calendar year.
Sources: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group Inc. estimates
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