
Infrastructure and automation improvements have helped port operators, but there is still more work to be done.
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 |
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2 | 1 | UPS Inc. | USA | $100,338 | $100,338 | 100% |
3 | 2 | FedEx Corp. | USA | $90,155 | $90,155 | 100% |
27 | 28 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | USA | $14,814 | $14,814 | 100% |
49 | 49 | Schneider | USA | $6,604 | $6,604 | 100% |
45 | 42 | TFI International | Canada | $7,357 | $7,357 | 100% |
43 | 45 | Landstar System | USA | $7,437 | $7,437 | 100% |
50 | 50 | Old Dominion Freight Line | USA | $6,260 | $6,260 | 100% |
34 | 26 | XPO | USA | $12,121 | $12,121 | 100% |
5 | 5 | Maersk | Denmark | $80,023 | $81,490 | 98.2% |
17 | 16 | BNSF Railway | USA | $25,888 | $25,888 | 100% |
11 | 10 | Mediterranean Shipping Co. | Switzerland | $38,938 | $38,938 | 100% |
22 | 23 | Indian Railways | India | $19,338 | $22,885 | 84.5% |
7 | 6 | CMA CGM | France | $74,500 | $74,500 | 100% |
26 | 27 | CSX Corp. | USA | $14,853 | $14,853 | 100% |
31 | 31 | Canadian National Railway | Canada | $13,147 | $13,147 | 100% |
10 | 12 | SF Express | China | $41,838 | $41,838 | 100% |
20 | 21 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Taiwan | $20,587 | $21,050 | 97.8% |
41 | - | Toll Group | Australia | $7,800 | $7,800 | 100% |
33 | 33 | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | Israel | $12,562 | $12,562 | 100% |
21 | - | Nippon Express | Japan | $19,929 | $19,929 | 100% |
14 | 13 | DSV A/S (North America) | Denmark | $33,298 | $33,298 | 100% |
44 | 47 | Knight-Swift Transportation | USA | $7,429 | $7,429 | 100% |
30 | 36 | Yamato Holdings | Japan | $13,501 | $13,693 | 98.6% |
35 | 30 | SG Holdings | Japan | $11,649 | $11,696 | 99.6% |
8 | 7 | COSCO Shipping Group | China | $58,108 | $58,108 | 100% |
12 | 11 | China State Railway Group | China | $38,475 | $199,352 | 19.3% |
13 | 15 | Hapag-Lloyd | Germany | $36,319 | $36,319 | 100% |
15 | 9 | Deutsche Bahn Group | Germany | $31,101 | $43,681 | 71.2% |
32 | 32 | Norfolk Southern | USA | $12,745 | $12,745 | 100% |
24 | 20 | Geopost | France | $16,402 | $16,402 | 100% |
1 | - | Amazon.com Inc. | USA | $117,716 | $514,044 | 22.9% |
38 | 39 | Yang Ming Marine Transport Co. | Taiwan | $8,755 | $8,755 | 100% |
39 | 41 | Wan Hai Lines | Taiwan | $8,686 | $8,686 | 100% |
6 | 4 | United States Postal Service | USA | $78,507 | $78,507 | 100% |
9 | 8 | Kuehne + Nagel International | Switzerland | $45,066 | $45,066 | 100% |
19 | 17 | C.H. Robinson | USA | $23,516 | $24,702 | 95.2% |
18 | 18 | Union Pacific Railroad | USA | $24,875 | $24,875 | 100% |
25 | 19 | Sinotrans | China | $16,169 | $16,169 | 100% |
23 | 22 | Expeditors International | USA | $17,071 | $17,071 | 100% |
28 | 25 | SNCF Group | France | $14,429 | $43,592 | 33.1% |
29 | 29 | HMM Co. | South Korea | $14,380 | $14,380 | 100% |
36 | 35 | Kerry Logistics | Hong Kong | $11,065 | $11,065 | 100% |
37 | 37 | CJ Logistics | South Korea | $9,387 | $9,387 | 100% |
40 | 38 | Dachser Group | Germany | $8,577 | $8,577 | 100% |
42 | 40 | Bolloré Logistics | France | $7,477 | $11,261 | 66.4% |
46 | 43 | Kintetsu World Express | Japan | $7,316 | $7,316 | 100% |
4 | 3 | DHL Group | Germany | $87,036 | $108,254 | 80.4% |
16 | - | Ocean Network Express | Japan | $29,916 | $29,916 | 100% |
47 | - | Rhenus Group | Germany | $7,144 | $7,584 | 94.2% |
48 | - | GLS Group | The Netherlands | $6,656 | $6,656 | 100% |
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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