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