2026 FleetOwner 500: For-Hire list

Despite the tumultuous freight market of the past few years, the 2026 FleetOwner 500: For-Hire list saw few shifts among the largest for-hire carriers in the U.S. over the past year. The Top 10 carriers remain the same in the annual FO500 ranking, with just Schneider National nudging ahead of TFI International. 

While there’s stability at the top, several fleets’ growth over the past year came from mergers and acquisitions, such as DSV surging 307 spots to No. 48 after it bought DB Schenker last April. Other fleets joining the Top 100 include Pods Enterprises (up 18 spots to No. 90) and Moller-Maersk (up 39 spots to No. 96). 

Other triple-digit leaps include MCI Express (up 227 spots to No. 180) and Phoenix Cargo (up 193 spots to No. 112). The FO500 also features 39 new companies in the 2026 rankings, led by Barnhart Crane and Rigging, which debuts at No. 109.

The FleetOwner 500: For-Hire is our annual snapshot of the commercial fleet landscape, based on data as of December 31, 2025. But the trucking industry is never idle. Just weeks into the new year, No. 11 Werner Enterprises announced its acquisition of No. 55 FirstFleet, which would have pushed Werner into the Top 10 if the transaction had closed a month earlier.  

Methodology

This is the fourth FO500 since we revised our data-gathering process. Since 2023, we have partnered with ProsperFleet, which uses information companies file by December 31 on Form MCS-150 with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to count power units, trailers, and drivers. This ensures a consistent playing field for all carriers operating in the U.S.

Analysts at ProsperFleet also use companies’ websites, press releases, and business databases to roll U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) operating entities into a single parent company. ProsperFleet then cleanses, validates, standardizes, and enhances company and contact information to create a complete fleet view. For companies with subsidiaries and divisions with USDOT numbers, the vehicle counts of the subsidiaries are included in the parent company’s total on the FO500.

Above is an interactive display of the 2026 FleetOwner 500: For-Hire list. You can re-sort the list by each column and see how this year's FO500 rankings compare to the 2025 FleetOwner 500: For-Hire. 

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