Largest Trucking Companies

Companies with significant presence in Arkansas ranked by 2009 revenue (in millions) No. of Company 2009 Revenue Employees Primary Arkansas Address 2008 Revenue No. of Trucks Phone, Fax, Website % Change Year Founded Type Terminal Locations Top Executive or Local Manager 1 YRC Worldwide Inc. $5,282.8 36,000 dry van Little Rock plus 340 U.S. locations and Ed Clutts 4500 W. 65th St., Little Rock 72209 $8,940.4 17,500 less than truckload more than 70 countries Service Center Manager (501) 568-0110, YRCW.com -40.91% 1924 long-haul regional 2 FedEx Freight $4,415.0B 33,000D less than truckload Harrison, 480 service centers Pat Reed 2200 Forward Drive, Harrison 72601 $4,934.0C 59,000E Executive Vice President (870) 741-9000, (870) 391-4213, FedEx.com -10.52% 2001 3 J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. $3,203.3 14,171 dedicated Lowell plus 20 other facilities in U.S. James Kirk Thompson 615 J.B. Hunt Corp. Drive, Lowell 72745 $3,731.9 9,170F dry van President and CEO (479) 820-0000, (479) 820-4502, JBHunt.com -14.16% 1961 long-haul 4 Inc. $2,900.0G 18,468 dedicated West Memphis, 21 others James Green 800 N. Airport Road, West Memphis 72301 $3,700.0 11,000 dry van Operations Manager (870) 735-9830, Schneider.com -21.62% 1935 flatbed less than truckload long-haul refrigerated regional 5 Con-Way Freight $2,600.0 21,000 less than truckload 340, including Little Rock Albert Barnes 6101 Lindsey Road, Little Rock 72206 $3,000.0 8,300 regional Service Center Manager (501) 490-1616, (501) 490-1673, Con-Way.com -13.33% 1929 6 UPS Freight $1,807.0H 17,000 less than truckload 200, including Little Rock and Lowell Robert Summers 1919 E. Roosevelt Road, Little Rock 72206 $2,062.0I 6,541 Service Center Manager (501) 372-4202, UPSFreight.com -12.37% 1907 7 ABF Freight System Inc. $1,332.2 9,814 less than truckload Fort Smith, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Wesley B. Kemp 3801 Old Greenwood Road, Fort Smith 72903 $1,705.8 4,035 Harrison, Jonesboro, Little Rock, CEO & President (479) 785-6000, (479) 785-6004, ABF.com -21.91% 1923 Russellville, Texarkana and 276 others 8 AAA Cooper Transportation $418.0 7,298 less than truckload Little Rock, Fort Smith, Jonesboro and 75 Anthony Renshaw 4500 Thibault Road, Little Rock 72206 $519.0 2,500 others Terminal Manager (501) 490-7702, (501) 490-7712, AAACooper.com -19.46% 1955 9 USA Truck Inc. $317.2 3,000 dry van Van Buren, West Memphis, IL, LA, OH, SC, Clifton R. Beckham 3200 Industrial Park Road, Van Buren 72956 $535.6 2,338 TX, VA President and CEO (479) 471-2500, (479) 471-6412, USA-Truck.com -40.77% 1983 10 P.A.M.Transportation Services Inc. $253.4 2,591 dry van Tontitown and North Little Rock; IL, NJ, Daniel H. Cushman 297 W. Henri deTonti Blvd., Tontitown 72770 $406.7 1,731 long-haul OH, OK, TX President (479) 361-9111, (479) 361-5473, PAMTransport.com -37.70% 1980 11 Maverick USA Inc. $190.7 1,262 dedicated North Little Rock and Fort Smith; Madison, Steve Williams 13301 Valentine Road, North Little Rock 72117 $304.5 1,292 flatbed IL; Gary, IN; Green Bay, WI; Middletown, Chairman & CEO (501) 945-6130, (501) 955-4200, MaverickUSA.com -37.38% 1980 long-haul OH; Laurinburg, NC regional 12 Southern Refrigerated Transport Inc. $127.8 1,065 refrigerated Texarkana; Bridgeview, IL Tony Smith 8055 Hwy. 67 N., Texarkana 71854 $147.5 872 Founder, President & CEO (800) 288-8102, (870) 216-4130, SouthernRef.com -13.41% 1986 13 CalArk International Inc. $115.5 600 dedicated Little Rock; Garland and Laredo, TX; Rochelle Bartholomew Gorman 12024 Interstate 30, Mabelvale 72103 $162.5 750 dry van Hurricane Mills, TN CEO (501) 455-3399, (501) 455-5962, CalArk.com -28.90% 1975 refrigerated 14 Willis Shaw Express $101.0 740 dedicated Elm Springs; Murfreesboro, TN; Atlanta; Matt Staniszewski 201 N. Elm St., Elm Springs 72728 $106.2 620 long-haul Boise, ID; Auburndale, FL President (800) 643-3540, (479) 248-2358, WillisShaw.com -4.94% 1938 refrigerated regional 15 Oakley Trucking Inc. $99.0 695 flatbed North Little Rock; Reserve, LA; Inola, OK Dennis Oakley 3700 Lincoln Ave., North Little Rock 72114 $108.0 485 long-haul President (501) 945-0875, (501) 945-6970, BruceOakley.com -8.33% 1968 regional Sources: The companies, Securities & Exchange Commission, Arkansas Trucking Association, Transport Topics Researched by Jan Cottingham 1 For fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 2 For fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 3 Total of employees in FedEx Freight 4 Includes tractors and trailers 5 Does not include independent contractors 6 Includes truckload services, intermodal and logistics services 7 For the less-than-truckload business only. The division that includes the LTL business had revenue of $7.4 billion, and the company as a whole had revenue of $45.3 billion 8 For the less than truckload business only. The division that includes the LTL business had revenue of $8.9 billion and the company as a whole had revenue of $51.5 billion