Freightender – E-sourcing for Logistics companies
As we are fast approaching the holiday season, let’s round up the year by looking at the top 50 global Logistics companies of North America in 2016.
Before showing the largest logistics companies in this year’s list, let’s look at the definition of Logistics. Logistics is the procurement of transportation for shippers. Therefore, it includes services such as freight brokerage, air and ocean freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution and dedicated contract carriage.
Top 50 Logistics companies in North America
|
Rank
2016 |
Rank
2015 |
Company
|
Net Revenue
(Mill) |
Gross Revenue
(Mill) |
Employees
|
|
1
|
1
|
3,108 e
|
5,900
|
12,700
|
|
|
2
|
12
|
2,841 e
|
5,536 e
|
||
|
3
|
2
|
2,660 e
|
5,816
|
||
|
4
|
4
|
2,268
|
13,476
|
13,159
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
2,188
|
6,617
|
15,397
|
|
|
6
|
3
|
1,925 e
|
2,443 e
|
||
|
7
|
6
|
1,815
|
3,300
|
||
|
8
|
10
|
1,625 e
|
3,178
|
||
|
9
|
7
|
1,570 e
|
2,452
|
||
|
10
|
8
|
1,555 e
|
|||
|
11
|
9
|
1,330 e
|
3,696 e
|
||
|
12
|
11
|
1,275 e
|
3,480 e
|
||
|
13
|
13
|
1,197
|
5,230
|
||
|
14
|
15
|
1,150 e
|
1,430 e
|
13,750
|
|
|
15
|
16
|
1,130
|
1,200
|
8,101
|
|
|
16
|
14
|
1,065 e
|
1,418 e
|
120
|
|
|
17
|
20
|
898
|
2,687
|
||
|
18
|
19
|
860
|
|||
|
19
|
17
|
826
|
1,052
|
4,933
|
|
|
20
|
18
|
816
|
869
|
5,558
|
|
|
21
|
800
|
||||
|
22
|
24
|
732 e
|
1,470
|
8,000
|
|
|
23
|
22
|
681 e
|
|||
|
24
|
23
|
660 e
|
1,030
|
6,000
|
|
|
25
|
27
|
535
|
582
|
3,800
|
|
|
26
|
26
|
459
|
2,784
|
||
|
27
|
33
|
446
|
2,240
|
3,791
|
|
|
28
|
30
|
444
|
|||
|
29
|
31
|
413
|
3,526
|
2,633
|
|
|
30
|
34
|
405
|
|||
|
31
|
32
|
390
|
2,587
|
||
|
32
|
28
|
351
|
508
|
||
|
33
|
40
|
297
|
1,900
|
||
|
34
|
36
|
292 e
|
1,760 e
|
1,223
|
|
|
35
|
45
|
290
|
1,512
|
2,335
|
|
|
36
|
35
|
285
|
1,448
|
||
|
37
|
37
|
278
|
279
|
4,300
|
|
|
38
|
38
|
275
|
3,524
|
||
|
39
|
42
|
265 e
|
324
|
1,525
|
|
|
40
|
255 e
|
613
|
|||
|
41
|
41
|
252
|
347
|
1,258
|
|
|
42
|
29
|
235
|
245
|
690
|
|
|
43
|
226
|
226
|
|||
|
44
|
47
|
217
|
654
|
||
|
45
|
44
|
204
|
396
|
||
|
46
|
200 e
|
750
|
|||
|
47
|
190
|
200
|
2,500
|
||
|
48
|
189
|
872
|
|||
|
49
|
43
|
187
|
189
|
||
|
50
|
48
|
180 e
|
590 e
|
||
|
50
|
50
|
180 e
|
774 e
|
Source: Armstrong Associates – 2016
Companies are ranked on the basis of actual or estimated annual net revenue. Next to that, the tables show employee stats and the 2015 ranking.
About Freightender – Freight Sourcing
We have built is a rapidly growing cloud-based platform that makes freight tenders simple and efficient. Freightender is a spin-off of ControlPay, the largest Freight Audit provider in Europe.
Freightender works with many large multinationals and consultancy organizations. We are specialized in facilitating large freight tenders, but also in running small tenders and simulations. We do this for Air, Ocean and Road shipments. So, our platform is dedicated to freight and logistics and offers many unique features. Such as; dynamic rate card creation and real-time carrier status visibility.
Because of that, we gain an estimated time-savings of 90%. Furthermore, we have automated many calculations and excel-related actions.
Finally, freight tender communication and data flows are managed via the platform. Never manage your tenders using your e-mail box again. As you can imagine, data analysis, comparisons and carrier selection is very efficient as the platform has done the hard work for you. As a cloud-based platform, we offer attractive and straightforward pricing per tender.
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