With a net revenue of around 2.2 billion U.S. dollars, C.H. Robinson is the largest freight brokerage firm in the world in terms of net revenue in 2022. Total Quality Logistics ranked second with a net revenue of some two billion U.S. dollars.
C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson is a transportation and third-party logistics company headquartered in Minnesota. Providing several services such as freight transportation and transportation management worldwide, they generated revenue of 24.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. As the biggest freight brokerage firm in the world, they had around 17,399 workers worldwide in that year. Most of their net revenue came from their truckload segment.
Freight transportation in the U.S.
Freight transportation uses several different modes of movement. In the U.S, the market predominantly uses trucks to fulfill services. Truckloads and private truckloads have the biggest market size. The most common commodities transported are natural gas, co*ke, and asphalt. Others included gravel, gasoline, and cereal grains.