Knight Transportation (trucking)

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6 years agoOpen For Voting

Knight Transportation exemplifies one of the most remarkable success stories in the truckload industry 18 wheelers. Revenues have grown from over $13 million in 1991 to over $850 million in 2011, with operating ratios in the mid to low 80%’s year after year.

Knight is valued at $2.5 billion in 2017 with 5k trucks. Swift trucking is worth $2.7 billion with 24k trucks. Knight purchased Swift becoming the largest trucking company in the country. In terms of number of trucks, Knight is twice the size of its nearest competitor.

Trucking is the backbone of this country. Of all the business that you cover, absolutely none of them would exist without trucking. If trucks stopped running the stores would run out of product in 3 days. Trucking is vital to the economy of our country and of the world.

Knight Transportation is the most profitable company in the business. Then becomes the largest…. and they are still growing