Freight by Truck: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2028 US freight trucking revenues in nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) US dollars. Total revenues in nominal terms are segmented by establishment type in terms of: general freight trucking, long-distance, truckload; general freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload; general freight trucking, local; specialized freight trucking, local; specialized freight trucking, long-distance; and specialized freight trucking, used household and office goods moving.

To illustrate historical trends, total revenues in nominal and real terms, the various segments, and trade are provided in annual series from 2013 to 2023.

Revenues for road transportation support activities are also forecast to 2028 and provided for the 2013-2023 historical period.

The scope of this report includes the revenues of for-hire trucking firms, which span services purchased on-demand and on longer-term contracts, as well as for-hire fleets that are dedicated to a particular client. Captive trucking services, such as retail stores that maintain their own trucking fleets, are excluded. Also excluded are courier and express delivery services (e.g., parcel delivery).

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes

Table of Contents

HIGHLIGHTS

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• Retail Sales
• North America Trade by Truck
• Freight by Truck Revenues by Commodity
• Environmental & Regulatory Factors

• General Long-Distance Truckload
• General Long-Distance Less-than-Truckload
• General Local
• Specialized Local & Long-Distance
• Specialized Moving

• Industry Characteristics
• Market Leaders

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Freedonia Methodology
• Resources

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US Freight by Truck Revenues, 2023 - 2028
• Figure 2 | US Freight by Truck Nominal Revenue Trends, 2013 - 2023
• Figure 3 | US Freight by Truck Real Revenue Trends, 2013 - 2023
• Table 1 | Key Indicators for US Freight by Truck Revenues; 2013, 2018, 2023, 2028 (US$ bil)
• Figure 4 | US Retail Sales by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (US$ tril)
• Table 2 | US Historical Retail Sales by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Table 3 | US Forecast Retail Sales by Establishment Type, 2023 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Figure 5 | US Freight Trucking North American Trade, 2012 - 2022 (2017US$ bil)
• Table 4 | US Freight Trucking North American Trade, 2012 - 2022 (2017US$ mil)
• Table 5 | US Freight by Truck Revenues by Commodity Share, 2013 - 2023 (%)
• Figure 6 | US Freight by Truck Nominal Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Table 6 | US Freight by Truck Historical Nominal Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Table 7 | US Freight by Truck Forecast Nominal Revenues by Establishment Type, 2023 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Figure 7 | US Freight by Truck Real Revenues, 2013 - 2028 (2017US$ bil)
• Table 8 | US Freight by Truck Real Historical Revenues, 2013 - 2023 (2017US$ bil)
• Table 9 | US Freight by Truck Real Forecast Revenues, 2023 - 2028 (2017US$ bil)
• Figure 8 | US General Long-Distance Truckload Freight w/ Construction Expenditures, 2013 - 2028
• Figure 9 | US Freight by Truck Nominal Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (%)
• Figure 10 | US Road Transportation Support Activities Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Table 10 | US Road Transportation Support Activities Historical Revenues by Establishment Type, 2013 - 2023 (US$ mil)
• Table 11 | US Road Transportation Support Activities Forecast Revenues by Establishment Type, 2023 - 2028 (US$ mil)
• Figure 11 | US Freight by Truck Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2013 - 2023
• Table 12 | US Freight by Truck Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2013 - 2023
• Table 13 | Leading Participants in the US Freight by Truck Industry by Key Services
• Table 14 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Freight by Truck