Freight Services: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2028 US freight services revenues in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by mode in terms of: truck, rail, pipeline, water, and air.

To illustrate historical trends, total revenues, the various segments, the value of US goods trade, and the value of US goods trade with North American countries by freight mode are provided in annual series from 2013 to 2023.

Captive freight services, such as retail store firms that maintain their own truck fleets, are excluded from the scope of this report. 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

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• US Goods Trade
• North American Trade
• Environmental & Regulatory Factors

• Truck
• Rail
• Pipeline
• Water
• Air

• Industry Characteristics
• Market Leaders

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

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US Freight Service Revenues, 2023 - 2028
• Figure 2 | US Freight Service Revenues Trends, 2013 - 2023
• Table 1 | Key Indicators for US Freight Service Revenues; 2013, 2018, 2023, 2028
• Figure 3 | US Goods Trade, 2013 - 2023 (US$ tril)
• Table 2 | US Goods Trade by Country, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Table 3 | US Freight Service Trade by Mode, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Figure 4 | US Imports from North America by Mode, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Figure 5 | US Exports to North America by Mode, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Figure 6 | US Freight Service Revenues by Mode, 2013 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Table 4 | US Freight Service Historical Revenues by Mode, 2013 - 2023 (US$ bil)
• Table 5 | US Freight Service Forecast Revenues by Mode, 2023 - 2028 (US$ bil)
• Figure 7 | US Truck Freight Revenues w/ Retail Sales, 2013 - 2028
• Figure 8 | US Rail Freight Revenues w/ Manufacturers’ Shipments, 2013 - 2028
• Figure 9 | US Pipeline Freight Revenues w/ Crude Oil & Liquids Production, 2013 - 2028
• Figure 10 | US Freight Service Revenues by Mode, 2013 - 2028 (%)
• Table 6 | Leading Participants in the US Freight Service Industry by Mode
• Table 7 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Freight Services