Are you considering a career in the truck driving profession? If you’re not in the profession yet this will be a great article to read about the 5 biggest trucking companies. Most of these freight carriers never stop hiring even in a recession. Their sheer size means that there will be some natural attrition that creates job openings for other truck drivers. Here is a list of the biggest 5 so that you can familiarize yourself with these carriers.

United Parcel Service. Yep! A lot of people have no idea that UPS is such a large trucking company, let alone the fact that they are one of the 5 largest. What can brown do for you? Well if you are looking for trucking jobs they may have one. UPS is headquartered in Georgia. UPS delivers more than 15 million packages per day.

FedEx Ground is another huge trucking company. They are huge employer and like other large trucking companies, they are almost always looking for quality drivers.

YRC – is another huge trucking company. YRC drivers are usually teamsters. YRC was formed when 2 other extremely large carriers merged. They were Roadway and Yellow Transportation. Together the 2 companies have over 10,000 tractors and 25,000 trailers. Most people will notice these trucks fairly easily, Roadway trucks all say ROADWAY on them and the Yellow trucks are all orange and say YELLOW.

Schneider is also on our list. Schneider also paints its trucks orange and has almost 40,000 trailers and over 10,000 tractors. Schneider is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This carrier drives a combined 5 million miles per day.

Swift Transportation is the last carrier on our list. They operate over 16,000 trucks and more than 20,000 trailers. The company is based in Arizona and their trucks are generally White with a blue and gold SWIFT logo across them. Swift Transportation reaches almost 3 billion in annual revenues.

If you don’t end up working for one of these carriers you will certainly see them out on the road. NationalTruckDrivingJobs.com provides a great way to fill out one application and reach many trucking companies for free. Fill out an application today.