Trucking Industry Revenues Top $796 Billion in 2018

New ATA Report Outlines Industry Growth

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Jul 31, 2019, 11:00 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Trucking Associations released the latest edition of its annual data compendium – ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 – which showed that the industry's revenues jumped to $796.7 billion in 2018, up from $700.1 billion the previous year.

"2018 was a year of dynamic growth for the trucking industry," said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "Trends is a simple, one-stop resource to see where our industry is so executives and policymakers can make informed decisions about where it is going."

Among the other findings in Trends:

In 2018, trucks moved 11.49 billion tons of freight, 71.4% of the nation's tonnage freight.
Trucking's revenues accounted for 80.3% of the nation's freight bill.
Trade – especially with Mexico and Canada – is very important to trucking. Trucks moved 67.4% of surface freight between the U.S. and Canada – up 3.6% in 2018 – and 83.5% of cross-border trade with Mexico, up 10.2% from the previous year.
There are 7.8 million people employed in trucking-related jobs, up 100,000 from the previous year. This includes 3.5 million professional drivers.
Women make up 6.6% of the industry's drivers and minorities account for 40.4% of truckers.
Most carriers are small companies – 91.3% of fleets operate six or fewer trucks and 97.4% operate 20 or fewer.

"ATA believes good decisions are based on good data, and Trends is full of strong data, which is why it finds a home on the desks of elected officials, regulators and executives across the supply chain," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.

The report is indispensable for use by trucking companies, industry suppliers, logistics providers, analysts, public policy decision makers and many others. ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 is available for sale now at ATA Business Solutions. To purchase a copy click here.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward

SOURCE American Trucking Associations