Transportation Insight

What Transportation Insight does

Transportation Insight Holding Company, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, is a privately held third-party logistics provider operating under parent company Beon alongside sister company Nolan Transportation Group. The company manages $13.8B in multi-modal transportation spend (parcel, LTL, truckload, and drayage) for North American enterprise and mid-market shippers, predominantly manufacturers, retailers, and distributors. Its core technology is the Beon Digital Logistics Platform, which combines Beon Insight (cloud-based analytics and supply chain visibility), Beon Commerce (parcel-specific analytics over $11.2B in managed parcel spend), Enterprise TMS (powered by MercuryGate), and BeonLink (a mode-agnostic API integration layer launched at Manifest 2026) into a unified analytics, execution, and routing stack.

The business model is a hybrid of managed transportation services and subscription technology. Revenue is generated through percentage-of-freight-spend or fixed-fee arrangements for managed transportation, freight bill audit and payment, parcel contract optimization, and drayage execution, complemented by subscription access to the Beon technology platform. Pricing is consultative and quote-based, with explicit shared-savings and fixed-fee options for parcel optimization, and standalone SaaS pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with inside-sales coverage of the mid-market, supported by dedicated account management, industry event presence at Manifest, Parcel Forum, MODEX, and ISM World, and content marketing through the TI Knowledge Center and weekly industry trends reports. The company's acquisition history (SwanLeap, Platinum Circle Group, Spend Management Experts, FreightPros, Transportation Specialist's Group) and its 97% customer retention rate over 25+ years reflect sustained platform consolidation in multi-modal transportation management.

Name

Transportation Insight

Legal name

Transportation Insight Holding Company

Website

https://transportationinsight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Transportation Insight is a privately held 3PL that manages $13.8B in multi-modal transportation spend (parcel, LTL, truckload, drayage) for North American enterprise and mid-market shippers via its Beon Digital Logistics Platform, combining managed services, proprietary technology, and expert advisory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Multimodal & Intermodal End-to-End Visibility (TLAEADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Transportation Procurement Services (Sourcing-as-a-Service, BPO) (TLAEAIAK), Truckload/LTL Visibility (Carrier GPS/ELD Telematics-Based) (TLAEADAI), Appointment Scheduling & Dock/Carrier Check-in (TMS Adjacent) (TLAEAAAJ)

Keywords

• Managed transportation services
• Parcel optimization solutions
• Freight bill audit payment
• Multi-modal logistics management
• Drayage and carrier procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Hickory

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Managed Transportation Services: Comprehensive outsourced transportation management covering LTL and truckload carrier procurement, transportation planning and execution, and drayage solutions. Revenue is generated through service fees typically structured as a percentage of freight spend managed or as fixed managed service fees. This represents the core revenue stream for the company, managing $13.8B in transportation spend.
2. Technology/SaaS Platform: Subscription-based access to the Beon Digital Logistics Platform including Beon Insight, Beon Commerce, Enterprise TMS, and BeonLink. Revenue generated through software licensing and platform access fees, typically bundled with managed services.
3. Parcel Optimization Consulting: Parcel contract optimization, parcel spend management, and carrier diversification advisory services. Pricing offered through flexible models including shared savings (clients only pay if measurable results are delivered) or fixed fee arrangements. Clients see average savings of 16% on parcel contracts over time.
4. Freight Bill Audit and Payment: Freight audit and payment services across TL/LTL and parcel, involving invoice verification, exception management, consolidated invoicing, and GL coding. The company audits hundreds of thousands of freight bills monthly. Revenue is generated as a service fee, often bundled with managed transportation.
5. Parcel Audit and Claims Management: Parcel invoice auditing, lost and damage claims management, and compliance auditing services. Includes proactive claim filing for lost/damaged packages up to $100 value per shipment. Delivered as a standalone or integrated service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Transportation Insight is a third-party logistics provider that helps North American shippers manage and optimize multi-modal transportation across parcel, less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload, and drayage. It combines managed transportation services with its proprietary Beon Digital Logistics Platform (Beon Insight, Beon Commerce, Enterprise TMS, and BeonLink) to deliver parcel contract optimization, freight bill audit and payment, carrier procurement, transportation planning and execution, and drayage management for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.

Product overview

Transportation Insight operates as a Beon company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture for multimodal transportation management. The core Beon technology suite comprises Beon Insight (cloud-based analytics and supply chain visibility platform), Beon Commerce (parcel-specific analytics and reporting), Enterprise TMS (multi-modal transportation management system built on MercuryGate technology), and BeonLink (API integration layer for real-time multimodal rating and execution across parcel, LTL and truckload). These core products are supplemented by a set of managed service modules covering parcel optimization (Parcel Contract Optimization, Parcel Audit & Payment, Parcel Lost & Damage Claims Management, Parcel Spend Management) and managed transportation (LTL & TL Carrier Procurement, Freight Bill Audit & Payment, Transportation Planning & Execution, Drayage Solutions). Together the platform manages $13.8B in transportation spend across parcel, truckload, LTL and drayage modes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Beon: Parent company brand under which Transportation Insight and Nolan Transportation Group operate as operating companies.
• Beon Insight
• Beon Commerce
• BeonLink
• Insight TMS

Products and services

• Beon Insight

Quantifiable outcome

• 23.9% average annual parcel spend reduction and mitigation through parcel contract optimization
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SwanLeapcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Transportation Insight Holding Company acquired SwanLeap in November 2021 to enhance its multimodal transportation management platform. The acquisition integrated SwanLeap's proprietary technology to enable end-to-end visibility and control across all transportation modes and accelerate TI Holdco's technology development pipeline.
• Platinum Circle GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Transportation Insight Holding Company (TI Holdco) acquired Platinum Circle Group in November 2021, a parcel transportation technology and managed services company. The deal aimed to enhance TI Holdco's logistics platform with advanced transportation management and e-commerce technology solutions.
• MercuryGatecoreTechnology or IntegrationTransportation Insight's Enterprise TMS is powered by MercuryGate technology. Clients access the TMS through the MercuryGate portal at t-insight.mercurygate.net. The partnership enables seamless integration with existing client technology while leveraging MercuryGate's transportation management capabilities.
• DHLminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTransportation Insight works with DHL as a carrier partner in parcel shipping. DHL's long-term $10 billion exclusive final-mile partnership with USPS continues to reshape final-mile parcel options that TI leverages for client routing strategies.
• USPS (United States Postal Service)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTransportation Insight leverages USPS as a postal carrier option within its parcel optimization and carrier diversification strategies. USPS Ground Advantage and Priority Mail are integrated into client routing options alongside national carriers.
• UPSminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTransportation Insight leverages UPS as a national parcel carrier partner within its managed transportation and parcel optimization services. TI monitors UPS pricing changes, surcharges, and service modifications to advise clients on optimal carrier mix.
• BeoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransportation Insight is an operating company of Beon, a digital logistics platform. TI and sister company Nolan Transportation Group (NTG) form one of North America's largest logistics service providers under the Beon umbrella. Beon provides the overarching technology platform (Beon Digital Logistics Platform) that includes Beon Insight, Beon Commerce, and BeonLink.
• Nolan Transportation Group (NTG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNolan Transportation Group (NTG) is a sister company to Transportation Insight under the Beon parent company. Together TI and NTG form one of North America's largest logistics service providers. NTG shares the same CEO (Mark Vale) and is jointly recognized in awards such as America's Greatest Workplaces.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• C.H. Robinson Worldwide: C.H. Robinson is a direct peer as a large North American 3PL offering managed transportation, freight brokerage, TMS technology (Navisphere), and parcel optimization across multiple modes - directly competing with TI's managed services and Beon platform for the same enterprise and mid-market shipper base.
• Coyote Logistics (UPS subsidiary): Coyote is a direct peer offering truckload, LTL, and intermodal brokerage with proprietary technology and managed transportation services. As a UPS-owned broker with carrier-backed capacity, it competes head-to-head with TI for shipper freight spend and managed services contracts.
• RXO (Coyote spinoff): RXO is a direct peer operating as a large North American freight broker with managed transportation, last-mile, and proprietary Coyote-branded technology. It targets the same enterprise shipper segment with brokerage plus tech-enabled managed services comparable to TI's offering.
• Echo Global Logistics: Echo is a direct peer as a technology-enabled 3PL providing managed transportation, truckload, LTL brokerage, and TMS technology for shippers across modes. Echo's tech-forward model and mid-market to enterprise focus align closely with TI's Beon platform positioning.

Broad incumbents

• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: J.B. Hunt is a broad incumbent offering intermodal, dedicated, final-mile, and brokerage services with the J.B. Hunt 360 platform. While much larger and asset-based, its integrated brokerage and managed services division directly overlaps with TI's managed transportation and TMS offerings for enterprise shippers.
• XPO (now part of RXO/Rhythm): XPO is a broad incumbent in North American LTL and brokerage with technology investments in shipment visibility and dock optimization. Its scale and LTL footprint provide comparable capacity and managed services offerings to TI's LTL/TL procurement and drayage customers.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Kuehne+Nagel is a broad incumbent global 3PL offering managed transportation, contract logistics, and digital platforms (KN FreightNet, etoa). Its North American managed transportation business competes with TI for large enterprise shippers seeking multi-modal orchestration at scale.

Emerging players

• Uber Freight: Uber Freight is an emerging player combining digital freight brokerage with managed transportation and Transplace-style TMS capabilities. Its technology-forward approach and significant venture backing position it as a younger but well-capitalized competitor to TI's Beon platform.
• project44: project44 is an emerging player in supply chain visibility with multi-modal tracking APIs that compete directly with the visibility layer of BeonLink and Beon Insight. While not a freight broker itself, its platform increasingly encroaches on the orchestration layer TI monetizes.
• FourKites: FourKites is an emerging player in real-time transportation visibility, predictive ETA, and yard management. Its Dynamic ETA and Dynamic Ocean offerings compete with the visibility and predictive capabilities embedded in Beon Insight and BeonLink for enterprise shipper accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A5 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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