Stevens Transport Company

What Stevens Transport Company does

Stevens Transport Company is a privately held, family-owned, debt-free multimodal logistics conglomerate headquartered on a 75-acre campus in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1980, the company operates one of North America's largest asset-based temperature-controlled (refrigerated) transportation networks, with a fleet of 2,000-2,500 trucks and 5,001-10,000 employees. It serves Fortune 500 shippers across food, beverage, and retail — including Coca-Cola, Kraft Heinz, Tyson, Smithfield, General Mills, Target, and Hershey — through a full suite of services: full truckload, dedicated and regional routes, intermodal, food-grade bulk liquid tanker, international freight, and third-party logistics.

The company's core platform is its asset-based refrigerated trucking operation, supplemented by wholly-owned subsidiaries Paragon Leasing (fleet maintenance and equipment leasing) and Stevens Driving Academy (company-sponsored CDL training). Technology investments include Netradyne dash cams for driver safety, a mobile driver application for route and load management, a freight quote request system for shippers, and a recently announced hybrid fleet electrification program with Dragonfly Energy deploying lithium iron phosphate-based Battle Born All-Electric APUs across hundreds of trucks. The company maintains a vertical driver ecosystem combining CDL training, a Military Veterans Program (GI Bill eligible), a Contractor Division for owner-operators, and a Million Mile Club recognition program that has produced over 800 million-mile drivers ranked in the top 10% of the industry.

Stevens generates revenue primarily through transaction-fee-based transportation services (per-load truckload, dedicated, intermodal, and tanker) supplemented by managed services for dedicated fleet contracts. GTM is enterprise field sales, with direct sales lines serving Fortune 500 accounts and a quote-based pricing model for spot and mid-market freight. The company has extended into a new Tanker Division (2024) and international/B2B diversity services, while pursuing a multi-year fleet-wide electrification transition that will materially reshape cost structure and ESG positioning over the 2025-2026 period.

Name

Stevens Transport Company

Legal name

Stevens Transport, Inc.

Website

https://stevenstransport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Stevens Transport is a privately held, family-owned, debt-free asset-based refrigerated trucking and multimodal logistics provider founded in 1980, operating 2,000-2,500 trucks and serving Fortune 500 food, beverage, and retail shippers across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Refrigerated Trucking and Logistics Services

NAICS

Specialized Freight Trucking (4842), Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (48423), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Chain Asset-Based Logistics (Reefer Fleet & Temp-Control Facilities) (TLAIAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food & Beverage (Non-Pharma Cold/Chilled/Frozen) (TLAIALAI)

Keywords

• Refrigerated trucking services
• Temperature-controlled logistics
• Cold-chain transportation
• Truckload freight services
• Third-party logistics (3PL)

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Truckload Transportation Services: Full truckload temperature-controlled freight transportation services for Fortune 500 companies across North America. Services include dedicated routes, regional operations, and over-the-road trucking with company drivers and independent contractors.
2. Refrigerated/ Temperature-Controlled Logistics: Specialized temperature-controlled transportation for food-grade, pharmaceutical, and perishable goods requiring cold-chain compliance standards.
3. Intermodal Services: Multimodal transportation combining truck and rail transport for efficient long-haul freight movement.
4. Dedicated Fleet Services: Dedicated transportation services for major customers including Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, Tyson, Smithfield, and others with dedicated fleet operations.
5. Logistics and 3PL Services: Third-party logistics services and supply chain management solutions for customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stevens Transport Company is an asset-based, temperature-controlled (refrigerated) trucking and logistics provider founded in 1980 and headquartered on a 75-acre campus in Dallas, Texas. The company offers a multimodal suite of services — truckload, dedicated/regional, intermodal, food-grade tanker, international, and third-party logistics (3PL) — primarily serving Fortune 500 shippers in the food, beverage, and perishable goods sectors across North America. It operates a fleet of over 2,500 late-model trucks, employs company drivers and independent contractors, and supplements operations with sub-brands including a CDL training academy, contractor division, equipment sales, and a driver mobile application.

Product overview

Stevens Transport Company operates as a unified multimodal logistics platform offering a comprehensive suite of temperature-controlled (refrigerated) trucking services across North America. Its core portfolio centers on truckload, dedicated/regional, intermodal, food-grade tanker, international, and third-party logistics (3PL) services — all tied together by its proprietary technology platform for shippers, a mobile driver application, and a freight quote request system. Supporting the core services are several sub-brands and add-on modules including a CDL Training Academy (company-sponsored driver training), a Contractor Division (owner-operator lease program), a Military Veterans Program (with GI Bill options), Equipment Sales (late-model fleet-maintained trucks and reefers), a Million Mile Club / Haul of Fame driver recognition program, a monthly Driver Awards Program, and a Roadside Radio Podcast. A notable recent technology investment is the adoption of Dragonfly Energy's Battle Born All-Electric APU (lithium iron phosphate idle reduction system) across hundreds of trucks, as part of a planned fleet-wide hybrid electrification transition. The company was founded in 1980, is headquartered on a 75-acre campus in Dallas, Texas, and is recognized as one of North America's largest asset-based temperature-controlled transportation providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roadside Radio Podcast: Stevens Transport's official podcast featuring industry news, driver spotlights, safety discussions, and trucking community content. Currently in Season Nine with over 180 episodes.

Products and services

• Temperature-Controlled Truckload Services Full truckload temperature-controlled (refrigerated) transportation services across North America providing on-time delivery of perishable goods for Fortune 500 companies.
• Dedicated & Regional Services Dedicated and regional transportation solutions tailored to specific customer requirements, providing consistent capacity and routing flexibility for shippers such as Kraft Heinz and Coca-Cola.
• Intermodal Services Multimodal transportation combining truck and rail services for efficient long-haul freight movement across North America.
• Food-Grade Tanker Services Specialized food-grade bulk liquid tanker transportation for edible liquids, ensuring temperature and purity standards for food industry shipments.
• International Freight Services Cross-border transportation services managing freight logistics between the United States and international destinations.
• Logistics & 3PL Services Third-party logistics services providing comprehensive supply chain management, freight brokerage, and logistics coordination for customers of any size.
• Equipment Sales Sale of late-model, fleet-maintained tractors and refrigerated trailers including highway tractors and reefer trailers, offered through Stevens Transport's equipment sales division.
• Stevens Driving Academy (CDL Training) Company-sponsored commercial driver's license training program operated through the Stevens Driving Academy subsidiary, offering both in-house and partner school options for new drivers entering the trucking industry.
• Contractor Division (Owner-Operator Program) Independent contractor and owner-operator program enabling drivers to lease trucks and build their own trucking businesses under the Stevens Transport umbrella.
• Military Veterans Program Veteran-focused recruitment and support program offering apprenticeship opportunities and GI Bill-covered training for military veterans transitioning to civilian trucking careers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 800 Million Mile drivers representing top 10% of industry drivers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic partnership for hybrid electrification of Stevens Transport's fleet. Dragonfly Energy supplies Battle Born All-Electric APUs (Auxiliary Power Units) using lithium iron phosphate batteries. The partnership focuses on combining combustion engines with lithium batteries to reduce emissions, eliminate engine idling, and cut fuel costs while maintaining operational performance. Initial deployment of 100 trucks in Q1 2025 as part of planned transition of the 2,500-truck fleet.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Prime Inc. Private, family-owned multimodal carrier with significant refrigerated and flatbed operations. Comparable privately held, family-controlled model and reefer focus.
• KLLM Transport Services: Asset-based refrigerated trucking specialist headquartered in Jackson, MS. Closest direct comparable to Stevens — similar reefer-focused, asset-based model serving food and beverage shippers with similar Fortune 500 customer profile.
• Marten Transport: Public refrigerated and intermodal carrier with a dedicated temperature-controlled focus. Comparable business mix to Stevens, including reefer truckload, dedicated, and intermodal, with similar Fortune 500 food/beverage customer base.
• Hirschbach Motor Lines: Refrigerated and dedicated trucking specialist operating a large reefer fleet across the US. Highly comparable reefer focus, dedicated fleet offerings, and temperature-controlled customer profile.
• C.R. England: Family-owned, asset-based carrier with strong refrigerated and dedicated operations. Comparable private status, reefer focus, dedicated fleet model, and Fortune 500 customer relationships.
• Schneider National: Large public multimodal carrier with significant dedicated, intermodal, and reefer operations. Comparable multimodal service portfolio and food/beverage customer overlap.
• Werner Enterprises: Public carrier with substantial dedicated, refrigerated, and logistics services. Comparable dedicated fleet model serving large enterprise shippers including food/beverage.
• Heartland Express: Public truckload carrier with refrigerated operations serving similar shipper profiles. Less reefer-focused than Stevens but a relevant peer for dedicated and dry/reefer mix.

Broad incumbents

• Knight-Swift Transportation: Largest US truckload carrier with diversified operations across dry van, reefer, dedicated, and intermodal. Relevant comparator for scale, multimodal breadth, and dedicated/food-customer exposure; broader and less reefer-specialized than Stevens.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Large public multimodal carrier with major intermodal and dedicated operations. Comparable multimodal strategy and enterprise customer mix; less reefer-specialized than Stevens.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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