What TCB Transportation does

TCB Transportation is a privately held intermodal marketing company (IMC) headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, that provides door-to-door transportation service to shipper customers. As an IMC, the company acts as an intermediary that arranges rail line-haul and drayage (truck) segments on behalf of customers who want a single point of accountability for intermodal freight movement, rather than contracting separately with railroads and local trucking providers. Its product is therefore best characterized as a brokerage and coordination service over existing rail and truck capacity, not as an asset-based carrier.

The company operates with a very small staff (1–10 employees per the firmographic record) and has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1999, suggesting a niche, relationship-driven operating model rather than a scaled platform business. The website (shiptcb.com) and any self-published product, technology, pricing, or service-area documentation were not retrievable from the source materials (the page returned only a verification placeholder), so specific technology stack, system integrations, TMS platform, proprietary tooling, or pricing mechanics cannot be described from the inputs.

From a business model standpoint, TCB Transportation is understood to earn revenue on the spread between the rates it collects from shippers and the costs it pays to underlying rail and drayage providers — the standard IMC net-retain economics — rather than through asset ownership. No customer logos, contract value disclosures, segment mix (enterprise vs. SMB), geographic scope of lanes served, certifications, carrier partnerships, or leadership team information are present in the supplied source data, which constrains any further description of its go-to-market motion or revenue mechanics.

Name

TCB Transportation

Website

https://shiptcb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TCB Transportation is a privately held intermodal marketing company based in St Louis, Missouri, founded in 1999, that provides door-to-door rail-and-truck freight service to shipper customers via a small (1–10 employee) brokerage operating model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

TCB Transportation is a privately held intermodal marketing company that arranges door-to-door intermodal freight service for shipper customers. It acts as an intermediary coordinating rail and truck legs for containerized shipments rather than operating its own asset fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intermodal Door-to-Door Shipping Service Arranges and coordinates door-to-door intermodal container freight service for shipper customers, combining rail line-haul with truck drayage at origin and destination. Intended for businesses that need a single intermediary to manage the full container move.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Hub Group: One of the largest North American intermodal marketing companies, arranging door-to-door rail-truck service for shippers. Directly comparable as an IMC serving the same customer base with the same core service model, though at vastly greater scale.
• AIT Worldwide Logistics: Global non-asset freight forwarder and 3PL offering domestic intermodal, truckload, and door-to-door services. Comparable as an asset-light freight arranger providing door-to-door multi-modal service to shippers.
• Echo Global Logistics: Asset-light technology-enabled freight broker and 3PL arranging truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal capacity for shippers. Directly comparable as a non-asset freight arranger focused on multi-modal door-to-door service.
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide: The largest U.S. freight broker and 3PL with a significant NAST (North American Surface Transportation) intermodal division. Directly comparable as a freight transportation arranger serving shippers with multi-modal door-to-door service.
• IMC Companies: One of the largest intermodal drayage and logistics providers in the U.S., operating intermodal marketing services for Class I railroads. Comparable through intermodal door-to-door service to shippers, though IMC owns drayage assets.
• STG Logistics: Asset-light intermodal logistics company providing drayage, containerized freight, and door-to-door services. Comparable as an intermodal marketing/arrangement competitor serving shippers with multi-modal solutions.

Broad incumbents

• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Operates one of the largest U.S. intermodal container fleets alongside dedicated, ICS brokerage, and final-mile services. Comparable through its intermodal marketing and door-to-door service offering to large shippers, though it owns substantially more assets than TCB.
• Schneider National: Major truckload carrier with a sizable intermodal and logistics segment providing door-to-door rail-truck service. Comparable through intermodal marketing and freight arrangement, although Schneider also owns substantial fleet assets.
• RXO: Asset-light freight brokerage spin-off from XPO providing truck brokerage, last-mile, and managed transportation. Comparable as a freight transportation arrangement competitor serving shippers with multi-modal capabilities.

Emerging players

• Mode Global: Technology-enabled intermodal marketing and trucking platform connecting shippers with rail capacity. Comparable to TCB as an IMC arranging intermodal door-to-door service, with a more modern digital go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tcb-transportation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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