One Horn Transportation

What One Horn Transportation does

One Horn Transportation is a US-Canada freight brokerage and logistics services company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lakewood Ranch, FL, with a satellite office in Wayne, NJ. The company arranges full truckload (FTL), less-than-truckload (LTL), flatbed, dry van, temperature-controlled, and specialty freight (including oversize loads) for shippers in manufacturing, consumer goods, and construction/heavy equipment segments, covering the 48 contiguous US states and Canada. It is a privately held, women-owned business led by CEO Cheryl Biron (formerly of Procter & Gamble, Block Drug/GlaxoSmithKline, and Prestige Brands) and COO Louis Biron (formerly of Brink's), with no outside investors disclosed.

The operational backbone is Stratebo, a proprietary Transportation Management System developed in-house by the COO. Stratebo provides single-screen, paperless load management with integrated load-board posting (DAT, Internet Truckstop), SaferSys carrier compliance verification, T-Cheks fuel advance integration, and electronic contract execution. The company complements core freight brokerage with modular back-office services under the One Call brand, a direct-delivery LTL offering (One Horn LTL Express) for smaller time-sensitive loads, and coaching services for freight professionals.

Revenue is generated through transaction-based brokerage margins on freight arranged through a network of 5,000+ pre-qualified motor carriers, supplemented by commissions paid to independent agents operating under the One Horn brand. Services are distributed through a combination of direct sales outreach and the Agent Program, which enables independent freight agents to leverage Stratebo and One Horn's carrier network. Pricing is quote-based per shipment, and the company maintains annual carrier contract refreshes (most recently 2022) to ensure compliance and current pricing.

Name

One Horn Transportation

Legal name

One Horn Transportation

Website

https://onehorn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

One Horn Transportation is a US-Canada freight brokerage arranging full truckload, LTL, and specialized freight for manufacturing, consumer goods, and construction shippers, powered by its proprietary Stratebo TMS and distributed via direct sales and an independent agent network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Brokerage and Logistics Services

NAICS

Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Vehicle Diagnostics, Predictive Maintenance & Remote Monitoring (TLAEAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Flatbed & Open-Deck TL Carriers (TLADADAC), LTL Flatbed / Open-Deck & Over-Dimensional LTL Carriers (TLADAEAM)

Keywords

• Freight brokerage services
• Full truckload transportation
• Less than truckload shipping
• Logistics back office services
• Transportation management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Brokerage Services: One Horn Transportation operates as a freight broker arranging transportation of goods across the US and Canada. The company charges for arranging full truckload, LTL, and specialized freight services. Revenue is generated through commissions or markups on freight arranged between shippers and carriers.
2. Back Office Services: The company offers One Call™ Back Office Services including dispatch and tracking, carrier bill audit, carrier payments, insurance tracking, carrier contract tracking, inbound logistics, and carrier selection. These are provided as modular services to customers and agents.
3. TMS and Technology Licensing: Proprietary Stratebo™ software made available to agents and customers as part of the service package, enabling them to optimize operations and handle more loads per day.
4. Agent Program Commissions: Independent agents earn commissions on freight they arrange. One Horn provides technology, back-office support, and carrier relationships while agents build their own books of business.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

One Horn Transportation is a non-asset freight brokerage that arranges Full Truckload, LTL, flatbed, dry van, temperature-controlled, and oversize freight transportation across the 48 contiguous US states and Canada. Operations are powered by its proprietary Stratebo™ Transportation Management System, and the company supplements core brokerage with modular One Call™ Back Office Services, One Horn LTL Express™ for time-sensitive loads, automatic Load Notifications, 24/7 Emergency Loads service, and an Agent Program for independent freight agents.

Product overview

One Horn Transportation operates as a freight brokerage and logistics services company offering a unified platform of transportation and back office services. The core offering consists of Transportation Services (Full Truckload and LTL freight across the US and Canada), powered by the proprietary Stratebo Suite TMS. The Stratebo Suite serves as the central technology platform, providing paperless operations, carrier integration with DAT/Internet Truckstop, and integrated T-Cheks for payments. Customers can supplement core freight services with modular add-ons including One Call Back Office Services (dispatch, auditing, insurance tracking), One Horn LTL Express (direct delivery for time-sensitive loads), Load Notification (automatic status updates), and the Agent Program (brokerage opportunity with technology access and carrier network). The product architecture is platform-plus-modules, with Stratebo as the unifying technology backbone enabling all service offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• One Call™ Back Office Services: Trucking and logistics back office services including dispatch, tracking, carrier bill audit, carrier payments, insurance tracking, and carrier selection.
• LTL Express™

Quantifiable outcome

• Affiliated with over 5,000 trucking companies for capacity and coverage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Landstar System: Asset-light freight transportation provider built almost entirely on an independent agent / owner-operator model with proprietary technology and back-office support — structurally the closest analogue to One Horn's agent-based brokerage.
• Hub Group: Intermodal and truckload logistics provider offering brokerage and dedicated services across North America; comparable asset-light brokerage model serving CPG and industrial shippers.
• Echo Global Logistics: Technology-enabled non-asset freight broker focused on truckload and LTL across North America; comparable business model and customer overlap, though larger and more digitally marketed than One Horn.
• Coyote Logistics: US truckload and less-than-truckload freight brokerage (acquired by UPS) offering multi-mode capacity across North America; directly comparable to One Horn's full truckload, LTL, and intermodal coordination offering.
• Worldwide Express: Non-asset logistics provider offering LTL, truckload, and managed transportation with an agent/sales partner model; very close structural analogue to One Horn's agent-based brokerage approach.

Broad incumbents

• C.H. Robinson Worldwide: Largest North American third-party logistics provider and truckload broker; comparable as a multi-mode freight broker serving shippers across CPG, manufacturing, and industrial verticals, but with vastly greater scale and proprietary digital tools.
• ArcBest: Asset-based LTL carrier (ABF Freight) with integrated truckload brokerage and supply chain solutions; a comparable multi-mode competitor with both owned assets and a brokerage book.
• Schneider National: Large asset-based truckload carrier with an integrated brokerage and intermodal business; comparable in serving manufacturing and CPG shippers with flatbed, dry van, and temperature-controlled freight.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Asset-based multimodal carrier with a large integrated brokerage and digital freight platform (J.B. Hunt 360); competes with One Horn on the brokerage side while also owning capacity, making it a broader incumbent.
• XPO (now part of RXO, GXO, and XPO): Major North American LTL and brokerage operator with extensive truckload brokerage capacity; a broad incumbent competing with One Horn for mid-market shipper freight.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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