Acme Truck Line

What Acme Truck Line does

Acme Truck Line is a privately held U.S. trucking carrier headquartered in Gretna, Louisiana, founded in 1960 and operating with a workforce in the 1,001–5,000 range. Per its stated positioning, the company provides transportation services for equipment, materials, and supplies — phrasing consistent with a specialized industrial carrier rather than a general freight or parcel operator. The current public-facing website was unavailable for detailed product or service disclosure, limiting visibility into fleet composition, service area, equipment mix, and customer segments.

The operating model is reflected in a deep leadership bench: a Chairman (Mike Coatney) and President (Tyler Coatney) suggesting family continuity, a CFO (Kimberly Foster), and a layer of more than ten Vice Presidents covering National Accounts (four incumbents), Area Management (two incumbents), Sales, Logistics, Training, Safety, and Corporate Communications. This structure indicates an enterprise-account-driven GTM with regional execution, dedicated safety and training programs, and in-house logistics coordination — typical of a mid-market industrial carrier serving repeat shippers across multiple U.S. regions.

Revenue mechanics, pricing model, customer concentration, and unit economics are not disclosed in the available source material. No funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, patents, certifications, or product launches were identified. The investment-relevant picture is therefore one of a long-tenured, privately controlled industrial trucking operator with stable scale but limited public disclosure of financial, commercial, or technological positioning.

Name

Acme Truck Line

Website

https://acmetruck.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Acme Truck Line is a privately held U.S. industrial trucking carrier, founded in 1960 and headquartered in Gretna, Louisiana, transporting equipment, materials, and supplies for enterprise customers via a multi-region National Accounts structure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gretna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Acme Truck Line provides transportation services for equipment, materials, and supplies through flatbed trucking operations. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Gretna, Louisiana, the company employs 1,001–5,000 people and serves industrial and commercial customers needing specialized over-the-road freight movement. Its offering centers on the physical hauling of cargo, supported by national account coverage, regional area management, logistics coordination, and driver training and safety functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flatbed Transportation Services Transportation of equipment, materials, and supplies via flatbed trucking operations for industrial and commercial customers.
• National Accounts Transportation Dedicated transportation service managed through a national accounts team for customers with multi-region shipping needs.
• Regional Area Operations Regional trucking operations coordinated by Area Manager VPs to deliver equipment, materials, and supplies across assigned territories.
• Logistics Coordination Services Logistics management support that coordinates the movement of equipment, materials, and supplies for customers of Acme Truck Line.

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

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Werner Enterprises: Large U.S. trucking carrier with substantial dedicated and one-way truckload operations, including flatbed exposure. Closely comparable mid-to-large private/public peer for Acme Truck Line's long-haul trucking business.
• Heartland Express: Mid-to-large irregular route truckload carrier. Comparable business model and customer mix to Acme in the long-haul truckload segment.
• U.S. Xpress Enterprises: Large asset-based truckload carrier offering long-haul, dedicated, and expedited services. Similar in scale and operational scope to Acme Truck Line.
• Daseke: Leading North American flatbed and specialized transportation carrier. Highly comparable if Acme's mix includes flatbed/oversized equipment transport as suggested by its equipment/materials/service description.
• CRST International: Large asset-based truckload carrier with significant dedicated and irregular route operations. Directly comparable mid-to-large private carrier peer.
• Western Flyer Xpress (Western Logistics): Mid-sized U.S. truckload carrier focused on long-haul dry van operations. Comparable in size and operating profile to Acme Truck Line.
• Prime Inc. Diversified U.S. trucking carrier operating flatbed, refrigerated, and tanker divisions. Comparable diversified long-haul carrier with similar fleet size.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider National: Major diversified trucking and logistics operator with significant truckload, intermodal, and logistics services. Comparable in scale and broad long-haul service mix to Acme.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: One of the largest U.S. surface transportation companies with truckload, dedicated, intermodal, and brokerage services. Comparable as a broad incumbent long-haul operator.
• Knight-Swift Transportation: Largest U.S. truckload carrier with broad truckload, LTL, and logistics offerings. Comparable in scale and general long-haul service breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acmetrucklinetx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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