Koch Trucking

What Koch Trucking does

Koch Trucking Inc. is a private, US-based asset-heavy trucking and freight transportation company founded in 1978 and operating as one of six divisions under the Koch Companies network. It runs five distinct fleets — Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, and Over-the-Road — serving customers across the United States and Canada, with tractor makes including Volvo, Freightliner, International, and Kenworth and an average fleet age of 16 months. Custom Marine trailers with electronic air ride systems support a niche in boat manufacturer and dealer transportation, while Specialized capacity handles recreational and rolling-stock freight such as golf cars and ATVs.

The company monetizes through transaction/freight-rate pricing on customized shipping solutions, with services structured as quote-based rather than standardized pricing, and acquires customers via direct phone sales (866-269-4068), online quote requests, and a self-serve Customer Hub tracking portal. On the technology side, Koch Trucking offers a Koch Mobile App providing satellite-based real-time freight tracking, optimized lane routing for drivers, and streamlined communications/data transfer, and integrates with Samsara for cloud-based fleet management and a Driver Kiosk. Headcount is reported in the 1,001–5,000 range, and the corporate entity Koch Trucking Inc. is domiciled in the USA with no public listing.

Name

Koch Trucking

Legal name

Koch Trucking Inc.

Website

https://kochtrucking.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Koch Trucking Inc. is a private US-based trucking company operating five dedicated fleets (Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, Over-the-Road) with a late-model tractor fleet, serving commercial shippers across the United States and Canada and operating as one of six divisions under Koch Companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minnesota City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Transportation Services: Koch Trucking generates revenue through providing freight transportation services across multiple fleet types including Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, and Over-the-Road. Services are likely contracted with customers requiring customized shipping solutions. Pricing is quote-based, indicating a transaction/freight-rate model rather than standardized pricing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Koch Trucking is a full-service transportation company operating five distinct fleets (Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, and Over-the-Road) to deliver customized freight solutions across the United States and Canada. The company provides turnkey shipping services for oversized loads, recreational vehicles, boats, and general long-haul freight, supported by late-model equipment and satellite-based real-time tracking technology.

Product overview

Koch Trucking operates as a full-service transportation and distribution network offering five distinct fleet services — Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, and Over-the-Road (OTR) — each tailored to specific freight types and shipping needs. The company supplements its core fleet operations with a proprietary Koch mobile app (satellite-based real-time freight tracking and driver routing support) and a Customer Hub portal for logistics visibility. The fleets collectively cover the United States and Canada, serving a broad range of industries from boat manufacturing to recreational vehicles and oversized loads.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Koch Companies: Six divisions providing a single transportation, logistics, warehousing and truck/trailer leasing solution.

Products and services

• Dedicated Fleet Turnkey freight solutions for commercial customers who prefer not to maintain private fleet equipment, maintenance, or hiring overhead. Provides dedicated drivers with regular hometime and route familiarity for specific customer accounts.
• Flatbed Fleet Hauls oversized loads and unique, load-ready freight on a variety of flatbed trailers including step decks, double drops, RGNs, and Conestoga. Offers short and long-haul loads across the United States and Canada.
• Specialized Fleet Transports unique rolling-stock freight such as golf cars, ATVs, and other recreational vehicles on custom decking trailers across the country for commercial customers requiring specialized handling.
• Marine Fleet Caters to boat manufacturers and their dealer networks with custom marine trailers featuring advanced electronic air ride systems designed to maximize boat capacity during transportation, ensuring efficient and secure hauling.
• Over-the-Road (OTR) Fleet Offers nationwide long-distance transportation with reliable and efficient service for various freight types, providing drivers with the opportunity to maximize earning potential while traveling across the open road.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trucks three years old or newer with average fleet age of 16 months

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Koch CompaniescoreOthersKoch Trucking operates as one of six divisions under Koch Companies, providing integrated transportation, logistics, warehousing, and truck/trailer leasing solutions. The divisions leverage key business lines within transportation and distribution industries to offer full array of services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings: Knight-Swift is one of the largest truckload carriers in North America operating across dedicated, irregular route, refrigerated, and LTL segments. It is a broad incumbent peer that competes with Koch on long-haul and dedicated contracts, but operates at substantially larger scale and across more service lines.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: J.B. Hunt is a diversified surface transportation, dedicated, and intermodal operator with the largest dedicated contract services franchise in the US. It is a broad incumbent peer sharing dedicated and long-haul exposure with Koch, though anchored more heavily in intermodal and large enterprise dedicated contracts.
• ArcBest: ArcBest is an asset-based and asset-light logistics provider combining LTL, truckload, and logistics services. It is a broad incumbent peer competing with Koch for asset-based truckload and dedicated contracts and offering a logistics bundle similar to what Koch Companies provides its shippers.
• TForce Freight (TFI International): TForce Freight, the LTL segment of TFI International, operates a national less-than-truckload network that overlaps with Koch's long-haul and dedicated truckload services. It is a broad incumbent peer representing the asset-based surface-transport competitive set rather than a direct dedicated competitor.

Direct peers

• Schneider National: Schneider National is a large multi-segment asset-based truckload carrier with dedicated, flatbed, intermodal, and logistics services operating across the US, Canada, and Mexico. It is a directly comparable peer given Koch's similar five-fleet mix (Dedicated, Flatbed, Specialized, Marine, OTR) and shared dedicated-fleet value proposition to large shippers.
• Heartland Express: Heartland Express operates irregular route truckload and dedicated freight services across the US, with a fleet similar in vintage to Koch's. It is a directly comparable peer given overlapping dedicated and OTR long-haul services and similar revenue scale to Koch Trucking.
• CRST International: CRST operates a broad truckload network including dedicated, flatbed, and expedited services across North America. It is a directly comparable peer given Koch's flatbed/dedicated/OTR overlap and similar private-company scale and Midwest operating region.
• Daseke: Daseke (now part of TFI International's flatbed segment and previously a flatbed/specialized roll-up) operated specialized heavy-haul and flatbed trucking including open-deck, marine, and oversized loads. It is a directly comparable peer because Koch's Flatbed, Marine, and Specialized fleets serve the same open-deck / boat-transport end markets.
• Marten Transport: Marten Transport runs dedicated, intermodal, and temperature-controlled/specialized truckload services with a fleet of late-model tractors. It is a directly comparable peer due to overlapping dedicated and specialized service mix, premium-fleet positioning, and similar private-like mid-cap scale relevant to Koch's diversified fleet strategy.
• Werner Enterprises: Werner Enterprises operates dedicated, one-way truckload, and logistics services in North America, with significant dedicated-fleet and medium-to-heavy duty tractor operations. It is a directly comparable peer because of overlapping dedicated, flatbed-adjacent, and OTR segments and similar mid-cap size profile to Koch Trucking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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