Transportation Repairs & Services

What Transportation Repairs & Services does

Transportation Repairs & Services (TRS) is a privately held heavy-equipment repair, maintenance, and parts company founded in 1985 by Thomas R. Swiderski. The company operates from a 52,000-square-foot facility at 7001 Santa Fe Drive in Hodgkins, Illinois, comprising 18 service bays with simultaneous capacity for 22 pieces of heavy equipment, a body shop with a 65-foot EPA-compliant sandblasting booth and two 65-foot EPA-compliant paint booths, an in-house fabrication department, and a Parts Center. TRS serves trucks, trailers, and specialized heavy equipment including intermodal chassis, over-the-road trailers, dump trucks, flatbeds, tankers, reefers, garbage trucks, and cement trucks. A mobile service fleet extends the same capabilities on-site across the Chicagoland area. Proprietary technology is concentrated in a cold-straightening frame correction system (12-inch I-beams running 60 feet, set into concrete, with come-alongs, port-a-powers, and a 10-ton overhead crane) and EPA-compliant finishing infrastructure.

TRS's revenue is generated across multiple streams: professional services (repair, maintenance, collision repair, restoration, fabrication, mobile service) and hardware sales through the Parts Center. Pricing is quote-based rather than list-priced, with free parts delivery within a 40-mile radius and same-day delivery for orders placed before noon. The customer base includes enterprise fleet accounts — notably BNSF Railway, where TRS is the exclusive repair contractor at the LPC Landport Center in Elwood, Illinois — as well as UPS, steamship lines, and over-the-road carriers. The Parts Center is an authorized dealer for Great Dane Trailers and Anthony Liftgates, and Wabash Genuine Parts also appears in the company's authorized-dealer lineup. TRS employs 101-250 people, is organized around a founder-led management structure, and remains privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, subsidiaries, or public listing.

Name

Transportation Repairs & Services

Legal name

Transportation Repairs & Services

Website

https://trschicago.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Truck and Trailer Repair Services

NAICS

Automotive Repair and Maintenance (8111), General Automotive Repair (811111), Specialized Automotive Repair (811114), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)

SIC

Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500), Terminal Maintenance Facilities For Motor Freight Transport (4231), Wholesale-Motor Vehicle Supplies & New Parts (5013), Wholesale-Motor Vehicles & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies (5010)

akta.pro primary industry

General Heavy-Duty Truck & Bus Repair (Full-Service Shops) (TLAKABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trailer Suspension, Axles & Alignment Services (TLAKACAB), Mobile Hydraulic, Pneumatic & Liftgate Repair (On-Vehicle Systems) (TLAKAFAK)

Keywords

• Truck repair services
• Trailer maintenance
• Heavy equipment repair
• Fleet maintenance
• Mobile repair services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hopkins Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Repair Services: Major and minor repairs for all types and sizes of heavy equipment including collision repair, engine, transmission, brake service, suspension, and more.
2. Maintenance Programs: Preventive maintenance programs customized to operator requirements, following OEM, manufacturer, AAR, and FMSCA specifications.
3. Parts Sales: Sales of OEM and quality aftermarket parts for trucks, trailers, and specialized equipment. Authorized Great Dane parts dealer and Anthony Liftgate parts supplier.
4. Custom Fabrication: Custom-designed trailer parts to entire custom trailers, aluminum and steel dump truck bodies, flatbeds, and specialized equipment fabrication.
5. Mobile Services: On-site mobile repair, maintenance, transport, and delivery services for trucks, trailers, and heavy equipment throughout Chicagoland.
6. Collision Repair: Structural repairs, reconstruction, total refurbishment, complete cab and hood rebuilds, frame straightening, and repainting services.
7. Restoration Services: Refurbishment programs extending operating life of equipment with complete rebuilding, suspension rebuilds, reefer rebuilds, and tanker rebuilds.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Transportation Repairs & Services (TRS) is a full-service truck, trailer, and heavy equipment repair and maintenance company operating from a 52,000-square-foot facility in Hodgkins, Illinois. It sells repair, preventive maintenance, heavy-duty steel straightening, custom paint and sandblasting, restoration, and fabrication services, supported by an on-site Parts Center (authorized Great Dane and Anthony Liftgate dealer) and a mobile repair fleet serving the Chicagoland area.

Product overview

TRS offers a single integrated service platform for truck, trailer, and heavy equipment maintenance and repair in the Chicago area. The core offering centers on the TRS Parts Center (inventory and sales of OEM and aftermarket parts) combined with the TRS Shop Facility (full-service repair and maintenance with 18 bays), supplemented by Mobile Services (on-site repair vehicles) and specialized Fabrication and Customization capabilities. Services are organized around five main verticals: Repair Services (general repair and collision repair), Maintenance Services (preventive maintenance programs), Heavy-Duty Steel Straightening (cold-straightening frame correction), Custom Paint Services (sandblasting and painting), and Restoration Services (complete rebuilding and refurbishment). The Fabrication and Customization department supports both custom parts fabrication and major modifications like chassis work, body fabrication, and glider kits. All services can be accessed at the Hodgkins facility or delivered on-site through the mobile service fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 40 years of continuous operation since 1985
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BNSF RailwaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRS serves as the exclusive repair contractor for the BNSF LPC (Landport Center) facility in Elwood, Illinois, as well as other major BNSF ramps in the Chicagoland area. TRS's initial growth resulted from their work with BNSF, servicing and repairing their intermodal fleet. This long-standing relationship continues as a core business relationship.
• Great Dane TrailerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized Great Dane Trailers parts and warranty-service dealer. TRS sells genuine Great Dane parts and provides warranty service for Great Dane trailer products.
• Anthony LiftgatescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized Anthony Liftgate Sales, Parts and Service Supplier. TRS provides sales, parts, and service for Anthony liftgate products.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Velocity Vehicle Group: Daimler Truck dealer network operating full-service commercial truck dealerships across the Western and Southwestern U.S. with parts, service, and collision capabilities. Comparable to TRS for heavy-duty truck service breadth, though at larger regional scale.
• Premier Truck Group: Multi-brand commercial truck dealer and full-service repair network across multiple states. Comparable to TRS in collision repair, custom fabrication, and parts capabilities, though distributed across multiple OEM dealerships versus TRS's independent single-site operation.
• Love's Truck Care: Truck repair and roadside service operated by Love's Travel Stops across its travel-stop network. Comparable to TRS for heavy-duty repair services, with the strategic difference of Love's nationwide travel-plaza footprint versus TRS's Chicagoland hub.
• Rush Truck Service (Rush Enterprises): One of the largest Peterbilt/International dealer networks in North America with full-service truck repair, parts, and collision centers. Directly comparable to TRS in heavy-duty truck service and parts, with a national dealer footprint anchored to OEM relationships.
• TA Truck Service (TravelCenters of America): Operates truck repair and maintenance service centers co-located at TravelCenters of America travel plazas nationwide. Comparable to TRS in heavy-duty truck/trailer repair offerings, though the model is tied to highway travel-center locations rather than a single industrial hub.
• FleetPride: North American heavy-duty truck parts distributor and service provider with hundreds of locations. Directly comparable to TRS as a one-stop heavy-duty parts and repair provider serving commercial trucking fleets, though at materially greater geographic scale.
• Dickinson Fleet Services: Mobile commercial vehicle maintenance provider serving national fleet customers across the U.S. Comparable to TRS's mobile services arm in preventive maintenance and on-site repair, but with a national mobile-first model rather than a brick-and-mortar flagship.
• WheelTime Network: Network of independent commercial vehicle service centers offering full-service truck repair, maintenance, and parts. Closely comparable to TRS's full-service shop model, with the key difference being WheelTime's distributed national membership model versus TRS's single Midwest hub.

Broad incumbents

• HDA Truck Pride: Network of independent heavy-duty truck parts distributors and service providers across North America. Comparable to TRS at a category level (heavy-duty parts + service), but operates via member distributors rather than a single integrated shop-and-parts operation.
• TruckPro: Heavy-duty aftermarket parts distributor with hundreds of branch locations across the U.S. Comparable to TRS's Parts Center business in product breadth and dealer-style distribution, though TruckPro is wholesale-focused versus TRS's combined retail-plus-shop model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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