North Star Traffic Service

What North Star Traffic Service does

North Star Traffic Service is a privately held truck brokerage firm founded in 1984 in Burlington, United States. The company operates with a small headcount of 11-50 employees, matching shippers of dry commodities with motor carriers. As a broker rather than an asset-based carrier, the firm's core service is intermediation between shippers needing to move dry bulk freight and trucking capacity providers, generating revenue through the spread between shipper-paid rates and carrier-paid rates (gross-to-net spread).

No products, technology platforms, customer disclosures, leadership information, funding history, or financial figures were provided in the input data. The available evidence supports only the most basic firmographic description. The business model follows the standard non-asset brokerage pattern: no owned trucks, no stored technology product, and revenue driven by per-load margin on arrangements rather than recurring software or platform fees.

Given the absence of disclosed products, technology architecture, named customers, pricing structure, or any other operational detail, a deeper analytical characterization is not supported by the input. The firm should be understood as a long-standing, small-scale freight intermediary in dry commodities with no public-facing AI/technology differentiation evident in the available data.

Name

North Star Traffic Service

Website

https://northstartraffic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Star Traffic Service is a private truck brokerage firm founded in 1984 in Burlington, US, specializing in matching shippers of dry commodities with motor carriers, operating with 11-50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

North Star Traffic Service is a truck brokerage firm that arranges transportation services for dry commodities. The company acts as an intermediary connecting shippers needing to move dry bulk goods with motor carriers that provide trucking capacity. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Burlington, United States, the firm operates with a staff of 11-50 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

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

• Landstar System: Asset-light freight transportation and truck brokerage serving shippers of dry and specialized freight via a network of owner-operators and agents. Directly comparable agent-based brokerage model.
• Echo Global Logistics: Tech-enabled truckload and less-than-truckload brokerage arranging dry commodity freight for shippers. Same core business model — arranging freight between shippers and carriers — with a technology overlay.
• Coyote Logistics: Large asset-light truck brokerage specializing in dry van freight, now owned by UPS. Directly comparable core business of arranging freight between shippers and carriers without owning trucks.
• RXO (formerly XPO Logistics brokerage): Pure-play North American truckload brokerage spun out from XPO, arranging dry van and other freight for shippers. Closely comparable business model to North Star: arranges freight for others without owning a large fleet.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider National: Large carrier and logistics company with a brokerage division arranging dry van and other freight. Comparable brokerage function, though Schneider is primarily an asset-based carrier with broker as a complement.
• CH Robinson Worldwide: One of the largest North American freight brokerages, handling truckload, intermodal, and a wide range of dry commodities. Directly comparable as a third-party freight arranger, though at vastly larger scale and with a technology platform.
• Hub Group: Asset-light freight and logistics provider with a brokerage segment arranging truckload capacity. Comparable as a freight arranger, though Hub Group is broader with intermodal and dedicated operations.
• AIT Worldwide Logistics: Global freight forwarder with a North American truckload brokerage offering dry van and other ground freight. Comparable freight brokerage services, though broader in scope including international forwarding.
• Werner Enterprises: Large trucking and logistics company with a brokerage arm (Werner Logistics) arranging dry freight. Asset-based carrier with a directly comparable brokerage function.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Major carrier with a large Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS) brokerage segment arranging dry freight. The brokerage division is directly comparable to North Star's business model, though J.B. Hunt is much larger.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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