What Madex Associates does

Madex Associates, Inc. is a privately held freight intermediary founded circa 2004 and headquartered at PO Box 576, Trenton, Georgia. The company operates as an outsourced sales force that matches shippers with a curated network of truckload carriers, proactively contacting carriers to fill lanes with consistent traffic, establishing rates, integrating customer authority and insurance into its package, and supplying credit information for account setup. It serves a portfolio of roughly 22 disclosed shipper and carrier customers across at least eight verticals — including flooring/carpet (Shaw Floors, Engineered Floors, Mohawk, Daltile, Carpet Express), packaging (International Paper, Greif), manufacturing (Dalton Box, La-Z-Boy, Goodman Mfg, Seco), agriculture (Pennington Seed, ADM), retail (The Children's Place, Pella), healthcare (Chattem), logistics (Prime Distribution Services), and trucking carriers (DM Bowman, Storey Trucking, Tuffy Transport, Rosedale).

The core product is "Sales Force as a Service" coupled with freight/shipping services. Madex also offers capacity consulting (budgeting, forecasting, equipment lease/purchase guidance) and ancillary carrier support services including nationwide towing, telecommunications, and a fuel card program. The supporting technology stack is operationally light — a relational carrier network, a basic website with downloadable documents (Blank Bill of Lading, Claim Form, Credit Application, Fuel Surcharge spreadsheet), and no disclosed API, SDK, or proprietary matching platform — meaning service delivery is relationship- and account-manager-driven rather than software-mediated.

Revenue is generated primarily through a flat 5% commission on gross freight revenue routed through the network, supplemented by affordable consulting fees. The pricing model is presented as a fixed expense for shippers: 5% of gross revenue with no overhead pass-through (no salary, benefits, vehicle, or expense-account costs), positioned against the alternative of hiring an in-house salesperson that would need to generate $3.5M annually to justify a $100K+ cost. The business is founder/owner-operated with six employees — a President (Jake Battles), VP of Accounting & Finance (Faith Bearden), Sales and Marketing Executive (Matisha Barajas), two Account Managers (Katherine Cash, Michael Bearden), and an Administrative Assistant/AP-AR (Sherry Tinker) — and operates alongside affiliated entity River Run Logistics, Inc. under shared ownership and shared back-office. There are no funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no public ticker.

Name

Madex Associates

Legal name

Madex Associates, Inc.

Website

https://madexassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Madex Associates is a privately held Trenton, Georgia-based freight intermediary founded circa 2004 that acts as an outsourced sales force for shippers, matching them with a network of truckload carriers for a 5% commission on gross revenue. The six-person firm serves roughly 22 disclosed enterprise and mid-market shippers and carriers across flooring, packaging, manufacturing, agriculture, and retail verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Trenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commission on Gross Revenue: MaDex charges a 5 percent fee on gross revenue generated through their network of shippers and carriers. This is their primary revenue stream as an outsourced sales force for the transportation industry.
2. Consulting Services: Affordable consulting fees for carriers who want to fine-tune their operations, including budget assistance, forecasting, and equipment purchase/lease guidance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Madex Associates operates as a transportation intermediary, serving as an outsourced sales force for shippers seeking truckload carriers and providing consulting services to carriers needing freight and operational support. The company books truckload freight on behalf of shippers and charges a flat 5% commission on gross revenue per load, with no upfront fees to either party. It also offers ancillary services including nationwide towing, telecommunications, fuel cards, and capacity consulting.

Product overview

Madex Associates operates as a transportation community and sales force intermediary for shippers and truckload carriers. The core offering is freight/shipping services combined with Sales Force as a Service, charging a 5% fee on gross revenue to bring consistent traffic to carriers. Additional support services include nationwide towing, telecommunications, and fuel card programs for carriers. The company also provides capacity consulting services for budgeting, forecasting, and equipment decisions. Supporting downloadable documents include Blank Bill of Lading, Claim Form, Credit Application, and Fuel Surcharge calculation tools. The company maintains a network of shipper-clients including major manufacturers and distributors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Truckload Freight Matching Service Outsourced sales-force service that books truckload freight on behalf of U.S. shippers by sourcing carriers from Madex's established carrier network. The service is delivered on a commission-only basis with no upfront fees.
• Carrier Sales Consulting Consulting service for truckload carriers that combines freight sourcing with operational guidance, effectively acting as an outsourced sales channel for small carriers.
• Nationwide Towing Services Ancillary transportation service offered by Madex Associates in connection with its freight operations, providing towing coverage on a nationwide basis.
• Telecommunication Services Ancillary telecommunication service offered by Madex Associates alongside its freight and transportation offerings.
• Fuel Card Program Ancillary fuel card program offered to carriers using Madex's freight services to support their fueling needs on the road.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fixed expense model at 5% of gross revenue vs. $100,000+ annual cost for company-employed salespeople
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• River Run Logistics, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated company operated alongside MaDex Associates. Employees including Michael Bearden and Faith Bearden work at both MaDex Associates, Inc. and River Run Logistics, Inc. Faith handles accounting responsibilities for all branches of both companies.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• RXO (formerly XPO Logistics brokerage): Major North American truckload broker with a large managed-transportation book. Comparable in that it arranges freight between shippers and carriers on a fee/commission basis, but at vastly greater scale and with proprietary technology.
• Schneider National: Major carrier with a logistics brokerage segment that arranges freight transportation for shippers. Schneider's brokerage offers a directly analogous service to MaDex's core freight-matching product.
• Hub Group: Intermodal and logistics provider with a brokerage arm that matches shipper freight with motor carriers. Operates in the same freight transportation arrangement space as MaDex but with multimodal and intermodal capabilities MaDex does not offer.
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide: Largest North American non-asset-based freight broker with a national truckload and intermodal platform. Both companies operate as freight transportation intermediaries charging shippers and matching carriers; C.H. Robinson is the broad incumbent MaDex operates within.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Large asset-based carrier with a sizable Integrated Capacity Solutions brokerage segment. The brokerage business performs the same shipper-to-carrier matching function as MaDex, though at national scale and with technology investments.

Direct peers

• Landstar System: Asset-light freight network that relies on independent agents and BCOs to source capacity for shippers — economically the closest analog to MaDex's outsourced-sales-force model with commission-based agents matching shippers and carriers.
• Echo Global Logistics: Non-asset freight broker arranging truckload and LTL transportation for shippers across multiple verticals. Echo is a like-for-like third-party freight arranger competing for the same shipper-carrier matching flow as MaDex.

Emerging players

• Uber Freight: Digital freight marketplace matching shippers and carriers through a self-serve platform. Represents the technology-enabled, asset-light brokerage model that competes directly with relationship-based intermediaries like MaDex.

Others

• FreightWaves (SONAR data): Freight market data and analytics provider used by brokers and 3PLs to price lanes and source capacity. Adjacent ecosystem participant whose tools influence the same shipper-carrier matching decisions MaDex facilitates.
• DAT Freight & Analytics: North America's largest freight matching marketplace and rate benchmarking platform. While not a direct commission-based broker, DAT operates the underlying spot freight marketplace and load board that MaDex's network functionally competes with.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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