ATA Releases Latest Edition of American Trucking Trends

This year’s edition highlights the challenging environment that motor carriers dealt with in 2024, but in the end the industry still delivered more than 72% of all domestic freight tonnage in the U.S.

Among the key findings in this year’s report: 

  • Trucks moved 11.27 billion tons of freight in 2024, down from the 11.41 billion tons hauled the previous year. 
  • In 2024, the industry saw revenues at $906 billion, down from $1.004 trillion in 2023. 
  • Trucking employed 8.4 million people in industry-related jobs, including 3.58 million professional drivers in 2024. 
  • The industry remains one made up of small businesses, with 91.5% of carriers operating 10 or fewer trucks and 99.3% operating fewer than 100 power units. 
  • Trucks moved 67% of surface trade between the U.S. and Canada, and 85% of goods across the Mexican border in 2024. 

ATA Releases Latest Edition of American Trucking Trends | American Trucking Associations

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