The American Trucking Associations published the 2025 edition of American Trucking Trends, its annual industry data compendium about the state of the U.S. trucking sector. 

“With changing supply chains and shifting freight markets, Trends is a vital compendium of how the trucking industry is performing,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “That’s why it is utilized by business leaders and policymakers across North America.”

“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.,” Costello continued. 

Courtesy of American Trucking Associations

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’s revenues reached $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 American Trucking Trends 2025 is available for purchase at ATABusinessSolutions.com. 

For more on Trucking Economics, follow Bob Costello, Chief Economist for American Trucking Associations, at @ATAEconBob