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Light-asset services attached to a fleet

Brokerage, warehousing and yard services operated alongside a carrier's own trucks.

What Williston looks for

  1. 01

    Captive Fleet

    Brokerage or logistics activity supported by the company's own trucks, rather than brokerage alone.

  2. 02

    Warehousing

    Warehousing or cross-dock capacity attached to a carrier's operations.

  3. 03

    Yard and Spotting

    Yard management and spotting services at customer facilities, under contract.

  4. 04

    Integrated Customers

    Customers who buy transportation and related services together.

The segment

Services attached to a fleet deepen customer relationships and add revenue that requires less equipment than trucking alone. A carrier that offers them is often more embedded in its customers' operations than one that only hauls.

Larger acquirers value the combination, because it brings both capacity and the services that keep customers from moving elsewhere.

For-hire carriers nationally

Active for-hire carriers
1,120,787
Running 1 to 10 trucks
1,077,042
Running 10 to 200 trucks
47,942

Source: FMCSA Company Census File, October 2026. Active for-hire US carriers with at least one truck.

Other sectors

Williston welcomes conversations with owners of light-asset services attached to a fleet carriers.

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