Martin Placek
Research expert covering transportation and electronics
C. H. Robinson - statistics & facts
C.H. Robinson is a third-party logistics and supply chain provider of multimodal transportation management services. Founded in 1905, the company has since grown to become one of the world’s leading third-party logistics providers with over 16,800 employees and a total revenue of 23.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2021 alone.
Business segments of C.H. Robinson
Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, C.H. Robinson’s operating income for 2021 amounted to just over one billion U.S. dollars, with a net revenue of around 3.15 billion U.S. dollars the same year. Within the scope of supply chain management, C.H. Robinson provides integrated operation, brokerage, warehousing, and transportation management services in addition to truckload, less than truckload (LTL), air freight, intermodal, and ocean transportation. The company’s truckload division generates by far the largest share of net revenue per segment. The company also provides services that include supply chain analysis, freight consolidation, core carrier program management, and information reporting. The company third-party contractual relationships include motor carriers, railroads, air freight, and ocean carriers.The U.S. 3PL market
The U.S. market for third-party logistics is one of the largest in the world, with 231.5 billion U.S dollars in revenue generated in 2020. C.H. Robinson’s main competitors among domestic third-party logistics providers in the United States include UPS Supply Chain Solutions and XPO Logistics.
