Who owns Smith Transport?
Smith Transport is owned by Heartland Express (the United States, NASDAQ: HTLD), which has owned the brand since 31 May 2022.[1]
Evidence: Heartland Express, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Heartland Express, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, North Liberty
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Travel & transport › Parcel & freight logistics
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: HTLD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Smith Transport
Smith Transport, LLC is a Pennsylvania company listed in Heartland Express's Exhibit 21, and the FY2025 10-K says Heartland acquired it on 31 May 2022 and merged Franklin Logistics into it effective 31 December 2024.
What Heartland Express's annual report says about Smith Transport
Sentences about Smith Transport from Heartland Express's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Effective December 31, 2023, Smith Trucking, Inc. was merged into Smith Transport, Inc. Further, effective December 31, 2023 Smith Transport, Inc. and Franklin Logistics, Inc. 1 were converted to Smith Transport, LLC and Franklin Logistics, LLC, respectively.
In addition to past organic growth through the development of our operating areas, we have completed ten acquisitions since 1986 with the most recent and our fifth acquisition since 2013, CFI, occurring on August 31, 2022 following the acquisition of Smith Transport on May 31, 2022.
How often Heartland Express names Smith Transport in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Smith Transport
- 2022 – present Heartland Express [1] verified
Where Smith Transport sits in Heartland Express
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Heartland Express
Heartland Express controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in parcel & freight logistics, and who owns them
The 221 brands in parcel & freight logistics on Brandtree belong to 181 owners. The largest is Radiant Logistics, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Adcom Express | Radiant Logistics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Forward Air | Forward Air | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ABF Freight | ArcBest | 🇺🇸 United States |
| C.H. Robinson | C.H. Robinson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FedEx Express | FedEx | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GLS | IDS | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| InPost | InPost | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Wilhelmsen Port Services | Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding | 🇳🇴 Norway |
About the owner: Heartland Express
Heartland Express is a publicly listed company headquartered in North Liberty, United States. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: HTLD.
Heartland Express is a Nevada holding company at 901 Heartland Way, North Liberty, Iowa, and its FY2025 10-K says it owns all the stock of its operating entities, a short-, medium- and long-haul dry van truckload carrier. It acquired Smith Transport on 31 May 2022 and CFI on 31 August 2022, and the 10-K says CFI was integrated and rebranded on 31 December 2025.
Heartland Express: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Smith Transport and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Smith Transport is not one of them.
- ABF Freight — ArcBest 🇺🇸
- ABX Air — ATSG 🇺🇸
- Adcom Express — Radiant Logistics 🇺🇸
- Advanced Air — Advanced Air 🇺🇸
- Air Wisconsin — Air Wisconsin 🇺🇸
- Alaska Airlines — Alaska Air Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Smith Transport?
The parent company of Smith Transport is Heartland Express, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Smith Transport American?
Yes. Smith Transport originated in the United States and its owner, Heartland Express, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Heartland Express owned Smith Transport?
Heartland Express has owned Smith Transport since 31 May 2022.
Is Smith Transport still owned by Heartland Express?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Smith Transport is still owned by Heartland Express. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Heartland Express, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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