Who owns U.S. Xpress?
U.S. Xpress is owned by Knight-Swift (the United States, NYSE: KNX), which has owned the brand since 1 July 2023.[1]
Evidence: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Phoenix
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Travel & transport › Parcel & freight logistics
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KNX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About U.S. Xpress
Knight-Swift's FY2025 10-K gives 1 July 2023 as the acquisition date of U.S. Xpress, and its Exhibit 21 lists U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. and U.S. Xpress, Inc. as subsidiaries.
What Knight-Swift's annual report says about U.S. Xpress
Sentences about U.S. Xpress from Knight-Swift's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Most recently, we have expanded our Truckload operations with the addition of U.S. Xpress in 2023.
Since 1966, we have expanded our nationwide network and our service offerings through organic growth, as well as through the acquisition of twenty-five companies including our most recent U.S. Xpress Acquisition and DHE Acquisition.
Our U.S. Xpress headquarters located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, covers approximately 29.4 acres of land consisting of about 100,000 square feet of office space.
How often Knight-Swift names U.S. Xpress 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 U.S. Xpress
- 2023 – present Knight-Swift [1] verified
Where U.S. Xpress sits in Knight-Swift
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Knight-Swift
Knight-Swift controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 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: Knight-Swift
Knight-Swift is a publicly listed company headquartered in Phoenix, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: KNX.
Knight-Swift was formed by the 8 September 2017 merger of Knight and Swift and is based at 2002 West Wahalla Lane, Phoenix, Arizona, according to its FY2025 10-K. It reports Truckload, LTL, Logistics and Intermodal segments, and the 10-K names Swift, Knight, U.S. Xpress, AAA Cooper Transportation, Midwest Motor Express and Abilene Motor Express among its subsidiaries.
Knight-Swift: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 U.S. Xpress 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; U.S. Xpress 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 U.S. Xpress?
The parent company of U.S. Xpress is Knight-Swift, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is U.S. Xpress American?
Yes. U.S. Xpress originated in the United States and its owner, Knight-Swift, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Knight-Swift owned U.S. Xpress?
Knight-Swift has owned U.S. Xpress since 1 July 2023.
Is U.S. Xpress still owned by Knight-Swift?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, U.S. Xpress is still owned by Knight-Swift. 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] Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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