List of 17 Iowa-based Transportation Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
CRST International, Inc. Private Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	6	6	-
Heartland Express NASDAQ : HTDL North Liberty, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	1,047	6	6	-
Integration Group PE Backed Maxwell Street Capital Partners 2024-01-18 Marshalltown, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	3	3	-
Iowa Cold Storage LLC Private Altoona, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	1	1	-
Trinity Logistics Corp. Acquired Venanpri Group 2018-03-23 Davenport, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	1	1	-
Jacobson Co., Inc. Acquired Norbert Dentressangle SA 2014-07-31 $750M Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	1	1	-
Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Inc. Private Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	2	1	1
Barr-Nunn Transportation, Inc. Acquired Knight-Swift Transportation 2014-10-01 $112.4M Granger, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	120	-	-	-
JMS Transportation Co. Acquired Kriska Transportation Group 2010-12-17 Norway, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-
Iowa Northern Railway Acquired CN 2023-12-06 Waterloo, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-
General Car & Truck Leasing System Acquired Ryder System 2003-12-31 $105M Davenport, Iowa, United States	Transportation	-	-	-	-
Ruan Leasing Co. Acquired Ryder System 2004-04-01 $145M Des Moines, Iowa, United States	Transportation	-	-	-	-
Hendricks River Logistics Private Keokuk, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-
ICS Logistics LLC Acquired Iowa Cold Storage LLC 2015-02-17 Pleasant Hill, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-
Linn Star Transfer, Inc. Acquired Forward Air 2019-12-12 $57.2M Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-
IAIS PE Backed iCON Infrastructure 2020-12-31 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States website	Transportation	-	-	-	-

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