Radar · Transportation and Logistics in Alabama
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Alabama, United States
The 88 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Southern Coaches.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
88companies tracked
$151.9Kdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × ALABAMA
Our analysis of 50 Transportation and Logistics companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1996median founding year
57median Fliar Index™
106kcombined LinkedIn audience
57%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Coaches Operator of transportation services using a fleet of motor coaches | $152K | 226 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2001 | — | — |
| 2 | Semi-Stow Provider of truck & trailer transportation and storage services 7Funding bottom 42%Global bottom 29%Market bottom 22% All 3 signals ▾Fundingbottom 42% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 22% Funding: 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2023) Global: Single-market focus (United States) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | — | 39 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 3 | PS Logistics Provider of truck transport services | — | 59 mo ago | Acquired | Scott Schell CEO & President | 2004 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | 1 job opening · 1 internship |
| 4 | - JM Tank Southeast #1 Dry-Bulk Trucking Company - J&M Tank Lines | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1999 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 5 | AAA Cooper Transportation Provider of trucking transportation and fleet maintenance services | — | — | Acquired | Reid Dove CEO | 1955 | Apple iCloud MailWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+9 | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 6 | ae&c services AE&C Services is an aviation repair and overhaul company for the commercial transport and government aviation… | — | — | Private | — | 2002 | — | — |
| 7 | aerospace coatings international Aerospace Coatings International provider of aircraft maintenance and repair services. | — | — | Acquired | — | 2002 | Windows ServerMUIMicrosoft ASP.NET+8 | — |
| 8 | Alabama Carriers Operator of a network providing freight transportation and logistics solutions | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
Top 3 Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama
#1
Funding Raised · Dothan, Alabama · founded 2001 · 21 employees$151.9Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Dothan, Alabama · founded 2001 · 21 employees
Operator of transportation services using a fleet of motor coaches. They provide transportation for various groups and events. The company focuses on delivering reliable and safe travel options. They maintain their vehicles to ensure passenger comfort.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2007Grant (prize money)$151.9K
Investors
FEMA
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashPriority Hints
#2
Seed · Dothan, Alabama · founded 2022 · 20 employees—raised▾
Seed · Dothan, Alabama · founded 2022 · 20 employees
Provider of truck & trailer transportation and storage services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 7how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
bottom 42%Global
bottom 29%Market
bottom 22%Funding: 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2023) · Backed by 1 investors; strongest: Green Per Square Foot
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Market: 20 employees
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 5.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 3 expansions (incl. RXO, Inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2023Seed—
Investors
Green Per Square Foot
#3
Acquired · Birmingham, Alabama · founded 2004 · 3407 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Birmingham, Alabama · founded 2004 · 3407 employees
Provider of truck transport services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Payroll Specialist
Funding rounds
- Jun 2021PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Gamut Capital, BCI, One Equity Partners
Tech stack
AutoptimizeBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFancybox
Funding & investor landscape
$151.9Ktotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
1disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,880,697 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 637 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 29% → 41% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette28
- Georgia Institute of Technology21
- National Laboratory of the Rockies20
- Idaho National Laboratory18
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology16
leading researchers
Fengqi You · William Crossley · Stephen Schey · Jim Francfort · Kara M. Kockelman · Dajun Yue · Tao Lin · Luis F. Rodríguez
▲
Breakthroughs113 · 18%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Key (lock) research surging — field share rose from 1 to 6 papers, signaling newly critical supply chain access-control focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fleet management16→21
- Scalability4→9
- Key (lock)1→6
- Supply chain management1→4
- Automotive engineering1→4
Landmark DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning · 167 cites
◆
Advancements360 · 57%
▲ 55%→57% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Supply chain management advancements intensifying — papers quadrupled from 5 to 21, with sustainability and risk management newly prominent.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management5→21
- Scheduling (production processes)8→22
- Sustainability1→11
- Supply chain risk management1→10
- Electric vehicle3→11
Newly emergingAnalytics 0→8 · Big data 0→7 · Battery (electricity) 0→6
Landmark Life Cycle Optimization of Biomass-to-Liquid Supply Chains with Distributed–Centralized Processing Networks · 343 cites
▼
Concerns101 · 16%
▲ 14%→18% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Fleet management concerns intensifying — papers rose from 16 to 24, compounded by newly emerging electrification concerns hitting 9 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management2→11
- Fleet management16→24
- Transport engineering3→10
- Supply chain optimization4→9
- Sustainability1→5
Newly emergingElectrification 0→9 · Resilience (materials science) 0→6 · Agency (philosophy) 0→6
Landmark Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure · 312 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where logistics supply chain is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston31 · +0.55
Chicago21 · +0.61
Atlanta21 · +0.50
SF Bay Area18 · +0.54
Ann Arbor16 · +0.46
New York10 · +0.34
Austin10 · +0.38
Pittsburgh9 · +0.63
Seattle6 · +0.48
Los Angeles5 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in the United States
United States logistics supply chain patent filing is accelerating — 946 filings from 617 assignees (2016–2025), led by Amsted RAIL, Crown Equip, UBER Technologies; annual filings 68→95.
946 filings617 assigneespeak 140/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Amsted RAIL93
- Crown Equip69
- UBER Technologies65
- Kochanowski George E49
- Miner Enterprises37
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System35
- R & L Carriers29
- Strong Force VCN Portfolio 201923
Common questions
How many Transportation and Logistics companies are there in Alabama, United States?
Radar tracks 88 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in Alabama, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States on this list have raised a combined $151.9K in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Alabama, United States?
Southern Coaches is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Alabama, United States, with $151.9K in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States are funded?
1 of the 88 Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in Alabama, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in Alabama, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Alabama, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in Alabama, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include One Equity Partners, BCI, Carousel Capital, FEMA, Gamut Capital.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.