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Transportation and Logistics Tech Industry Landscape of the United States
9,154 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated September 2026.
9,154companies tracked
$131.5Bdisclosed funding
621hiring right now
5,039events · 24 months
400,109news articles · 12 months
Opportunity signals · united states · country lane
Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply
Layoffs & income shocks, Congestion & traffic friction and Airports & air links show the widest gaps between demand-signal and
mapped-supply percentiles across the United States.
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Who leads Transportation and Logistics Tech in the United States
Shows the 9,154 U.S. transportation and logistics tech firms, highlighting the top hiring companies, the best‑funded firms, and the number currently hiring (621) and with disclosed funding rounds (1,275).
The Transportation and Logistics Tech market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories, showing enterprise tech (6,059 firms) as the largest, and identifies subscription (5,773 firms) as the most common revenue model.
How Transportation and Logistics Tech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Subscription5,773
Commission on Transaction2,567
Fee-For-Service2,165
E-Commerce - Service1,839
E-Commerce - Product555
Advertising494
Physical Commerce375
Renting / Leasing237
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Transportation and Logistics Tech in the United States
Counts 5,039 corporate events over the past two years, with key‑people announcements (1,038) and earnings releases (832) being the most frequent types.
M&Atoday announced the acquisition of Moove Connected Mobility2026-05-05
M&AWalmart signed an $11 billion deal with Symbotic in 2022 to retrofit 42 regional distribution centres.2026-05-05
M&AWorldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, has acquired Bendi Software, a UK-based supply chain mapping and supplier risk intelligence company.2026-05-04
FundingNeology – which won the Sustainable Cities Challenge organised by the Toyota Mobility Foundation and secured USD 500,000 to develop a hydrogen refuelling solution in Detroit.2026-05-01
M&ACapacity has acquired DevRefactory, a customer experience software company founded in 2020, in a transaction advised by Tampa-based Hyde Park Capital.2026-04-28
FundingMaritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded close to SGD 3.7 million (USD 2.9 million) in R&D co-funding to six companies, including Alicia Bots, C-Leanship, Neptune Robotics, Oceanis Robotics, RINA, and Seahi Robotics.2026-04-28
M&ALast year, it bought the European ride-hailing app Freenow for $175 million, its first move outside the US or Canada.2026-04-24
M&ADescartes Systems Group has acquired Idelic, a developer of fleet safety management software, for $28 million.2026-04-24
M&ADQS Solutions & Staffing announced it has further expanded its transportation and logistics platform with the acquisition of contract logistics provider Comprehensive Logistics, Inc.2026-04-22
FundingSince its 2015 founding, student logistics platform Zum has now raised about $500 million, including a fresh $100 million led by TPG to optimize K-12 transportation efficiency.2026-04-17
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Transportation and Logistics Tech company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
Waymoprobe opened — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)Mar 2026
Chariotapproved for transfer — Nigerian governmentMar 2026
stopclub v uberabuse of dominant position investigation in transport market · FiledApr 2026
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) v uberdeceptive subscription practices · OngoingApr 2026
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
70 companies reporting976 company-quarters trackedbeat 206miss 116in line 13
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +14.0%, half slower.
Who is building Transportation and Logistics Tech in the United States
Profiles 3,440 founders and CEOs across 2,761 firms, noting Stanford (70 alumni) and MIT (68 alumni) as top schools and Microsoft (28) and Google (26) as common prior employers.
Founders and chief executives12 of 3,440, from the best-funded companies on this page
Ex-Intel, Skyworks. The George Washington University 1996
Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 462 of 3,440 founders
Stanford University70
Massachusetts Institute of Technology68
Harvard University42
University of California (Berkeley)39
Cornell University34
Harvard Business School33
University of Pennsylvania25
Carnegie Mellon University22
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 143 of 3,440 founders
Microsoft28
Google26
Amazon20
McKinsey17
Uber13
Intel9
Cisco8
Morgan Stanley6
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 2,989 founders with a profile on this page
38
carry a repeat-founder flag
flagged as repeat founders38
no repeat-founder flag2,951
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 3,141 of 3,440 founders
9%
of matched founders are women
women288
men2,853
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 299 founders go in neither column.
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Transportation and Logistics Tech jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 20,829 job postings from 921 employers in 12 months, with median pay of $65 k and top skills including Excel, Python, SQL, AI, and Word.
20,829postings · last 12 months
31,033postings tracked overall
921employers advertising
$65kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=2800)
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Transportation and Logistics Tech employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
excel446▲
python335▲
sql285▲
ai206▲
word179▲
maintenance169▲
cleaning169▲
sweeping169▲
mopping168▲
salesforce157▲
What level are these roles?
Entry602
Intern366
Senior2,363
Lead834
Manager5,658
What they pay, by level
Manager$100k/yr (n=617)
Senior$141k/yr (n=249)
Lead$136k/yr (n=94)
Most advertised titles
Customer Service - Self Storage Manager715
Driver372
Drive With Uber For Weekend Cash218
Financial Consultant191
Valet Attendant187
Account Executive184
What Transportation and Logistics Tech research in the United States is working on
Lists 637 U.S. academic papers, of which 75 identify common problems, 26 issue cautions, and 447 discuss opportunities.
How this field talks about itself
United States-affiliated Transportation and Logistics Tech papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Promising52.4% · 37.5%1.4×
Breakthrough17.7% · 26.2%0.7×
Problem-identifying11.5% · 9.5%1.2×
Descriptive9.9% · 17.5%0.6×
Cautionary4.1% · 4.5%≈ par
Comparative4.1% · 3.9%≈ par
United States-affiliated Transportation and Logistics Tech literature runs 1.4× more “promising” than science at large (52.4% vs 37.5% baseline).
Leading researchers · United States-affiliated work
Fengqi You · Kara M. Kockelman · T. Donna Chen · Belinda Wang · Dajun Yue · Tom L. Richard · Zuo‐Jun Max Shen · Long He
The most-cited breakthroughs
DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning · 167 cites
Next-Generation Automated Vehicle Location Systems: Positioning at the Lane Level · 135 cites
Sustainable Design and Operation of Cellulosic Bioelectricity Supply Chain Networks with Life Cycle Economic, Environmental, and Social Optimization · 129 cites
MOVI: A Model-Free Approach to Dynamic Fleet Management · 102 cites
Vehicle Rebalancing for Mobility-on-Demand Systems with Ride-Sharing · 73 cites
Common problems researchers identify69 papers · 4 recurring themes
Problems · theme 01
Electrified Fleet Planning Challenges
26 papers · 37.7% of this block
▼ -63% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Researchers highlight difficulties in integrating electric vehicles and autonomous technologies into fleet operations and demand-responsive services.
Electrification · Automotive engineering · Transport engineering · Fleet management
“Joint Optimization Scheme for the Planning and Operations of Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fleets Serving Mobility on Demand”
26 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 02
Standardization Gaps in Fleet Management
25 papers · 36.2% of this block
▼ -13% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Studies point to inconsistent standards and service models hindering efficient management of diverse vehicle fleets.
Fleet management · Standardization · Service · Aeronautics
“Construction Equipment Fleet Management Using Telematics Technology: Research And Resultant Educational Perspectives”
25 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 03
Supply Chain Modeling Complexities
10 papers · 14.5% of this block
▲ +23% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers discuss obstacles in optimizing supply chain structures and the integration of emerging tracking technologies.
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Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United States
Every demand signal in the United States’s newsflow, measured as a share of the
country’s own coverage (2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01, against the year before), then scored beside
family-matched supply — the companies in each signal’s mapped transportation and logistics tech
categories — as within-page percentiles. The gap is signal percentile minus supply percentile
— a prioritisation clue in percentile points, not a market size.
The opportunity, in one view
signal family
signal pctile
supply pctile
gap · bar scaled to ±75 pts
gap pts
vs prior yr
Layoffs & income shocksspending pressure
signal pctile100
supply pctile25
gap pts+75
vs prior yr▲ +57.7%
Congestion & traffic frictionaccess friction
signal pctile41.7
supply pctile0th percentile
gap pts+41.7
vs prior yr+2.5%
Airports & air linksconnectivity build-out
signal pctile25
supply pctile50
gap pts-25
vs prior yr▲ +23.9%
Industrial parks & warehousinginvestment build-out
signal pctile50
supply pctile87.5
gap pts-37.5
vs prior yr▲ +28.1%
Highways & expresswaysconnectivity build-out
signal pctile41.7
supply pctile87.5
gap pts-45.8
vs prior yr▲ +23.5%
Rail & metro connectivityconnectivity build-out
signal pctile50
supply pctile—
this page’s market map carries no matching category
gap pts—
vs prior yr▲ +36.8%
EV adoption & chargingadoption shift
signal pctile41.7
supply pctile—
this page’s market map carries no matching category
gap pts—
vs prior yr▲ +16.9%
Where the signals are loudest
Each region’s reading is a share of its own
coverage, so a loud smaller region can outrank a large one; rows follow each story’s primary region tag.
region
signal /10k articles · bar scaled to top row
top families
Maryland
signal /10k articles160.7
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Layoffs & income shocks, Highways & expressways
Connecticut
signal /10k articles109.8
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Layoffs & income shocks, EV adoption & charging
Nebraska
signal /10k articles99.1
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Highways & expressways, Layoffs & income shocks
Colorado
signal /10k articles98.7
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Highways & expressways, Layoffs & income shocks
Delaware
signal /10k articles95.3
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, EV adoption & charging, Highways & expressways
Kentucky
signal /10k articles86.3
top familiesLayoffs & income shocks, EV adoption & charging, Congestion & traffic friction
Indiana
signal /10k articles83.1
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Layoffs & income shocks, Highways & expressways
Tennessee
signal /10k articles80.7
top familiesLayoffs & income shocks, Congestion & traffic friction, EV adoption & charging
Arkansas
signal /10k articles78.1
top familiesLayoffs & income shocks, Congestion & traffic friction, EV adoption & charging
North Carolina
signal /10k articles77.1
top familiesCongestion & traffic friction, Layoffs & income shocks, EV adoption & charging
showing the ten highest-signal regions of 12 readings.
Inside the three leading signals
+75 percentile-point gap
Layoffs & income shocks
the operating hypothesis Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
24.69 /10k articles, 12-month share▲ +57.7% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
Tennessee
44.9
Arkansas
41.1
Iowa
26.8
+41.7 percentile-point gap
Congestion & traffic friction
the operating hypothesis Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
17.49 /10k articles, 12-month share+2.5% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
Maryland
117.7
Connecticut
59.8
Colorado
53.2
-25 percentile-point gap
Airports & air links
the operating hypothesis If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.
0.86 /10k articles, 12-month share▲ +23.9% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
North Carolina
1.5
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Related research & where the coverage is heading
The research below carries both a transportation and logistics tech term and this page’s geography in its title — context for the boards above, not proof of any single number. The keywords are the fastest-growing terms in the United States coverage of this page's demand families, measured as a share of that coverage year-over-year so volume drift cancels.
Related research · transportation and logistics tech in the United States
“Disruptive Transportation: The Adoption, Utilization, and Impacts of Ride-Hailing in the United States”
eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2017 · 563 citations
“Transportation Barriers to Health Care in the United States: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2017”
American Journal of Public Health · 2020 · 424 citations
“Changes in Transportation-Related Air Pollution Exposures by Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status: Outdoor Nitrogen Dioxide in the United States in 2000 and 2010”
Environmental Health Perspectives · 2017 · 203 citations
“Predictive modeling of battery degradation and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. state-level electric vehicle operation”
Nature Communications · 2018 · 177 citations
What’s growing in this coverage
hybrid power split devices
▲ +275.3%
67 articles, last 12mo
drive cycle efficiency
▲ +208.1%
50 articles, last 12mo
commercial ev platforms
▲ +158.8%
42 articles, last 12mo
automotive middleware
▲ +140.9%
43 articles, last 12mo
local energy markets
▲ +122.5%
65 articles, last 12mo
embedded vehicle software
▲ +74.9%
44 articles, last 12mo
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Series CundisclosedMay 2026
Conventional DebtundisclosedMay 2026
Series F$100MApr 2026
Series C$95MApr 2026
Series D$21.5MApr 2026
Post IPO$5MApr 2026
Series A$3.2MApr 2026
