Updated July 2026
Best Owner-Operator Companies in Springfield, Missouri (July 2026)
Springfield, Missouri's owner-operator market includes 611 active carriers as of July 2026. ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC leads with an average gross weekly revenue of $5,500. Performance Trucking Inc follows at $8,000/week gross. Springfield is the freight hub for southwest Missouri at I-44 / US-60 / US-65, with Bass Pro Shops' headquarters driving retail distribution, poultry and dairy agriculture, and regional distribution for the Ozarks corridor.
What changed in July 2026
We just started tracking monthly changes for this view. Check back next month to see how rankings have shifted.
Springfield, Missouri's top owner-operator carriers right now
The top of the list is ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC at $5,500/week. A few names below the top earn more on a weekly-pay basis but rank lower on the composite.
#1ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC — $5,500/wk
ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC tops the Springfield, Missouri ranking with the strongest composite score across pay, safety, benefits, and operational signals. ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC's top FMCSA dimension is driver fitness, in the 96th percentile. ROLLING ON WHEELS LLC responds to driver applications more reliably than the Springfield, Missouri median.
#2Performance Trucking Inc — $8,000/wk
Performance Trucking Inc sits in the 92nd percentile for gross weekly revenue among Springfield, Missouri carriers.
#3INLAND EMPIRE LLC — $7,875/wk
INLAND EMPIRE LLC pays above the 85th percentile on gross weekly revenue for the Springfield, Missouri market.
Also in the top 10: #4 WINNERS TRANSPORTATION LLC at $2,437/wk, #5 OVERLOG INC at $3,613/wk, #6 WIDER GROUP INC at $6,250/wk, #7 BLUE LIGHTNING LOGISTICS at $7,000/wk, #8 BB8 FREIGHT CO at $12,666/wk, #9 C & G TRANSPORTATION INC at $7,500/wk, #10 DAHL TRUCKING LLC at $3,750/wk.
What Springfield, Missouri drivers actually run
The route mix in Springfield, Missouri this month tilts OTR: 8% regional, 92% OTR, 0% local, 0% semi-local — drawn from active postings, not historical surveys.
Guaranteed pay is on offer at 2% of Springfield, Missouri postings; dedicated routes at 26%; take-truck-home at 93%. Pet-friendly policies appear at 74% and riders-allowed at 71%.
How Springfield, Missouri compares to Missouri
The largest gap is on average weekly pay: Springfield, Missouri sits 14% above the Missouri baseline.
Driving CDL in Missouri
Missouri freight is shaped by the St. Louis and Kansas City hubs anchoring the I-70 / I-44 / I-55 corridors. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers provide barge access for agricultural and bulk commodity transfers. St. Louis is one of the older US freight crossroads — the rail-truck interchange there is dense and complicated. Living costs sit comfortably below the national average; Missouri has a low-to-moderate graduated state income tax. Tornado season (March-June) shapes spring dispatch in central and southern MO.
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Where this data comes from
Composite-score formula: compensation × 0.30, FMCSA safety × 0.25, benefits × 0.25, operational performance × 0.20. Compensation is anchored on pay percentile and lifted by sign-on bonus tier and guaranteed-pay availability. Operational performance is built mostly from driver-application response data in Lanefinder's platform, with fleet-scale percentile contributing a smaller portion. Updated July 2026.