Trucking was already entrenched as big business by the long list of companies operating within California in 1927. The industry was regulated by the state Railroad Commission. This following list shows all the trucking companies in California along ranked by revenues. The amounts are the actual revenues in 1927 dollars
United Parcel Service of Los Angeles, Inc. $519,550
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Motor Express $384,980
Motor service Express, Inc. 292,734
Citizens Trucking Company. 287,383
Coast Truck Line 274,644
Interurban Express Company. 257,404
Pioneer Truck and Transfer Co. of Los Angeles 256,739
Merchants Express and Draying Company. 254,655
United Parcel Service San Francisco 250,516
City Transfer and Storage Company. 217,227
Pomona-Los Angeles Daily Transfer 206,031
Tolson Transportation System Inc. 198,879
Packard Trucking Company 196,240
Bekins Van Lines, Inc. 182,463
White Truck & Transfer Co Inc. 175,370
Boulevard Express, Inc. 168,639
Associated Transit Company. 160,639
Highway Transport Company. 147,813
Imperial Valley-Los Angeles Express. 143,076
Deysher and La Fargue. 130,285
Keystone Express 124,685
Triangle Orange County and Santa Ana Express 122,995
Bakersfield and Los Angeles Fast Freight. 121,530
Clark Brothers. 113,776
Los Angeles and San Pedro Transportation Co. 111,911
Lamb’s Transfer 108,272
Red Transfer, Interurban Freight & Express Line 99,535
Kellogg Express 93,383
Richards Trucking and Warehouse Company 91,031
Joseph Barrera 85,525
Consolidated Motor Freight Lines 83,391
Borderline Express, Inc. 83,657
RW Rasmussen 83,599
JA Clark Draying Company 82,831
Walter Wellhour 81,961
Los Angeles & West Side Transportation Co. Inc 80,832
Paul Kent Truck Company, Inc. 76,648
Ojai, Ventura and Los Angeles Express 72,897
Zimmerman Bros. 70,156
Los Angeles-Hynes Milk Truck 66,274
Marr Freight Transit Co. 65,811
R E Robson 63,342
A. Camillo & Sons 62,954
California Highway Express 57,383
Gilroy Express 57,829
Union Transfer Company 57,058
Ashton Truck Co. 56,705
Union Transfer & Storage Company 54,262
Misemer’s Motor Drayage 53,804
Sacramento-Auburn Freight Line 50,078
H C Venable 48,292
A J Happe Transfer Company 48,031
Pioneer Express Company 44,944
Belyea Truck Company 44,636
California Truck Company 43,355
Kiso Yasanga Produce Transfer Company 42,546
Los Angeles and Oxnard Daily Express 42,312
Victorville Motor Express 41:334
Wilmington Transfer & Storage Co Inc 41,057
FE and ME Penhall 40,807
Escondido Truck Line 39,668
Anderson Truck Service 39,310
Pacific Transportation Company 39,263
Lee B Hawkins 39,048
Oakland-San Jose Transportation Co Inc 38,134
Triangle Transfer & Storage Co 36,993
William Giacomasi 36,965
Independent Truck Company 32,836
Rice Transportation Company 31,703
Bisher’s Truck Line 31,310
Holmes Express 31,080
Valley And Coast Transit Co 29,086
Asbury Truck Company 28,497
HC Greve 27,288
Eureka-Garberville Truck Line 26,337
Manuel P Martin 25,881
T. Landi Drayage Company 25,809
Frank Atkinson 25,553
W and S Truck Company 24,440
A.B.C. Transportation System 24,362
Pacific Motor Express 22,849
El Dorado Motor Transportation Co. 22, 701
Los Angeles, Downey & Norwalk Transfer 21,033
Peoples Express Company 20,907
Pioneer Truck & Transfer 20,722
Caesar Pellegrini 20,195
Los Angeles & Blythe Truck Line 20,188
JB Grissel & Company 17,851
Oakland-San Jose Transportation Company 14,861
Al. G Witt 14,769
Pioneer Transfer Company 13,874
Besonse’s Motor Express 13,166
H. Campodonio Draying 11,925
Valley Truck & Transportation Company 9,880
RW Rasmussen Company Inc 9,525
Harbor Trucking Company 5,990
Anaheim Truck and Transfer 5,491
Pacific Transfer,Van & Truck Co, Inc. 3,115