SAIA

Saia, Inc.

A less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier, Saia moves shipments that are too big for parcel delivery but too small to fill a whole trailer, serving businesses across the contiguous United States through a network of terminals. It was founded in 1924 in Houma, Louisiana, when produce dealer Louis Saia Sr. began hauling goods for customers on his trips to New Orleans — using his own family car with the rear seats removed as the company's first "truck." The company still carries the founder's name today.