Overview
Expeditors International of Washington is a global logistics provider specializing in freight forwarding and related supply-chain services. It arranges transportation by air, ocean and truck, and offers services including customs brokerage, order management, warehousing and distribution, and shipment monitoring. The company says it buys capacity from carriers and resells it rather than owning aircraft or ships.[1][2]
The company’s network page describes a presence of more than 335 locations in 100 countries across six continents.[3] Its stated mission is to set the standard for excellence in global logistics through commitment to quality in its people and customer service, while achieving superior financial results.[4]
For FY2025, Expeditors reported revenue of $11.069 billion; it had approximately 20,000 employees at year-end.[5][6] [1][2][3][4][5][6][3][4][6]
Products & services
Expeditors offers airfreight forwarding and consolidation, ocean freight services, customs brokerage, and other logistics services. Its airfreight service consolidates airline capacity for resale or forwards individual shipments directly, with routing advice, documentation support, ancillary services, and capacity procurement. Ocean services include FCL and LCL consolidation, direct forwarding, and order management; the latter coordinates suppliers, carriers, containers, documents, and deliveries, with shipment and SKU visibility across ocean, air, truck, and rail. Expeditors acts as a non-vessel-operating common carrier on major trade routes and may charter vessels for special projects.[7][8][9][10]
Customs brokerage services include preparing and filing customs documents, calculating and arranging payment of duties and taxes, coordinating inspections, and—where needed—arranging pickup, storage, and delivery. Other named offerings include warehousing and distribution, purchase-order management and vendor consolidation, time-definite transportation, temperature-controlled transit, cargo insurance, specialized cargo monitoring and tracking, project cargo, and customized supply-chain solutions. The company describes itself as non-asset-based and says it does not compete in overnight courier or small-parcel services.[11][12][2]
For 2025, airfreight accounted for approximately 36% of total revenue and ocean freight and ocean services approximately 25%; ocean consolidation was 66% of ocean-service revenue. The reported revenue segment “customs brokerage and other services” is combined, and the available disclosure does not give standalone revenue shares for customs brokerage or the other individual services.[7][13][10][5] [7][8][9][10][11][12][2][13][5]
Geographic presence
Expeditors reported operating in more than 60 countries. It organizes its geographic areas of responsibility into the Americas, North Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Middle East, Africa and India (MAIR); its detailed reporting divides the Americas into the United States, Other North America, and Latin America.[14][15]
For 2025, revenue by detailed geography was: United States $3,583.8 million (32.35%); Other North America $470.6 million (4.25%); Latin America $262.4 million (2.37%); North Asia $2,737.5 million (24.71%); South Asia $1,555.2 million (14.04%); Europe $1,829.2 million (16.51%); and MAIR $638.8 million (5.77%). Percentages are calculated from the sum of regional revenues before eliminations.[16]
At December 31, 2025, the company had 19,800 employees: 6,800 in the United States; 1,600 in Other North America; 850 in Latin America; 2,250 in North Asia; 1,950 in South Asia; 4,250 in Europe; and 2,100 in MAIR.[17] [14][15][16][16][16][16][16][16][16][17][17][17][17][17][17][17][17]
Business segments
Expeditors reports geographic operating segments, organized into five areas of responsibility: Americas, North Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Middle East, Africa and India (MAIR). Its detailed geographic revenue disclosure separates the Americas into the United States, Other North America, and Latin America. Based on FY2025 revenue, the approximate contributions were Americas 39% combined, North Asia 24.7%, South Asia 14.1%, Europe 16.5%, and MAIR 5.8%. These are geographic breakdowns; the company describes shipments as often spanning multiple areas, with revenue shared between operating units.[15][18][16]
Expeditors also discloses revenue by service line, a separate view from its geographic operating segments. In FY2025, airfreight services contributed about 36% of revenue and ocean freight and ocean services about 25%; customs brokerage and other services contributed approximately 39%, calculated from reported revenue. Airfreight includes forwarding and related routing, documentation and ancillary services; ocean services include consolidation, forwarding and order management. Customs brokerage and other services include customs clearance and documentation, along with offerings such as ground transportation, warehousing and distribution.[7][13][11][19][20][5] [15][18][16][16][16][16][16][16][16][16][7][13][11][19][20][5][5][5][5]
Company history
Founded in Seattle in 1979 as a one-office ocean freight forwarder led by John Kaiser, Expeditors expanded in 1981 with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore. It went public on NASDAQ in 1984 and acquired Pac Bridge in 1985, broadening its ocean services. In 1988, co-founder Peter J. Rose became president and CEO.[21]
The company opened its first continental European office in Brussels in 1990 and entered China in 1993. It reached $1 billion in gross revenue in 1998. At its 35th anniversary in 2014, Expeditors named Jeffrey S. Musser CEO; Daniel R. Wall succeeded him as president and CEO in 2025.[21][22] [21][22][21][23]
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