Deal Timeline

Plotted by close date where disclosed, otherwise announcement. Select any marker to jump to the deal entry.

The Rationale That Repeats.

Three patterns show up across LANDSTAR SYSTEM's deal book — what the team buys, how it pays, and how it integrates. The patterns are the throughline; the deals below are the evidence.

01
Acquisition criteria
Organic-first, asset-light by design.
Landstar's growth engine is its network of independent commission sales agents and business-capacity owners, not acquisitions. Across more than two decades of SEC filings the company discloses only a handful of small, sub-material business acquisitions, each absorbed into the single transportation logistics segment rather than run as a standalone platform.
Independent agent (truckload brokerage) acquired by Landstar Blue
02
Capital deployment
Geographic and capability tuck-ins, not scale plays.
The 2017 Fletes Avella purchase gave Landstar an intra-Mexico foothold through the newly formed Landstar Metro subsidiary, and the 2020 Landstar Blue deal pulled one of its own independent agents in-house to build and test digital truckload-brokerage technology. Both were modest, capability-oriented additions rather than consolidation bets.
Independent agent (truckload brokerage) acquired by Landstar Blue
03
Integration approach
Staged ownership and disciplined exits.
Landstar initially took 70% of Landstar Metro alongside seller-affiliated minority holders, then bought out the remaining ~21% in January 2019 to make it wholly owned, later recording a $2.6M impairment as Mexican macro conditions weakened. The company is equally willing to divest: in 2013 it sold its Landstar Supply Chain Solutions unit to XPO Logistics for $87 million.
Independent agent (truckload brokerage) acquired by Landstar Blue

The Full Deal Book

1 acquisitions. Each entry carries the deal value, financing structure, target revenue, executive commentary, and the original SEC filing — the evidence behind the patterns above.

01 Independent agent (truckload brokerage) acquired by Landstar Blue, LLC · United States Not disclosed
Announced Jun 2020 Closed Jun 2020 all cash
Truckload brokerage servicesdigital freight technology development and testing

On May 6, 2020, the Company formed a new subsidiary subsequently renamed Landstar Blue, LLC (Landstar Blue), which arranges truckload brokerage services while helping the Company develop and test digital technologies and processes for the benefit of all Landstar independent commission sales agents. On June 15, 2020, Landstar Blue completed the acquisition of an independent agent of the Company whose business focused on truckload brokerage services. approximately $2,766,000 cash, plus approximately $200,000 of assumed contingent purchase-price liabilities.

On June 15, 2020, Landstar Blue completed the acquisition of an independent agent of the Company whose business focused on truckload brokerage services. Cash consideration paid for the acquisition was approximately $2,766,000. In addition, the Company assumed approximately $200,000 in liabilities consisting of additional contingent purchase price. The resulting goodwill arising from the acquisition was approximately $2,871,000.Landstar System FY2020 10-K — Acquired Business note

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