Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. traces its roots to a diversified logistics platform that grew out of truck-based services and formalized under its current name after operating as Universal Truckload Services. Company materials describe a holding-company structure headquartered in Michigan, with subsidiaries that deliver customized transportation and logistics solutions across North American trade lanes. The group’s background emphasizes building a broad service mix around shippers’ end-to-end needs rather than a single-mode carrier model.
Its core activities span truckload carriage, dedicated contract transportation, intermodal drayage, company-managed brokerage, and a substantial set of value-added logistics services. These offerings cover the traditional over-the-road moves as well as rail-connected flows and third-party capacity, giving customers a single provider for planning, execution, and overflow needs. Public filings and service descriptions consistently position Universal as a full-service provider with a comprehensive suite that can be scaled to shipper demand.
A defining feature is the value-added and contract logistics portfolio: on-site support for manufacturers and retailers that can include material handling, sequencing, kitting, sub-assembly, cross-dock operations, warehousing, returnable container management, and terminal services for rail partners. Intermodal operations are anchored by dozens of terminals and company-run container yards that handle import, export, and domestic rail moves, integrating with truck capacity for first- and last-mile service. Together, these pieces allow Universal to sit inside customers’ supply chains rather than just alongside them.
Geographically, Universal serves the United States with extensions into Mexico, Canada, and Colombia, aligning facilities and programs near key manufacturing and distribution hubs. Across its site and annual filings, the company frames its mission as providing technology-enabled, dependable solutions that manage inventory flow and transportation from plant to port and beyond—combining owned capacity, agent-based trucking, and managed networks under one umbrella.