NFI Industries

Is NFI Industries publicly traded?
No. It is privately held by the Brown family and has never listed shares.

Who owns NFI Industries?
The Brown family, now in its third generation of leadership with Sidney Brown as CEO and Ike and Jeff Brown as vice chairmen and co-presidents.

When was NFI founded?
In 1932 by Israel Brown in Vineland, New Jersey, starting with a single truck.

What does NFI stand for?
The brand is officially just NFI. The letters previously appeared in National Freight Industries and NFI Industries.

How big is NFI?
More than $3.8 billion in revenue, about 17,000 employees, over 70 million square feet of warehouse space, and a fleet exceeding 5,300 tractors.

Where is NFI headquartered?
Camden, New Jersey, at the Triad1828 Centre.

Israel Brown founded the company in 1932 in Vineland, New Jersey, hauling produce and agricultural freight with a single truck. His sons joined the business after the war, expanding into regional trucking and dedicated contract carriage, the model of operating a customer's private fleet under contract that became an NFI specialty.

The second and third generations professionalized and diversified. NFI added warehousing in the 1980s and 1990s, built dedicated fleets for national shippers, and established port drayage operations at the country's largest container gateways. Under third-generation leadership, Sidney Brown as CEO with Ike and Jeff Brown as vice chairmen and co-presidents, the company layered on e-commerce fulfillment, freight brokerage, and NFI Real Estate.

The company headquarters journey mirrors its growth: Vineland to Cherry Hill, then in 2019 to Camden, where it became the anchor tenant of the Triad1828 Centre, an 18-story tower that is a centerpiece of the city's waterfront redevelopment.

Recent expansion includes crossing $3 billion and then $3.8 billion in revenue, scaling warehouse space past 70 million square feet, acquiring Transfix's brokerage division in 2024 to add digital freight capability, and operating one of North America's largest battery-electric Class 8 truck fleets through California clean-fleet programs. It holds top-tier industry rankings: fifth in North American warehousing and eighth in dedicated contract carriage per Armstrong & Associates.

NFI is a genuine early mover in heavy-duty fleet electrification. It operates one of North America's largest battery-electric Class 8 fleets in Southern California through the Volvo LIGHTS project and subsequent Daimler and Volvo deployments, pairing the trucks with depot charging and, at some sites, solar generation.

Its sustainability posture is operational rather than certified: warehouse energy efficiency, electric yard tractors, and participation in SmartWay-style fleet programs. It publishes no formal ESG report, consistent with its private status, but its electric drayage record is documented and significant within the industry.

NFI appears on Armstrong & Associates' annual top 3PL rankings across six categories and on Transport Topics' Top 100 lists. It is a regular Forbes America's Largest Private Companies listee and has received industry recognition for its electric fleet leadership and its role in Camden's economic redevelopment.

NFI's scrutiny is typical of a large private carrier: FMCSA safety compliance data, periodic driver wage-and-hour and classification litigation common across trucking, and warehouse OSHA matters. None has produced a defining scandal.

Its Camden headquarters benefited from New Jersey incentive programs, drawing the standard debate over corporate tax subsidies for redevelopment projects. As a private company it faces no investor scrutiny, and no material regulatory action is outstanding as of November 2026.