# Who does J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/j-b-hunt · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T05:02:19.299562+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Norfolk Southern plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### BNSF Logistics (high)
- metric: Amount $81M · transaction closed 2023-09-30 · Cash consideration for BNSF Logistics brokerage assets after working-capital adjustments
- note: J.B. Hunt acquired BNSF Logistics' freight-brokerage assets and integrated them into Integrated Capacity Solutions. Cash consideration after working-capital adjustments was US$81.2 million.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774926005294/jbht20251231_10k.htm: "Total consideration paid in cash ... was $81.2 million"
- [confirms] J.B. Hunt and BNSF (EN, ir, published 2023-09-14) https://www.jbhunt.com/content/dam/jbhunt/jbh/pr/press-releases/JBH_BM_091223_Joint_Press_Release.pdf: "purchase the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics, LLC"

### BNSF Railway (high)
- note: Most of J.B. Hunt's intermodal business moves on BNSF and Norfolk Southern. BNSF has been a core rail partner since 1989, but vendor-specific spending is not disclosed.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774926005294/jbht20251231_10k.htm: "majority of our business travels on the BNSF"
- [confirms] Korea Maritime Institute (KO, research, published 2023-11-29) https://www.withlogis.co.kr/data/file/research_weekly/2083783951_l3XBtSUo_297282bf39732e766eb84f2a363a21d194b00c53.pdf: "The report says J.B. Hunt and BNSF launched Quantum and linked it to a U.S.-Mexico intermodal service."

### 노퍽 서던 (high)  → /norfolk-southern.md
- note: Norfolk Southern is one of the two principal rail providers for J.B. Hunt's intermodal business. Spending attributable to Norfolk Southern is not disclosed.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774926005294/jbht20251231_10k.htm: "and the Norfolk Southern railways"

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