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title: What impact is Amazon having on new entrants into the for-hire market?
description: Amazon and the e-commerce sector overall play a pretty large part in truckload freight numbers.
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# [What impact is Amazon having on new entrants into the for-hire market?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/for-hire-amazon)

 Written by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) | Sep 13, 2021 8:38:44 PM

**Avery Vise talks more about the number of new entrants to the for-hire market and how Amazon plays into that.**

This Q&A response from The FTR Experts came from our July State of Freight webinar. View the video and the key takeaways below.

 

**Key Takeaways:**

- Amazon and the e-commerce sector overall play a pretty large part in truckload freight numbers.
- Of the new for-hire companies that have entered the game in the past year, over 60% has been tractor equipment.

 

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