Originally published at: The Rise of Broker Consolidation – What It Means for Small Carriers - FreightWaves
If you’ve been in the game long enough, you’ve seen this coming. Quiet acquisitions. Big-name brokerages merging. The same five players showing up on every load board. Broker consolidation isn’t a trend—it’s a tidal wave. And like every major shift in this industry, it’s the small carriers who feel the hit first. But this ain’t…