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OMERS Private Equity considered an [[initial public offering]] for the company in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Gillian Tan |author2=Paula Sambo |title=Omers Explore IPO of Kenan Advantage Group |website=[[Bloomberg.com]] |date=April 12, 2024 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/omers-is-said-to-explore-ipo-of-transport-logistics-firm-kenan |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref>

OMERS Private Equity considered an [[initial public offering]] for the company in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Gillian Tan |author2=Paula Sambo |title=Omers Explore IPO of Kenan Advantage Group |website=[[Bloomberg.com]] |date=April 12, 2024 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/omers-is-said-to-explore-ipo-of-transport-logistics-firm-kenan |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref>

KAG began expanding into the [[dry bulk]] transportation market in 2024 with the acquisition of Northern Dry Bulk.<ref>{{cite web |author=Larry Avila |title=Kenan Advantage Group acquires Northern Dry Bulk |website=[[Trucking Dive]] |date=February 27, 2024 |url=https://www.truckingdive.com/news/kenan-advantage-group-acquires-northern-dry-bulk/707807/ |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref> By March 2025, the company had company acquired three more dry bulk carriers—PRM Trucking, XBL Holdings, and Evergreen Transport.<ref>{{cite web |author=Haley Cawthon |title= Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport |website=Trucking Dive |date=March 18, 2025 |url=https://www.truckingdive.com/news/kenan-advantage-group-kag-acquires-evergreen-transport/742689/ |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref>

KAG began expanding into the [[dry bulk]] transportation market in 2024 with the acquisition of Northern Dry Bulk.<ref>{{cite web |author=Larry Avila |title=Kenan Advantage Group acquires Northern Dry Bulk |website=[[Trucking Dive]] |date=February 27, 2024 |url=https://www.truckingdive.com/news/kenan-advantage-group-acquires-northern-dry-bulk/707807/ |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref> By March 2025, the company had acquired three more dry bulk carriers—PRM Trucking, XBL Holdings, and Evergreen Transport.<ref>{{cite web |author=Haley Cawthon |title= Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport |website=Trucking Dive |date=March 18, 2025 |url=https://www.truckingdive.com/news/kenan-advantage-group-kag-acquires-evergreen-transport/742689/ |access-date=November 26, 2025}}</ref>

== Operations ==

== Operations ==

American transportation company

Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) is an American transportation company based in North Canton, Ohio. The company operates across the United States and Canada and is primarily involved in the transport of bulk liquid products through its fleet of tanker trucks.

A rear three-quarter view of a Kenan Advantage tanker truck in 2018

The Kenan Advantage Group was established in 2001 after the Advantage Management Group acquired the Kenan Transport Company.[a]

In 2010, Goldman Sachs and Centerbridge Partners purchased KAG from Littlejohn & Co. for $720 million.[6] OMERS Private Equity purchased the company from Goldman and Centerbridge in 2015.[7]

OMERS Private Equity considered an initial public offering for the company in 2024.[8]

KAG began expanding into the dry bulk transportation market in 2024 with the acquisition of Northern Dry Bulk.[9] By March 2025, the company had acquired three more dry bulk carriers—PRM Trucking, XBL Holdings, and Evergreen Transport.[10]

Kenan Advantage Group is a privately held company that operates across the United States and Canada. Its fleet primarily consists of tanker trucks, transporting bulk liquid products such as gasoline, diesel, chemicals, and food products.[11] The company ranked #20 on Transport Topics‘s 2025 list of for-hire freight carriers by revenue, with a revenue of $2,363,408.[12]

  1. ^ a b Several sources give the company’s year of establishment as 2001,[1][2] including an SEC filing.[3] Other sources give the company’s year of establishment as 1991.[4][5]
  1. ^ “Ohio Company To Buy Kenan For $84 Million”. Transport Topics. February 8, 2001. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  2. ^ “Kenan Advantage Group Acquires Beneto” (Press release). Kenan Advantage Group. Retrieved November 26, 2025. The Kenan Advantage Group was formed in March of 2001 as a result of Advantage Management Groups purchase of Kenan Transport and Petro-Chemical Transport (PCT).
  3. ^ “Form S-1 Registration Statement: Kenan Advantage Group, Inc”. United States Securities and Exchange Commission. July 29, 2004. Retrieved November 26, 2025. The Kenan Advantage Group was formed in April 2001 when Advantage acquired Kenan Transport Company, a publicly-traded company founded in 1949 … In February 1998, Kenan Transport acquired Petro Chemical Transport, or PCT, the private in-house fleet of Citgo.
  4. ^ “Kenan Advantage Group Overview”. PitchBook.com. Morningstar, Inc. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  5. ^ “OMERS Private Equity Acquires Kenan Advantage” (Press release). OMERS Private Equity. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  6. ^ “OMERS Buys The Kenan Advantage Group from GS and Centerbridge”. Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  7. ^ Judy McKinnon (June 18, 2015). “Omers Private Equity Acquires Kenan Advantage”. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  8. ^ Gillian Tan; Paula Sambo (April 12, 2024). “Omers Explore IPO of Kenan Advantage Group”. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  9. ^ Larry Avila (February 27, 2024). “Kenan Advantage Group acquires Northern Dry Bulk”. Trucking Dive. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  10. ^ Haley Cawthon (March 18, 2025). “Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport”. Trucking Dive. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  11. ^ “About Us”. Kenan Advantage Group. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  12. ^ “2025 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers”. Transport Topics. Retrieved November 26, 2025.

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