Business Description

Business Overview We are a leading specialized freight company focused on providing auto transportation and logistics services. Formed in connection with the IPO through the combination of five industry-leading operating companies, we operate one of the largest auto transportation fleets in North America with an operating fleet with approximately 800 owned assets and employing 825 dedicated employees as of December 31, 2025. From our 57 strategically located facilities across the United States, we offer a broad range of auto transportation and logistics services, primarily focused on transporting finished vehicles from automotive production facilities, marine ports of entry or regional rail yards to auto dealerships around the country. We have developed a differentiated business model due to our scale, breadth of geographic coverage and embedded customer relationships with leading auto original equipment manufacturing companies (“OEMs”). Our customers include nearly all of the global auto manufacturing companies who participate in the North American market. Additional customers include auto dealers, auto auctions, rental car companies and auto leasing companies. Description of the Combinations On December 21, 2023, Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. entered into agreements to acquire in multiple, separate acquisitions, five operating businesses and their respective affiliated entities, as applicable: (i) Delta, (ii) Deluxe, (iii) Sierra, (iv) Proficient Transport, and(v) Tribeca. On May 13, 2024, the Company completed the IPO of its common stock, and in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Company also completed the acquisitions of all of the Founding Companies. Thereafter, on August 16, 2024, the Company acquired Auto Transport Group, LC, (“ATG,” which was converted to a limited liability company after closing), and on November 1, 2024, the Company acquired Utah Truck & Trailer Repair, LLC, (“UTT,” which subsequently converted into Proficient Repair Services LLC),a repair facility located at the ATG headquarters terminal in Ogden, Utah. On April 1, 2025, the Company acquired Brothers Auto Transport, LLC, (“Brothers”), located in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania and on May 27, 2025, the Company acquired PVT Truck &Trailer Repair, LLC, (“PVT”) a repair facility located at the Brothers headquarters. These acquisitions expanded the Company’s geographic presence and services offered. The Combinations and subsequent acquisitions are accounted for as business combinations under ASC 805. Under this method of accounting, Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. is treated as the “accounting acquirer”. Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. has been identified as the designated accounting acquirer (“Successor”) of each of the Founding Companies and Proficient Transport has been identified as the designated accounting predecessor (“Predecessor”) to the Company. As a result, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 for each of Proficient and Proficient Transport are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. A black-line between the Successor and Predecessor periods has been placed in the financial tables below to highlight the lack of comparability between these two periods. Please refer to Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — “Business Combinations.” 2 Operations and Services Provided We provide new and used auto transportation and logistics services to automobile manufacturing companies, leasing companies, automobile dealers, automobile auction companies, long-distance transporters, brokers and individuals. Services typically are provided as needed by particular customers and charged according to pre-set rates based on auto size, weight and mileage. We transport large numbers of vehicles from auto manufacturing sites, marine ports and rail hubs to individual auto dealers. On the used car transport side, cars are picked up and delivered primarily to rental car locations and automobile auctions. In addition, we provide transport services for dealers that transfer cars from one region to another based on demand. We operate a dispatch system to assign individual transport vehicles to particular cars that require delivery. We also have computerized positioning systems which identify and track vehicle location and status, thereby decreasing response times and increasing asset utilization.…