C.H. Robinson’s $5.8 Billion RXO Acquisition: Scale, Density, and AI Reshape Freight Brokerage

C.H. Robinson’s planned $5.8 billion acquisition of RXO is more than another consolidation move in the freight brokerage market. It represents a major bet that the next phase of competition in third-party logistics will be driven by the combination of network scale, transportation density, broader service capabilities, and increasingly automated operations.Announced October 5, the stock-and-cash transaction would create a combined company with an enterprise value of more than $25 billion.