History 

Hollis Transport Agency, Inc. was founded by Ron Hollis, Sr. and Jamie Hollis in 1979. Ron, Sr. started the business with a single truck delivering newspapers and theatre supplies in Northeast Georgia.  As the business grew, Ron hired his first employee, Mark Adams, who is still with the company today.  Ron's two sons, Ron, Jr. and Brian, were also brought into the company.

Hollis Transport expanded and began hauling computer forms, soft drinks, tires, auto parts, feed ingredients and more.  The business took off and soon a new state-of-the-art freight terminal was built in 1988.  Hollis Transport experienced many ups and downs in the LTL (less than truckload) business.  Hollis had primarily worked for big LTL carriers and delivered their freight.  Many of these carriers went out of business and Hollis Transport was always the first one to suffer from their demise.

Ron Hollis, Sr. retired from the business and then Ron Hollis, Jr. left the business to run another family business. Piedmont Tractor & Equipment, located in Gainesville, Georgia.  Brian Hollis took the trucking business by the reins and soon their first company logo was established.  Hollis Transport applied for their own trucking authority and a new direction for the company was born.  They started hauling truckload freight and soon Brian picked up their first warehousing account.  Brian loves telling the story of picking up that 1st account by running out of gas out on Lake Lanier.  David Smith, a local business owner, towed Brian to his dock.  Brian thanked him and when David refused payment, Brian offered his trucking services if he ever needed help.  It wasn't long that David called him and needed warehouse space to serve the local poultry plants in Northeast Georgia.  Hollis Transport and Distribution was born that day on Lake Lanier.

Today, Hollis Transport has customers all over the world.  They specialize in just-in-time truckload deliveries, warehousing, 48-state-truck-brokering, and they still work for some major players in the LTL industry.  Hollis Transport & Distribution moved to Flowery Branch in 2005.  Their facility boasts 25 acres and soon their new 100,000 square feet addition will be complete.  This pushes their warehouse space to 260,000 square feet.  There's plenty of room for more expansion in Flowery Branch and Brian plans on a steady growth pattern.  Brian's company motto is "Get R Done!"  Brian knows that their company would be incomplete without all the hard work of their employees. Brian's mother Jamie still works in the business also.