2018 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
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Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
Pepsi Beverages
8,578
2
Keurig Dr Pepper
2,331
3
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,427
4
Femsa Logistica
1,102
5
Reyes Coca Cola Bottling
947
6
Reyes Beverage Group
907
7
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
836
8
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
702
9
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England
672
10
Swire Coca-Cola USA
669
11
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
666
12
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
620
13
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
598
14
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
441
15
Columbia Distributing
424
16
Silver Eagle Distributors
357
17
Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
285
18
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
236
19
Clark Beverage Group
187
20
Breakthru Beverage Group
175
21
Gulf Distributing
170
22
Odom Corp.
154
23
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
148
24
Nestle Waters North America
140
25
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
100
26
Clare Rose Inc.
97
27
Upstate Niagara Cooperative
90
28
North Florida Sales
88
29
Republic National Distributing Co.
85
30
Virginia Eagle Distributing
84
31
Pepsi MidAmerica
77
32
Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
75
33
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C.
71
34
Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co.
60
35
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
52
36
Carolina Beverage Corp.
47
37
Brown Bottling Group
46
38
Long Beverage
45
39
Birrell Brothers Co.
34
40
Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York
33
40
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin
33
42
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven
32
42
Quality Beverage
32
44
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
29
45
Lane Sales
27
46
Corwin Beverage Co.
25
47
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii
24
47
Shore Point Distributing
24
49
House of Schwan
23
49
Western Wyoming Beverages
23
51
Allen Beverages
22
51
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia)
22
53
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield
21
54
Chesterman Co.
20
55
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Rochester
19
56
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln
18
Extras
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