See the headquarters locations for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.
Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
Equipment Rental | Building Materials | Waste Management | Paper/Office Products | Construction | Health Care | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | PepsiCo North America Beverages |
9,100 |
2 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,437 |
3 | Reyes Beer Division |
1,340 |
4 | Reyes Coca Cola Bottling |
931 |
5 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
838 |
6 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
7 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
721 |
8 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
687 |
9 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
677 |
10 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
611 |
11 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 |
12 | Columbia Distributing |
452 |
13 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
355 |
14 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
287 |
15 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
205 |
16 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
183 |
17 | Nestle Waters North America |
182 |
18 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
155 |
19 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. |
150 |
20 | Odom Corp. |
141 |
21 | Chesterman Co. |
137 |
22 | Clark Beverage Group |
125 |
23 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
118 |
24 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
100 |
25 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
91 |
26 | North Florida Sales |
89 |
27 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
84 |
28 | Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
75 |
29 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C. |
71 |
30 | Gulf Distributing |
64 |
31 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
61 |
32 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
33 | Canada Dry Potomac Corp. |
53 |
34 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York |
52 |
35 | Brown Bottling Group |
48 |
35 | Long Beverage |
48 |
37 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
47 |
38 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
45 |
39 | Quality Beverage |
40 |
40 | Birrell Bottling Co |
34 |
41 | Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York |
33 |
41 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
43 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of New Haven |
30 |
44 | Shore Point Distributing |
28 |
45 | Lane Sales |
27 |
46 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
26 |
47 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii |
23 |
47 | House of Schwan |
23 |
49 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia) |
22 |
The Top 100 Private Carriers on this list operate their own trucks to carry freight and are ranked on the basis of the total number of highway tractors in the fleet. To be included in the Top 100 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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