2020 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
Fleets are changing practices for the long run while responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

See the headquarters locations for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.

The fleets on this year’s Top 100 list have shown resilience amid financial and logistical challenges.
Rankings
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
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Private Carrier News
Business, Logistics, Private

Walmart’s Grocery Gains Power Sales Beat and Stock Jump

Walmart Inc. jumped Nov. 15 after the retail giant reported strong quarterly results and boosted its annual forecast, putting its shares on pace to erase this year’s losses.

Janet Freund | Bloomberg News
November 15, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private

Amazon to Take Hawaiian Airlines Stake in Cargo-Hauling Deal

Amazon.com Inc. is poised to take a stake in the parent of Hawaiian Airlines as part of a deal to expand the e-commerce giant’s cargo-hauling operations.

Mary Schlangenstein | Bloomberg News
October 21, 2022
Business, Logistics, Private, TCA

Amazon Boosts Fort Worth Alliance to One of Nation’s Busiest Cargo Airports

Fort Worth Alliance airport now ranks among the 20 largest cargo airports in the country by landed weight, according to Federal Aviation Administration data, in large part due to Prime Air's distribution hub.

Kyle Arnold | The Dallas Morning News
October 19, 2022
Technology, Private, TCA

Amazon’s Hurricane Disaster Program Provides Relief in Tampa Bay

Amazon had donated more than 1.5 million items for victims of the Category 4 storm that hit Florida in early October to charities like the Red Cross and South Florida disaster nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
October 14, 2022
Business, Private

Kroger Eyes Merger With Albertsons

Kroger Co. is in talks about a tie-up with rival Albertsons Cos. in a deal that would create a U.S. grocery giant, people familiar with the matter said.

October 13, 2022
Business, Private

PepsiCo Lifts Outlook as Drink, Snack Sales Buck Inflation

PepsiCo Inc. said its playbook for battling inflation is still working, with price hikes fueling double-digit gains in sales despite lower volumes of snack purchases.

Brett Pulley | Bloomberg News
October 12, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Private

Volvo, Mack, Tesla Show Gains With BEVs

Truck makers both large and small recently announced deals and timetables for more of their battery-electric trucks reaching customers.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
October 7, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Broad Relief Efforts Converge After Hurricane Ian

Trucking companies, government entities and nonprofit groups responded to the devastation wrought along Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ian last month with relief efforts for the many areas affected by the storm, and are working to overcome challenges in getting aid to those in need.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 6, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics, Private

Amazon Plans to Hire 150,000 Workers for Holiday Season

Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.

October 6, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Cash Reinvigorates Critical Chicago-Area Transportation Network

CHICAGO — Since as early as 1848, some 12 years before the Civil War, Chicago has been a major center for transportation given its central location in the country, access to newly built railroad lines and the five Great Lakes. Now, more than 170 years later, millions of products pass through its massive transportation network for trucks, rail and air each day.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 4, 2022