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2020 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
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Private Carriers Adjust to COVID-19

Fleets are changing practices for the long run while responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Interactive Map: Where They Are

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

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Top 100 Private Carriers Shift Gears

The fleets on this year’s Top 100 list have shown resilience amid financial and logistical challenges.
Rankings

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
About the Rankings...

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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Top 100 Private Companies Press Release & Logo

If your company appears in the 2020 list, you have a few ways to announce it. Visit our logo library to get web- and print-ready graphics.
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On the Bubble

Ecolab Inc./Nalco (373 tractors), is a water, hygiene and infection prevention company.
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About Us: Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers

Learn more about Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers publication.
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Responding to Higher E-Commerce Demand

Many private fleets are adjusting their freight networks as the pandemic accelerates online ordering.
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Schlumberger Shrinks Staff Amid COVID-19

The oilfield service firm has cut staffing to 11-year low amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nation’s Eating Habits Impact Food Suppliers

Americans have turned to cooking at home and buying in bulk, with restaurants closing across the country causing a shift in food demand.
Private Carrier News
Business, Safety, Logistics, Private

Amazon CEO Jassy Wants to Improve Warehouse Safety

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In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its warehouse workers while also vowing to improve injury rates inside the facilities.

Associated Press
April 14, 2022
Business, Private, Top 100

Walmart Announces Driver Pay Increase, Training Program

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Walmart Inc. is raising pay for its private fleet truck drivers and launching a new training program, the retailer announced April 7.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 13, 2022
Business, Private

Walmart Hires PayPal’s John Rainey as CFO

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Walmart Inc. named PayPal Holdings Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Rainey as its new finance chief, turning to a company outsider as it seeks to build a financial-technology venture and a membership program.

Brendan Case and Jenny Surrane | Bloomberg News
April 12, 2022
Business, Technology, Private

Amazon Kicks Off Jumbo 7-Part Bond Sale

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Amazon.com Inc. is offering investment-grade bonds for general corporate purposes that may include repaying debt as well as funding acquisitions and share buybacks in its first note sale in about a year.

Josyana Joshua | Bloomberg News
April 11, 2022