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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