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Even with favorable rates available from for-hire carriers, many shippers are expanding their private fleets.
Find out where the Top 100 Private Carriers are headquartered by region; hover over a region to view all companies located there.
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Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | PepsiCo Beverages North America |
9,138 |
2 | Reyes Beverage Group |
2,369 |
3 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,746 |
4 | Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling |
1,726 |
5 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
1,016 |
6 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
967 |
7 | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages |
862 |
8 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
773 |
9 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 |
10 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 |
11 | Columbia Distributing |
435 |
12 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
433 |
13 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
336 |
14 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling |
332 |
15 | Buffalo Rock |
279 |
16 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
263 |
17 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
259 |
18 | Admiral Beverage |
227 |
19 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
223 |
20 | Chesterman Co. |
213 |
21 | Manhattan Beer Distributors |
199 |
22 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
167 |
23 | C.C. Clark |
162 |
24 | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling |
158 |
25 | Bettaway Beverage Distributors |
150 |
26 | Johnson Brothers |
149 |
27 | BlueTriton Brands |
142 |
28 | Gulf Distributing Holdings |
140 |
29 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling |
125 |
30 | The Odom Corp. |
118 |
31 | Martignetti Cos. |
103 |
32 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
100 |
33 | North Florida Sales |
84 |
33 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia |
84 |
35 | Long Beverage |
78 |
36 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory (N.C.) |
71 |
37 | Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Group (Mo.) |
68 |
38 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
65 |
39 | Pepsi-Cola of the Hudson Valley |
60 |
40 | Anheuser-Busch Sales Pomona (Calif.) |
59 |
41 | Shore Point Distributing Co. |
55 |
42 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York |
52 |
43 | Brown Bottling Group |
48 |
44 | Viking Coca-Cola Bottling |
42 |
45 | Birrell Bottling |
40 |
45 | Refreshment Services |
40 |
47 | Monster Energy |
35 |
48 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
33 |
48 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Corbin (Ky.) |
33 |
50 | Wyoming Beverages |
31 |
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