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
Sysco Corp.
8,745
2
US Foods
5,289
3
McLane Foodservice
3,886
4
Performance Foodservice
2,983
5
Gordon Food Service
1,993
6
Dot Foods
1,526
7
Reinhart Foodservice
1,311
8
The Martin-Brower Co.
1,279
9
Ben E. Keith Co.
1,094
10
Shamrock Foods Co.
741
11
Domino's Pizza
517
12
KeHE Distributors
472
13
Food Services of America
450
14
PFG Customized
421
15
Vistar Transportation
412
16
Golden State Foods
382
17
Lipari Foods
350
18
Perdue Transportation
320
19
Panera
289
20
Buffalo Rock Co.
287
21
Merchants Foodservice
273
22
Blue Line Foodservice Distribution
261
23
Labatt Food Service
232
24
Trans Papa Logistics
190
25
Arctic Glacier USA
158
26
QuikTrip Distribution
133
27
Co-Alliance
107
28
Blue Bell Creameries
83
29
Systems Services of America
82
30
DPI Specialty Foods
71
31
Coastal Pacific Food Distributors
70
32
Dutch Valley
67
33
Utz Quality Foods
51
34
Vendors Supply
43
35
Orion Food System/Land Mark Products
39
36
Golden Flake Snack Foods
35
37
Jake's Finer Foods
33
Extras
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On the Bubble

Ecolab Inc./Nalco (373 tractors), is a water, hygiene and infection prevention company.
Learn more about Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers publication.
Many private fleets are adjusting their freight networks as the pandemic accelerates online ordering.
The oilfield service firm has cut staffing to 11-year low amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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, 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
Business, Technology, Private

Walmart Opens First in Series of Next-Gen Fulfillment Centers

Walmart Inc. announced a 1.1 million-square-foot next-generation fulfillment center in Joliet, Ill.

September 29, 2022