2014 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Tractors Trucks Pickups/ Cargo Vans Trailers Annual Revenue
1 1
PepsiCo Inc.
12,132 7,745 17,761 10,548
$66.0 billion
2 3
Sysco Corp.
7,647 1,190 388 9,577
$44.4 billion
3 2
Coca-Cola Co.
7,479 1,901 3,690 9,523
$46.9 billion
4 4
Wal-Mart Stores
6,239 - - 61,743
$473.0 billion
5 5
U.S. Foods
5,438 328 - 6,472
$22.0 billion
6 5
Halliburton Co.
5,025 1,009 - 8,437
$29.0 billion
7 7
McLane Co.
3,650 260 38 4,867
$44.0 billion
8 8
Agrium Inc.
3,395 2,379 6,817 4,431
$11.9 billion
9 10
Reyes Holdings
3,052 510 359 3,972
$20.0 billion
10 12
C $amp;amp; J Energy Services/ Nabor Industries
3,002 1,045 - 4,048
$1.1 billion
11 9
Schlumberger Limited
2,913 1,029 - 3,741
$45.0 billion
12 11
Tyson Foods
2,873 3,305 - 7,331
$34.4 billion
13 13
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2,388 327 1,541 3,100
$6.0 billion
14 15
Performance Food Group
2,349 90 - 2,899 -
15 13
Baker Hughes Inc.
2,285 1,817 - 2,845
$22.0 billion
16 14
Dean Foods Co.
1,888 3,183 470 5,450
$9.0 billion
17 16
United Rentals Inc.
1,879 2,984 - 2,003
$5.0 billion
18 17
Basic Energy Services
1,620 386 - 1,819
$1.3 billion
19 23
Gibson Energy Inc.
1,450 - - 2,600
$3.7 billion
20 19
Weatherford International
1,428 1,106 - 3,513
$15.3 billion
21 21
Airgas Inc.
1,407 3,081 946 3,872
$4.9 billion
22 24
Kroger Co.
1,370 35 - 4,249
$98.0 billion
23 25
Clean Harbors Inc.
1,351 3,825 2,934 5,210
$3.5 billion
24 22
Gordon Food Service
1,339 136 - 1,888 -
25 20
CHS Inc.
1,322 1,837 - 2,060
$44.0 billion
26 -
Calfrac Well Services
1,236 - - 1,443
$1.6 billion
27 30
Praxair Inc.
1,200 1,500 - 2,200
$11.9 billion
28 28
Prairie Farms Dairy
1,086 1,322 242 2,907 -
29 29
Dot Foods
1,070 1 12 1,650 -
30 27
Cemex USA
997 4,896 - 1,529
$3.3 billion
31 -
Veritiv Corp.
948 76 124 1,352
$9.5 billion
32 32
Nestle USA
896 3,678 - 1,450
$10.0 billion
33 35
Plains All American Pipeline
843 - - 1,726
$42.0 billion
33 26
Safeway Inc.
843 450 87 3,224
$36.0 billion
35 39
Air Products Inc.
830 120 400 2,100
$10.2 billion
36 33
Ben E. Keith Co.
825 - - 1,053 -
37 45
Walgreen Co.
811 5 - 1,794
$72.2 billion
38 46
Helena Chemical Co.
809 1,937 - 2,430 -
39 37
Pilot Flying J Inc.
808 26 - 970 -
40 36
Kellogg Co.
800 - - 1,200
$14.8 billion
41 48
Darling Ingredients
796 748 - 3,940
$4.0 billion
42 31
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
762 379 - 1,073
$0.5 billion
43 40
Shaw Industries Group
754 52 234 3,319
$4.0 billion
44 18
Key Energy Services
691 1,099 - 1,500
$1.6 billion
45 44
Lowe's Companies Inc.
683 3,802 - 712
$53.4 billion
46 42
Univar USA
671 74 - 1,553
$10.3 billion
47 47
Albertsons
670 - - 2,500 -
48 38
JBS USA Holdings
638 - - 1,504 -
49 50
Sunbelt Rentals
628 1,132 - 657
$3.0 billion
50 49
Delhaize America
625 - - 2,095
$17.1 billion
50 51
Mondelez International
625 315 - 760
$35.3 billion
52 41
Linde North America
620 3,153 - 1,913 -
53 56
United Natural Foods
604 13 - 710
$6.1 billion
54 58
Ashley Furniture Industries
596 7 - 1,953
$3.0 billion
55 -
Golden State Foods
594 45 - 923
$6.0 billion
56 60
Publix Super Markets
590 16 430 2,605
$28.9 billion
57 54
Land O$amp;#39;Lakes Inc.
580 1,134 1,001 1,530
$14.2 billion
58 57
Archer Daniels Midland
561 84 - 1,510
$90.0 billion
58 55
Core-Mark Holding Co.
561 70 - 693
$9.8 billion
60 62
ABC Supply Co.
560 2,000 88 750 -
61 50
Advanced Drainage Systems
550 - - 1,100 -
62 43
MDU Resources Group
537 1,827 - 1,905
$4.5 billion
63 68
American Air Liquide Holdings
536 74 - 1,244 -
64 59
Food Services of America
511 51 - 651 -
65 67
Bunzl Distribution USA
510 24 8 820 -
66 53
H.E.B. Grocery Co.
505 9 - 2,844 -
67 52
Foster Farms
503 138 - 1,166 -
68 73
Patterson-UTI Energy Co.
500 506 - 551
$2.7 billion
69 61
BlueLinx Holdings
477 15 - 724
$2.1 billion
70 78
Love$amp;#39;s Travel Stops $amp;amp; Country Stores
470 - - 490
$26.0 billion
71 66
Oldcastle
458 1,657 - 1,444 -
71 72
Supervalu Inc.
458 10 - 1,851
$17.2 billion
73 64
Perdue Inc.
449 68 - 1,432 -
74 61
Mohawk Industries
448 145 - 2,380
$7.7 billion
75 65
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
445 134 302 532 -
76 69
Wakefern Food Corp.
441 - - 2,200 -
77 74
Sanderson Farms Inc.
434 16 - 592
$2.7 billion
77 79
Sherwin-Williams Co.
434 1 - 1,378
$10.2 billion
79 70
Shamrock Foods Co.
433 59 78 659 -
80 71
Leggett $amp;amp; Platt Inc.
425 100 - 1,300
$3.7 billion
81 63
Bimbo Bakeries USA
418 4,784 - 1,565 -
82 75
Ace Hardware
411 1 - 1,355 -
83 -
Maines Paper & Food Service
410 60 - 525 -
84 75
Sentinel Transportation
407 51 - 969 -
85 79
The H.T. Hackney Co.
395 161 - 469 -
86 84
J.R. Simplot Co.
382 793 - 1,422 -
87 80
Castellini Co.
373 - - 530 -
88 80
Army $amp;amp; Air Force Exchange Service
369 23 10 1,633
$10.3 billion
89 76
Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.
361 - - 1,143 -
90 77
AmeriGas Partners
360 8,450 - 750
$3.2 billion
90 90
Nexeo Solutions
360 5 20 750
$4.0 billion
92 87
McKee Foods Corp.
345 - - 633
$1.3 billion
92 82
Silver Eagle Distributors
345 13 74 325 -
94 88
Valley Proteins Inc.
334 111 20 1,025 -
95 85
Stericycle Inc.
332 1,211 - 1,751
$2.1 billion
96 86
Chrysler Group Transport
331 13 - 1,294 -
97 81
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
322 357 - 415
$1.6 billion
98 72
Mobile Mini Inc.
320 199 - 399
$0.4 billion
99 88
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
305 1,163 - 1,119 -
100 99
Beacon Roofing Supply
305 771 - 624
$2.2 billion
100 92
CVS Caremark Corp.
305 8 - 806
$126.8 billion
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