2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in North America
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Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Tractors Trucks Pickups/ Cargo Vans Trailers Annual Revenue
1 1
PepsiCo Inc.
11,225 3,605 17,100 18,468
$62.8 billion
2 2
Sysco Corp.
8,534 1,042 606 10,947
$50.4 billion
3 3
Wal-Mart Stores
6,398 199 - 63,723
$485.9 billion
4 4
Coca-Cola Co.
5,487 1,354 - 7,137
$41.8 billion
5 6
U.S. Foods
5,270 387 - 6,562
$22.9 billion
6 8
Reyes Holdings
4,329 792 734 5,309
$24.0 billion
7 5
Halliburton Co.
4,243 881 - 8,152
$15.9 billion
8 9
Agrium Inc.
4,239 2,271 7,638 6,721
$13.7 billion
9 10
McLane Co.
3,816 322 12 5,611 -
10 11
C & J Energy Services
3,196 766 - 3,767
$1.0 billion
11 7
Schlumberger Limited
3,137 1,314 - 4,720
$27.8 billion
12 12
Performance Food Group
2,801 143 - 3,618
$16.0 billion
13 16
Tyson Foods
2,380 56 1,274 6,499
$37.0 billion
14 13
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2,331 86 538 2,749
$6.4 billion
15 14
Baker Hughes Inc.
2,282 1,791 - 2,847
$9.8 billion
16 15
Dean Foods Co.
2,073 2,645 749 5,454
$7.7 billion
17 19
American Air Liquide Holdings
1,822 4,064 - 2,948
$22.0 billion
18 24
CHS Inc.
1,781 1,928 - 2,416
$30.3 billion
19 18
Gordon Food Service
1,714 36 - 2,375 -
20 20
Basic Energy Services
1,620 386 - 1,819
$0.5 billion
21 17
Femsa Logistica
1,500 1,100 - 2,100
$0.8 billion
22 21
Kroger Co.
1,489 35 - 5,490
$115.0 billion
23 22
Albertsons
1,453 850 75 6,203 -
24 23
United Rentals Inc.
1,420 2,204 - 1,484
$5.8 billion
25 25
Clean Harbors Inc.
1,394 4,202 - 3,533
$2.8 billion
26 27
Dot Foods
1,325 4 18 2,065 -
27 26
Gibson Energy Inc.
1,300 - - 2,800
$4.6 billion
28 28
Calfrac Well Services
1,270 568 - 2,097
$0.7 billion
29 30
Weatherford International
1,136 605 - 3,520 -
30 39
Sunbelt Rentals
1,105 2,022 - 1,332
$3.6 billion
31 55
Quikrete Companies
1,103 58 - 1,475 -
32 31
Praxair Inc.
1,097 1,687 - 3,534
$10.5 billion
33 33
Pilot Flying J Inc.
1,084 28 - 1,388 -
34 34
Darling Ingredients
1,066 769 274 4,121
$3.4 billion
35 40
Cemex USA
1,031 3,970 - 1,761
$3.7 billion
36 29
Helena Chemical Co.
1,004 2,507 - 2,575 -
37 38
Ben E. Keith Co.
963 46 - 1,195 -
38 42
Veritiv Corp.
933 71 209 1,447
$8.3 billion
39 35
Builders FirstSource Inc.
928 2,303 - 1,618
$6.4 billion
40 37
Key Energy Services
917 291 - 914
$0.4 billion
41 48
Core-Mark Holding Co.
866 119 - 1,301
$14.5 billion
42 35
Plains All American Pipeline
820 - - 1,875
$20.0 billion
43 47
United Natural Foods
812 7 - 1,044
$8.5 billion
44 42
Coca-Cola Bottling United
806 424 - 962 -
45 46
Walgreen Co.
791 35 - 2,039
$117.3 billion
46 45
Food Services of America
772 55 - 741 -
47 32
Prairie Farms Dairy
769 1,231 - 2,241 -
48 53
Ashley Furniture Industries
722 7 - 3,526 -
49 49
Univar Inc.
721 83 62 1,579
$8.1 billion
50 88
Anheuser-Busch LLC
714 166 - 799
$13.8 billion
51 52
Kellogg Co.
710 60 - 1,153
$13.0 billion
52 44
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
699 2,044 - 1,105 -
53 66
Love's Travel Stops
684 - 20 732 -
54 57
ABC Supply Co.
676 2,636 252 939 -
55 59
Advanced Drainage Systems
675 0 - 1,200
$1.3 billion
56 83
Swire Coca-Cola USA
664 241 - 800 -
57 41
Ahold Delhaize Group
663 663 - 1,990
$30.9 billion
58 78
Shamrock Foods Co.
661 66 95 1,020 -
59 89
Supervalu Inc.
648 5 - 2,768
$12.5 billion
60 69
Sherwin-Williams Co.
644 1 - 1,623
$15.8 billion
61 54
Shaw Industries Group
643 - - 3,211 -
62 72
Publix Super Markets
642 16 400 3,153
$34.0 billion
63 61
Cudd Energy Services
638 228 - 876 -
64 62
Brenntag North America
636 87 - 1,565 -
65 70
JBS USA Holdings
627 0 - 1,393
$33.9 billion
66 58
Energy Transfer Partners
626 120 - 737
$21.8 billion
67 63
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
623 129 - 656
$0.2 billion
68 68
Golden State Foods
616 38 - 826
$6.0 billion
69 63
Maxim Crane Works
608 - - 985 -
70 60
Lowe's Companies Inc.
607 3,981 - 625
$65.0 billion
71 65
Archer Daniels Midland
602 87 - 1,702
$62.3 billion
72 67
Oldcastle Inc.
601 1,758 - 1,481 -
73 56
Mondelez International
582 288 - 746
$25.9 billion
74 49
Nestle USA
581 3,353 - 1,435
$26.7 billion
75 75
SE Independent Delivery Services
575 219 - 1,600 -
76 79
H.E.B. Grocery Co.
569 5 - 2,843 -
77 77
C & S Wholesale Grocers
567 0 - 1,613
$30.0 billion
78 74
Air Products Inc.
565 94 335 2,000
$7.5 billion
79 73
MDU Resources Group
559 1,731 - 1,713
$4.1 billion
80 80
Bunzl Distribution USA
546 71 43 975
$8.5 billion
80 82
Stericycle Inc.
546 3,699 - 2,090
$3.6 billion
82 81
Foster Farms
545 94 - 1,346 -
83 -
Beacon Roofing Supply
538 1,389 - 993
$4.1 billion
84 -
Globe Energy Services
529 43 - 529 -
85 51
Linde North America
507 1,425 - 1,988 -
86 -
FCA Transport
495 7 - 1,460 -
87 91
Mohawk Industries
488 159 - 2,217
$9.0 billion
88 100
Valley Proteins Inc.
482 125 51 1,101 -
89 84
KeHE Distributors
479 8 - 769 -
90 85
Ace Hardware Corp.
469 1 1 1,455
$4.9 billion
91 87
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
461 144 196 560 -
92 86
Sanderson Farms Inc.
456 6 - 671
$2.8 billion
93 90
The H.T. Hackney Co.
438 170 - 578 -
94 -
Bragg Cos.
433 - - 682 -
95 -
Dunkin' Brands Group
430 12 - 450
$0.8 billion
96 93
Maines Paper & Food Service
423 66 - 553
$3.5 billion
97 92
BlueLinx Holdings
418 9 - 591
$1.9 billion
98 95
Select Energy Services
407 193 - 1,050 -
99 -
Columbia Distributing
402 144 - 515 -
100 97
Herc Rentals
397 748 - 431
$1.6 billion
Extras
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Private Carrier News
Government, Business, Private, TCA

Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Give Details on Proposed Merger

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran made a number of pledges to their customers and employees if their proposed grocery merger prevails.

Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton | The Denver Post
August 25, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Private, Top 100

Private Fleets Continue Optimization Efforts

Private motor carriers, like all trucking operations, have adjusted to shifting freight market conditions in the past year as truck capacity has loosened and freight rates have softened.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
August 25, 2023
Business, Equipment, Private

Top 100 Private Carriers Adjust to Freight Slowdown

From food service distributors to in-house trucking divisions of retailers, the largest private motor carriers in North America  have remained busy even as the freight market has cooled.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
August 25, 2023
Business, Safety, Private, TCA

Walmart’s First Class of Homegrown Truck Drivers Graduates

Last year Walmart Inc. dangled $110,000 trucking jobs to its own store workers. Now, the first classes of students are graduating.

Maria Halkias | The Dallas Morning News
August 25, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Private

Walmart, Alphabet to Test Wider Drone Deliveries

Walmart Inc. is planning its longest drone deliveries yet by teaming up with Alphabet Inc.’s Wing unit at two Dallas-area stores.  

Brendan Case | Bloomberg News
August 24, 2023
Government, Business, Private, TCA

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Draws Protest From State Officials

The proposed merger of food retail giants Kroger and Albertsons has elicited criticism from seven secretaries of state.

Matthew Narvaiz | Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
August 22, 2023
Business, Private

Old Dominion Tops Estes’ Bid for Yellow Terminals

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has offered $1.5 billion to acquire Yellow Corp.’s 169 terminals out of bankruptcy, more than a previous offer from Estes Express Lines.

Jonathan Randles | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Revived Amazon Service for Sellers Competes With UPS, FedEx

Amazon has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and that competes with carriers such as FedEx and UPS.

August 18, 2023
Business, Private

Tyson Foods Reportedly Explores Sale of China Business

Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat company, is exploring options including a potential sale of its China business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

August 17, 2023
Business, Private

Walmart Reports Strong Q2 on Low-Price Model

NEW YORK — Walmart reported strong second-quarter sales results as the retailer’s low-price model continues to attract budget-conscious consumers in a tough economic environment.

Anne D’Innocenzio | Associated Press
August 17, 2023
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