2019 Essential Management 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.
11,250 4,300 16,700 18,050
$64.7 billion
2 2
Sysco Corp.
8,544 1,053 698 10,478
$58.7 billion
3 6
US Foods
6,968 440 - 8,871
$24.2 billion
4 3
Walmart Inc.
6,556 95 175 64,281
$514.0 billion
5 4
Reyes Holdings
5,802 938 1,292 7,494
$33.0 billion
6 5
Halliburton Co.
5,771 4,559 335 11,653
$24.0 billion
7 7
Nutrien
4,349 2,261 8,622 8,554
$19.6 billion
8 8
McLane Co.
3,809 105 12 5,758
$50.0 billion
9 9
Schlumberger Limited
3,652 510 - 5,107
$32.8 billion
10 10
Performance Food Group
3,307 383 - 4,377
$17.6 billion
11 11
Tyson Foods
3,233 41 1,433 8,759
$40.1 billion
12 15
United Rentals
2,774 5,213 - 3,121
$8.0 billion
13 13
C&J Energy Services
2,364 813 - 3,656
$2.2 billion
14 35
Helena Agri-Enterprises
2,054 1,813 - 2,575 -
15 17
Gordon Food Service
1,939 19 - 2,821
$14.0 billion
16 16
CHS Inc.
1,826 1,689 - 11,131
$32.7 billion
17 14
Basic Energy Services
1,686 386 - 1,822
$1.0 billion
18 70
Cudd Energy Services
1,664 347 - 2,110 -
19 18
American Air Liquide Holdings
1,489 4,296 - 2,344
$24.5 billion
20 20
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,437 513 - 1,915 -
21 19
Albertsons Cos.
1,420 1,050 75 5,350
$60.6 billion
22 22
Dot Foods
1,410 6 28 2,215 -
23 36
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI)
1,355 7 - 3,272
$10.2 billion
24 25
Sunbelt Rentals
1,347 3,195 3,163 1,346
$4.2 billion
25 23
The Quikrete Cos.
1,311 55 - 1,692 -
26 21
Clean Harbors
1,217 4,084 31 3,543
$3.3 billion
27 -
Keane Group
1,201 135 - 2,106
$2.1 billion
28 33
Cemex USA
1,166 5,827 - 1,761
$3.7 billion
28 34
Praxair Inc.
1,114 920 200 2,681
$11.4 billion
30 28
Solistica
1,102 1,100 - 2,130 -
31 27
Core-Mark Holding Co.
1,101 130 - 1,380
$16.4 billion
32 30
Ben E. Keith Co.
1,066 73 - 1,333 -
33 32
Pilot Flying J
1,061 35 - 1,405 -
34 26
FTS International
1,055 144 - 1,514
$1.5 billion
35 31
Ahold USA/Delhaize America
1,052 734 - 4,574
$44.2 billion
36 50
Univar Solutions
1,036 107 - 2,509
$8.6 billion
37 38
Walgreen Co.
971 23 - 2,540
$131.5 billion
38 39
Maxim Crane Works
955 28 - 1,727 -
39 41
Ashley Furniture Industries
939 100 25 3,500 -
40 37
Builders FirstSource
891 2,177 - 1,725
$7.7 billion
41 92
CRH Americas
889 1,637 - 2,229 -
42 47
Dean Foods Co.
881 860 - 2,654
$7.8 billion
43 40
The Kroger Co.
867 35 - 12,853
$121.2 billion
44 73
Energy Transfer Partners
852 68 - 929
$54.0 billion
45 42
BlueLinx Holdings
849 47 - 902
$2.9 billion
46 63
Swire Coca-Cola USA
838 499 - 1,181
$2.0 billion
47 59
Beacon Roofing Supply
809 2,307 - 1,349
$6.4 billion
48 44
Darling Ingredients
797 743 256 4,500
$3.4 billion
49 45
Key Energy Services
792 805 - 6,034
$0.5 billion
50 64
Sherwin-Williams Co.
790 - - 1,896
$17.5 billion
51 78
Nestle USA
789 3,475 - 1,586
$27.7 billion
52 42
Veritiv Corp.
784 104 130 1,323
$8.7 billion
53 28
Calfrac Well Services
780 30 - 1,027
$2.3 billion
54 49
ABC Supply Co.
779 3,038 - 2,010 -
54 46
Mondelez International
779 104 - 996
$25.9 billion
56 50
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
765 - - 696 -
57 48
Prairie Farms Dairy
762 1,225 - 2,432 -
58 52
Plains All American Pipeline
750 - - 900
$32.8 billion
58 71
ProPetro Holding Corp.
750 25 - 606
$1.7 billion
60 69
Select Energy Services
749 932 - 1,996
$1.5 billion
61 77
Brenntag North America
732 468 - 1,804
$5.1 billion
62 -
Messer Americas
728 150 - 2,058 -
63 66
JBS USA Holdings
726 - - 1,319 -
64 55
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
719 2,208 - 1,121 -
65 54
Food Services of America
714 50 - 820 -
66 -
Nine Energy Service
702 295 - 863
$0.8 billion
67 74
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
700 12 - 2,400
$64.3 billion
68 53
Shaw Industries Group
695 55 - 3,212 -
69 65
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
687 261 - 754
$14.0 billion
70 61
Advanced Drainage Systems
681 4 - 1,217
$1.4 billion
71 62
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England
677 100 - 890 -
72 68
Shamrock Foods Co.
666 90 - 990 -
73 80
Baker Hughes
649 55 - 355
$22.9 billion
74 57
SE Independent Delivery Services
633 118 - 1,188 -
75 76
Air Products
630 92 330 1,939
$8.9 billion
76 67
Publix Super Markets
625 14 443 3,062
$36.1 billion
77 82
MDU Resources Group
616 2,067 - 2,081
$4.5 billion
78 85
Gravity Oilfield Services
614 285 - 3,387 -
79 79
Williams Brothers Construction
613 163 - 256 -
80 72
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
611 225 - 755 -
81 75
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
598 14 - 657 -
82 83
Stericycle Inc.
566 3,752 - 2,095
$3.5 billion
83 -
Ecology Auto Parts
565 13 - 679 -
84 88
Mohawk Industries
562 140 - 1,990
$10.0 billion
85 91
Medline Inc.
561 164 - 935
$11.7 billion
86 86
H-E-B Grocery Co.
530 4 - 2,355 -
87 -
SpartanNash
525 4 - 1,827
$8.1 billion
88 -
Domino's Pizza
517 39 - 506
$3.4 billion
89 58
Bunzl Distribution USA
502 25 - 746
$6.6 billion
90 97
Sanderson Farms
500 27 - 616
$3.2 billion
91 81
C&S Wholesale Grocers
490 - - 4,543 -
92 90
Valley Proteins
488 136 55 1,311 -
93 98
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
479 45 - 424
$0.2 billion
94 89
Ace Hardware Corp.
477 1 - 1,537
$5.7 billion
95 98
Bragg Cos.
454 - - 808 -
96 -
Columbia Distributing
450 154 - 635 -
97 93
Herc Rentals
448 300 - 447
$2.0 billion
98 94
The H.T. Hackney Co.
443 172 - 613 -
99 84
Foster Farms
440 20 - 2,500
$2.4 billion
100 96
KeHE Distributors
428 - - 734
$5.0 billion
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