2020 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
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Rankings
Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
Equipment Rental | Building Materials | Waste Management | Paper/Office Products | Construction | Health Care | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
10,950 | 4,550 | 16,250 | 17,900 | $67.2 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,745 | 1,345 | 840 | 10,593 | $60.1 billion |
| 3 | 4 | Walmart Inc. |
7,400 | 25 | - | 58,826 | $524.0 billion |
| 4 | 6 | Halliburton Co. |
6,101 | 2,471 | 237 | 11,653 | $22.4 billion |
| 5 | 3 | US Foods |
5,821 | 421 | - | 7,466 | $25.9 billion |
| 6 | 5 | Reyes Holdings |
5,019 | 938 | 1,324 | 7,494 | $33.0 billion |
| 7 | 10 | Performance Food Group |
4,715 | 606 | - | 5,999 | $19.7 billion |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,886 | 111 | 25 | 5,853 | $50.4 billion |
| 9 | 9 | Schlumberger Limited |
3,652 | 510 | 249 | 5,107 | $32.9 billion |
| 10 | 13 | NexTier Oilfield Solutions |
2,759 | 493 | 65 | 3,642 | $3.4 billion |
| 11 | 11 | Tyson Foods |
2,642 | 62 | 1,433 | 8,051 | $42.4 billion |
| 12 | 12 | United Rentals Inc. |
2,253 | 4,266 | - | 2,100 | $9.4 billion |
| 13 | 17 | Basic Energy Services |
2,156 | 899 | - | 3,036 | $0.6 billion |
| 14 | 15 | Gordon Food Service |
1,993 | 22 | - | 2,823 | $14.0 billion |
| 15 | 16 | CHS Inc. |
1,656 | 5,382 | - | 9,188 | $31.9 billion |
| 16 | 24 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,589 | 4,102 | 4,480 | 1,575 | $5.5 billion |
| 17 | 22 | Dot Foods |
1,526 | 10 | 40 | 2,570 | $8.2 billion |
| 18 | 19 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,461 | 4,214 | - | 2,352 | $26.3 billion |
| 19 | 20 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,437 | 513 | - | 1,915 | $4.8 billion |
| 20 | 23 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) |
1,414 | 9 | - | 3,430 | $21.4 billion |
| 21 | 36 | Univar Solutions |
1,372 | 111 | - | 3,489 | $16.8 billion |
| 22 | 25 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,358 | 45 | - | 2,051 | - |
| 23 | 33 | Pilot Co. |
1,340 | 28 | - | 1,720 | - |
| 24 | 18 | Cudd Energy Services |
1,320 | 240 | - | 1,448 | - |
| 25 | 14 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
1,237 | 2,838 | - | 2,575 | - |
| 26 | 28 | Linde |
1,215 | 1,568 | - | 2,897 | $11.0 billion |
| 27 | 28 | Cemex USA |
1,190 | 5,967 | - | 1,819 | $6.7 billion |
| 28 | 58 | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
1,156 | 32 | - | 1,662 | $2.1 billion |
| 29 | 35 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America |
1,149 | 625 | - | 4,577 | $48.0 billion |
| 30 | 26 | Clean Harbors |
1,097 | 4,531 | 33 | 3,788 | $3.4 billion |
| 31 | 32 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,094 | 73 | - | 1,348 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Core-Mark Holding Co. |
1,079 | 129 | - | 1,216 | $16.7 billion |
| 33 | 34 | FTS International |
1,037 | 80 | - | 1,002 | $0.8 billion |
| 34 | 40 | Builders FirstSource |
1,029 | 2,320 | - | 1,776 | $7.3 billion |
| 35 | 21 | Albertsons Cos. |
1,020 | 1,050 | - | 3,688 | $62.5 billion |
| 36 | 39 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
970 | 10 | 7 | 3,708 | - |
| 37 | 56 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
963 | - | - | 3,708 | - |
| 38 | 37 | Walgreen Co. |
959 | 23 | - | 2,595 | $136.9 billion |
| 39 | 43 | The Kroger Co. |
942 | 16 | - | 14,085 | $122.3 billion |
| 40 | 41 | CRH Americas (formerly Oldcastle Inc.) |
927 | 1,739 | - | 2,304 | $12.5 billion |
| 41 | 42 | Dean Foods Co. |
865 | 785 | - | 2,552 | $7.3 billion |
| 42 | 38 | Maxim Crane Works |
859 | 624 | - | 1,750 | - |
| 43 | 50 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
839 | 1 | - | 1,996 | $17.9 billion |
| 44 | 46 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
838 | 499 | - | 1,181 | $2.2 billion |
| 45 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings |
836 | 44 | - | 848 | $2.6 billion |
| 46 | 44 | Energy Transfer Partners |
820 | 6 | - | 865 | $54.2 billion |
| 47 | 54 | Mondelez International |
808 | 64 | - | 1,031 | $7.1 billion |
| 48 | 48 | Darling Ingredients |
805 | 884 | 82 | 4,276 | $3.4 billion |
| 49 | 85 | Medline Inc. |
791 | 214 | - | 1,177 | $13.9 billion |
| 50 | 51 | Nestle USA |
790 | 3,475 | 6 | 1,586 | $93.1 billion |
| 51 | 62 | Messer Americas |
787 | 642 | - | 2,268 | $1.7 billion |
| 52 | 54 | ABC Supply Co. |
783 | 2,837 | 0 | 1,020 | $12.0 billion |
| 53 | 58 | Plains All American Pipeline |
760 | - | - | 900 | $33.7 billion |
| 54 | 61 | Brenntag North America |
759 | 462 | - | 1,692 | $5.7 billion |
| 55 | 72 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
741 | 92 | 100 | 1,020 | - |
| 56 | 53 | Calfrac Well Services |
740 | 203 | 19 | 1,077 | $1.2 billion |
| 57 | 63 | JBS USA Holdings |
739 | - | - | 1,336 | - |
| 58 | 57 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
730 | 1,122 | - | 2,277 | - |
| 59 | 64 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
721 | 2,189 | - | 820 | - |
| 60 | 68 | Shaw Industries Group |
695 | 55 | - | 3,212 | - |
| 61 | 69 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
687 | 261 | - | 754 | $52.3 billion |
| 62 | 66 | Nine Energy Service |
685 | 276 | - | 840 | $832.9 billion |
| 63 | 71 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
677 | 100 | - | 890 | - |
| 64 | 76 | Publix Super Markets |
668 | 26 | 443 | 3,300 | $38.1 billion |
| 65 | 52 | Veritiv Corp. |
661 | 53 | 130 | 1,026 | $7.7 billion |
| 66 | 73 | Baker Hughes |
642 | 55 | - | 355 | $23.8 billion |
| 67 | 82 | Stericycle Inc. |
627 | 5,871 | - | 2,367 | $3.3 billion |
| 68 | 84 | Mohawk Industries |
624 | 153 | - | 2,565 | $10.0 billion |
| 69 | 70 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
620 | 4 | - | 1,195 | $1.4 billion |
| 70 | 80 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
611 | 225 | - | 755 | - |
| 71 | 47 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
603 | 1,860 | - | 1,238 | $7.1 billion |
| 72 | 77 | MDU Resources Group |
599 | 1,861 | 5 | 1,841 | $5.4 billion |
| 73 | 75 | Air Products |
598 | 92 | 330 | 2,000 | $8.9 billion |
| 73 | 81 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 | 14 | - | 657 | - |
| 75 | 79 | Williams Bros. Construction |
575 | 201 | - | 432 | - |
| 76 | 97 | Herc Rentals |
568 | 345 | - | 666 | $2.0 billion |
| 77 | 86 | H-E-B Grocery Co. |
567 | 8 | - | 3,002 | - |
| 78 | 83 | Ecology Auto Parts |
565 | 13 | - | 679 | - |
| 79 | 74 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
543 | 139 | - | 1,280 | - |
| 80 | 90 | Sanderson Farms |
542 | 27 | - | 644 | $3.4 billion |
| 81 | 66 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
535 | - | - | 1,500 | $64.7 billion |
| 82 | 88 | Domino's Pizza |
517 | 39 | - | 506 | $3.6 billion |
| 83 | 94 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
505 | 1 | 1 | 1,666 | $6.1 billion |
| 84 | - | Stallion Oilfield Services |
502 | 749 | - | 1,614 | - |
| 85 | 99 | Foster Farms |
501 | 10 | 150 | 1,800 | $2.4 billion |
| 86 | 87 | SpartanNash |
489 | 27 | - | 1,931 | $8.5 billion |
| 87 | - | Costco Wholsale Corp. |
484 | 308 | - | 4,294 | $149.4 billion |
| 88 | 100 | KeHE Distributors |
472 | 1 | - | 793 | $5.0 billion |
| 89 | 78 | Gravity Oilfield Services |
471 | 51 | - | 510 | - |
| 90 | 92 | Valley Proteins |
458 | 130 | 0 | 1,360 | - |
| 91 | 95 | Bragg Cos. |
454 | - | - | 808 | - |
| 92 | 49 | Key Energy Services |
453 | 133 | - | 524 | $0.4 billion |
| 93 | 96 | Columbia Distributing |
452 | - | - | 526 | - |
| 94 | 91 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
451 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 95 | 98 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
443 | 172 | - | 613 | - |
| 96 | 89 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
442 | 29 | - | 836 | - |
| 97 | 60 | Select Energy Services |
417 | 723 | - | 3,390 | - |
| 98 | - | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. |
415 | 5 | - | 1,426 | - |
| 99 | - | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises |
413 | 9 | - | 468 | $10.1 billion |
| 100 | - | Dunkin' Brands Group |
397 | 12 | - | 450 | $1.4 billion |
About the Rankings...
The Top 100 Private Carriers on this list operate their own trucks to carry freight and are ranked on the basis of the total number of highway tractors in the fleet. To be included in the Top 100 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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