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Pandemic disruptions and their impact on the economy have upended the advantage private fleets used to enjoy.
See the headquarters locations for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.
The 2021 edition of the Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers list reflects last year’s volatile business conditions.
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. |
10,870 | 4,658 | 16,137 | 19,430 | $70.4 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,745 | 1,345 | 840 | 10,593 | $52.9 billion |
| 3 | 3 | Walmart Inc. |
7,400 | 25 | - | 58,826 | $559.2 billion |
| 4 | 4 | Halliburton Co. |
5,677 | 2,793 | - | 11,136 | $14.4 billion |
| 5 | 5 | US Foods |
5,426 | 375 | - | 7,096 | $22.9 billion |
| 6 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,104 | 826 | 1,249 | 6,846 | $29.0 billion |
| 7 | 7 | Performance Food Group |
4,767 | 508 | - | 6,091 | $25.1 billion |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,852 | 109 | 31 | 5,833 | $46.8 billion |
| 9 | 11 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 | 46 | - | 5,024 | $43.2 billion |
| 10 | 25 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
2,552 | 1,792 | - | 2,670 | - |
| 11 | 10 | NexTier Oilfield Solutions |
2,436 | 424 | - | 3,373 | $1.2 billion |
| 12 | 13 | Basic Energy Services |
2,218 | 642 | - | 1,880 | $0.4 billion |
| 13 | 9 | Schlumberger Limited |
2,101 | 363 | - | 5,582 | $23.6 billion |
| 14 | 12 | United Rentals |
2,047 | 3,730 | - | 2,361 | $8.5 billion |
| 15 | 14 | Gordon Food Service |
1,875 | 16 | - | 2,695 | $14.0 billion |
| 16 | 19 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,595 | 554 | - | 1,854 | - |
| 17 | 18 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,586 | 3,858 | - | 2,203 | $23.4 billion |
| 18 | 17 | Dot Foods |
1,568 | 10 | 40 | 2,645 | - |
| 19 | 20 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) |
1,548 | 6 | - | 4,701 | $26.5 billion |
| 20 | 16 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,537 | 3,517 | - | 1,507 | $5.4 billion |
| 21 | 15 | CHS Inc. |
1,534 | 1,868 | - | 5,746 | $28.4 billion |
| 22 | - | Amazon.com Inc. |
1,395 | 12,373 | - | 37,390 | $386.1 billion |
| 23 | 22 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,348 | 5 | - | 2,051 | - |
| 24 | 23 | Pilot Co. |
1,341 | 28 | - | 1,688 | - |
| 25 | 27 | Cemex USA |
1,229 | 3,597 | - | 2,257 | $6.8 billion |
| 26 | 36 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,215 | 78 | 6 | 4,040 | - |
| 27 | 30 | Clean Harbors |
1,172 | 4,444 | - | 3,915 | $3.1 billion |
| 28 | 28 | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
1,156 | 32 | - | 1,662 | $0.8 billion |
| 29 | 29 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America |
1,149 | 724 | - | 4,577 | $51.8 billion |
| 30 | 24 | Cudd Energy Services |
1,126 | 291 | - | 1,399 | - |
| 31 | 58 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 | 1,649 | 318 | 3,671 | - |
| 32 | 32 | Core-Mark Holding Co. |
1,099 | 137 | - | 1,315 | $17.0 billion |
| 33 | 31 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,094 | 73 | - | 1,348 | - |
| 34 | 33 | FTS International |
1,083 | 74 | - | 1,343 | $0.3 billion |
| 35 | 46 | Energy Transfer Partners |
1,075 | 101 | - | 1,289 | $39.0 billion |
| 36 | 37 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,064 | - | - | 876 | - |
| 37 | 49 | Medline Inc. |
973 | 348 | - | 1,279 | $13.9 billion |
| 38 | 38 | Walgreen Co. |
959 | 23 | - | 2,595 | $139.5 billion |
| 39 | 35 | Albertsons Cos. |
948 | - | - | 3,309 | $69.7 billion |
| 40 | 39 | The Kroger Co. |
943 | 15 | - | 14,078 | $132.5 billion |
| 41 | 40 | CRH Americas |
930 | 1,745 | - | 2,338 | $11.3 billion |
| 42 | 42 | Maxim Crane Works |
882 | 641 | - | 1,818 | - |
| 43 | 43 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
861 | 1 | - | 2,119 | $18.4 billion |
| 44 | 44 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
853 | 278 | - | 1,172 | $2.3 billion |
| 45 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings |
836 | 44 | - | 848 | $3.1 billion |
| 46 | 52 | ABC Supply Co. |
820 | 3,050 | - | 1,150 | $12.1 billion |
| 46 | 48 | Darling Ingredients |
820 | 710 | 245 | 4,340 | $3.6 billion |
| 48 | 47 | Mondelez International |
808 | 64 | - | 1,031 | $8.2 billion |
| 49 | 21 | Univar Solutions |
769 | 65 | - | 2,047 | $6.6 billion |
| 50 | 61 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
759 | 148 | - | 800 | $15.6 billion |
| 51 | 60 | Shaw Industries Group |
750 | 55 | - | 3,000 | - |
| 52 | 56 | Calfrac Well Services |
740 | 203 | - | 1,067 | $0.5 billion |
| 53 | 57 | JBS USA Holdings |
739 | - | - | 1,336 | - |
| 54 | 59 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
721 | 2,189 | - | 820 | - |
| 55 | - | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. |
707 | 274 | - | 1,272 | $1.4 billion |
| 56 | 55 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
696 | 107 | - | 1,028 | - |
| 57 | 54 | Brenntag North America |
691 | 474 | - | 2,158 | $4.8 billion |
| 58 | 64 | Publix Super Markets |
689 | 13 | - | 3,840 | $44.9 billion |
| 59 | 53 | Plains All American Pipeline |
680 | - | - | 840 | $23.3 billion |
| 60 | 65 | Veritiv Corp. |
661 | 53 | - | 1,026 | $6.3 billion |
| 61 | 51 | Messer Americas |
657 | 228 | 261 | 2,066 | - |
| 62 | 72 | MDU Resources Group |
651 | 2,009 | - | 2,095 | $5.5 billion |
| 63 | 63 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
| 64 | 79 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
637 | 250 | - | 2,155 | - |
| 65 | 69 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
620 | 1 | - | 1,195 | $1.7 billion |
| 66 | 87 | Costco Wholesale Corp. |
611 | 320 | - | 4,725 | $163.2 billion |
| 67 | 67 | Stericycle Inc. |
603 | 4,186 | - | 2,555 | $2.7 billion |
| 68 | 68 | Mohawk Industries |
595 | 156 | - | 2,544 | $9.6 billion |
| 69 | 71 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
579 | 1,837 | - | 1,232 | $6.9 billion |
| 70 | 73 | Air Products |
578 | 98 | 339 | 2,000 | $8.9 billion |
| 70 | - | KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc. |
578 | 993 | - | 1,061 | $0.3 billion |
| 72 | 73 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
574 | 28 | - | 758 | - |
| 73 | 76 | Herc Rentals |
572 | 369 | - | 685 | $1.8 billion |
| 74 | 77 | H-E-B Grocery Co. |
567 | 8 | - | 3,002 | - |
| 75 | 85 | Foster Farms |
566 | 9 | - | 1,202 | - |
| 76 | 80 | Sanderson Farms |
556 | 26 | - | 664 | $3.6 billion |
| 77 | 70 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
553 | 136 | - | 722 | - |
| 78 | 78 | Ecology Auto Parts |
543 | 12 | - | 659 | - |
| 79 | 86 | SpartanNash |
538 | 4 | - | 1,225 | $9.3 billion |
| 80 | 34 | Builders FirstSource |
520 | 1,267 | - | 1,312 | $8.6 billion |
| 81 | 81 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
519 | - | - | 1,453 | $64.4 billion |
| 82 | 95 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
505 | 191 | - | 740 | - |
| 83 | 83 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
500 | - | - | 1,400 | $7.8 billion |
| 84 | 93 | Columbia Distributing |
478 | 95 | - | 585 | - |
| 85 | 88 | KeHE Distributors |
472 | 1 | - | 793 | $5.0 billion |
| 86 | 96 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
457 | 32 | - | 864 | - |
| 87 | 98 | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. |
456 | 8 | - | 1,543 | - |
| 88 | 94 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
451 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 89 | 26 | Linde |
450 | 1,423 | - | 1,893 | $10.5 billion |
| 90 | 92 | Key Energy Services |
430 | 533 | - | 503 | - |
| 91 | 82 | Domino's Pizza |
419 | 48 | - | 587 | $4.1 billion |
| 92 | 62 | Nine Energy Service |
415 | 310 | - | 605 | $0.3 billion |
| 93 | - | Wilbur-Ellis |
403 | 856 | - | 1,167 | $3.0 billion |
| 94 | 90 | Valley Proteins |
402 | 128 | - | 1,342 | - |
| 95 | - | Thyssenkrupp North America |
399 | 537 | - | 793 | - |
| 96 | 100 | Dunkin' |
397 | 12 | - | 450 | - |
| 97 | 91 | Bragg Cos. |
396 | - | - | 575 | - |
| 98 | - | Orgill Inc. |
393 | 2 | - | 1,080 | $3.0 billion |
| 99 | - | Matheson Tri-Gas |
392 | 685 | - | 918 | - |
| 100 | - | Lowe's Companies Inc. |
388 | 3,464 | - | 462 | $89.6 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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While industry sectors have unique demands, all have been dealing with various forms of disruption during the past year.
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