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Find out where the Top 100 Private carriers are located by region
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 |
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1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
12,590 | 17,691 | 5,015 | 30,227 | $86.4 billion |
2 | 2 | Walmart Inc. |
11,361 | 29 | - | 81,598 | $611.3 billion |
3 | 3 | Sysco Corp. |
9,345 | 1,885 | 772 | 10,565 | $68.0 billion |
4 | 4 | US Foods |
5,969 | 433 | - | 7,748 | $34.0 billion |
5 | 5 | Performance Food Group |
5,852 | 605 | - | 7,923 | $50.9 billion |
6 | 7 | Reyes Holdings |
5,396 | 863 | 1,404 | 7,328 | - |
7 | 6 | Halliburton Co. |
4,695 | 2,813 | 89 | 10,694 | $20.3 billion |
8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,949 | 164 | - | 6,292 | $53.2 billion |
9 | 19 | Amazon.com Inc. |
3,909 | 12,586 | - | 40,677 | $514.0 billion |
10 | 12 | United Rentals |
3,042 | 4,119 | - | 3,559 | $11.6 billion |
11 | 9 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 | 46 | - | 5,024 | $53.3 billion |
12 | 13 | Gordon Food Service |
2,199 | 35 | - | 3,145 | $19.0 billion |
13 | 11 | NexTier Oilfield Solutions |
2,177 | 160 | - | 4,087 | $3.2 billion |
14 | 32 | Clean Harbors |
2,035 | 5,456 | 4,750 | 9,498 | $5.2 billion |
15 | 20 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) |
2,004 | 19 | - | 3,696 | $28.9 billion |
16 | 17 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,951 | 1,150 | 4,979 | 2,014 | $9.7 billion |
17 | 23 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,762 | 10 | - | 2,236 | - |
18 | 16 | Dot Foods |
1,755 | 2 | - | 2,774 | $9.8 billion |
19 | 21 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,747 | 561 | - | 2,167 | - |
20 | 15 | Pilot Co. |
1,645 | 33 | - | 1,946 | - |
21 | 22 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,571 | 3,821 | - | 2,165 | $31.5 billion |
22 | 24 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,520 | 28 | 19 | 5,088 | - |
23 | 28 | CRH Americas |
1,444 | 2,363 | - | 2,972 | $32.7 billion |
24 | 26 | CHS Inc. |
1,426 | 1,666 | - | 6,710 | $47.8 billion |
25 | 29 | Carvana |
1,394 | 1,733 | 244 | 1,422 | $13.1 billion |
26 | 10 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
1,295 | 2,005 | - | 1,625 | - |
27 | 27 | Cemex USA |
1,285 | 3,908 | - | 2,338 | $4.2 billion |
28 | 30 | Ahold Delhaize USA |
1,243 | 748 | - | 5,903 | $58.1 billion |
29 | 39 | Medline Inc. |
1,237 | 493 | - | 1,940 | $21.2 billion |
30 | 47 | Darling Ingredients |
1,205 | 819 | - | 5,682 | $6.5 billion |
31 | 18 | ProFrac Holding Corp. |
1,201 | 84 | - | 2,083 | $2.4 billion |
32 | 34 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,194 | - | - | 1,154 | - |
33 | 36 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,182 | 78 | - | 1,363 | - |
34 | 33 | Cudd Energy Services |
1,173 | 208 | - | 1,444 | - |
35 | 35 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 | 1,649 | 318 | 3,671 | - |
36 | 38 | Walgreen Co. |
1,089 | 22 | - | 2,896 | $132.7 billion |
37 | 41 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
1,057 | 3 | - | 2,449 | $22.1 billion |
38 | 25 | The Kroger Co. |
1,048 | 468 | - | 21,355 | $148.3 billion |
39 | 52 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. |
985 | 392 | - | 1,385 | $2.1 billion |
40 | 40 | Albertsons Cos. |
966 | - | - | 3,389 | $77.6 billion |
41 | 61 | Publix Super Markets |
947 | 20 | - | 4,034 | $54.9 billion |
42 | 37 | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
943 | 22 | - | 1,350 | $1.3 billion |
43 | 49 | Univar Solutions |
921 | 75 | - | 2,048 | $11.5 billion |
44 | 31 | Builders FirstSource |
901 | 2,393 | - | 2,095 | $22.7 billion |
45 | 43 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
881 | 276 | - | 1,212 | $3.0 billion |
46 | 69 | Costco Wholsale Corp. |
876 | 368 | - | 6,167 | $222.7 billion |
47 | 45 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
851 | 2,325 | - | 1,075 | - |
48 | 48 | ABC Supply Co. |
826 | 3,172 | - | 1,096 | $12.1 billion |
49 | 51 | Shaw Industries Group |
825 | 55 | - | 3,000 | - |
50 | 44 | BlueLinx Holdings |
815 | 44 | - | 816 | $4.5 billion |
51 | 46 | Mondelez International |
810 | 72 | - | 954 | $31.5 billion |
52 | 73 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
773 | 37 | - | 928 | - |
53 | 53 | Calfrac Well Services |
740 | 203 | - | 1,067 | $1.1 billion |
54 | 53 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
737 | 101 | - | 1,040 | - |
55 | 55 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
732 | 105 | - | 1,039 | - |
56 | 64 | Plains All American Pipeline |
720 | - | - | 1,440 | $57.3 billion |
57 | 70 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
718 | 1,660 | - | 893 | $8.4 billion |
58 | 62 | Messer Americas |
717 | 242 | 358 | 1,471 | - |
59 | 60 | JBS USA Holdings |
699 | - | - | 1,324 | - |
60 | 57 | Brenntag North America |
695 | 579 | - | 2,200 | $7.1 billion |
60 | 58 | Energy Transfer |
695 | 478 | - | 940 | $89.9 billion |
62 | 77 | Ecology Auto Parts |
668 | 12 | - | 920 | - |
63 | 81 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
654 | - | - | 1,636 | $9.2 billion |
64 | 56 | Mohawk Industries |
648 | 108 | - | 2,860 | $11.7 billion |
65 | 63 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
66 | 65 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
637 | 250 | - | 2,155 | - |
67 | 75 | Marathon Petroleum Co. |
628 | 161 | - | 699 | $180.0 billion |
68 | 66 | H-E-B Grocery Co. |
626 | 9 | - | 4,268 | - |
69 | 68 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
621 | - | - | 1,195 | $3.1 billion |
70 | - | Knife River Corp |
615 | 2,154 | 3 | 2,193 | - |
71 | 70 | Air Products |
612 | 189 | - | 1,568 | $12.7 billion |
71 | 50 | Anheuser Busch Cos. |
612 | 150 | - | 629 | $16.6 billion |
73 | - | MasTec Inc. |
604 | 6,420 | - | 6,208 | $9.8 billion |
74 | 59 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
602 | 87 | - | 1,702 | $101.6 billion |
75 | 78 | SpartanNash |
590 | 1 | - | 1,566 | $9.6 billion |
76 | 74 | Herc Rentals |
572 | 369 | - | 685 | $2.7 billion |
77 | 76 | Foster Farms |
566 | 9 | 42 | 1,202 | - |
78 | 83 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
528 | 191 | - | 749 | - |
79 | 84 | KeHE Distributors |
523 | - | - | 867 | - |
80 | 42 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
517 | 37 | - | 967 | $12.0 billion |
81 | 94 | Domino's Pizza |
508 | 117 | - | 640 | $4.5 billion |
82 | 96 | Perdue Farms |
507 | 6 | - | 1,510 | - |
83 | 84 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 | 116 | - | 772 | - |
84 | 86 | KLX Energy Services |
498 | 670 | - | 954 | $0.8 billion |
84 | 82 | Linde |
498 | 1,544 | - | 1,878 | $33.4 billion |
86 | 87 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
497 | 1,114 | - | 2,077 | - |
87 | 79 | Veritiv Corp. |
496 | 40 | - | 864 | $7.2 billion |
88 | 89 | Stericycle Inc. |
454 | 4,657 | - | 2,543 | $2.7 billion |
89 | 99 | SRS Distribution |
453 | 2,654 | - | 811 | - |
90 | 91 | Thyssenkrupp North America |
451 | 599 | - | 743 | - |
91 | 90 | Hobby Lobby Stores |
445 | 11 | - | 1,551 | - |
92 | 88 | Columbia Distributing |
432 | 102 | - | 531 | - |
93 | 97 | Bragg Cos. |
430 | 116 | - | 833 | - |
94 | 92 | Liquid Environmental Solutions |
429 | 104 | - | 321 | - |
95 | 93 | Orgill Inc. |
422 | 2 | - | 1,100 | $3.6 billion |
96 | - | Nine Energy Service |
414 | 338 | - | 604 | $0.6 billion |
97 | - | McKee Foods Corp. |
407 | 21 | - | 862 | - |
98 | 80 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
406 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
98 | 72 | Maxim Crane Works |
406 | 844 | - | 2,331 | - |
100 | - | Lipari Foods |
398 | 59 | - | 462 | - |
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.
* Revenue converted to U.S. dollars from euros based on average exchange rate in 2022.
** Revenue converted to U.S. dollars from Canadian dollars based on average exchange rate in 2022.
^ Prairie Farms equipment counts are from 2022.
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