The retail giant’s investments in its private fleet lift it to the top spot on the Top 100 Private Carriers list.
Even with favorable rates available from for-hire carriers, many shippers are expanding their private fleets.
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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 | 2 | Walmart Inc. |
12,663 | 29 | - | 89,447 | $648.1 billion |
2 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
11,618 | 18,852 | 4,248 | 29,286 | $91.5 billion |
3 | 3 | Sysco Corp. |
9,218 | 2,679 | 1,108 | 11,088 | $76.0 billion |
4 | 5 | Performance Food Group |
6,231 | 1,075 | - | 7,933 | $57.3 billion |
5 | 4 | US Foods |
5,983 | 436 | - | 7,741 | $35.6 billion |
6 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,539 | 963 | 1,337 | 7,493 | - |
7 | 7 | Halliburton Co. |
4,695 | 2,813 | 89 | 10,694 | $23.0 billion |
8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,964 | 170 | - | 6,103 | $52.6 billion |
9 | 11 | Tyson Foods |
2,913 | 74 | - | 10,258 | $52.9 billion |
10 | - | Nutrien |
2,815 | 9,400 | - | 4,427 | $19.5 billion |
11 | 10 | United Rentals |
2,513 | 5,276 | - | 3,648 | $14.3 billion |
12 | 9 | Amazon.com Inc. |
2,316 | 13,287 | - | 65,163 | $574.8 billion |
13 | 14 | Clean Harbors |
2,302 | 5,782 | 5,110 | 10,387 | $5.4 billion |
14 | 15 | United Natural Foods Inc. |
2,212 | 21 | - | 3,878 | $30.3 billion |
15 | 16 | Sunbelt Rentals |
2,172 | 2,918 | 5,799 | 2,145 | $10.0 billion |
16 | 12 | Gordon Food Service |
2,144 | 29 | - | 3,099 | $21.0 billion |
16 | 13 | Patterson-UTI Energy/NexTier Oilfield Solutions |
2,144 | 538 | - | 4,512 | $1.9 billion |
18 | - | Dollar General |
2,000 | - | - | - | $38.7 billion |
19 | 17 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,886 | 103 | - | 2,714 | - |
20 | 18 | Dot Foods |
1,755 | 2 | - | 2,769 | - |
21 | 19 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,746 | 550 | - | 2,085 | - |
22 | 44 | Builders FirstSource |
1,648 | 3,414 | - | 3,298 | $17.1 billion |
23 | 21 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,581 | 3,830 | - | 2,175 | $11.6 billion |
24 | 24 | CHS Inc. |
1,440 | 1,702 | - | 6,174 | $45.6 billion |
25 | 30 | Darling Ingredients |
1,405 | 788 | - | 5,826 | $6.8 billion |
26 | 38 | The Kroger Co. |
1,396 | 232 | - | 21,416 | $150.0 billion |
27 | 34 | RPC Inc. |
1,347 | 852 | - | 1,790 | $1.6 billion |
28 | 20 | Pilot Co. |
1,308 | 15 | - | 1,469 | $0.6 billion |
29 | 28 | Ahold Delhaize USA |
1,243 | 709 | - | 5,931 | $59.0 billion |
30 | 29 | Medline Industries |
1,237 | 493 | - | 1,940 | $23.2 billion |
31 | 23 | CRH Americas |
1,231 | 2,489 | - | 3,049 | $22.7 billion |
32 | 27 | Cemex USA |
1,229 | 3,959 | - | 1,763 | $10.4 billion |
33 | 35 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,215 | 2,128 | - | 4,311 | - |
34 | 31 | ProFrac Services |
1,201 | 84 | - | 2,083 | $2.6 billion |
35 | 26 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
1,195 | 1,996 | - | 1,625 | - |
36 | 32 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,194 | - | - | 1,154 | - |
37 | 33 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,182 | 78 | - | 1,363 | - |
38 | - | Select Water Solutions |
1,159 | 1,680 | - | 9,227 | $1.6 billion |
39 | 39 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings |
1,141 | 444 | - | 3,005 | $2.4 billion |
40 | 22 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,138 | 105 | - | 3,531 | - |
41 | 37 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
1,103 | 4 | - | 2,642 | $23.1 billion |
42 | 40 | Albertsons Cos. |
1,094 | - | - | 3,555 | $79.2 billion |
43 | 36 | Walgreen Co. |
1,074 | 22 | - | 3,161 | $139.0 billion |
44 | 60 | Brenntag North America |
1,028 | 337 | - | 2,329 | $18.2 billion |
45 | 42 | ProPetro Services |
1,017 | 198 | - | 1,579 | $1.6 billion |
46 | 45 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
1,016 | 417 | - | 1,212 | $3.0 billion |
47 | 46 | Costco Wholsale |
987 | 422 | - | 7,792 | $242.3 billion |
48 | 86 | The J.R. Simplot Co. |
975 | 933 | - | 4,296 | - |
49 | 47 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
967 | 1,239 | - | 2,656 | - |
50 | - | The Home Depot |
947 | 6,402 | - | 1,643 | $152.7 billion |
51 | 41 | Publix Super Markets |
938 | 19 | - | 4,087 | $57.1 billion |
52 | 25 | Carvana |
924 | 1,084 | - | 940 | $10.8 billion |
53 | 43 | Univar Solutions |
921 | 75 | - | 2,048 | - |
54 | 48 | ABC Supply |
906 | 3,391 | - | 1,276 | $20.4 billion |
55 | - | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages |
862 | 1,685 | - | 1,814 | - |
56 | 55 | Shamrock Foods |
850 | 125 | 116 | 1,265 | - |
57 | 50 | BlueLinx Holdings |
815 | 44 | - | 816 | $3.1 billion |
58 | 52 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
773 | 37 | - | 928 | - |
59 | 49 | Shaw Industries Group |
760 | 36 | - | 3,075 | - |
60 | 54 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
758 | 79 | - | 1,000 | - |
61 | 71 | Air Products |
744 | 176 | - | 2,063 | $12.6 billion |
62 | 58 | Messer Americas |
743 | 242 | 358 | 1,476 | - |
63 | 57 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
742 | 1,667 | - | 985 | $9.1 billion |
64 | 56 | Plains All American Pipeline |
740 | - | - | 1,355 | $48.7 billion |
65 | 73 | MasTec Inc. |
737 | 11,638 | - | 9,166 | $12.0 billion |
65 | 51 | Mondelez International |
737 | 75 | - | 1,061 | $36.0 billion |
67 | 67 | Marathon Petroleum |
705 | 288 | - | 870 | $150.3 billion |
68 | 68 | H-E-B Grocery |
689 | 69 | - | 4,144 | - |
68 | 59 | JBS USA Holdings |
689 | - | - | 1,394 | - |
70 | 60 | Energy Transfer |
684 | 1,263 | - | 1,134 | $78.6 billion |
71 | 76 | Herc Rentals |
676 | 1,394 | - | 1,004 | $3.3 billion |
72 | 63 | Ace Hardware |
654 | - | - | 1,636 | $9.1 billion |
73 | 65 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
73 | - | Kwik Trip |
644 | 28 | - | 506 | - |
75 | 79 | KeHE Distributors |
643 | - | - | 1,080 | - |
76 | 75 | SpartanNash |
639 | 4 | - | 1,916 | $9.7 billion |
77 | 74 | Archer Daniels Midland |
638 | 87 | - | 1,702 | $93.9 billion |
77 | 64 | Mohawk Industries |
638 | 193 | - | 2,847 | $11.1 billion |
79 | 84 | Linde |
629 | 1,871 | - | 2,065 | $32.9 billion |
80 | 69 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
621 | 6 | - | 1,250 | $2.9 billion |
81 | 62 | Ecology Transportation Services |
620 | 12 | - | 1,401 | - |
81 | - | Matheson Tri-Gas |
620 | 726 | - | 1,421 | - |
83 | - | Cheney Brothers |
613 | 40 | - | 1,025 | $3.0 billion |
84 | 53 | Calfrac Well Services |
609 | 198 | - | 763 | $1.4 billion |
85 | 70 | Knife River |
589 | 2,264 | 5 | 2,166 | $2.8 billion |
86 | 88 | Stericycle Inc. |
588 | 3,391 | - | 1,833 | $2.7 billion |
87 | 81 | Domino's Pizza |
556 | 107 | - | 613 | $4.5 billion |
88 | 78 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
534 | 195 | - | 791 | - |
89 | 71 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
525 | 104 | 67 | 557 | $15.1 billion |
90 | 80 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
517 | 37 | - | 967 | $12.8 billion |
91 | 82 | Perdue Farms |
507 | 6 | - | 1,510 | $9.5 billion |
92 | 91 | Hobby Lobby Stores |
504 | 11 | - | 1,717 | - |
92 | 83 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 | 116 | - | 722 | - |
94 | - | H&E Equipment Services |
493 | 546 | - | 474 | $1.5 billion |
95 | 100 | Lipari Foods |
492 | 52 | - | 547 | - |
96 | 66 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
491 | 446 | - | 1,666 | - |
97 | - | UFP Industries |
482 | 28 | 187 | 2,435 | $7.2 billion |
98 | 90 | Thyssenkrupp Materials NA |
457 | 598 | - | 726 | - |
99 | - | AutoZone Inc. |
452 | - | - | 1,036 | $17.5 billion |
100 | 87 | Veritiv Corp. |
443 | 32 | - | 953 | - |
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* Revenue converted to U.S. dollars from euros based on average exchange rate in 2023.
** Revenue converted to U.S. dollars from Canadian dollars based on average exchange rate in 2023.
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