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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Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
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Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
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Amazon to Hire 250,000 for Holidays, Boost Wages

Amazon.com Inc. will hire 250,000 employees this holiday shopping season and boost average pay for logistics personnel as it seeks to recruit and retain workers amid a labor shortage.

September 19, 2023
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Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup

Walmart is now offering express home delivery until 10 p.m. on orders placed by 9:30 p.m. so that “last-minute needs are delivered to your doorstep just in time,” the company said.

Leada Gore | al.com
September 12, 2023
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Amazon Service Lets Merchants Deliver to Physical Stores

Amazon.com Inc. is offering a new service that will let its 2 million merchant partners deliver inventory directly to physical retail stores and warehouses.

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September 12, 2023
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Kroger and Albertsons to Sell 413 Stores to C&S

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. agreed to sell 413 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in a divestiture designed to help win antitrust approval for their $24.6 billion merger.

September 8, 2023
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Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. are selling some of their stores in an effort to win regulatory approval for their $25 billion merger, according to people familiar with the matter.

September 7, 2023
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Amazon, Shopify Open Amazon Logistics Resources to Sellers

Amazon .com Inc. and Shopify Inc. have struck a deal to allow merchants who pay for Shopify’s e-commerce tools to use Amazon’s logistics network.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
August 31, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Tyson Foods Reorganizes, Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

Tyson Foods will centralize areas such as transportation and warehousing under fresh meats head Brady Stewart in the food giant’s latest effort to restore profits.

Gerson Freitas Jr. | Bloomberg News
August 30, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, Private

Sam’s Club to Open Big Distribution Center in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma officials applauded news that Sam’s Club will invest $40 million to open a large distribution center in the state scheduled to open early next year.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
August 28, 2023
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