Up Front
The carriers on the TT100 list have kept busy despite a softer freight environment
Private carriers are placing increasing focus on asset utilization, costs and service
Find out where the Top 100 Private carriers are located by region
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
Top Agriculture & Food Processing Carriers
| Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 |
| 2 | CHS Inc. |
1,426 |
| 3 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
1,295 |
| 4 | Darling Ingredients |
1,205 |
| 5 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 |
| 6 | Mondelēz International |
810 |
| 7 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
737 |
| 8 | JBS Carriers |
699 |
| 9 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
602 |
| 10 | Foster Farms |
566 |
| 11 | Perdue Farms |
507 |
| 12 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
497 |
| 13 | McKee Foods Corp. |
407 |
| 14 | Goya Foods |
317 |
| 15 | Bimbo Bakeries USA |
300 |
| 16 | Wilbur-Ellis |
288 |
| 17 | Dairy Farmers of America |
255 |
| 18 | Cargill Inc. |
233 |
| 19 | MFA Inc. |
224 |
| 20 | America's Service Line |
221 |
| 21 | Borden Dairy |
214 |
| 22 | Glister-Mary Lee Corp. |
180 |
| 23 | Growmark |
166 |
| 24 | Co-Alliance Cooperative |
127 |
| 25 | Sunrise Transport |
96 |
| 26 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
77 |
| 27 | MFPS Transport Inc. |
64 |
| 28 | Umpqua Dairy Products Co. |
62 |
| 29 | Castellini Co. |
45 |
| 30 | National Food NW |
30 |
| 31 | Mennel Milling |
24 |
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.
* Prairie Farms equipment counts are from 2022.
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Private Carrier News
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August 3, 2026Amazon joins elite list of stocks to top $3 trillion in value
Amazon joins Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple as the only companies that have reached that size.
August 3, 2026Tyson cuts profit outlook as beef business struggles
The country’s largest meatpacker now sees annual adjusted operating income of $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion for fiscal year 2026, lowering its range by $100 million.
August 3, 2026Amazon to give some consumers part of $600M tariff refund
CFO Brian Olsavsky said, “In cases where we did see an increase in costs due to tariffs, we largely absorbed these costs rather than pass them on to customers.”
July 31, 2026Amazon profit surges as AWS sales rise 37%
Amazon delivered strong profit and net sales during its fiscal second quarter, helped by surging growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.
July 30, 2026Carvana reports slower sales growth, lower profit per vehicle
Carvana tumbled after it said full-year earnings may fall short of Wall Street’s expectations as the used-car retailer’s rapid growth slowed.
July 29, 2026Walmart becomes major player in EV charging business
In a matter of months, Walmart has become a major player in the burgeoning business of quickly fueling electric vehicles, speeding past Costco with its in-house network of electron pumps.
July 29, 2026Coca-Cola raises guidance, buoyed by World Cup sales lift
Coca-Cola continues to gain traction among shoppers with a widening portfolio of beverages, including sugar-free soda, sports drinks and water, at a time when the industry has seen consumers turn away from traditional full-calorie soft drinks.
July 28, 2026Sound-alikes Sysco, Cisco consider joint tech project
Employees at the technology giant find themselves repeatedly explaining that they work at the Cisco with a “C,” while staffers at the nation’s largest food distributor clarify that they’re employed by Sysco with an “S.”
July 28, 2026
