2022 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front

Shippers work to improve the efficiency and reliability of their private fleet operation, starting with attracting, retaining drivers.

See the headquarters locations by region for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.

Top 100 companies overcome supply chain constraints and stiff competition for drivers; now they face mixed economic signals.

Rankings
Current Rank Company Tractors
1
PepsiCo North America Beverages
9,512
2
Reyes Beer Division
1,680
3
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,595
4
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
931
5
Swire Coca-Cola USA
867
6
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
823
7
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
795
8
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
758
9
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
644
10
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
574
11
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
504
12
Columbia Distributing
486
13
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
336
14
Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
327
15
Buffalo Rock Co.
289
16
Breakthru Beverage Group
215
17
Manhattan Beer Distributors
190
18
BlueTriton Brands
186
19
JJ Taylor Distributing
170
20
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
164
21
Gulf Distributing Holdings
155
22
Odom Corp.
154
23
Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
150
24
Republic National Distributing Co.
143
25
Chesterman Co.
137
26
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
124
27
Clark Beverage Group
119
28
Virginia Eagle Distributing
101
29
North Florida Sales
94
30
Long Beverage Inc.
78
31
Anheuser-Busch Sales Pomona (Calif.)
72
32
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory
71
33
Pepsi MidAmerica
64
34
Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co.
60
34
Quality Beverage
60
36
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
52
37
Brown Bottling Group
47
38
Birrell Bottling Co.
38
39
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin
33
40
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven
30
40
Shore Point Distributing Co.
30
42
Pepsi Cola Bottling of Ogden (Utah)
27
43
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
25
44
House of Schwan
23
44
Western Wyoming Beverages
23
46
Interactions Inc.
22
47
Corwin Beverage Co.
20
Extras

Fleets, shippers debate how best to use and share the growing amount of data they are collecting.

Shifting market conditions, notable mergers and acquisitions help reshape competitive landscape in many industry sectors.

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Private Carrier News
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private

Amazon, Target and Other Retailers Ramp Up Holiday Hiring

Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
October 3, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Online Holiday Spending Projected to Rise 8.4%

Steep discounts and easing inflation will compel U.S. shoppers to spend $240.8 billion online in November and December, up 8.4% from last year’s holidays and the biggest increase since 2021.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
September 25, 2024
Business, Technology, Private

PepsiCo Expands EV Fleet to Boost Cost Savings

HANOVER, Germany — Electrification within the PepsiCo fleet is creating cost savings, and the company has plans to scale electric trucks across North America. 

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
September 20, 2024
Business, Safety, For-Hire, Private, Top 100

ATA Honors Professional Drivers During Weeklong Celebration

Top commercial drivers highlighted the trucking workforce’s role in promoting transportation safety and economic prosperity nationwide at an event near the U.S. Capitol.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Launches AI Assistant to Help Online Merchants

Amazon.com Inc. is launching an artificially intelligent assistant designed to help online merchants manage their businesses.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 19, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Amazon Boosts Warehouse Worker Pay by at Least $1.50 an Hour

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the pay of its hourly warehouse workers by at least $1.50 an hour and tacking on Prime memberships to their benefits package.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 18, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

Intel to Make Custom AI Chip for Amazon, Delay German Plant

Intel and Amazon’s AWS will co-invest in a custom semiconductor for artificial intelligence computing — what’s known as a fabric chip — in a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar framework.” 

Ian King | Bloomberg News
September 17, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Private, Global Freight

PepsiCo, Maersk, Others Team Up on Electric Truck Pilot

A high-powered coalition is spearheading efforts to electrify the Interstate 10 trucking corridor.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 17, 2024
Government, Business, Private, Top 100

Washington State Moves to Block Albertsons-Kroger Deal

Albertsons and Kroger insist a merger would help them lower prices and better compete with big rivals such as Walmart, Costco and Amazon.

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
September 16, 2024
Business, Logistics, Private

Amazon Contract Drivers Organize With Teamsters in New York

Hundreds of Amazon contract-delivery drivers at a New York City warehouse are organizing with the Teamsters, demanding that the company bargain with them over wages and working conditions.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
September 16, 2024