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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
11,079 | 16,138 | 6,682 | 20,105 | $79.5 billion |
| 2 | 3 | Walmart Inc. |
9,280 | 25 | - | 76,361 | $572.8 billion |
| 3 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,632 | 1,649 | - | 10,594 | $51.3 billion |
| 4 | 5 | US Foods |
5,969 | 433 | - | 7,748 | $29.5 billion |
| 5 | 7 | Performance Food Group |
5,682 | 623 | - | 7,770 | $30.4 billion |
| 6 | 4 | Halliburton Co. |
5,677 | 2,793 | 94 | 11,136 | $15.3 billion |
| 7 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,106 | 691 | 1,310 | 7,136 | - |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,996 | 128 | 45 | 6,429 | $53.2 billion |
| 9 | 9 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 | 46 | - | 5,024 | $47.0 billion |
| 10 | 10 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
2,546 | 1,800 | - | 2,670 | - |
| 11 | 11 | NexTier |
2,177 | 313 | - | 4,087 | $1.4 billion |
| 12 | 14 | United Rentals Inc |
2,157 | 3,936 | - | 3,007 | $9.7 billion |
| 13 | 15 | Gordon Food Service |
2,064 | 34 | - | 2,851 | $16.0 billion |
| 14 | 13 | Schlumberger Limited |
2,046 | 271 | 138 | 5,512 | $22.9 billion |
| 15 | 24 | Pilot Co. |
1,845 | 66 | - | 1,962 | - |
| 16 | 18 | Dot Foods |
1,788 | 12 | 42 | 2,900 | - |
| 17 | 20 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,756 | 100 | 4,160 | 2,501 | $8.0 billion |
| 18 | ProFrac Holding Corp. |
1,647 | 134 | - | 2,082 | - | |
| 19 | 22 | Amazon.com Inc. |
1,645 | 12,835 | - | 37,410 | $469.8 billion |
| 20 | 19 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) |
1,611 | 12 | - | 4,620 | $27.0 billion |
| 21 | 16 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,595 | 554 | - | 1,854 | - |
| 22 | 17 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,580 | 3,856 | - | 2,206 | $27.6 billion |
| 23 | 23 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,562 | 8 | - | 2,164 | - |
| 24 | 26 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,500 | 81 | 6 | 5,334 | - |
| 25 | 40 | The Kroger Co. |
1,404 | 10 | - | 18,500 | $137.9 billion |
| 26 | 21 | CHS Inc. |
1,398 | 1,792 | - | 6,708 | $38.4 billion |
| 27 | 25 | Cemex USA |
1,281 | 3,859 | - | 2,310 | $14.5 billion |
| 28 | 41 | CRH Americas |
1,271 | 2,416 | - | 2,418 | $31.0 billion |
| 29 | Carvana |
1,262 | 2,204 | 41 | 1,264 | $12.8 billion |
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| 30 | 29 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America |
1,258 | 502 | - | 4,747 | $53.8 billion |
| 31 | 80 | Builders FirstSource |
1,232 | 2,879 | - | 2,342 | $19.9 billion |
| 32 | 27 | Clean Harbors |
1,655 | 4,900 | 4,200 | 5,300 | $3.8 billion |
| 33 | 30 | Cudd Energy Services |
1,192 | 287 | - | 1,437 | - |
| 34 | 36 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,126 | - | - | 1,034 | - |
| 35 | 31 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 | 1,649 | 318 | 3,671 | - |
| 36 | 33 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,104 | 78 | - | 1,363 | - |
| 37 | 28 | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
1,018 | 36 | - | 1,437 | $0.9 billion |
| 38 | 38 | Walgreen Co. |
1,012 | 22 | - | 2,844 | $132.5 billion |
| 39 | 37 | Medline Inc. |
973 | 348 | - | 1,279 | $20.2 billion |
| 40 | 39 | Albertsons Cos. |
957 | - | - | 3,446 | $71.9 billion |
| 41 | 43 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
951 | 2 | - | 2,310 | $19.9 billion |
| 42 | 86 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
935 | 59 | - | 1,772 | - |
| 43 | 44 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
867 | 291 | - | 1,189 | $2.0 billion |
| 44 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings |
836 | 44 | - | 848 | $4.3 billion |
| 45 | 54 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
823 | 2,260 | - | 805 | - |
| 46 | 48 | Mondelez International |
810 | 72 | - | 954 | $8.3 billion |
| 47 | 46 | Darling Ingredients |
803 | 691 | - | 4,340 | $4.7 billion |
| 48 | 46 | ABC Supply Co. |
792 | 3,091 | - | 1,128 | $12.1 billion |
| 49 | 49 | Univar Solutions |
769 | 65 | - | 2,047 | $9.5 billion |
| 50 | 50 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
758 | 159 | - | 773 | $16.3 billion |
| 51 | 51 | Shaw Industries Group |
750 | 55 | - | 3,000 | - |
| 52 | 55 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. |
746 | 324 | - | 1,315 | $1.9 billion |
| 53 | 52 | Calfrac Well Services |
740 | 203 | - | 1,067 | $0.8 billion |
| 53 | 76 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
740 | 90 | - | 1,128 | - |
| 55 | 56 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
732 | 105 | - | 1,039 | - |
| 56 | 68 | Mohawk Industries |
724 | 107 | - | 2,808 | $11.2 billion |
| 57 | 57 | Brenntag North America |
717 | 666 | - | 2,198 | $5.4 billion |
| 58 | 35 | Energy Transfer |
701 | 483 | - | 941 | $67.4 billion |
| 59 | 81 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
700 | 12 | 200 | 3,400 | $85.2 billion |
| 60 | 53 | JBS USA Holdings |
699 | - | - | 1,324 | - |
| 61 | 58 | Publix Super Markets |
676 | 12 | - | 3,852 | $48.0 billion |
| 62 | 61 | Messer Americas |
657 | 228 | 261 | 2,066 | - |
| 63 | 63 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
| 64 | 59 | Plains All American Pipeline |
640 | - | - | 1,275 | $40.5 billion |
| 65 | 64 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
637 | 250 | - | 2,155 | - |
| 66 | 74 | H-E-B Grocery Co. |
626 | 9 | - | 4,268 | - |
| 67 | 62 | MDU Resources Group |
622 | 2,192 | - | 2,035 | $5.7 billion |
| 68 | 65 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
620 | 1 | - | 1,195 | $2.0 billion |
| 69 | 66 | Costco Wholsale Corp. |
611 | 320 | - | 4,725 | $192.1 billion |
| 70 | 70 | Air Products |
605 | 196 | - | 1,578 | $10.3 billion |
| 70 | 69 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
605 | 1,667 | - | 893 | $6.6 billion |
| 72 | 42 | Maxim Crane Works |
585 | 917 | - | 2,360 | - |
| 73 | 72 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
574 | 28 | - | 758 | - |
| 74 | 73 | Herc Rentals |
572 | 369 | - | 685 | $2.1 billion |
| 75 | Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
568 | 55 | - | 699 | $120.9 billion |
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| 76 | 75 | Foster Farms |
566 | 9 | 42 | 1,202 | - |
| 77 | 78 | Ecology Auto Parts |
543 | 12 | - | 658 | - |
| 78 | 79 | SpartanNash |
539 | 9 | - | 1,261 | $8.9 billion |
| 79 | 60 | Veritiv Corp. |
536 | 40 | 103 | 864 | $0.1 billion |
| 80 | 88 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
534 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 81 | 83 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
528 | - | - | 1,598 | $8.6 billion |
| 82 | 89 | Linde |
506 | 1,483 | - | 1,930 | $12.1 billion |
| 83 | 82 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
505 | 191 | - | 740 | - |
| 84 | 85 | KeHE Distributors |
504 | - | - | 1,031 | - |
| 84 | 77 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 | 116 | - | 722 | - |
| 86 | 70 | KLX Energy Services |
498 | 670 | - | 954 | $0.4 billion |
| 87 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
493 | 1,119 | - | 2,086 | - | |
| 88 | 84 | Columbia Distributing |
486 | 96 | - | 594 | - |
| 89 | 67 | Stericycle Inc. |
459 | 4,646 | - | 2,468 | $2.6 billion |
| 90 | 87 | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. |
445 | 11 | - | 1,551 | - |
| 91 | 95 | Thyssenkrupp North America |
437 | 523 | - | 812 | - |
| 92 | Liquid Environmental Solutions |
429 | 104 | - | 321 | - | |
| 93 | 98 | Orgill Inc. |
420 | 2 | 1 | 1,020 | $3.0 billion |
| 94 | 91 | Domino's Pizza |
408 | 48 | - | 558 | $4.4 billion |
| 95 | 94 | Valley Proteins |
402 | 128 | - | 1,342 | - |
| 96 | Perdue Farms Inc. |
400 | 6 | - | 1,455 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Bragg Cos. |
396 | - | - | 575 | - |
| 98 | 100 | Lowe's Companies Inc. |
388 | 3,762 | - | 462 | $96.3 billion |
| 99 | 96 | Dunkin' |
374 | 23 | - | 495 | - |
| 99 | SRS Distribution |
374 | 2,311 | - | 821 | - |
The Top 100 Private Carriers Companies 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.
^ Clean Harbors’ equipment figures have been adjusted after publication to reflect updated data provided by the company.
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