2026 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
Up Front
Some private fleets expanded via acquisition in 2026 while others shed tractors in a shifting landscape for freight.
Private fleets are targeting efficiency gains as operating expenses and cost pressures continue to mount.
Find out where the Top 100 Private Carriers are headquartered by state; hover over a state to view all companies located there.
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 | Healthcare | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Walmart Inc. |
13,589 | 29 | - | 92,839 | $713.0 billion |
| 2 | 2 | PepsiCo Inc. |
11,486 | 19,019 | 4,441 | 29,351 | $91.9 billion |
| 3 | 3 | Sysco Corp. |
9,000 | 2,600 | 1,000 | 11,000 | $81.4 billion |
| 4 | 4 | Performance Food Group |
8,787 | 948 | - | 11,452 | $63.3 billion |
| 5 | 5 | US Foods |
5,699 | 403 | - | 6,903 | $39.4 billion |
| 6 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,470 | 2,059 | 1,505 | 7,645 | - |
| 7 | 7 | McLane Co. |
3,730 | 517 | 32 | 5,976 | $51.0 billion |
| 8 | 9 | Tyson Foods |
3,396 | 77 | - | 9,475 | $54.4 billion |
| 9 | 8 | Halliburton Co. |
3,233 | 2,264 | 46 | 8,964 | $22.2 billion |
| 10 | 11 | Nutrien |
2,815 | 9,400 | - | 4,427 | $26.9 billion |
| 11 | 14 | Clean Harbors Environmental Services |
2,640 | 6,430 | 5,510 | 10,620 | $6.0 billion |
| 12 | 10 | Air Liquide USA |
2,618 | 2,467 | - | 1,265 | $11.7 billion |
| 13 | 12 | Keurig Dr Pepper |
2,591 | 449 | 450 | 3,369 | $16.6 billion |
| 14 | 13 | United Rentals |
2,473 | 6,274 | - | 3,835 | $16.1 billion |
| 15 | 16 | United Natural Foods Inc. |
2,347 | 27 | - | 4,203 | $31.8 billion |
| 16 | 21 | Dollar General |
2,284 | - | - | 8,911 | $42.7 billion |
| 17 | 15 | Amazon.com Inc. |
2,190 | 13,127 | - | 90,770 | $716.9 billion |
| 18 | 19 | Dairy Farmers of America |
2,092 | 1,319 | - | 7,002 | $25.0 billion |
| 19 | 17 | Gordon Food Service |
2,001 | 35 | - | 3,017 | - |
| 20 | 22 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,906 | 736 | - | 2,714 | - |
| 21 | 23 | Dot Foods |
1,850 | - | - | 2,922 | - |
| 22 | 20 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,828 | 4,406 | - | 3,706 | $11.2 billion |
| 23 | 36 | Herc Holdings |
1,814 | 7,606 | - | 1,835 | $4.4 billion |
| 24 | 24 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,746 | 520 | - | 2,200 | - |
| 25 | 26 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,685 | 83 | - | 2,135 | - |
| 26 | 18 | Patterson-UTI Energy |
1,611 | 544 | 41 | 4,399 | $4.8 billion |
| 27 | 27 | CHS Inc. |
1,609 | 1,955 | - | 6,416 | $35.5 billion |
| 28 | 25 | Builders FirstSource |
1,533 | 3,178 | - | 3,270 | $15.2 billion |
| 29 | 28 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,464 | - | - | 1,154 | - |
| 30 | 30 | Medline Inc. |
1,427 | 701 | - | 2,296 | $28.4 billion |
| 31 | 29 | Linde (North America) |
1,386 | 1,886 | - | 3,098 | $34.0 billion |
| 32 | 31 | The Kroger Co. |
1,383 | 2,032 | - | 21,508 | $147.6 billion |
| 33 | 33 | Pilot Travel Centers |
1,353 | 378 | - | 1,599 | $42.2 billion |
| 34 | 32 | Darling Ingredients |
1,350 | 656 | - | 5,856 | $6.1 billion |
| 35 | 40 | CRH Americas |
1,320 | 2,817 | - | 2,954 | $24.2 billion |
| 36 | 50 | The J.R. Simplot Co. |
1,319 | 766 | - | 3,298 | - |
| 37 | 42 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,317 | 1,863 | - | 4,566 | - |
| 38 | 34 | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages |
1,306 | 457 | - | 2,146 | - |
| 39 | - | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
1,291 | 10 | - | 7,088 | - |
| 40 | 35 | ABC Supply |
1,290 | 5,854 | - | 2,099 | $20.2 billion |
| 41 | 37 | RPC Inc. |
1,268 | 1,010 | - | 1,769 | $1.6 billion |
| 42 | 38 | Ahold Delhaize USA |
1,257 | 155 | - | 6,074 | $59.8 billion |
| 43 | 56 | Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits |
1,204 | 2,476 | - | 1,675 | - |
| 44 | 44 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
1,202 | 2,050 | - | 1,844 | - |
| 45 | 39 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,199 | 156 | - | 4,217 | - |
| 46 | 51 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
1,195 | 516 | - | 1,425 | $5.4 billion |
| 47 | 45 | WillScot Holdings |
1,177 | 535 | - | 2,949 | $2.3 billion |
| 48 | 48 | Albertsons Cos. |
1,105 | 19 | - | 4,022 | $83.2 billion |
| 49 | 47 | ProFrac Holding |
1,099 | 67 | - | 2,008 | $1.9 billion |
| 50 | 41 | Cemex USA |
1,090 | 3,565 | - | 2,014 | $9.4 billion |
| 51 | 46 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
1,080 | - | - | 2,776 | $23.6 billion |
| 52 | 60 | EquipmentShare.com Inc. |
1,068 | 2,703 | - | 1,186 | $4.4 billion |
| 53 | 49 | Univar Solutions |
990 | 35 | 250 | 2,630 | $11.0 billion |
| 54 | 53 | Costco Wholsale |
985 | 422 | - | 8,334 | $275.2 billion |
| 55 | 58 | Brenntag North America |
944 | 568 | - | 2,473 | $5.3 billion |
| 56 | 54 | The Home Depot |
937 | 6,303 | - | 1,652 | $164.7 billion |
| 57 | 52 | Walgreen Co. |
930 | 12 | - | 2,727 | - |
| 58 | 55 | Publix Super Markets |
929 | 19 | - | 4,385 | $63.2 billion |
| 59 | 56 | ProPetro Services |
920 | 188 | - | 1,670 | $1.3 billion |
| 60 | 59 | Shamrock Foods |
913 | 109 | - | 1,317 | - |
| 61 | 70 | QXO Inc. |
879 | 2,168 | - | 2,367 | $6.8 billion |
| 62 | - | Quanta Services |
877 | 2,719 | - | 3,282 | $28.5 billion |
| 63 | 61 | Carvana Co. |
841 | 2,493 | - | 872 | $20.3 billion |
| 64 | 62 | Mohawk Industries |
831 | 161 | - | 3,113 | $10.8 billion |
| 65 | 65 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
818 | 30 | - | 1,086 | - |
| 66 | 63 | BlueLinx Holdings |
816 | - | - | 916 | $3.0 billion |
| 67 | 74 | H-E-B Grocery |
796 | 126 | - | 4,720 | - |
| 68 | 64 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
795 | 169 | - | 970 | - |
| 69 | - | Burrtec Waste Industries/Edco Disposal |
788 | 686 | - | 179 | - |
| 70 | 68 | Messer Americas |
765 | 251 | 358 | 1,491 | $2.7 billion |
| 71 | 67 | Plains All American Pipeline |
746 | 566 | - | 934 | $44.3 billion |
| 72 | 68 | Knife River |
712 | 3,075 | - | 2,835 | $3.1 billion |
| 73 | 73 | Marathon Petroleum |
698 | 380 | - | 883 | $135.2 billion |
| 74 | 76 | Energy Transfer |
690 | 976 | - | 1,238 | $85.5 billion |
| 75 | 74 | Shaw Industries Group |
689 | 38 | - | 3,191 | $5.0 billion |
| 76 | 66 | KeHE Distributors |
688 | - | - | 1,388 | - |
| 77 | 72 | Air Products |
678 | 176 | - | 1,819 | $12.0 billion |
| 77 | 84 | Nippon Sanso Matheson |
678 | 782 | - | 1,547 | $2.4 billion |
| 79 | 83 | Ecology Auto Parts |
664 | 12 | - | 1,478 | - |
| 80 | 80 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
655 | 87 | - | 1,746 | $80.3 billion |
| 81 | 78 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
| 81 | 86 | JBS USA Holdings |
644 | - | - | 1,853 | $55.1 billion |
| 83 | - | Lowe's Companies |
637 | 3,120 | - | 1,331 | $86.3 billion |
| 84 | 79 | Ace Hardware |
634 | - | - | 1,638 | $10.0 billion |
| 85 | 82 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
622 | - | - | 1,199 | $3.1 billion |
| 86 | - | RelaDyne |
618 | 1,540 | - | 1,459 | - |
| 87 | 88 | Veritiv Corp. |
608 | 219 | - | 1,191 | - |
| 88 | 81 | MasTec Inc. |
604 | 12,611 | 32 | 9,795 | $14.3 billion |
| 89 | 71 | Mondelēz International |
598 | 35 | - | 896 | $10.7 billion |
| 89 | 87 | Stericycle Inc. |
598 | 3,553 | - | 2,279 | $3.0 billion |
| 91 | 43 | Select Water Solutions |
574 | 1,441 | - | 8,394 | $1.4 billion |
| 92 | 89 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
566 | 188 | - | 727 | - |
| 93 | 91 | Domino's Pizza |
549 | 87 | - | 643 | $4.9 billion |
| 94 | 91 | Hobby Lobby Stores |
548 | 10 | - | 1,854 | - |
| 95 | 90 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
534 | 200 | - | 791 | - |
| 96 | 85 | Calfrac Well Services |
523 | 54 | - | 600 | $1.0 billion |
| 97 | - | Cal-Maine Foods |
514 | 43 | - | 906 | $2.9 billion |
| 98 | - | SLB Ltd. |
512 | 735 | - | 848 | $7.5 billion |
| 99 | 91 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
502 | 52 | - | 819 | $7.1 billion |
| 100 | - | AutoZone Inc. |
496 | - | - | 1,251 | $18.9 billion |
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.
#2 PepsiCo equipment totals are from 2025.
#3 Sysco Corp. equipment totals are approximated by Transport Topics based on prior-year data.
#10 Nutrien equipment totals are from 2025.
#13 Keurig Dr Pepper equipment totals are from 2025.
#75 Shaw Industries Group annual revenue approximated by company.
* Revenue converted to U.S. dollars based on average exchange rate in 2025.
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Equipment acquisition for private fleets has been mixed this year, with industries like agriculture expanding while others stagnate.
Learn more about how carriers are selected for Transport Topics' Top 100 list of the largest private fleets in North America.
Private Carrier News
Walmart $1.3B Georgia fulfillment center to create 1,000 jobs
Walmart described the project as one of its next-generation fulfillment centers, which the retailer places in strategic markets to support same-day and next-day shipping across the U.S.
September 3, 2026Tyson cuts profit outlook again as beef segment worsens
Tyson now sees annual adjusted operating income of $1.85 billion to $2.05 billion. That comes just one month after the company cut its outlook for the fiscal year.
September 3, 2026DOJ expands beef antitrust inquiry to Amazon, Walmart, others
The DOJ expanded its antitrust inquiry of the meatpacking industry by demanding information on surging beef prices from Amazon, Costco, Walmart and others.
September 2, 2026Uber to cut 3,300 jobs to reduce management layers
The massive restructuring is aimed at reducing management layers and reallocating spending into its ride-sharing, delivery and robotaxi businesses.
September 2, 2026Amazon faces FTC lawsuit over sponsored ad pricing
The FTC and a group of U.S. states sued Amazon over claims the e-commerce giant systematically overcharged advertisers by more than $20 billion since 2019.
September 1, 2026QXO hires Honeywell's Ken West as COO
Brad Jacobs is looking to build the largest building products distribution business in North America. Since relaunching QXO in 2024, the company has spent about $30 billion buying companies.
August 24, 2026
Top 100 Private Carriers balance service and costs
The companies ranked on the 2026 Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers list have continued to demonstrate the value of their in-house truck fleets.
August 22, 2026Every mile costs more for private carriers
Private fleet operators are facing a barrage of cost pressures including elevated fuel prices, escalating costs and driver pay, and higher insurance premiums.
August 22, 2026About Us: Transport Topics' 2026 Top 100 Private Carriers
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