2020 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
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Fleets are changing practices for the long run while responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The fleets on this year’s Top 100 list have shown resilience amid financial and logistical challenges.
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
Rank This Year |
Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. | 10,950 | 4,550 | 16,250 | 17,900 | $67.2 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. | 8,745 | 1,345 | 840 | 10,593 | $60.1 billion |
| 3 | 4 | Walmart Inc. | 7,400 | 25 | - | 58,826 | $524.0 billion |
| 4 | 6 | Halliburton Co. | 6,101 | 2,471 | 237 | 11,653 | $22.4 billion |
| 5 | 3 | US Foods | 5,821 | 421 | - | 7,466 | $25.9 billion |
| 6 | 5 | Reyes Holdings | 5,019 | 938 | 1,324 | 7,494 | $33.0 billion |
| 7 | 10 | Performance Food Group | 4,715 | 606 | - | 5,999 | $19.7 billion |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. | 3,886 | 111 | 25 | 5,853 | $50.4 billion |
| 9 | 9 | Schlumberger Limited | 3,652 | 510 | 249 | 5,107 | $32.9 billion |
| 10 | 13 | NexTier Oilfield Solutions | 2,759 | 493 | 65 | 3,642 | $3.4 billion |
| 11 | 11 | Tyson Foods | 2,642 | 62 | 1,433 | 8,051 | $42.4 billion |
| 12 | 12 | United Rentals Inc. | 2,253 | 4,266 | - | 2,100 | $9.4 billion |
| 13 | 17 | Basic Energy Services | 2,156 | 899 | - | 3,036 | $0.6 billion |
| 14 | 15 | Gordon Food Service | 1,993 | 22 | - | 2,823 | $14.0 billion |
| 15 | 16 | CHS Inc. | 1,656 | 5,382 | - | 9,188 | $31.9 billion |
| 16 | 24 | Sunbelt Rentals | 1,589 | 4,102 | 4,480 | 1,575 | $5.5 billion |
| 17 | 22 | DOT Foods | 1,526 | 10 | 40 | 2,570 | $8.2 billion |
| 18 | 19 | American Air Liquide Holdings | 1,461 | 4,214 | - | 2,352 | $26.3 billion |
| 19 | 20 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United | 1,437 | 513 | - | 1,915 | $4.8 billion |
| 20 | 23 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) | 1,414 | 9 | - | 3,430 | $21.4 billion |
| 21 | 36 | Univar Solutions | 1,372 | 111 | - | 3,489 | $16.8 billion |
| 22 | 25 | The Quikrete Cos. | 1,358 | 45 | - | 2,051 | - |
| 23 | 33 | Pilot Co. | 1,340 | 28 | - | 1,720 | - |
| 24 | 18 | Cudd Energy Services | 1,320 | 240 | - | 1,448 | - |
| 25 | 14 | Helena Agri-Enterprises | 1,237 | 2,838 | - | 2,575 | - |
| 26 | 28 | Linde | 1,215 | 1,568 | - | 2,897 | $11.0 billion |
| 27 | 28 | Cemex USA | 1,190 | 5,967 | - | 1,819 | $6.7 billion |
| 28 | 58 | ProPetro Holding Corp. | 1,156 | 32 | - | 1,662 | $2.1 billion |
| 29 | 35 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America | 1,149 | 625 | - | 4,577 | $48.0 billion |
| 30 | 26 | Clean Harbors | 1,097 | 4,531 | 33 | 3,788 | $3.4 billion |
| 31 | 32 | Ben E. Keith Co. | 1,094 | 73 | - | 1,348 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Core-Mark Holding Co. | 1,079 | 129 | - | 1,216 | $16.7 billion |
| 33 | 34 | FTS International | 1,037 | 80 | - | 1,002 | $0.8 billion |
| 34 | 40 | Builders FirstSource | 1,029 | 2,320 | - | 1,776 | $7.3 billion |
| 35 | 21 | Albertsons Cos. | 1,020 | 1,050 | - | 3,688 | $62.5 billion |
| 36 | 39 | Ashley Furniture Industries | 970 | 10 | 7 | 3,708 | - |
| 37 | 56 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | 963 | - | - | 3,708 | - |
| 38 | 37 | Walgreen Co. | 959 | 23 | - | 2,595 | $136.9 billion |
| 39 | 43 | The Kroger Co. | 942 | 16 | - | 14,085 | $122.3 billion |
| 40 | 41 | CRH Americas (formerly Oldcastle Inc.) | 927 | 1,739 | - | 2,304 | $12.5 billion |
| 41 | 42 | Dean Foods Co. | 865 | 785 | - | 2,552 | $7.3 billion |
| 42 | 38 | Maxim Crane Works | 859 | 624 | - | 1,750 | - |
| 43 | 50 | Sherwin-Williams Co. | 839 | 1 | - | 1,996 | $17.9 billion |
| 44 | 46 | Swire Coca-Cola USA | 838 | 499 | - | 1,181 | $2.2 billion |
| 45 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings | 836 | 44 | - | 848 | $2.6 billion |
| 46 | 44 | Energy Transfer Partners | 820 | 6 | - | 865 | $54.2 billion |
| 47 | 54 | Mondelez International | 808 | 64 | - | 1,031 | $7.1 billion |
| 48 | 48 | Darling Ingredients | 805 | 884 | 82 | 4,276 | $3.4 billion |
| 49 | 85 | Medline Inc. | 791 | 214 | - | 1,177 | $13.9 billion |
| 50 | 51 | Nestle USA | 790 | 3,475 | 6 | 1,586 | $93.1 billion |
| 51 | 62 | Messer Americas | 787 | 642 | - | 2,268 | $1.7 billion |
| 52 | 54 | ABC Supply Co. | 783 | 2,837 | 0 | 1,020 | $12.0 billion |
| 53 | 58 | Plains All American Pipeline | 760 | - | - | 900 | $33.7 billion |
| 54 | 61 | Brenntag North America | 759 | 462 | - | 1,692 | $5.7 billion |
| 55 | 72 | Shamrock Foods Co. | 741 | 92 | 100 | 1,020 | - |
| 56 | 53 | Calfrac Well Services | 740 | 203 | 19 | 1,077 | $1.2 billion |
| 57 | 63 | JBS USA Holdings | 739 | - | - | 1,336 | - |
| 58 | 57 | Prairie Farms Dairy | 730 | 1,122 | - | 2,277 | - |
| 59 | 64 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits | 721 | 2,189 | - | 820 | - |
| 60 | 68 | Shaw Industries Group | 695 | 55 | - | 3,212 | - |
| 61 | 69 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. | 687 | 261 | - | 754 | $52.3 billion |
| 62 | 66 | Nine Energy Service | 685 | 276 | - | 840 | $832.9 billion |
| 63 | 71 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast | 677 | 100 | - | 890 | - |
| 64 | 76 | Publix Super Markets | 668 | 26 | 443 | 3,300 | $38.1 billion |
| 65 | 52 | Veritiv Corp. | 661 | 53 | 130 | 1,026 | $7.7 billion |
| 66 | 73 | Baker Hughes | 642 | 55 | - | 355 | $23.8 billion |
| 67 | 82 | Stericycle Inc. | 627 | 5,871 | - | 2,367 | $3.3 billion |
| 68 | 84 | Mohawk Industries | 624 | 153 | - | 2,565 | $10.0 billion |
| 69 | 70 | Advanced Drainage Systems | 620 | 4 | - | 1,195 | $1.4 billion |
| 70 | 80 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages | 611 | 225 | - | 755 | - |
| 71 | 47 | Beacon Roofing Supply | 603 | 1,860 | - | 1,238 | $7.1 billion |
| 72 | 77 | MDU Resources Group | 599 | 1,861 | 5 | 1,841 | $5.4 billion |
| 73 | 75 | Air Products | 598 | 92 | 330 | 2,000 | $8.9 billion |
| 73 | 81 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida | 598 | 14 | - | 657 | - |
| 75 | 79 | Williams Bros. Construction | 575 | 201 | - | 432 | - |
| 76 | 97 | Herc Rentals | 568 | 345 | - | 666 | $2.0 billion |
| 77 | 86 | H-E-B Grocery Co. | 567 | 8 | - | 3,002 | - |
| 78 | 83 | Ecology Auto Parts | 565 | 13 | - | 679 | - |
| 79 | 74 | SE Independent Delivery Services | 543 | 139 | - | 1,280 | - |
| 80 | 90 | Sanderson Farms | 542 | 27 | - | 644 | $3.4 billion |
| 81 | 66 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | 535 | - | - | 1,500 | $64.7 billion |
| 82 | 88 | Domino's Pizza | 517 | 39 | - | 506 | $3.6 billion |
| 83 | 94 | Ace Hardware Corp. | 505 | 1 | 1 | 1,666 | $6.1 billion |
| 84 | - | Stallion Oilfield Services | 502 | 749 | - | 1,614 | - |
| 85 | 99 | Foster Farms | 501 | 10 | 150 | 1,800 | $2.4 billion |
| 86 | 87 | SpartanNash | 489 | 27 | - | 1,931 | $8.5 billion |
| 87 | - | Costco Wholsale Corp. | 484 | 308 | - | 4,294 | $149.4 billion |
| 88 | 100 | KeHE Distributors | 472 | 1 | - | 793 | $5.0 billion |
| 89 | 78 | Gravity Oilfield Services | 471 | 51 | - | 510 | - |
| 90 | 92 | Valley Proteins | 458 | 130 | 0 | 1,360 | - |
| 91 | 95 | Bragg Cos. | 454 | - | - | 808 | - |
| 92 | 49 | Key Energy Services | 453 | 133 | - | 524 | $0.4 billion |
| 93 | 96 | Columbia Distributing | 452 | - | - | 526 | - |
| 94 | 91 | C&S Wholesale Grocers | 451 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 95 | 98 | The H.T. Hackney Co. | 443 | 172 | - | 613 | - |
| 96 | 89 | Bunzl Distribution USA | 442 | 29 | - | 836 | - |
| 97 | 60 | Select Energy Services | 417 | 723 | - | 3,390 | - |
| 98 | - | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. | 415 | 5 | - | 1,426 | - |
| 99 | - | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises | 413 | 9 | - | 468 | $10.1 billion |
| 100 | - | Dunkin' Brands Group | 397 | 12 | - | 450 | $1.4 billion |
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Matheson Tri-Gas
(392 tractors), is an industrial and medical gases, propane and equipment supplier.
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Extras
Many private fleets are adjusting their freight networks as the pandemic accelerates online ordering.
The oilfield service firm has cut staffing to 11-year low amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Americans have turned to cooking at home and buying in bulk, with restaurants closing across the country causing a shift in food demand.
Top 100 News
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Werner Advances Technology Initiative With IoT Partnership
Werner Enterprises has teamed with fleet management service Platform Science to advance its technology initiative, the companies announced Sept. 16.
September 16, 2020
Government, Business, Top 50, Top 100
FedEx Posts Strong Quarterly Earnings, Fueled by E-Commerce
A huge surge in e-commerce deliveries to homes and businesses because of the COVID-19 pandemic boosted FedEx Corp.’s fiscal first-quarter earnings when the delivery giant reported its financials Sept. 15.
September 15, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Top 50, Top 100
Nikola Issues Fuller Denial of Short Seller Hindenburg’s Claims
Nikola Corp. made a fuller-throated denial of a report last week that claimed the electric-truck maker had deceived investors, accusing a short seller of mischaracterizations and distortions.
September 14, 2020
Business, Top 100
2020 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week for 2020 is upon us! Fleets and others in the industry are rolling out the red carpet Sept. 13-19 to show truck drivers appreciation for all they do. Here's a roundup of some of that recognition.
September 13, 2020
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Top 100
Estes Partners With Clean Energy to Expand RNG Vehicle Fleet
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced Sept. 9 that Estes Express Lines is adding 50 of its renewable natural gas trucks.
September 11, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
XPO Logistics Appoints Erik Caldwell to Head Last-Mile Unit
XPO Logistics appointed Erik Caldwell president of its last-mile business unit in North America.
September 11, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Fleets Rally to Aid Hurricane Laura Victims
Hurricane Laura wreaked havoc when it made landfall Aug. 27, but fleets have rallied to help the victims in the couple of weeks since.
September 10, 2020
Business, Top 100
FedEx Prepares for Unprecedented Surge Ahead of Holidays
FedEx Corp. is positioning itself for what it is predicting will be an unprecedented peak holiday shipping season, the company said Sept. 8.
September 9, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
UPS Holiday Season Hiring Will Top 100,000 Amid E-Commerce Boom
UPS Inc. said it will hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle an expected avalanche of holiday packages from online orders this year as shoppers avoid stores during the coronavirus pandemic.
September 9, 2020
Business, Top 100
Old Dominion Provides Q3 Update
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced updates for the third quarter.
September 4, 2020Pages
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