2020 Top 100 Private Carriers
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks |
Pickups/ Cargo Vans |
Trailers | Annual Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 18 | Cudd Energy Services | 1,320 | 240 | - | 1,448 | - |
| 40 | 41 | CRH Americas (formerly Oldcastle Inc.) | 927 | 1,739 | - | 2,304 | $12.5 billion |
| 88 | 100 | KeHE Distributors | 472 | 1 | - | 793 | $5.0 billion |
| 25 | 14 | Helena Agri-Enterprises | 1,237 | 2,838 | - | 2,575 | - |
| 41 | 42 | Dean Foods Co. | 865 | 785 | - | 2,552 | $7.3 billion |
| 57 | 63 | JBS USA Holdings | 739 | - | - | 1,336 | - |
| 89 | 78 | Gravity Oilfield Services | 471 | 51 | - | 510 | - |
| 26 | 28 | Linde | 1,215 | 1,568 | - | 2,897 | $11.0 billion |
| 42 | 38 | Maxim Crane Works | 859 | 624 | - | 1,750 | - |
| 58 | 57 | Prairie Farms Dairy | 730 | 1,122 | - | 2,277 | - |
| 73 | 81 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida | 598 | 14 | - | 657 | - |
| 27 | 28 | Cemex USA | 1,190 | 5,967 | - | 1,819 | $6.7 billion |
| 43 | 50 | Sherwin-Williams Co. | 839 | 1 | - | 1,996 | $17.9 billion |
| 59 | 64 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits | 721 | 2,189 | - | 820 | - |
| 75 | 79 | Williams Bros. Construction | 575 | 201 | - | 432 | - |
| 91 | 95 | Bragg Cos. | 454 | - | - | 808 | - |
| 12 | 12 | United Rentals Inc. | 2,253 | 4,266 | - | 2,100 | $9.4 billion |
| 28 | 58 | ProPetro Holding Corp. | 1,156 | 32 | - | 1,662 | $2.1 billion |
| 44 | 46 | Swire Coca-Cola USA | 838 | 499 | - | 1,181 | $2.2 billion |
| 60 | 68 | Shaw Industries Group | 695 | 55 | - | 3,212 | - |
| 76 | 97 | Herc Rentals | 568 | 345 | - | 666 | $2.0 billion |
| 92 | 49 | Key Energy Services | 453 | 133 | - | 524 | $0.4 billion |
| 13 | 17 | Basic Energy Services | 2,156 | 899 | - | 3,036 | $0.6 billion |
| 29 | 35 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America | 1,149 | 625 | - | 4,577 | $48.0 billion |
| 45 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings | 836 | 44 | - | 848 | $2.6 billion |
| 61 | 69 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. | 687 | 261 | - | 754 | $52.3 billion |
| 77 | 86 | H-E-B Grocery Co. | 567 | 8 | - | 3,002 | - |
| 93 | 96 | Columbia Distributing | 452 | - | - | 526 | - |
| 14 | 15 | Gordon Food Service | 1,993 | 22 | - | 2,823 | $14.0 billion |
| 46 | 44 | Energy Transfer Partners | 820 | 6 | - | 865 | $54.2 billion |
| 62 | 66 | Nine Energy Service | 685 | 276 | - | 840 | $832.9 billion |
| 78 | 83 | Ecology Auto Parts | 565 | 13 | - | 679 | - |
| 94 | 91 | C&S Wholesale Grocers | 451 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 15 | 16 | CHS Inc. | 1,656 | 5,382 | - | 9,188 | $31.9 billion |
| 31 | 32 | Ben E. Keith Co. | 1,094 | 73 | - | 1,348 | - |
| 47 | 54 | Mondelez International | 808 | 64 | - | 1,031 | $7.1 billion |
| 63 | 71 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast | 677 | 100 | - | 890 | - |
| 79 | 74 | SE Independent Delivery Services | 543 | 139 | - | 1,280 | - |
| 95 | 98 | The H.T. Hackney Co. | 443 | 172 | - | 613 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Core-Mark Holding Co. | 1,079 | 129 | - | 1,216 | $16.7 billion |
| 80 | 90 | Sanderson Farms | 542 | 27 | - | 644 | $3.4 billion |
| 96 | 89 | Bunzl Distribution USA | 442 | 29 | - | 836 | - |
| 33 | 34 | FTS International | 1,037 | 80 | - | 1,002 | $0.8 billion |
| 49 | 85 | Medline Inc. | 791 | 214 | - | 1,177 | $13.9 billion |
| 81 | 66 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | 535 | - | - | 1,500 | $64.7 billion |
| 97 | 60 | Select Energy Services | 417 | 723 | - | 3,390 | - |
| 18 | 19 | American Air Liquide Holdings | 1,461 | 4,214 | - | 2,352 | $26.3 billion |
| 34 | 40 | Builders FirstSource | 1,029 | 2,320 | - | 1,776 | $7.3 billion |
| 66 | 73 | Baker Hughes | 642 | 55 | - | 355 | $23.8 billion |
| 82 | 88 | Domino's Pizza | 517 | 39 | - | 506 | $3.6 billion |
| 98 | - | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. | 415 | 5 | - | 1,426 | - |
| 3 | 4 | Walmart Inc. | 7,400 | 25 | - | 58,826 | $524.0 billion |
| 19 | 20 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United | 1,437 | 513 | - | 1,915 | $4.8 billion |
| 35 | 21 | Albertsons Cos. | 1,020 | 1,050 | - | 3,688 | $62.5 billion |
| 51 | 62 | Messer Americas | 787 | 642 | - | 2,268 | $1.7 billion |
| 67 | 82 | Stericycle Inc. | 627 | 5,871 | - | 2,367 | $3.3 billion |
| 99 | - | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises | 413 | 9 | - | 468 | $10.1 billion |
| 20 | 23 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) | 1,414 | 9 | - | 3,430 | $21.4 billion |
| 68 | 84 | Mohawk Industries | 624 | 153 | - | 2,565 | $10.0 billion |
| 84 | - | Stallion Oilfield Services | 502 | 749 | - | 1,614 | - |
| 100 | - | Dunkin' Brands Group | 397 | 12 | - | 450 | $1.4 billion |
| 5 | 3 | US Foods | 5,821 | 421 | - | 7,466 | $25.9 billion |
| 21 | 36 | Univar Solutions | 1,372 | 111 | - | 3,489 | $16.8 billion |
| 37 | 56 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | 963 | - | - | 3,708 | - |
| 53 | 58 | Plains All American Pipeline | 760 | - | - | 900 | $33.7 billion |
| 69 | 70 | Advanced Drainage Systems | 620 | 4 | - | 1,195 | $1.4 billion |
| 22 | 25 | The Quikrete Cos. | 1,358 | 45 | - | 2,051 | - |
| 38 | 37 | Walgreen Co. | 959 | 23 | - | 2,595 | $136.9 billion |
| 54 | 61 | Brenntag North America | 759 | 462 | - | 1,692 | $5.7 billion |
| 70 | 80 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages | 611 | 225 | - | 755 | - |
| 86 | 87 | SpartanNash | 489 | 27 | - | 1,931 | $8.5 billion |
| 7 | 10 | Performance Food Group | 4,715 | 606 | - | 5,999 | $19.7 billion |
| 23 | 33 | Pilot Co. | 1,340 | 28 | - | 1,720 | - |
| 39 | 43 | The Kroger Co. | 942 | 16 | - | 14,085 | $122.3 billion |
| 71 | 47 | Beacon Roofing Supply | 603 | 1,860 | - | 1,238 | $7.1 billion |
| 87 | - | Costco Wholsale Corp. | 484 | 308 | - | 4,294 | $149.4 billion |
| 90 | 92 | Valley Proteins | 458 | 130 | 0 | 1,360 | - |
| 52 | 54 | ABC Supply Co. | 783 | 2,837 | 0 | 1,020 | $12.0 billion |
| 83 | 94 | Ace Hardware Corp. | 505 | 1 | 1 | 1,666 | $6.1 billion |
| 72 | 77 | MDU Resources Group | 599 | 1,861 | 5 | 1,841 | $5.4 billion |
| 50 | 51 | Nestle USA | 790 | 3,475 | 6 | 1,586 | $93.1 billion |
| 36 | 39 | Ashley Furniture Industries | 970 | 10 | 7 | 3,708 | - |
| 56 | 53 | Calfrac Well Services | 740 | 203 | 19 | 1,077 | $1.2 billion |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. | 3,886 | 111 | 25 | 5,853 | $50.4 billion |
| 30 | 26 | Clean Harbors | 1,097 | 4,531 | 33 | 3,788 | $3.4 billion |
| 17 | 22 | DOT Foods | 1,526 | 10 | 40 | 2,570 | $8.2 billion |
| 10 | 13 | NexTier Oilfield Solutions | 2,759 | 493 | 65 | 3,642 | $3.4 billion |
| 48 | 48 | Darling Ingredients | 805 | 884 | 82 | 4,276 | $3.4 billion |
| 55 | 72 | Shamrock Foods Co. | 741 | 92 | 100 | 1,020 | - |
| 65 | 52 | Veritiv Corp. | 661 | 53 | 130 | 1,026 | $7.7 billion |
| 85 | 99 | Foster Farms | 501 | 10 | 150 | 1,800 | $2.4 billion |
| 4 | 6 | Halliburton Co. | 6,101 | 2,471 | 237 | 11,653 | $22.4 billion |
| 9 | 9 | Schlumberger Limited | 3,652 | 510 | 249 | 5,107 | $32.9 billion |
| 73 | 75 | Air Products | 598 | 92 | 330 | 2,000 | $8.9 billion |
| 64 | 76 | Publix Super Markets | 668 | 26 | 443 | 3,300 | $38.1 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. | 8,745 | 1,345 | 840 | 10,593 | $60.1 billion |
| 6 | 5 | Reyes Holdings | 5,019 | 938 | 1,324 | 7,494 | $33.0 billion |
| 11 | 11 | Tyson Foods | 2,642 | 62 | 1,433 | 8,051 | $42.4 billion |
| 16 | 24 | Sunbelt Rentals | 1,589 | 4,102 | 4,480 | 1,575 | $5.5 billion |
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. | 10,950 | 4,550 | 16,250 | 17,900 | $67.2 billion |
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