2020 Top 100 Private Carriers
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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On the Bubble
Ecolab Inc./Nalco
(373 tractors), is a water, hygiene and infection prevention company.
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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 100
Increase in Online Shopping Spurs Innovation for Shipping Packaging
Effective shipment packaging relies as much on science and engineering as it does diligence and common sense. Matching the right box for the product and properly securing palletized shipments is crucial in the physically challenging environment of a less-than-truckload or parcel network.
February 8, 2021
Business, Top 100
ABF Freight’s Tim Thorne Gets Service Award
Tim Thorne, president of ABF Freight, ArcBest’s less-than-truckload carrier, was honored with the 2020 Herbert Metzger Service Award from the Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services.
February 5, 2021
Business, Top 100
Prime Inc. Donates More Than $200,000 From Canceled Events to Charities
Prime Inc. donated a large portion of funds from its canceled 2020 company events to several charities.
February 5, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
USA Truck Reports $5.9M Earnings for Q4
USA Truck Inc. posted record fourth-quarter earnings as the company rebounded from a year-ago loss to a profit in the three-month period ending Dec. 31.
February 5, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Werner Reports Net Income Increased 25% to $60.6M for Q4
Werner Enterprises Inc. saw fourth-quarter earnings increase from the year-ago period while revenue declined slightly, the company reported Feb. 4.
February 4, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Werner Reports Net Income Increased 25% to $60.6M for Q4
Werner Enterprises Inc. saw fourth-quarter earnings increase from the year-ago period while revenue declined slightly, the company reported Feb. 4.
February 4, 2021
Business, Equipment, Top 100
Class 8 Orders in January Clear 40,000
North American Class 8 orders kicked off the year by reaching 42,200 in January, up 146% from a year earlier when they were 17,204, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.
February 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
UPS Gives Old Jets New Life
Imagine ripping out the dashboard of your 20-year-old minivan and replacing it with the high-tech controls from a Tesla.
February 4, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
Schneider Reports Increased Net Income During Q4 2020
Schneider National on Feb. 3 reported a year-over-year increase in profit for the fourth quarter of 2020.
February 3, 2021
Business, Safety, Top 100
Ryder Provides Paid Time Off for COVID Vaccinations
Ryder System Inc. will pay up to six hours for employees to get the coronavirus vaccine, the company said Feb. 1.
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