2021 Top 100 Private Carriers

2021 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America

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Up Front

Private Fleets, For-Hire Carriers Battle for Drivers

Pandemic disruptions and their impact on the economy have upended the advantage private fleets used to enjoy.

Interactive Map: Where They Are

See the headquarters locations for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.

Fleets Cope With Market Volatility, Labor Shortage

The 2021 edition of the Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers list reflects last year’s volatile business conditions.

Rankings

Rank This Year	Rank Last Year	Company	Tractors	Trucks	Pickups/ Cargo Vans	Trailers	Annual Sales
1	1	PepsiCo Inc.	10,870	4,658	16,137	19,430	$70.4 billion
2	2	Sysco Corp.	8,745	1,345	840	10,593	$52.9 billion
3	3	Walmart Inc.	7,400	25	-	58,826	$559.2 billion
4	4	Halliburton Co.	5,677	2,793	-	11,136	$14.4 billion
5	5	US Foods	5,426	375	-	7,096	$22.9 billion
6	6	Reyes Holdings	5,104	826	1,249	6,846	$29.0 billion
7	7	Performance Food Group	4,767	508	-	6,091	$25.1 billion
8	8	McLane Co.	3,852	109	31	5,833	$46.8 billion
9	11	Tyson Foods	2,594	46	-	5,024	$43.2 billion
10	25	Helena Agri-Enterprises	2,552	1,792	-	2,670	-
11	10	NexTier Oilfield Solutions	2,436	424	-	3,373	$1.2 billion
12	13	Basic Energy Services	2,218	642	-	1,880	$0.4 billion
13	9	Schlumberger Limited	2,101	363	-	5,582	$23.6 billion
14	12	United Rentals	2,047	3,730	-	2,361	$8.5 billion
15	14	Gordon Food Service	1,875	16	-	2,695	$14.0 billion
16	19	Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United	1,595	554	-	1,854	-
17	18	American Air Liquide Holdings	1,586	3,858	-	2,203	$23.4 billion
18	17	DOT Foods	1,568	10	40	2,645	-
19	20	United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI)	1,548	6	-	4,701	$26.5 billion
20	16	Sunbelt Rentals	1,537	3,517	-	1,507	$5.4 billion
21	15	CHS Inc.	1,534	1,868	-	5,746	$28.4 billion
22	-	Amazon.com Inc.	1,395	12,373	-	37,390	$386.1 billion
23	22	The Quikrete Cos.	1,348	5	-	2,051	-
24	23	Pilot Co.	1,341	28	-	1,688	-
25	27	Cemex USA	1,229	3,597	-	2,257	$6.8 billion
26	36	Ashley Furniture Industries	1,215	78	6	4,040	-
27	30	Clean Harbors	1,172	4,444	-	3,915	$3.1 billion
28	28	ProPetro Holding Corp.	1,156	32	-	1,662	$0.8 billion
29	29	Ahold USA/Delhaize America	1,149	724	-	4,577	$51.8 billion
30	24	Cudd Energy Services	1,126	291	-	1,399	-
31	58	Prairie Farms Dairy	1,120	1,649	318	3,671	-
32	32	Core-Mark Holding Co.	1,099	137	-	1,315	$17.0 billion
33	31	Ben E. Keith Co.	1,094	73	-	1,348	-
34	33	FTS International	1,083	74	-	1,343	$0.3 billion
35	46	Energy Transfer Partners	1,075	101	-	1,289	$39.0 billion
36	37	Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores	1,064	-	-	876	-
37	49	Medline Inc.	973	348	-	1,279	$13.9 billion
38	38	Walgreen Co.	959	23	-	2,595	$139.5 billion
39	35	Albertsons Cos.	948	-	-	3,309	$69.7 billion
40	39	The Kroger Co.	943	15	-	14,078	$132.5 billion
41	40	CRH Americas	930	1,745	-	2,338	$11.3 billion
42	42	Maxim Crane Works	882	641	-	1,818	-
43	43	Sherwin-Williams Co.	861	1	-	2,119	$18.4 billion
44	44	Swire Coca-Cola USA	853	278	-	1,172	$2.3 billion
45	45	BlueLinx Holdings	836	44	-	848	$3.1 billion
46	52	ABC Supply Co.	820	3,050	-	1,150	$12.1 billion
46	48	Darling Ingredients	820	710	245	4,340	$3.6 billion
48	47	Mondelez International	808	64	-	1,031	$8.2 billion
49	21	Univar Solutions	769	65	-	2,047	$6.6 billion
50	61	Anheuser-Busch Cos.	759	148	-	800	$15.6 billion
51	60	Shaw Industries Group	750	55	-	3,000	-
52	56	Calfrac Well Services	740	203	-	1,067	$0.5 billion
53	57	JBS USA Holdings	739	-	-	1,336	-
54	59	Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits	721	2,189	-	820	-
55	-	WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.	707	274	-	1,272	$1.4 billion
56	55	Shamrock Foods Co.	696	107	-	1,028	-
57	54	Brenntag North America	691	474	-	2,158	$4.8 billion
58	64	Publix Super Markets	689	13	-	3,840	$44.9 billion
59	53	Plains All American Pipeline	680	-	-	840	$23.3 billion
60	65	Veritiv Corp.	661	53	-	1,026	$6.3 billion
61	51	Messer Americas	657	228	261	2,066	-
62	72	MDU Resources Group	651	2,009	-	2,095	$5.5 billion
63	63	Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast	644	77	-	909	-
64	79	SE Independent Delivery Services	637	250	-	2,155	-
65	69	Advanced Drainage Systems	620	1	-	1,195	$1.7 billion
66	87	Costco Wholesale Corp.	611	320	-	4,725	$163.2 billion
67	67	Stericycle Inc.	603	4,186	-	2,555	$2.7 billion
68	68	Mohawk Industries	595	156	-	2,544	$9.6 billion
69	71	Beacon Roofing Supply	579	1,837	-	1,232	$6.9 billion
70	73	Air Products	578	98	339	2,000	$8.9 billion
70	-	KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc.	578	993	-	1,061	$0.3 billion
72	73	Coca-Cola Beverages Florida	574	28	-	758	-
73	76	Herc Rentals	572	369	-	685	$1.8 billion
74	77	H-E-B Grocery Co.	567	8	-	3,002	-
75	85	Foster Farms	566	9	-	1,202	-
76	80	Sanderson Farms	556	26	-	664	$3.6 billion
77	70	Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages	553	136	-	722	-
78	78	Ecology Auto Parts	543	12	-	659	-
79	86	SpartanNash	538	4	-	1,225	$9.3 billion
80	34	Builders FirstSource	520	1,267	-	1,312	$8.6 billion
81	81	Archer Daniels Midland Co.	519	-	-	1,453	$64.4 billion
82	95	The H.T. Hackney Co.	505	191	-	740	-
83	83	Ace Hardware Corp.	500	-	-	1,400	$7.8 billion
84	93	Columbia Distributing	478	95	-	585	-
85	88	KeHE Distributors	472	1	-	793	$5.0 billion
86	96	Bunzl Distribution USA	457	32	-	864	-
87	98	Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.	456	8	-	1,543	-
88	94	C&S Wholesale Grocers	451	-	-	4,543	-
89	26	Linde	450	1,423	-	1,893	$10.5 billion
90	92	Key Energy Services	430	533	-	503	-
91	82	Domino's Pizza	419	48	-	587	$4.1 billion
92	62	Nine Energy Service	415	310	-	605	$0.3 billion
93	-	Wilbur-Ellis	403	856	-	1,167	$3.0 billion
94	90	Valley Proteins	402	128	-	1,342	-
95	-	Thyssenkrupp North America	399	537	-	793	-
96	100	Dunkin'	397	12	-	450	-
97	91	Bragg Cos.	396	-	-	575	-
98	-	Orgill Inc.	393	2	-	1,080	$3.0 billion
99	-	Matheson Tri-Gas	392	685	-	918	-
100	-	Lowe's Companies Inc.	388	3,464	-	462	$89.6 billion

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Market Shifts, Mergers Alter Sector Rankings

While industry sectors have unique demands, all have been dealing with various forms of disruption during the past year.

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Top 100 News

Government, Business, Logistics, Top 100

UPS Loses Compensation Bid in EU

UPS Inc. lost a court fight for about $2 billion in compensation over the European Commission’s 2013 botched veto of its takeover bid for TNT Express.

Stephanie Bodoni | Bloomberg News

February 23, 2022

Business, Logistics, Top 100

Hirschbach to Acquire John Christner Trucking

Hirschbach Motor Lines on Feb. 16 announced that it will acquire Sapulpa, Okla.-based refrigerated carrier John Christner Trucking.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter

February 17, 2022

Business, Top 100

Walmart Bucks Supply Chain Snarls With Upbeat Annual Outlook

Walmart Inc. surpassed Wall Street’s quarterly profit expectations and unveiled an upbeat sales outlook for the current fiscal year despite persistent cost pressures and flagging consumer sentiment.

Brendan Case | Bloomberg News

February 17, 2022

Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100

GXO Reports $2.3 Billion in Revenue for Q4

GXO Logistics saw revenue grow 19% to $2.3 billion during the fourth quarter of 2021, the company reported Feb. 15.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter

February 15, 2022

Business, Technology, Top 100

Averitt Emphasizes People, Service on 50th Anniversary

Averitt Express marked a half century in business last year with celebrations at its facilities across the country, including its corporate headquarters in Cookeville, Tenn.

Transport Topics

February 11, 2022

Business, Logistics, Top 100