2016 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
9,950 | 14,304 | - | 16,102 | $63.1 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,391 | 1,404 | 355 | 10,320 | $48.7 billion |
| 3 | 3 | Wal-Mart Stores |
6,277 | 199 | - | 66,191 | $482.1 billion |
| 4 | 4 | Coca-Cola Co. |
5,664 | 1,054 | - | 7,465 | $44.3 billion |
| 5 | 5 | Halliburton Co. |
5,637 | 1,160 | - | 9,509 | $23.6 billion |
| 6 | 6 | U.S. Foods |
5,242 | 354 | - | 6,530 | $23.0 billion |
| 7 | 10 | Schlumberger Limited |
3,994 | 1,314 | - | 4,770 | $35.5 billion |
| 8 | 8 | Reyes Holdings |
3,936 | 616 | 536 | 4,782 | $24.0 billion |
| 9 | 7 | Agrium Inc. |
3,930 | 2,315 | 7,457 | 6,297 | $14.8 billion |
| 10 | 9 | McLane Co. |
3,837 | 305 | 9 | 5,283 | $48.0 billion |
| 11 | 11 | C & J Energy Services |
2,970 | 1,661 | - | 4,580 | $1.7 billion |
| 12 | 13 | Performance Food Group |
2,814 | 132 | - | 3,500 | $11.7 billion |
| 13 | 15 | Dr Pepper Snapple Group |
2,293 | 87 | 1,165 | 2,902 | $6.4 billion |
| 14 | 16 | Baker Hughes |
2,282 | 1,813 | - | 2,856 | $15.7 billion |
| 15 | 18 | Dean Foods Co. |
2,135 | 2,752 | 422 | 5,239 | $8.1 billion |
| 16 | 12 | Tyson Foods |
2,122 | 59 | - | 6,105 | $40.6 billion |
| 17 | - | Femsa Logistica |
1,920 | - | - | 2,308 | $0.8 billion |
| 18 | 19 | Gordon Food Service |
1,787 | 36 | - | 2,453 | - |
| 19 | 70 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,754 | 4,117 | - | 3,126 | - |
| 20 | 21 | Basic Energy Services |
1,620 | 386 | - | 1,819 | $0.8 billion |
| 21 | 22 | Kroger Co. |
1,557 | 35 | - | 5,826 | $109.8 billion |
| 22 | 26 | Albertsons |
1,497 | - | - | 6,021 | - |
| 23 | 23 | United Rentals Inc. |
1,420 | 2,204 | - | 1,484 | $5.8 billion |
| 24 | 14 | CHS Inc. |
1,376 | 2,148 | - | 2,154 | $34.6 billion |
| 25 | 17 | Clean Harbors Inc. |
1,347 | 4,662 | - | 3,109 | $3.3 billion |
| 26 | 25 | Gibson Energy Inc. |
1,300 | - | - | 2,500 | $5.6 billion |
| 27 | 29 | Dot Foods |
1,290 | 4 | 17 | 1,970 | - |
| 28 | 44 | Calfrac Well Services |
1,270 | 568 | - | 2,097 | $1.5 billion |
| 29 | 28 | Helena Chemical Co. |
1,172 | 1,932 | - | 2,575 | - |
| 30 | 20 | Weatherford International |
1,136 | 605 | - | 3,297 | $9.4 billion |
| 31 | 30 | Praxair Inc. |
1,115 | 1,787 | - | 3,677 | $10.8 billion |
| 32 | 31 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,104 | 1,386 | 234 | 2,968 | - |
| 33 | 32 | Pilot Flying J Inc. |
1,032 | - | - | 1,314 | - |
| 34 | 41 | Darling Ingredients |
1,016 | 682 | 355 | 4,141 | $3.4 billion |
| 35 | 35 | Builders FirstSource Inc. |
990 | 2,541 | - | 1,693 | $6.1 billion |
| 35 | 34 | Plains All American Pipeline |
990 | - | - | 1,930 | $23.2 billion |
| 37 | 27 | Key Energy Services |
946 | 998 | - | 949 | $0.8 billion |
| 38 | 39 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
941 | 46 | - | 1,170 | - |
| 39 | 38 | Sunbelt Rentals |
919 | 1,972 | - | 1,058 | $3.3 billion |
| 40 | 33 | Cemex USA |
902 | 3,968 | - | 1,416 | $3.9 billion |
| 41 | 48 | Ahold Delhaize Group |
885 | 661 | - | 3,992 | - |
| 42 | 87 | Coca-Cola Bottling United |
806 | 424 | - | 962 | - |
| 42 | 37 | Veritiv Corp. |
806 | 106 | 117 | 1,274 | $8.7 billion |
| 44 | - | Southern Glazer's Wine $amp;amp; Spirits |
802 | 2,111 | - | 1,276 | - |
| 45 | 60 | Food Services of America |
772 | 55 | - | 741 | - |
| 46 | 43 | Walgreen Co. |
754 | 6 | - | 1,848 | $103.4 billion |
| 47 | 52 | United Natural Foods |
747 | 2 | - | 913 | $8.2 billion |
| 48 | 54 | Core-Mark Holding Co. |
745 | 98 | - | 911 | $11.1 billion |
| 49 | 36 | Nestle USA |
735 | 3,205 | - | 1,527 | $9.7 billion |
| 49 | 47 | Univar Inc. |
735 | 97 | 65 | 1,761 | - |
| 51 | 45 | Linde North America |
733 | 2,270 | - | 1,899 | $2.0 billion |
| 52 | 46 | Kellogg Co. |
710 | 60 | - | 1,153 | $13.5 billion |
| 53 | 53 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
709 | 1 | 10 | 3,400 | - |
| 54 | 42 | Shaw Industries Group |
697 | 55 | 238 | 3,233 | - |
| 55 | 65 | Quikrete Companies |
685 | 16 | - | 883 | - |
| 56 | 56 | Mondelez International |
680 | 230 | 50 | 780 | $29.6 billion |
| 57 | 61 | ABC Supply Co. |
633 | 2,400 | 254 | 898 | - |
| 58 | 73 | Energy Transfer Partners |
629 | 120 | - | 740 | $34.3 billion |
| 59 | 55 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
625 | 0 | - | 1,100 | - |
| 60 | 50 | Lowe's Companies Inc. |
624 | 72 | - | 640 | $59.1 billion |
| 61 | 72 | Cudd Energy Services |
619 | 183 | - | 958 | - |
| 62 | - | Brenntag North America |
612 | 89 | - | 1,513 | $11.5 billion |
| 63 | 64 | Maxim Crane Works |
608 | 0 | - | 985 | - |
| 63 | 51 | Nuverra Environmental Solutions |
608 | 223 | - | 873 | $0.4 billion |
| 65 | 63 | Archer Daniels Midland |
602 | 87 | - | 1,702 | $67.7 billion |
| 66 | 58 | Love's Travel Stops |
585 | 2,048 | - | 1,474 | - |
| 67 | 74 | Oldcastle Inc. |
585 | 2,048 | - | 1,474 | - |
| 68 | 62 | Golden State Foods |
580 | 45 | - | 794 | $7.0 billion |
| 69 | 86 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
571 | 1 | - | 1,548 | $11.3 billion |
| 70 | 59 | JBS USA Holdings |
569 | 0 | - | 1,302 | - |
| 71 | 48 | Perdue Farms Inc. |
567 | 39 | 582 | 1,627 | - |
| 72 | 57 | Publix Super Markets |
562 | 18 | - | 2,696 | $32.4 billion |
| 73 | 69 | MDU Resources Group |
553 | 1,747 | - | 1,718 | $4.2 billion |
| 74 | 40 | Air Products Inc. |
550 | 95 | 420 | 2,000 | $9.9 billion |
| 75 | 80 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
545 | 175 | - | 1,401 | - |
| 76 | 67 | Pilot Thomas Logistics |
542 | 826 | - | 870 | - |
| 77 | 68 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
541 | 0 | - | 1,434 | $30.0 billion |
| 78 | 76 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
539 | 61 | 75 | 757 | - |
| 79 | 74 | H.E.B. Grocery Co. |
534 | 9 | - | 2,208 | - |
| 80 | 71 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
511 | 66 | 52 | 920 | - |
| 81 | 80 | Foster Farms |
507 | 134 | - | 1,345 | - |
| 82 | - | Stericycle Inc. |
506 | 3,544 | - | 1,923 | $3.0 billion |
| 83 | - | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
496 | 218 | - | 615 | - |
| 84 | 94 | KeHE Distributors |
470 | 94 | 40 | 686 | - |
| 85 | 79 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
469 | 1 | - | 1,413 | $4.7 billion |
| 85 | 89 | Sanderson Farms Inc. |
469 | 5 | - | 654 | $2.8 billion |
| 87 | 78 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
468 | 146 | 199 | 534 | - |
| 88 | - | Anheuser-Busch LLC |
452 | 99 | - | 364 | - |
| 89 | 83 | Supervalu Inc. |
440 | 4 | - | 1,815 | $17.5 billion |
| 90 | 83 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
438 | 170 | - | 578 | - |
| 91 | 88 | Mohawk Industries |
420 | 138 | - | 2,217 | $8.6 billion |
| 92 | 91 | BlueLinx Holdings |
414 | 14 | - | 644 | $1.9 billion |
| 93 | 98 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
408 | 876 | - | 1,485 | - |
| 93 | 96 | Maines Paper & Food Service |
408 | 58 | - | 506 | $4.0 billion |
| 95 | - | Select Energy Services |
407 | 193 | - | 1,050 | - |
| 96 | 83 | Bimbo Bakeries USA |
399 | 3,806 | - | 895 | - |
| 97 | 92 | Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. |
397 | 748 | - | 431 | $1.5 billion |
| 98 | 82 | Sentinel Transportation |
393 | 1 | - | 815 | - |
| 99 | - | Mobile Mini |
389 | 178 | - | 428 | $0.5 billion |
| 100 | 93 | Valley Proteins Inc. |
385 | 94 | 40 | 1,075 | - |
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.
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