2018 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
11,100 | 3,500 | 20,600 | 17,500 | $63.5 billion |
| 2 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,577 | 1,202 | - | 10,696 | $55.4 billion |
| 3 | 3 | Walmart Inc. |
6,472 | 145 | - | 61,640 | $500.3 billion |
| 4 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,443 | 804 | 1,250 | 6,659 | $26.5 billion |
| 5 | 7 | Halliburton Co. |
5,382 | 2,885 | 254 | 10,362 | $20.6 billion |
| 6 | 5 | U.S. Foods |
5,336 | 389 | - | 6,650 | $24.0 billion |
| 7 | 8 | Nutrien |
4,349 | 2,261 | 8,622 | 8,554 | $13.7 billion |
| 8 | 9 | McLane Co. |
3,941 | 135 | 31 | 5,750 | - |
| 9 | 11 | Schlumberger Limited |
3,652 | 517 | 249 | 5,107 | $30.4 billion |
| 10 | 12 | Performance Food Group |
2,835 | 214 | - | 3,810 | $16.8 billion |
| 11 | 13 | Tyson Foods |
2,819 | 40 | 1,390 | 7,329 | $38.3 billion |
| 12 | 14 | Keurig Dr Pepper |
2,331 | 86 | 538 | 2,749 | $6.4 billion |
| 13 | 10 | C & J Energy Services |
2,306 | 454 | - | 3,715 | $1.6 billion |
| 14 | 20 | Basic Energy Services |
1,686 | 386 | - | 1,819 | $0.9 billion |
| 15 | 24 | United Rentals Inc. |
1,673 | 3,069 | - | 1,291 | $6.6 billion |
| 16 | 18 | CHS Inc. |
1,595 | 2,002 | - | 11,247 | $31.9 billion |
| 17 | 19 | Gordon Food Service |
1,519 | 17 | - | 2,041 | - |
| 18 | 17 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,472 | 4,184 | - | 2,331 | $23.7 billion |
| 19 | 23 | Albertsons Cos. |
1,450 | 1,030 | 75 | 5,300 | $59.9 billion |
| 20 | 44 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,427 | 513 | - | 1,915 | - |
| 21 | 25 | Clean Harbors Inc. |
1,375 | 5,187 | 21 | 4,361 | $2.9 billion |
| 22 | 26 | Dot Foods |
1,353 | 5 | 18 | 2,190 | - |
| 23 | 31 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,248 | 47 | - | 1,899 | - |
| 24 | 27 | Gibson Energy Inc. |
1,200 | - | - | 2,500 | $6.1 billion |
| 25 | 30 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,191 | 2,681 | - | 1,524 | $4.2 billion |
| 26 | - | FTS International |
1,116 | 178 | - | 1,485 | $1.5 billion |
| 27 | 41 | Core-Mark Holding Co. |
1,108 | 134 | - | 1,469 | $15.7 billion |
| 28 | 28 | Calfrac Well Services |
1,102 | 364 | - | 1,751 | $1.5 billion |
| 28 | 21 | Femsa Logistica |
1,102 | 1,100 | - | 2,130 | - |
| 30 | 37 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,066 | 82 | - | 1,333 | - |
| 31 | 57 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America |
1,062 | 714 | - | 4,560 | $44.5 billion |
| 32 | 33 | Pilot Flying J Inc. |
1,061 | 35 | - | 1,405 | - |
| 33 | 35 | Cemex USA |
1,030 | 3,354 | - | 1,689 | $3.5 billion |
| 34 | 32 | Praxair Inc. |
1,021 | 1,518 | - | 3,188 | $11.4 billion |
| 35 | 36 | Helena Chemical Co. |
1,004 | 2,507 | - | 2,575 | - |
| 36 | 43 | United Natural Foods |
943 | 6 | - | 1,084 | $9.3 billion |
| 37 | 39 | Builders FirstSource Inc. |
940 | 2,312 | - | 1,639 | $7.0 billion |
| 38 | 45 | Walgreen Co. |
920 | 24 | - | 2,387 | $118.2 billion |
| 39 | 69 | Maxim Crane Works |
903 | 99 | - | 1,428 | - |
| 40 | 22 | The Kroger Co. |
879 | 35 | - | 11,211 | $122.7 billion |
| 41 | 48 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
870 | 7 | - | 3,710 | - |
| 42 | 97 | BlueLinx Holdings |
836 | 47 | - | 881 | $1.8 billion |
| 42 | 38 | Veritiv Corp. |
836 | 97 | 149 | 1,415 | $8.4 billion |
| 44 | 34 | Darling Ingredients Inc. |
835 | 930 | 355 | 4,077 | $3.7 billion |
| 45 | 40 | Key Energy Services |
790 | 805 | - | 6,034 | $0.4 billion |
| 46 | 73 | Mondelēz International |
779 | 106 | - | 996 | $26.0 billion |
| 47 | 16 | Dean Foods Co. |
765 | 761 | - | 2,262 | $7.8 billion |
| 48 | 47 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
761 | 1,218 | - | 2,431 | $3.0 billion |
| 49 | 54 | ABC Supply Co. |
750 | 2,400 | 262 | 1,000 | - |
| 50 | 53 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
740 | - | - | 780 | - |
| 50 | 49 | Univar Inc. |
740 | 125 | - | 1,775 | $8.3 billion |
| 52 | 42 | Plains All American Pipeline |
730 | - | - | 900 | $26.0 billion |
| 53 | 61 | Shaw Industries Group |
725 | 60 | - | 3,210 | - |
| 54 | 46 | Food Services of America |
714 | 50 | - | 820 | - |
| 55 | 52 | Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits |
702 | 2,203 | - | 1,118 | - |
| 56 | 59 | Supervalu Inc. |
694 | 5 | - | 2,637 | $14.2 billion |
| 57 | 75 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
691 | 103 | - | 1,202 | - |
| 58 | 80 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
686 | - | 37 | 1,168 | $6.5 billion |
| 59 | 83 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
682 | 1,436 | - | 1,168 | $4.4 billion |
| 60 | 68 | Golden State Foods |
681 | 33 | - | 877 | $7.0 billion |
| 61 | 55 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
675 | - | - | 1,200 | $1.3 billion |
| 62 | - | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England |
672 | 100 | - | 890 | - |
| 63 | 56 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
669 | 242 | - | 801 | $1.8 billion |
| 64 | 60 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
667 | 1 | - | 1,670 | $15.0 billion |
| 65 | 50 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
666 | 133 | - | 773 | - |
| 66 | 65 | JBS USA Holdings |
665 | - | - | 1,430 | $26.8 billion |
| 67 | 62 | Publix Super Markets |
659 | 18 | 414 | 3,265 | $34.6 billion |
| 68 | 58 | Shamrock Foods |
655 | 75 | 75 | 1,098 | - |
| 69 | 98 | Select Energy Services |
653 | 630 | - | 1,763 | $0.7 billion |
| 70 | 63 | Cudd Energy Services |
638 | 239 | - | 881 | - |
| 71 | - | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
630 | 43 | - | 773 | $1.0 billion |
| 72 | - | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
620 | 231 | - | 768 | - |
| 73 | 66 | Energy Transfer Partners |
605 | 95 | - | 712 | $29.0 billion |
| 74 | 71 | Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Co. |
602 | 87 | - | 1,702 | $60.8 billion |
| 75 | - | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 | 14 | - | 657 | - |
| 76 | 78 | Air Products Inc. |
589 | 94 | 330 | 2,000 | $8.2 billion |
| 77 | 64 | Brenntag North America |
587 | 80 | - | 1,487 | - |
| 78 | 74 | Nestle USA |
581 | 3,353 | - | 1,435 | $26.7 billion |
| 79 | - | Williams Brothers Construction |
575 | 200 | - | 253 | - |
| 80 | 15 | Baker Hughes |
571 | 63 | - | 355 | $22.0 billion |
| 81 | 77 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
567 | - | - | 1,613 | - |
| 82 | 79 | MDU Resources Group Inc. |
563 | 1,797 | - | 1,844 | $4.4 billion |
| 83 | 80 | Stericycle Inc. |
556 | 3,762 | - | 2,095 | $3.6 billion |
| 84 | 82 | Foster Farms |
536 | 96 | 10 | 1,621 | - |
| 85 | 84 | Gravity Oilfield Services |
529 | 69 | - | 541 | - |
| 86 | 76 | H.E.B. Grocery Co. |
517 | 5 | - | 2,355 | - |
| 87 | 85 | Linde North America |
508 | 1,877 | - | 1,421 | - |
| 88 | 87 | Mohawk Industries |
488 | 159 | - | 2,217 | $9.5 billion |
| 89 | 90 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
469 | 1 | 1 | 1,440 | $5.4 billion |
| 90 | 88 | Valley Proteins Inc. |
466 | 151 | 54 | 1,198 | - |
| 91 | - | Medline Inc. |
462 | 121 | - | 547 | $10.0 billion |
| 92 | 72 | Oldcastle Inc. |
460 | 894 | 2 | 1,266 | - |
| 93 | 100 | Herc Rentals |
444 | 300 | - | 447 | $1.8 billion |
| 94 | 91 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
441 | 141 | 176 | 609 | - |
| 94 | 93 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
441 | 172 | - | 578 | - |
| 96 | 89 | KeHE Distributors |
438 | 1 | 1 | 742 | - |
| 97 | 92 | Sanderson Farms Inc. |
436 | 31 | - | 706 | $3.3 billion |
| 98 | 94 | Bragg Cos. |
433 | - | - | 682 | - |
| 98 | 67 | Nuverra Environmental Solutions |
433 | 180 | - | 553 | $0.2 billion |
| 100 | 95 | Dunkin' Brands Group |
430 | 12 | - | 450 | $0.9 billion |
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