2023 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America
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The carriers on the TT100 list have kept busy despite a softer freight environment

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Rankings
Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Tractors Trucks Pickups/ Cargo Vans Trailers Annual Revenue
1 1
PepsiCo Inc.
12,590 17,691 5,015 30,227
$86.4 billion
2 2
Walmart Inc.
11,361 29 - 81,598
$611.3 billion
3 3
Sysco Corp.
9,345 1,885 772 10,565
$68.0 billion
4 4
US Foods
5,969 433 - 7,748
$34.0 billion
5 5
Performance Food Group
5,852 605 - 7,923
$50.9 billion
6 7
Reyes Holdings
5,396 863 1,404 7,328 -
7 6
Halliburton Co.
4,695 2,813 89 10,694
$20.3 billion
8 8
McLane Co.
3,949 164 - 6,292
$53.2 billion
9 19
Amazon.com Inc.
3,909 12,586 - 40,677
$514.0 billion
10 12
United Rentals
3,042 4,119 - 3,559
$11.6 billion
11 9
Tyson Foods
2,594 46 - 5,024
$53.3 billion
12 13
Gordon Food Service
2,199 35 - 3,145
$19.0 billion
13 11
NexTier Oilfield Solutions
2,177 160 - 4,087
$3.2 billion
14 32
Clean Harbors
2,035 5,456 4,750 9,498
$5.2 billion
15 20
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI)
2,004 19 - 3,696
$28.9 billion
16 17
Sunbelt Rentals
1,951 1,150 4,979 2,014
$9.7 billion
17 23
The Quikrete Cos.
1,762 10 - 2,236 -
18 16
Dot Foods
1,755 2 - 2,774
$9.8 billion
19 21
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,747 561 - 2,167 -
20 15
Pilot Co.
1,645 33 - 1,946 -
21 22
American Air Liquide Holdings
1,571 3,821 - 2,165
$31.5 billion
22 24
Ashley Furniture Industries
1,520 28 19 5,088 -
23 28
CRH Americas
1,444 2,363 - 2,972
$32.7 billion
24 26
CHS Inc.
1,426 1,666 - 6,710
$47.8 billion
25 29
Carvana
1,394 1,733 244 1,422
$13.1 billion
26 10
Helena Agri-Enterprises
1,295 2,005 - 1,625 -
27 27
Cemex USA
1,285 3,908 - 2,338
$4.2 billion
28 30
Ahold Delhaize USA
1,243 748 - 5,903
$58.1 billion
29 39
Medline Inc.
1,237 493 - 1,940
$21.2 billion
30 47
Darling Ingredients
1,205 819 - 5,682
$6.5 billion
31 18
ProFrac Holding Corp.
1,201 84 - 2,083
$2.4 billion
32 34
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
1,194 - - 1,154 -
33 36
Ben E. Keith Co.
1,182 78 - 1,363 -
34 33
Cudd Energy Services
1,173 208 - 1,444 -
35 35
Prairie Farms Dairy
1,120 1,649 318 3,671 -
36 38
Walgreen Co.
1,089 22 - 2,896
$132.7 billion
37 41
Sherwin-Williams Co.
1,057 3 - 2,449
$22.1 billion
38 25
The Kroger Co.
1,048 468 - 21,355
$148.3 billion
39 52
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.
985 392 - 1,385
$2.1 billion
40 40
Albertsons Cos.
966 - - 3,389
$77.6 billion
41 61
Publix Super Markets
947 20 - 4,034
$54.9 billion
42 37
ProPetro Holding Corp.
943 22 - 1,350
$1.3 billion
43 49
Univar Solutions
921 75 - 2,048
$11.5 billion
44 31
Builders FirstSource
901 2,393 - 2,095
$22.7 billion
45 43
Swire Coca-Cola USA
881 276 - 1,212
$3.0 billion
46 69
Costco Wholsale Corp.
876 368 - 6,167
$222.7 billion
47 45
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
851 2,325 - 1,075 -
48 48
ABC Supply Co.
826 3,172 - 1,096
$12.1 billion
49 51
Shaw Industries Group
825 55 - 3,000 -
50 44
BlueLinx Holdings
815 44 - 816
$4.5 billion
51 46
Mondelez International
810 72 - 954
$31.5 billion
52 73
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
773 37 - 928 -
53 53
Calfrac Well Services
740 203 - 1,067
$1.1 billion
54 53
Wayne-Sanderson Farms
737 101 - 1,040 -
55 55
Shamrock Foods Co.
732 105 - 1,039 -
56 64
Plains All American Pipeline
720 - - 1,440
$57.3 billion
57 70
Beacon Roofing Supply
718 1,660 - 893
$8.4 billion
58 62
Messer Americas
717 242 358 1,471 -
59 60
JBS USA Holdings
699 - - 1,324 -
60 57
Brenntag North America
695 579 - 2,200
$7.1 billion
60 58
Energy Transfer
695 478 - 940
$89.9 billion
62 77
Ecology Auto Parts
668 12 - 920 -
63 81
Ace Hardware Corp.
654 - - 1,636
$9.2 billion
64 56
Mohawk Industries
648 108 - 2,860
$11.7 billion
65 63
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
644 77 - 909 -
66 65
SE Independent Delivery Services
637 250 - 2,155 -
67 75
Marathon Petroleum Co.
628 161 - 699
$180.0 billion
68 66
H-E-B Grocery Co.
626 9 - 4,268 -
69 68
Advanced Drainage Systems
621 - - 1,195
$3.1 billion
70
Knife River Corp
615 2,154 3 2,193 -
71 70
Air Products
612 189 - 1,568
$12.7 billion
71 50
Anheuser Busch Cos.
612 150 - 629
$16.6 billion
73
MasTec Inc.
604 6,420 - 6,208
$9.8 billion
74 59
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
602 87 - 1,702
$101.6 billion
75 78
SpartanNash
590 1 - 1,566
$9.6 billion
76 74
Herc Rentals
572 369 - 685
$2.7 billion
77 76
Foster Farms
566 9 42 1,202 -
78 83
The H.T. Hackney Co.
528 191 - 749 -
79 84
KeHE Distributors
523 - - 867 -
80 42
Bunzl Distribution USA
517 37 - 967
$12.0 billion
81 94
Domino's Pizza
508 117 - 640
$4.5 billion
82 96
Perdue Farms
507 6 - 1,510 -
83 84
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
504 116 - 772 -
84 86
KLX Energy Services
498 670 - 954
$0.8 billion
84 82
Linde
498 1,544 - 1,878
$33.4 billion
86 87
J.R. Simplot Co.
497 1,114 - 2,077 -
87 79
Veritiv Corp.
496 40 - 864
$7.2 billion
88 89
Stericycle Inc.
454 4,657 - 2,543
$2.7 billion
89 99
SRS Distribution
453 2,654 - 811 -
90 91
Thyssenkrupp North America
451 599 - 743 -
91 90
Hobby Lobby Stores
445 11 - 1,551 -
92 88
Columbia Distributing
432 102 - 531 -
93 97
Bragg Cos.
430 116 - 833 -
94 92
Liquid Environmental Solutions
429 104 - 321 -
95 93
Orgill Inc.
422 2 - 1,100
$3.6 billion
96
Nine Energy Service
414 338 - 604
$0.6 billion
97
McKee Foods Corp.
407 21 - 862 -
98 80
C&S Wholesale Grocers
406 - - 4,543 -
98 72
Maxim Crane Works
406 844 - 2,331 -
100
Lipari Foods
398 59 - 462 -
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Private Carrier News
Business, Logistics, Private

Ashley's Trucking Fleet Keeps Furniture Moving

In recent years, Ashley Furniture Industries has been expanding its own private trucking fleet — both organic­ally and through acquisition — to further bolster its supply chain.

Gregory Van Tighem | Special to Transport Topics
August 25, 2023
Government, Business, Private, TCA

Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Give Details on Proposed Merger

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran made a number of pledges to their customers and employees if their proposed grocery merger prevails.

Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton | The Denver Post
August 25, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Private, Top 100

Private Fleets Continue Optimization Efforts

Private motor carriers, like all trucking operations, have adjusted to shifting freight market conditions in the past year as truck capacity has loosened and freight rates have softened.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
August 25, 2023
Business, Equipment, Private

Top 100 Private Carriers Adjust to Freight Slowdown

From food service distributors to in-house trucking divisions of retailers, the largest private motor carriers in North America  have remained busy even as the freight market has cooled.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features
August 25, 2023
Business, Safety, Private, TCA

Walmart’s First Class of Homegrown Truck Drivers Graduates

Last year Walmart Inc. dangled $110,000 trucking jobs to its own store workers. Now, the first classes of students are graduating.

Maria Halkias | The Dallas Morning News
August 25, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, Private

Walmart, Alphabet to Test Wider Drone Deliveries

Walmart Inc. is planning its longest drone deliveries yet by teaming up with Alphabet Inc.’s Wing unit at two Dallas-area stores.  

Brendan Case | Bloomberg News
August 24, 2023
Government, Business, Private, TCA

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Draws Protest From State Officials

The proposed merger of food retail giants Kroger and Albertsons has elicited criticism from seven secretaries of state.

Matthew Narvaiz | Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
August 22, 2023
Business, Private

Old Dominion Tops Estes’ Bid for Yellow Terminals

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has offered $1.5 billion to acquire Yellow Corp.’s 169 terminals out of bankruptcy, more than a previous offer from Estes Express Lines.

Jonathan Randles | Bloomberg News
August 19, 2023
Business, Logistics, Private

Revived Amazon Service for Sellers Competes With UPS, FedEx

Amazon has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and that competes with carriers such as FedEx and UPS.

August 18, 2023
Business, Private

Tyson Foods Reportedly Explores Sale of China Business

Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat company, is exploring options including a potential sale of its China business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

August 17, 2023
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