2017 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in North America

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Rankings

Rank This Year Rank Last Year Company Tractors Trucks Pickups/ Cargo Vans Trailers Annual Revenue
1 1
PepsiCo Inc.
11,225 3,605 17,100 18,468
$62.8 billion
2 2
Sysco Corp.
8,534 1,042 606 10,947
$50.4 billion
3 3
Wal-Mart Stores
6,398 199 - 63,723
$485.9 billion
4 4
Coca-Cola Co.
5,487 1,354 - 7,137
$41.8 billion
5 6
U.S. Foods
5,270 387 - 6,562
$22.9 billion
6 8
Reyes Holdings
4,329 792 734 5,309
$24.0 billion
7 5
Halliburton Co.
4,243 881 - 8,152
$15.9 billion
8 9
Agrium Inc.
4,239 2,271 7,638 6,721
$13.7 billion
9 10
McLane Co.
3,816 322 12 5,611 -
10 11
C & J Energy Services
3,196 766 - 3,767
$1.0 billion
11 7
Schlumberger Limited
3,137 1,314 - 4,720
$27.8 billion
12 12
Performance Food Group
2,801 143 - 3,618
$16.0 billion
13 16
Tyson Foods
2,380 56 1,274 6,499
$37.0 billion
14 13
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
2,331 86 538 2,749
$6.4 billion
15 14
Baker Hughes Inc.
2,282 1,791 - 2,847
$9.8 billion
16 15
Dean Foods Co.
2,073 2,645 749 5,454
$7.7 billion
17 19
American Air Liquide Holdings
1,822 4,064 - 2,948
$22.0 billion
18 24
CHS Inc.
1,781 1,928 - 2,416
$30.3 billion
19 18
Gordon Food Service
1,714 36 - 2,375 -
20 20
Basic Energy Services
1,620 386 - 1,819
$0.5 billion
21 17
Femsa Logistica
1,500 1,100 - 2,100
$0.8 billion
22 21
Kroger Co.
1,489 35 - 5,490
$115.0 billion
23 22
Albertsons
1,453 850 75 6,203 -
24 23
United Rentals Inc.
1,420 2,204 - 1,484
$5.8 billion
25 25
Clean Harbors Inc.
1,394 4,202 - 3,533
$2.8 billion
26 27
Dot Foods
1,325 4 18 2,065 -
27 26
Gibson Energy Inc.
1,300 - - 2,800
$4.6 billion
28 28
Calfrac Well Services
1,270 568 - 2,097
$0.7 billion
29 30
Weatherford International
1,136 605 - 3,520 -
30 39
Sunbelt Rentals
1,105 2,022 - 1,332
$3.6 billion
31 55
Quikrete Companies
1,103 58 - 1,475 -
32 31
Praxair Inc.
1,097 1,687 - 3,534
$10.5 billion
33 33
Pilot Flying J Inc.
1,084 28 - 1,388 -
34 34
Darling Ingredients
1,066 769 274 4,121
$3.4 billion
35 40
Cemex USA
1,031 3,970 - 1,761
$3.7 billion
36 29
Helena Chemical Co.
1,004 2,507 - 2,575 -
37 38
Ben E. Keith Co.
963 46 - 1,195 -
38 42
Veritiv Corp.
933 71 209 1,447
$8.3 billion
39 35
Builders FirstSource Inc.
928 2,303 - 1,618
$6.4 billion
40 37
Key Energy Services
917 291 - 914
$0.4 billion
41 48
Core-Mark Holding Co.
866 119 - 1,301
$14.5 billion
42 35
Plains All American Pipeline
820 - - 1,875
$20.0 billion
43 47
United Natural Foods
812 7 - 1,044
$8.5 billion
44 42
Coca-Cola Bottling United
806 424 - 962 -
45 46
Walgreen Co.
791 35 - 2,039
$117.3 billion
46 45
Food Services of America
772 55 - 741 -
47 32
Prairie Farms Dairy
769 1,231 - 2,241 -
48 53
Ashley Furniture Industries
722 7 - 3,526 -
49 49
Univar Inc.
721 83 62 1,579
$8.1 billion
50 88
Anheuser-Busch LLC
714 166 - 799
$13.8 billion
51 52
Kellogg Co.
710 60 - 1,153
$13.0 billion
52 44
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
699 2,044 - 1,105 -
53 66
Love's Travel Stops
684 - 20 732 -
54 57
ABC Supply Co.
676 2,636 252 939 -
55 59
Advanced Drainage Systems
675 0 - 1,200
$1.3 billion
56 83
Swire Coca-Cola USA
664 241 - 800 -
57 41
Ahold Delhaize Group
663 663 - 1,990
$30.9 billion
58 78
Shamrock Foods Co.
661 66 95 1,020 -
59 89
Supervalu Inc.
648 5 - 2,768
$12.5 billion
60 69
Sherwin-Williams Co.
644 1 - 1,623
$15.8 billion
61 54
Shaw Industries Group
643 - - 3,211 -
62 72
Publix Super Markets
642 16 400 3,153
$34.0 billion
63 61
Cudd Energy Services
638 228 - 876 -
64 62
Brenntag North America
636 87 - 1,565 -
65 70
JBS USA Holdings
627 0 - 1,393
$33.9 billion
66 58
Energy Transfer Partners
626 120 - 737
$21.8 billion
67 63
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
623 129 - 656
$0.2 billion
68 68
Golden State Foods
616 38 - 826
$6.0 billion
69 63
Maxim Crane Works
608 - - 985 -
70 60
Lowe's Companies Inc.
607 3,981 - 625
$65.0 billion
71 65
Archer Daniels Midland
602 87 - 1,702
$62.3 billion
72 67
Oldcastle Inc.
601 1,758 - 1,481 -
73 56
Mondelez International
582 288 - 746
$25.9 billion
74 49
Nestle USA
581 3,353 - 1,435
$26.7 billion
75 75
SE Independent Delivery Services
575 219 - 1,600 -
76 79
H.E.B. Grocery Co.
569 5 - 2,843 -
77 77
C & S Wholesale Grocers
567 0 - 1,613
$30.0 billion
78 74
Air Products Inc.
565 94 335 2,000
$7.5 billion
79 73
MDU Resources Group
559 1,731 - 1,713
$4.1 billion
80 80
Bunzl Distribution USA
546 71 43 975
$8.5 billion
80 82
Stericycle Inc.
546 3,699 - 2,090
$3.6 billion
82 81
Foster Farms
545 94 - 1,346 -
83 -
Beacon Roofing Supply
538 1,389 - 993
$4.1 billion
84 -
Globe Energy Services
529 43 - 529 -
85 51
Linde North America
507 1,425 - 1,988 -
86 -
FCA Transport
495 7 - 1,460 -
87 91
Mohawk Industries
488 159 - 2,217
$9.0 billion
88 100
Valley Proteins Inc.
482 125 51 1,101 -
89 84
KeHE Distributors
479 8 - 769 -
90 85
Ace Hardware Corp.
469 1 1 1,455
$4.9 billion
91 87
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
461 144 196 560 -
92 86
Sanderson Farms Inc.
456 6 - 671
$2.8 billion
93 90
The H.T. Hackney Co.
438 170 - 578 -
94 -
Bragg Cos.
433 - - 682 -
95 -
Dunkin' Brands Group
430 12 - 450
$0.8 billion
96 93
Maines Paper & Food Service
423 66 - 553
$3.5 billion
97 92
BlueLinx Holdings
418 9 - 591
$1.9 billion
98 95
Select Energy Services
407 193 - 1,050 -
99 -
Columbia Distributing
402 144 - 515 -
100 97
Herc Rentals
397 748 - 431
$1.6 billion

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