2014 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest Private Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
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| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
12,132 | 7,745 | 17,761 | 10,548 | $66.0 billion |
| 2 | 3 | Sysco Corp. |
7,647 | 1,190 | 388 | 9,577 | $44.4 billion |
| 3 | 2 | Coca-Cola Co. |
7,479 | 1,901 | 3,690 | 9,523 | $46.9 billion |
| 4 | 4 | Wal-Mart Stores |
6,239 | - | - | 61,743 | $473.0 billion |
| 5 | 5 | U.S. Foods |
5,438 | 328 | - | 6,472 | $22.0 billion |
| 6 | 5 | Halliburton Co. |
5,025 | 1,009 | - | 8,437 | $29.0 billion |
| 7 | 7 | McLane Co. |
3,650 | 260 | 38 | 4,867 | $44.0 billion |
| 8 | 8 | Agrium Inc. |
3,395 | 2,379 | 6,817 | 4,431 | $11.9 billion |
| 9 | 10 | Reyes Holdings |
3,052 | 510 | 359 | 3,972 | $20.0 billion |
| 10 | 12 | C $amp;amp; J Energy Services/ Nabor Industries |
3,002 | 1,045 | - | 4,048 | $1.1 billion |
| 11 | 9 | Schlumberger Limited |
2,913 | 1,029 | - | 3,741 | $45.0 billion |
| 12 | 11 | Tyson Foods |
2,873 | 3,305 | - | 7,331 | $34.4 billion |
| 13 | 13 | Dr Pepper Snapple Group |
2,388 | 327 | 1,541 | 3,100 | $6.0 billion |
| 14 | 15 | Performance Food Group |
2,349 | 90 | - | 2,899 | - |
| 15 | 13 | Baker Hughes Inc. |
2,285 | 1,817 | - | 2,845 | $22.0 billion |
| 16 | 14 | Dean Foods Co. |
1,888 | 3,183 | 470 | 5,450 | $9.0 billion |
| 17 | 16 | United Rentals Inc. |
1,879 | 2,984 | - | 2,003 | $5.0 billion |
| 18 | 17 | Basic Energy Services |
1,620 | 386 | - | 1,819 | $1.3 billion |
| 19 | 23 | Gibson Energy Inc. |
1,450 | - | - | 2,600 | $3.7 billion |
| 20 | 19 | Weatherford International |
1,428 | 1,106 | - | 3,513 | $15.3 billion |
| 21 | 21 | Airgas Inc. |
1,407 | 3,081 | 946 | 3,872 | $4.9 billion |
| 22 | 24 | Kroger Co. |
1,370 | 35 | - | 4,249 | $98.0 billion |
| 23 | 25 | Clean Harbors Inc. |
1,351 | 3,825 | 2,934 | 5,210 | $3.5 billion |
| 24 | 22 | Gordon Food Service |
1,339 | 136 | - | 1,888 | - |
| 25 | 20 | CHS Inc. |
1,322 | 1,837 | - | 2,060 | $44.0 billion |
| 26 | - | Calfrac Well Services |
1,236 | - | - | 1,443 | $1.6 billion |
| 27 | 30 | Praxair Inc. |
1,200 | 1,500 | - | 2,200 | $11.9 billion |
| 28 | 28 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,086 | 1,322 | 242 | 2,907 | - |
| 29 | 29 | Dot Foods |
1,070 | 1 | 12 | 1,650 | - |
| 30 | 27 | Cemex USA |
997 | 4,896 | - | 1,529 | $3.3 billion |
| 31 | - | Veritiv Corp. |
948 | 76 | 124 | 1,352 | $9.5 billion |
| 32 | 32 | Nestle USA |
896 | 3,678 | - | 1,450 | $10.0 billion |
| 33 | 35 | Plains All American Pipeline |
843 | - | - | 1,726 | $42.0 billion |
| 33 | 26 | Safeway Inc. |
843 | 450 | 87 | 3,224 | $36.0 billion |
| 35 | 39 | Air Products Inc. |
830 | 120 | 400 | 2,100 | $10.2 billion |
| 36 | 33 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
825 | - | - | 1,053 | - |
| 37 | 45 | Walgreen Co. |
811 | 5 | - | 1,794 | $72.2 billion |
| 38 | 46 | Helena Chemical Co. |
809 | 1,937 | - | 2,430 | - |
| 39 | 37 | Pilot Flying J Inc. |
808 | 26 | - | 970 | - |
| 40 | 36 | Kellogg Co. |
800 | - | - | 1,200 | $14.8 billion |
| 41 | 48 | Darling Ingredients |
796 | 748 | - | 3,940 | $4.0 billion |
| 42 | 31 | Nuverra Environmental Solutions |
762 | 379 | - | 1,073 | $0.5 billion |
| 43 | 40 | Shaw Industries Group |
754 | 52 | 234 | 3,319 | $4.0 billion |
| 44 | 18 | Key Energy Services |
691 | 1,099 | - | 1,500 | $1.6 billion |
| 45 | 44 | Lowe's Companies Inc. |
683 | 3,802 | - | 712 | $53.4 billion |
| 46 | 42 | Univar USA |
671 | 74 | - | 1,553 | $10.3 billion |
| 47 | 47 | Albertsons |
670 | - | - | 2,500 | - |
| 48 | 38 | JBS USA Holdings |
638 | - | - | 1,504 | - |
| 49 | 50 | Sunbelt Rentals |
628 | 1,132 | - | 657 | $3.0 billion |
| 50 | 49 | Delhaize America |
625 | - | - | 2,095 | $17.1 billion |
| 50 | 51 | Mondelez International |
625 | 315 | - | 760 | $35.3 billion |
| 52 | 41 | Linde North America |
620 | 3,153 | - | 1,913 | - |
| 53 | 56 | United Natural Foods |
604 | 13 | - | 710 | $6.1 billion |
| 54 | 58 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
596 | 7 | - | 1,953 | $3.0 billion |
| 55 | - | Golden State Foods |
594 | 45 | - | 923 | $6.0 billion |
| 56 | 60 | Publix Super Markets |
590 | 16 | 430 | 2,605 | $28.9 billion |
| 57 | 54 | Land O$amp;#39;Lakes Inc. |
580 | 1,134 | 1,001 | 1,530 | $14.2 billion |
| 58 | 57 | Archer Daniels Midland |
561 | 84 | - | 1,510 | $90.0 billion |
| 58 | 55 | Core-Mark Holding Co. |
561 | 70 | - | 693 | $9.8 billion |
| 60 | 62 | ABC Supply Co. |
560 | 2,000 | 88 | 750 | - |
| 61 | 50 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
550 | - | - | 1,100 | - |
| 62 | 43 | MDU Resources Group |
537 | 1,827 | - | 1,905 | $4.5 billion |
| 63 | 68 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
536 | 74 | - | 1,244 | - |
| 64 | 59 | Food Services of America |
511 | 51 | - | 651 | - |
| 65 | 67 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
510 | 24 | 8 | 820 | - |
| 66 | 53 | H.E.B. Grocery Co. |
505 | 9 | - | 2,844 | - |
| 67 | 52 | Foster Farms |
503 | 138 | - | 1,166 | - |
| 68 | 73 | Patterson-UTI Energy Co. |
500 | 506 | - | 551 | $2.7 billion |
| 69 | 61 | BlueLinx Holdings |
477 | 15 | - | 724 | $2.1 billion |
| 70 | 78 | Love$amp;#39;s Travel Stops $amp;amp; Country Stores |
470 | - | - | 490 | $26.0 billion |
| 71 | 66 | Oldcastle |
458 | 1,657 | - | 1,444 | - |
| 71 | 72 | Supervalu Inc. |
458 | 10 | - | 1,851 | $17.2 billion |
| 73 | 64 | Perdue Inc. |
449 | 68 | - | 1,432 | - |
| 74 | 61 | Mohawk Industries |
448 | 145 | - | 2,380 | $7.7 billion |
| 75 | 65 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
445 | 134 | 302 | 532 | - |
| 76 | 69 | Wakefern Food Corp. |
441 | - | - | 2,200 | - |
| 77 | 74 | Sanderson Farms Inc. |
434 | 16 | - | 592 | $2.7 billion |
| 77 | 79 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
434 | 1 | - | 1,378 | $10.2 billion |
| 79 | 70 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
433 | 59 | 78 | 659 | - |
| 80 | 71 | Leggett $amp;amp; Platt Inc. |
425 | 100 | - | 1,300 | $3.7 billion |
| 81 | 63 | Bimbo Bakeries USA |
418 | 4,784 | - | 1,565 | - |
| 82 | 75 | Ace Hardware |
411 | 1 | - | 1,355 | - |
| 83 | - | Maines Paper & Food Service |
410 | 60 | - | 525 | - |
| 84 | 75 | Sentinel Transportation |
407 | 51 | - | 969 | - |
| 85 | 79 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
395 | 161 | - | 469 | - |
| 86 | 84 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
382 | 793 | - | 1,422 | - |
| 87 | 80 | Castellini Co. |
373 | - | - | 530 | - |
| 88 | 80 | Army $amp;amp; Air Force Exchange Service |
369 | 23 | 10 | 1,633 | $10.3 billion |
| 89 | 76 | Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. |
361 | - | - | 1,143 | - |
| 90 | 77 | AmeriGas Partners |
360 | 8,450 | - | 750 | $3.2 billion |
| 90 | 90 | Nexeo Solutions |
360 | 5 | 20 | 750 | $4.0 billion |
| 92 | 87 | McKee Foods Corp. |
345 | - | - | 633 | $1.3 billion |
| 92 | 82 | Silver Eagle Distributors |
345 | 13 | 74 | 325 | - |
| 94 | 88 | Valley Proteins Inc. |
334 | 111 | 20 | 1,025 | - |
| 95 | 85 | Stericycle Inc. |
332 | 1,211 | - | 1,751 | $2.1 billion |
| 96 | 86 | Chrysler Group Transport |
331 | 13 | - | 1,294 | - |
| 97 | 81 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated |
322 | 357 | - | 415 | $1.6 billion |
| 98 | 72 | Mobile Mini Inc. |
320 | 199 | - | 399 | $0.4 billion |
| 99 | 88 | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
305 | 1,163 | - | 1,119 | - |
| 100 | 99 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
305 | 771 | - | 624 | $2.2 billion |
| 100 | 92 | CVS Caremark Corp. |
305 | 8 | - | 806 | $126.8 billion |
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