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Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
Equipment Rental | Building Materials | Waste Management | Paper/Office Products | Construction | Health Care | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Tractors | Trucks | Pickups/ Cargo Vans | Trailers | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | PepsiCo Inc. |
11,079 | 16,138 | 6,682 | 20,105 | $79.5 billion |
| 2 | 3 | Walmart Inc. |
9,280 | 25 | - | 76,361 | $572.8 billion |
| 3 | 2 | Sysco Corp. |
8,632 | 1,649 | - | 10,594 | $51.3 billion |
| 4 | 5 | US Foods |
5,969 | 433 | - | 7,748 | $29.5 billion |
| 5 | 7 | Performance Food Group |
5,682 | 623 | - | 7,770 | $30.4 billion |
| 6 | 4 | Halliburton Co. |
5,677 | 2,793 | 94 | 11,136 | $15.3 billion |
| 7 | 6 | Reyes Holdings |
5,106 | 691 | 1,310 | 7,136 | - |
| 8 | 8 | McLane Co. |
3,996 | 128 | 45 | 6,429 | $53.2 billion |
| 9 | 9 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 | 46 | - | 5,024 | $47.0 billion |
| 10 | 10 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
2,546 | 1,800 | - | 2,670 | - |
| 11 | 11 | NexTier |
2,177 | 313 | - | 4,087 | $1.4 billion |
| 12 | 14 | United Rentals Inc |
2,157 | 3,936 | - | 3,007 | $9.7 billion |
| 13 | 15 | Gordon Food Service |
2,064 | 34 | - | 2,851 | $16.0 billion |
| 14 | 13 | Schlumberger Limited |
2,046 | 271 | 138 | 5,512 | $22.9 billion |
| 15 | 24 | Pilot Co. |
1,845 | 66 | - | 1,962 | - |
| 16 | 18 | Dot Foods |
1,788 | 12 | 42 | 2,900 | - |
| 17 | 20 | Sunbelt Rentals |
1,756 | 100 | 4,160 | 2,501 | $8.0 billion |
| 18 | ProFrac Holding Corp. |
1,647 | 134 | - | 2,082 | - | |
| 19 | 22 | Amazon.com Inc. |
1,645 | 12,835 | - | 37,410 | $469.8 billion |
| 20 | 19 | United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) |
1,611 | 12 | - | 4,620 | $27.0 billion |
| 21 | 16 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,595 | 554 | - | 1,854 | - |
| 22 | 17 | American Air Liquide Holdings |
1,580 | 3,856 | - | 2,206 | $27.6 billion |
| 23 | 23 | The Quikrete Cos. |
1,562 | 8 | - | 2,164 | - |
| 24 | 26 | Ashley Furniture Industries |
1,500 | 81 | 6 | 5,334 | - |
| 25 | 40 | The Kroger Co. |
1,404 | 10 | - | 18,500 | $137.9 billion |
| 26 | 21 | CHS Inc. |
1,398 | 1,792 | - | 6,708 | $38.4 billion |
| 27 | 25 | Cemex USA |
1,281 | 3,859 | - | 2,310 | $14.5 billion |
| 28 | 41 | CRH Americas |
1,271 | 2,416 | - | 2,418 | $31.0 billion |
| 29 | Carvana |
1,262 | 2,204 | 41 | 1,264 | $12.8 billion |
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| 30 | 29 | Ahold USA/Delhaize America |
1,258 | 502 | - | 4,747 | $53.8 billion |
| 31 | 80 | Builders FirstSource |
1,232 | 2,879 | - | 2,342 | $19.9 billion |
| 32 | 27 | Clean Harbors |
1,655 | 4,900 | 4,200 | 5,300 | $3.8 billion |
| 33 | 30 | Cudd Energy Services |
1,192 | 287 | - | 1,437 | - |
| 34 | 36 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
1,126 | - | - | 1,034 | - |
| 35 | 31 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 | 1,649 | 318 | 3,671 | - |
| 36 | 33 | Ben E. Keith Co. |
1,104 | 78 | - | 1,363 | - |
| 37 | 28 | ProPetro Holding Corp. |
1,018 | 36 | - | 1,437 | $0.9 billion |
| 38 | 38 | Walgreen Co. |
1,012 | 22 | - | 2,844 | $132.5 billion |
| 39 | 37 | Medline Inc. |
973 | 348 | - | 1,279 | $20.2 billion |
| 40 | 39 | Albertsons Cos. |
957 | - | - | 3,446 | $71.9 billion |
| 41 | 43 | Sherwin-Williams Co. |
951 | 2 | - | 2,310 | $19.9 billion |
| 42 | 86 | Bunzl Distribution USA |
935 | 59 | - | 1,772 | - |
| 43 | 44 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
867 | 291 | - | 1,189 | $2.0 billion |
| 44 | 45 | BlueLinx Holdings |
836 | 44 | - | 848 | $4.3 billion |
| 45 | 54 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
823 | 2,260 | - | 805 | - |
| 46 | 48 | Mondelez International |
810 | 72 | - | 954 | $8.3 billion |
| 47 | 46 | Darling Ingredients |
803 | 691 | - | 4,340 | $4.7 billion |
| 48 | 46 | ABC Supply Co. |
792 | 3,091 | - | 1,128 | $12.1 billion |
| 49 | 49 | Univar Solutions |
769 | 65 | - | 2,047 | $9.5 billion |
| 50 | 50 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
758 | 159 | - | 773 | $16.3 billion |
| 51 | 51 | Shaw Industries Group |
750 | 55 | - | 3,000 | - |
| 52 | 55 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. |
746 | 324 | - | 1,315 | $1.9 billion |
| 53 | 52 | Calfrac Well Services |
740 | 203 | - | 1,067 | $0.8 billion |
| 53 | 76 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
740 | 90 | - | 1,128 | - |
| 55 | 56 | Shamrock Foods Co. |
732 | 105 | - | 1,039 | - |
| 56 | 68 | Mohawk Industries |
724 | 107 | - | 2,808 | $11.2 billion |
| 57 | 57 | Brenntag North America |
717 | 666 | - | 2,198 | $5.4 billion |
| 58 | 35 | Energy Transfer |
701 | 483 | - | 941 | $67.4 billion |
| 59 | 81 | Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
700 | 12 | 200 | 3,400 | $85.2 billion |
| 60 | 53 | JBS USA Holdings |
699 | - | - | 1,324 | - |
| 61 | 58 | Publix Super Markets |
676 | 12 | - | 3,852 | $48.0 billion |
| 62 | 61 | Messer Americas |
657 | 228 | 261 | 2,066 | - |
| 63 | 63 | Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast |
644 | 77 | - | 909 | - |
| 64 | 59 | Plains All American Pipeline |
640 | - | - | 1,275 | $40.5 billion |
| 65 | 64 | SE Independent Delivery Services |
637 | 250 | - | 2,155 | - |
| 66 | 74 | H-E-B Grocery Co. |
626 | 9 | - | 4,268 | - |
| 67 | 62 | MDU Resources Group |
622 | 2,192 | - | 2,035 | $5.7 billion |
| 68 | 65 | Advanced Drainage Systems |
620 | 1 | - | 1,195 | $2.0 billion |
| 69 | 66 | Costco Wholsale Corp. |
611 | 320 | - | 4,725 | $192.1 billion |
| 70 | 70 | Air Products |
605 | 196 | - | 1,578 | $10.3 billion |
| 70 | 69 | Beacon Roofing Supply |
605 | 1,667 | - | 893 | $6.6 billion |
| 72 | 42 | Maxim Crane Works |
585 | 917 | - | 2,360 | - |
| 73 | 72 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
574 | 28 | - | 758 | - |
| 74 | 73 | Herc Rentals |
572 | 369 | - | 685 | $2.1 billion |
| 75 | Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
568 | 55 | - | 699 | $120.9 billion |
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| 76 | 75 | Foster Farms |
566 | 9 | 42 | 1,202 | - |
| 77 | 78 | Ecology Auto Parts |
543 | 12 | - | 658 | - |
| 78 | 79 | SpartanNash |
539 | 9 | - | 1,261 | $8.9 billion |
| 79 | 60 | Veritiv Corp. |
536 | 40 | 103 | 864 | $0.1 billion |
| 80 | 88 | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
534 | - | - | 4,543 | - |
| 81 | 83 | Ace Hardware Corp. |
528 | - | - | 1,598 | $8.6 billion |
| 82 | 89 | Linde |
506 | 1,483 | - | 1,930 | $12.1 billion |
| 83 | 82 | The H.T. Hackney Co. |
505 | 191 | - | 740 | - |
| 84 | 85 | KeHE Distributors |
504 | - | - | 1,031 | - |
| 84 | 77 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
504 | 116 | - | 722 | - |
| 86 | 70 | KLX Energy Services |
498 | 670 | - | 954 | $0.4 billion |
| 87 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
493 | 1,119 | - | 2,086 | - | |
| 88 | 84 | Columbia Distributing |
486 | 96 | - | 594 | - |
| 89 | 67 | Stericycle Inc. |
459 | 4,646 | - | 2,468 | $2.6 billion |
| 90 | 87 | Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. |
445 | 11 | - | 1,551 | - |
| 91 | 95 | Thyssenkrupp North America |
437 | 523 | - | 812 | - |
| 92 | Liquid Environmental Solutions |
429 | 104 | - | 321 | - | |
| 93 | 98 | Orgill Inc. |
420 | 2 | 1 | 1,020 | $3.0 billion |
| 94 | 91 | Domino's Pizza |
408 | 48 | - | 558 | $4.4 billion |
| 95 | 94 | Valley Proteins |
402 | 128 | - | 1,342 | - |
| 96 | Perdue Farms Inc. |
400 | 6 | - | 1,455 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Bragg Cos. |
396 | - | - | 575 | - |
| 98 | 100 | Lowe's Companies Inc. |
388 | 3,762 | - | 462 | $96.3 billion |
| 99 | 96 | Dunkin' |
374 | 23 | - | 495 | - |
| 99 | SRS Distribution |
374 | 2,311 | - | 821 | - |
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