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Rankings
Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
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Top Beverage Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | Pepsi Beverages |
9,100 |
2 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United |
1,437 |
3 | Solistica |
1,102 |
4 | Reyes Beverage Group |
1,018 |
5 | Reyes Coca Cola Bottling |
931 |
6 | Swire Coca-Cola USA |
838 |
7 | Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution |
795 |
8 | Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits |
719 |
9 | Anheuser-Busch Cos. |
687 |
10 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England |
677 |
11 | Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages |
611 |
12 | Coca-Cola Beverages Florida |
598 |
13 | Columbia Distributing |
450 |
14 | Pepsi Bottling Ventures |
397 |
15 | Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
285 |
16 | Nestle Waters North America |
182 |
17 | Breakthru Beverage Group |
179 |
18 | JJ Taylor Distributing |
170 |
19 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country |
155 |
20 | Odom Corp. |
152 |
21 | Ozarks Coca-Cola Dr Pepper Bottling Co. |
150 |
22 | Chesterman Co. |
135 |
23 | Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
118 |
24 | Virginia Eagle Distributing |
106 |
25 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
90 |
26 | North Florida Sales |
88 |
27 | Clark Beverage Group |
87 |
28 | Republic National Distributing Co. |
85 |
29 | Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
75 |
30 | Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, N.C. |
71 |
31 | Gulf Distributing |
67 |
32 | Pepsi MidAmerica |
61 |
33 | Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co. |
60 |
34 | Canada Dry Potomac Corp. |
53 |
36 | Brown Bottling Group |
46 |
37 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington |
45 |
37 | Long Beverage |
45 |
39 | Quality Beverage |
40 |
40 | Birrell Brothers Co. |
34 |
41 | Anheuser-Busch Distribution of New York |
33 |
41 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin |
33 |
43 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven |
30 |
44 | Shore Point Distributing |
28 |
45 | DBI Beverage Napa |
27 |
45 | Lane Sales |
27 |
47 | Corwin Beverage Co. |
25 |
48 | Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii |
23 |
48 | House of Schwan |
23 |
48 | Western Wyoming Beverages |
23 |
51 | Allen Beverages |
22 |
51 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. (Virginia) |
22 |
53 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield |
21 |
54 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Rochester |
19 |
55 | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Lincoln |
17 |
The Top 100 Private Carriers on this list operate their own trucks to carry freight and are ranked on the basis of the total number of highway tractors in the fleet. To be included in the Top 100 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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