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2021 Top Beverage Carriers

2021 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America

Up Front

Pandemic disruptions and their impact on the economy have upended the advantage private fleets used to enjoy.
See the headquarters locations for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.
The 2021 edition of the Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers list reflects last year’s volatile business conditions.

Rankings

Current Rank Company Tractors
1
PepsiCo North America Beverages
9,308
2
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,595
3
Reyes Beer Division
1,270
4
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
931
5
Swire Coca-Cola USA
853
6
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
795
7
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
759
8
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
721
9
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
644
10
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
574
11
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
553
12
Columbia Distributing
478
13
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
336
14
Buffalo Rock Co.
287
14
Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
287
16
Breakthru Beverage Group
213
17
JJ Taylor Distributing
205
18
BlueTriton Brands
186
19
Gulf Distributing Holdings
168
20
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
159
21
Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
150
22
Republic National Distributing Co.
142
23
Odom Corp.
141
24
Manhattan Beer Distributors
139
25
Chesterman Co.
137
26
Clark Beverage Group
126
27
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
124
28
Virginia Eagle Distributing
100
29
North Florida Sales
89
30
Long Beverage Inc.
78
31
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Pomona (Calif.)
72
32
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory
71
33
Pepsi MidAmerica
64
34
Pepsi Cola Newburgh Bottling Co.
60
34
Quality Beverage
60
36
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
52
37
Brown Bottling Group
48
38
Western Wyoming Beverages
47
39
Birrell Bottling Co.
37
40
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii
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
43
Shore Point Distributing Co.
30
45
Lane Sales
27
45
Larsen Beverage Inc.
27
47
Corwin Beverage Co.
26
48
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
25
49
House of Schwan
23
50
Interactions Inc.
22

Extras

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While industry sectors have unique demands, all have been dealing with various forms of disruption during the past year.
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