2025 Top Beverage Carriers

2025 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America

Up Front

Many shippers have paused expansion or trimmed the size of their private fleets in an uncertain business landscape.

Private carriers have been adapting to unpredictable market conditions amid shifts in international trade.

Find out where the Top 100 Private Carriers are headquartered by region; hover over a region to view all companies located there.

Rankings

Current Rank Company Tractors
1
PepsiCo Beverages North America
9,524
2
Reyes Beverage Group
3,080
3
Keurig Dr Pepper
2,591
4
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,746
5
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
1,726
6
Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages
1,306
7
Swire Coca-Cola USA
1,016
8
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
926
9
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
795
10
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
644
11
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
566
12
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
492
13
Columbia Distributing
460
14
Empire Distributing (McLane Co.)
414
15
Primo Brands
335
16
Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling
332
17
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
307
18
Buffalo Rock
279
19
Republic National Distributing Co.
277
20
Breakthru Beverage Group
259
21
Admiral Beverage
226
22
Chesterman Co.
208
23
Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors
199
24
Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling
194
25
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
183
26
JJ Taylor Distributing
165
27
C.C. Clark
158
28
Gulf Distributing Holdings
144
29
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling
134
29
Johnson Brothers
134
31
The Odom Corp.
118
31
Virginia Eagle Distributing
118
33
Long Beverage
90
34
North Florida Sales
84
35
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory (N.C.)
81
36
Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling (Miss.)
80
37
Martignetti Cos.
78
38
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia
76
39
Pepsi MidAmerica
73
40
Refreshment Services Pepsi
63
41
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
60
41
Pepsi-Cola of the Hudson Valley
60
43
Minges Bottling Group
57
44
Shore Point Distributing Co.
55
45
Brown Bottling Group
48
46
Birrell Bottling
40
47
Viking Coca-Cola Bottling
39
48
Mahaska Bottling
36
48
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven (Mo.)
36
50
Monster Energy
35

Extras

Food and beverage shippers are increasingly adopting electric trucks, electric transport refrigeration units and alternative fuels.

The $2.1 billion deal will provide CRH with a long-term supply of building materials and aid its transition to eco-friendly products. 

Uncertain business conditions and supply chain upheaval has led shippers to reassess their private fleets’ growth strategies.

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The company expects to have about 210 delivery stations up and running before the end of 2026.

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