2025 Top Food Service 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
Sysco Corp.
9,218
2
US Foods
5,655
3
Performance Foodservice
4,281
4
Gordon Food Service
2,144
5
PepsiCo Foods North America
1,962
6
McLane Restaurant
1,927
7
Core-Mark (Performance Food Group)
1,791
8
Dot Foods
1,788
9
Ben E. Keith Co.
1,657
10
The Martin Brower Co. (Reyes Holdings)
1,444
11
Shamrock Foods
875
12
Vistar (Performance Food Group)
874
13
KeHE Distributors
789
14
Cheney Brothers (Performance Food Group)
675
15
Domino's Pizza
525
16
Lipari Foods
492
17
Dunkin'
419
18
Blue Line Foodservice Distribution
269
19
Panera Bread
265
20
Labatt Food Service
247
21
Merchants Foodservice (Performance Food Group)
228
22
QuikTrip
176
23
Arctic Glacier
160
24
Papa John's
146
25
Coastal Pacific Food Distributors
97
26
Brakebush Transportation
96
27
Willow Run Foods
90
28
Blue Bell Creameries
82
29
Greco and Sons (Sysco Corp.)
76
30
Dutch Valley Food Distributors
67
31
Vendors Supply
43
32
Utz Quality Foods/Golden Flake Snack Foods
25
33
Aramark Corp.
23
34
Golden State Foods
22

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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Private Carrier News

BusinessTechnologyEquipmentPrivateTop 100

EquipmentShare, Motive to Weigh Marketing IPOs Next Week

EquipmentShare.com Inc. and Motive Technologies are set to begin formal marketing for their initial public offerings as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

January 9, 2026
BusinessLogisticsPrivateGlobal FreightTop 100Top 50

Amazon Plans Walmart-Style Big Box Store Near Chicago

Amazon is planning a 229,000-square-foot store selling groceries and general merchandise in the Chicago area, a fresh attempt at physical retail that borrows from stories like Walmart and Target.

January 9, 2026
BusinessPrivate

AB InBev to Buy Back US Can Plants From Apollo for $3B

“AB InBev is securing the quality of key packaging assets in the U.S. likely as a result of aluminum tariffs,” according to Duncan Fox, a Bloomberg Intelligence senior industry analyst. 

January 6, 2026
BusinessFuelPrivateTop 100

Love’s Travel Stops Acquires 3 Factoring Companies

Truck stop operator Love’s expanded its financial services arm with the acquisition of three factoring companies. The deals follow earlier factoring acquisitions in July 2020 and July 2024.

December 30, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsPrivateTop 100

Walmart’s E-Commerce Platform Sees Temporary Outage

More than 6,000 customers reported they were unable to use the app or website the morning of Dec. 30, according to data collected by the website Downdetector.

December 30, 2025
BusinessTechnologyPrivate

Ocado Ends Exclusivity Terms After Setbacks to Kroger Deal

The move means Ocado can sell more of its technology to other retailers around the world, according to a statement Dec. 30.

December 30, 2025
BusinessPrivate

Cintas Makes Another Attempt to Buy Out Rival UniFirst

Cintas said its new bid implies a total value of about $5.2 billion. It represents a 62% premium to the stock’s last closing price after shares fell in the wake of the last offer being rebuffed in March.

December 22, 2025
BusinessEquipmentPrivateTop 100

Scott McPherson to Succeed George Holm as PFG CEO

The move comes less than one month after Richmond, Va.-based PFG and US Foods called off talks for a planned merger that would have reshaped the food service carrier arena.

December 19, 2025
GovernmentBusinessPrivate

More US Beef Plants May Close as Cattle Herds Keep Tightening

Cattle placed in U.S. feedlots, where animals are fed until ready to be slaughtered, are expected to have dropped in November to the lowest levels for the month since 2015, Bloomberg reports.

December 19, 2025
BusinessFuelPrivateTop 100

Energy Transfer Halts LNG Project to Focus on Gas Pipelines

Billionaire Kelcy Warren’s Energy Transfer suspended development of a Louisiana liquefied natural gas export project to concentrate on building and expanding pipelines. 

December 18, 2025

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