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2022 Top Beverage Carriers

2022 Essential Management and Operating Information for the 100 Largest Private Carriers in North America

Up Front

Shippers work to improve the efficiency and reliability of their private fleet operation, starting with attracting, retaining drivers.

See the headquarters locations by region for each of the Top 100 private carriers in North America.

Top 100 companies overcome supply chain constraints and stiff competition for drivers; now they face mixed economic signals.

Rankings

Current Rank Company Tractors
1
PepsiCo North America Beverages
9,512
2
Reyes Beer Division
1,680
3
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
1,595
4
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling
931
5
Swire Coca-Cola USA
867
6
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
823
7
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution
795
8
Anheuser-Busch Cos.
758
9
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
644
10
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
574
11
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
504
12
Columbia Distributing
486
13
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
336
14
Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
327
15
Buffalo Rock Co.
289
16
Breakthru Beverage Group
215
17
Manhattan Beer Distributors
190
18
BlueTriton Brands
186
19
JJ Taylor Distributing
170
20
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country
164
21
Gulf Distributing Holdings
155
22
Odom Corp.
154
23
Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
150
24
Republic National Distributing Co.
143
25
Chesterman Co.
137
26
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
124
27
Clark Beverage Group
119
28
Virginia Eagle Distributing
101
29
North Florida Sales
94
30
Long Beverage Inc.
78
31
Anheuser-Busch Sales 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
47
38
Birrell Bottling Co.
38
39
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Corbin
33
40
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of New Haven
30
40
Shore Point Distributing Co.
30
42
Pepsi Cola Bottling of Ogden (Utah)
27
43
Anheuser-Busch Sales of Washington
25
44
House of Schwan
23
44
Western Wyoming Beverages
23
46
Interactions Inc.
22
47
Corwin Beverage Co.
20

Extras

Fleets, shippers debate how best to use and share the growing amount of data they are collecting.

Shifting market conditions, notable mergers and acquisitions help reshape competitive landscape in many industry sectors.

Learn more about Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers publication

A multistep process that communicates why and how the new technology will make a driver’s job easier — not harder — is key.

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