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The 2010 FleetOwner500

Feb. 10, 2010

America's Top Private Fleets

The Great Recession has finally caught up with America’s Top 500 private fleets. For the first time since they annual survey began seven years ago, there is a significant drop in the number of trucks operated by the country’s largest fleets. Not only is this year’s truck total for our Top 500 12.5 % lower than last year it’s also lower than 2008’s total.

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Equipment by Fleet Type

Total Vehicles Straight Trucks Tractors Trailers Construction 86, 258 79, 724 6,534 30, 987 Concrete/cement 22,333 18,681 3,652 4,668 Food prodcuts 167,397 98,784 68,613 130,001 Manufacturing / Processing 63,856 54,935 8,921 24,021 Petroleum / Gases 77,171 53,112 24,059 38,474 Retail / Wholesale 105,023 83,396 21,610 85,608 Sanitation / Scrap 68,486 63,907 4,579 15,459 Business or Home Services 118,142 113,757 4,385 17,020 Utilities & Like Services 305,405 302,837 2,568 64,800 Total - Top 500 1,014,071 869,133 144,921 411,038

Top Fleets by Business Category

Top 500 Rank Service 10 The ServiceMaster Co. & Subsidiaries 11 Cintas Corp. 16 Asplundh 31 Rollins. Inc./Orkin, Inc. 33 Safelite Autoglass Inc/ Belron US Top 500 Rank Concrete/Cement 47 Lafarge & Operating Cos. 112 Aggregate Industries & Operating Cos. 114 VCNA 165 Ready Mix USA LLC 167 US Concrete Inc. & Subsidiaries Top 500 Rank Construction 14 Quanta Services, Inc. & Subsidiaries 20 Oldcastle, inc. & U.S. Subsidiaries 48 Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. & Operating Cos. 56 Pike Electric Corp. 66 Dycom Industries, Inc. & Subsidiaries Top 500 Rank Food Industry 3 Pepsi Bottling Group 7 The Coca-Cola Co. 8 PepsiCo's Frito-Lay 17 Sysco & Subsidiaries 18 Interstate Bakeries/IBC Trucking Top 500 Rank Mfg./Processing 9 Tyco International (US), Inc. 27 Weatherford & US Operating Cos. 29 United Technologies & Operating Cos. 41 Cemex & Operating Cos. 58 National Oilwell Varco Top 500 Rank Petroleum/Gases 24 Baker Hughes & Divisions 28 Energy Transfer Partners LP 36 AmeriGas Propane LP 38 Airgas & Operating Cos. 42 Nabors Industries Ltd. Top 500 Rank Sanitation 4 Republic Services (& Allied Waste) 5 Waste Management, Inc 57 Veolia ES & Divisions (North America) 68 Waste Connections & Operating Cos. 115 Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. Top 500 Rank Retail/Wholesale 22 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 25 Agrium/Corp. Production Services, Inc. 30 Pro-Build 35 General Parts, Inc./CARQUEST 44 Lowe's Companies, Inc. Top 500 Rank Utility 1 AT&T 2 Verizon Communications 6 Time Warner Cable 12 Cox Enterprises, Inc. 13 Qwest Corp.

Top Fleets by Equipment Type

Top 500 Rank Tractor 7 The Coca-Cola Co 17 SYSCO Corp. 22 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 23 Dean Foods & Subsidiaries 24 Baker Hughes & Divisions 32 US Foodservice Fleet Operations 43 Dr. Pepper Snapple Group 63 Haliburton Energy Services 77 McLane Co. Inc./Transco Inc. 88 Tyson Foods, Inc. Top 500 Rank Straight Truck 1 AT&T 2 Verizon Communications 4 Republic Services (& Allied Waste) 5 Waste Management Inc. 6 Time Warner Cable 8 PepsiCo's Frito Lay 9 Tyco International (U.S.), Inc. 10 The ServiceMaster Co. & Subsidiaries 11 Cintas Corp. 12 Cox Enterprises Inc.