America's Largest Private Companies Of 2010

The Top 10

Our 26th ranking of the largest privately held firms in the U.S. contains 223 companies. All together they employ 4.4 million people and account for $1.3 trillion in revenues. Continue

Scott DeCarlo, Andrea D. Murphy and John J. Ray 11.03.10

Rank	Company	State	Industry	Revenue ($bil)	Employees
1	Cargill	MN	Farm Products	109.84 ^e	130,500
2	Koch Industries	KS	Chemicals - Major Diversified	100.00 ^e	70,000
3	Bechtel	CA	Heavy Construction	30.80	49,000
4	HCA	TN	Hospitals	30.05	190,000
5	Mars	VA	Confectioners	28.00	65,000
6	Chrysler	MI	Auto Manufacturers - Major	27.90 ^e	41,200
7	PricewaterhouseCoopers	NY	Business Services	26.57	161,718
8	Publix Super Markets	FL	Grocery Stores	24.32	142,000
9	Ernst & Young	NY	Business Services	21.26	141,000
10	C&S Wholesale Grocers	NH	Food Wholesale	20.40 ^e	16,600
11	US Foodservice	IL	Food - Major Diversified	18.96	25,000
12	Pilot Flying J	TN	Grocery Stores	17.00	23,000
13	HE Butt Grocery	TX	Grocery Stores	15.10 ^e	75,000
14	Cox Enterprises	GA	Entertainment - Diversified	14.70	66,000
15	Meijer	MI	Grocery Stores	14.25 ^e	72,200
16	Toys "R" Us	NJ	Toy & Hobby Stores	13.57	68,000
17	Enterprise Holdings	MO	Rental & Leasing Services	12.60	68,000
18	Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores	OK	Lodging	12.60 ²	6,700
19	Aramark	PA	Business Services	12.54 ^e	255,000
20	Reyes Holdings	IL	Food Wholesale	12.50	10,300
21	Fidelity Investments	MA	Asset Management	11.49	37,000
22	TransMontaigne	CO	Oil & Gas Pipelines	10.23 ^e	815
23	Performance Food Group	VA	Food Wholesale	10.10	9,800
24	Kiewit Corporation	NE	Heavy Construction	9.99	25,900
25	Energy Future Holdings	TX	Electric Utilities	9.55	9,030
26	First Data	GA	Business Services	9.31	24,900
27	SC Johnson & Son	WI	Personal Products	8.96 ^e	12,000
28	Harrah's Entertainment	NV	Gaming Activities	8.91	69,000
29	Giant Eagle	PA	Grocery Stores	8.61	36,000
30	Southern Wine & Spirits	FL	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	8.60	11,100
31	Platinum Equity	CA	Conglomerates	8.50 ^e	50,000
32	Amway	MI	Personal Products	8.40	13,000
33	JM Family Enterprises	FL	Auto Manufacturers - Major	8.40	3,800
34	Tenaska Energy	NE	Diversified Utilities	7.90	727
35	Capital Group Cos	CA	Asset Management	7.53 ^e	7,500
36	Hilton Worldwide	VA	Lodging	7.50 ^e	130,000
37	QuikTrip	OK	Grocery Stores	7.30	11,236
38	CDW	IL	Computer Based Systems	7.16	6,150
39	Gordon Food Service	MI	Food Wholesale	7.14 ^e	11,640
40	Menard	WI	Home Improvement Stores	6.95 ^e	40,000
41	Hy-Vee	IA	Grocery Stores	6.80 ^e	55,000
42	Sinclair Oil	UT	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	6.80 ^e	7,000
43	McKinsey & Co	NY	Research Services	6.60 ^e	17,000
44	Cumberland Farms	MA	Grocery Stores	6.57 ^e	6,000
45	Keystone Foods	PA	Meat Products	6.43	12,900
46	Bloomberg	NY	Information & Delivery Services	6.25 ^e	10,600
47	Advance Publications	NY	Publishing - Newspapers	6.25 ^e	27,200
48	Momentive Specialty Chemicals	OH	Specialty Chemicals	6.11 ¹	10,450
49	MBM	NC	Food Wholesale	5.99 ^e	3,300
50	Wawa	PA	Grocery Stores	5.89	16,289
51	SunGard Data Systems	PA	Business Software & Services	5.51	20,700
52	CH2M Hill Cos	CO	Heavy Construction	5.50	23,500
53	Transammonia	NY	Agricultural Chemicals	5.49	390
54	Kinray	NY	Drugs Wholesale	5.30	1,100
55	Wegmans Food Markets	NY	Grocery Stores	5.15	38,697
56	Booz Allen Hamilton	VA	Technical Services	5.10	23,000
57	Avaya	NJ	Communication Equipment	4.90 ^e	19,000
58	Save Mart Supermarkets	CA	Grocery Stores	4.90 ^e	20,580
59	Clark Enterprises	MD	General Contractors	4.90	3,700
60	Allegis Group	MD	Information Technology Services	4.88	8,000
61	Renco Group	NY	Steel & Iron	4.75 ^e	12,100
62	DeBruce Grain	MO	Farm Products	4.75	559
63	RaceTrac Petroleum	GA	Grocery Stores	4.70	4,880
64	Kohler	WI	General Building Materials	4.68 ^e	27,000
65	WinCo Foods	ID	Grocery Stores	4.63	13,000
66	Perdue	MD	Meat Products	4.60 ²	20,000
67	JR Simplot	ID	Farm Products	4.50	10,000
68	Guardian Industries	MI	Auto Parts	4.48 ^e	17,300
69	ABC Supply	WI	Building Materials Wholesale	4.40 ¹	7,000
70	Graybar Electric	MO	Electronics Wholesale	4.38	6,900
71	Republic National Distributing Company	TX	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	4.37 ^e	5,000
72	Manor Care	OH	Hospitals	4.31 ^e	61,500
73	Mansfield Oil	GA	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	4.20 ²	350
74	Berry Plastics	IN	Rubber & Plastics	4.14 ^e	16,000
75	Levi Strauss & Co	CA	Textile - Apparel Clothing	4.11	11,800
76	Gulf States Toyota	TX	Auto Manufacturers - Major	4.10 ^e	1,200
77	Kingston Technology Company	CA	Semiconductor- Memory Chips	4.10	4,000
78	Red Apple Group	NY	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	4.02 ^e	7,600
79	Sheetz	PA	Grocery Stores	4.01	12,880
80	Golden State Foods	CA	Farm Products	4.00	3,000
81	Unisource Worldwide	GA	Packaging & Containers	4.00	5,000
82	HT Hackney	TN	Food Wholesale	3.98	3,400
83	Carlson	MN	Lodging	3.90 ^e	50,700
84	Michaels Stores	TX	Specialty Retail, Other	3.89	38,000
85	Hearst	NY	Publishing - Newspapers	3.85 ^e	15,000
86	Ergon	MS	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	3.83 ^e	3,000
87	Colonial Group	GA	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	3.80 ²	900
88	Roundy's Supermarkets	WI	Grocery Stores	3.80	18,000
89	Charmer Sunbelt Group	NY	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	3.76 ^e	7,000
90	Hallmark Cards	MO	Entertainment - Diversified	3.72 ^e	13,240
91	Eby-Brown	IL	Food Wholesale	3.70 ^e	2,300
92	Oxbow	FL	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining	3.70	1,200
93	Neiman Marcus Group	TX	Department Stores	3.69	15,000
94	Schwan Food	MN	Dairy Products	3.67 ^e	17,000
95	McJunkin Red Man	TX	Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	3.66	3,690
96	Bass Pro Shops	MO	Sporting Goods Stores	3.65 ^e	18,000
97	Stater Bros	CA	Grocery Stores	3.62 ^e	17,500
98	OSI Restaurant Partners	FL	Restaurants	3.60	95,000
99	Medline Industries	IL	Medical Instruments & Supplies	3.60	7,366
100	VWR Funding	PA	Scientific & Technical Instruments	3.56	6,700
101	Apex Oil	MO	Wholesale, Other	3.56 ^e	700
102	Edward Jones	MO	Investment Brokerage - National	3.55	40,500
103	US Oncology	TX	Hospitals	3.51	10,000
104	Freescale Semiconductor	TX	Semiconductor - Specialized	3.51	18,000
105	Scoular	NE	Farm Products	3.50	625
106	Whiting-Turner Contracting	MD	Heavy Construction	3.50 ^e	1,940
107	Consolidated Elec Distributors	CA	Wholesale, Other	3.40 ^e	5,920
108	Dot Foods	IL	Food Wholesale	3.40	3,159
109	Vanguard Health Systems	TN	Hospitals	3.38	20,100
110	Belk	NC	Department Stores	3.35	23,880
111	Walsh Group	IL	General Contractors	3.32	10,300
112	Golub	NY	Grocery Stores	3.30 ²	23,003
113	ServiceMaster	TN	Business Services	3.24	27,000
114	Demoulas Super Markets	MA	Grocery Stores	3.20 ²	18,500
115	International Automotive Components	MI	Auto Parts	3.20 ²	23,000
116	InterTech Group	SC	Synthetics	3.20 ^e	15,000
117	ProBuild Holdings	CO	Building Materials Wholesale	3.20	11,315
118	Raley's	CA	Grocery Stores	3.20 ^e	13,400
119	International Data Group	MA	Publishing - Periodicals	3.16 ²	13,150
120	Gilbane	RI	Heavy Construction	3.14	1,806
121	Diversey	WI	Cleaning Products	3.11	10,400
122	NewPage	OH	Paper & Paper Products	3.11	7,500
123	McCarthy Holdings	MO	Heavy Construction	3.10	2,500
124	Schreiber Foods	WI	Dairy Products	3.10 ^e	5,000
125	Tribune Company	IL	Entertainment - Diversified	3.10 ^e	13,000
126	Burlington Coat Factory	NJ	Apparel Stores	3.06 ^e	28,000
127	Sports Authority	CO	Sporting Goods Stores	3.05 ^e	14,240
128	Grocers Supply	TX	Food Wholesale	3.01 ^e	9,550
129	Alex Lee	NC	Food Wholesale	3.00 ²	10,500
130	E&J Gallo Winery	CA	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	3.00 ^e	5,000
131	Glazer's Wholesale Drug	TX	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	3.00	5,500
132	Holiday Companies	MN	Grocery Stores	3.00	4,600
133	Quintiles	NC	Medical Laboratories & Research	3.00 ²	20,000
134	Sabre Holdings	TX	Consumer Services	3.00	9,000
135	Aleris International	OH	Metal Fabrication	3.00	7,000
136	Hensel Phelps Construction	CO	Heavy Construction	2.95	2,286
137	Rich Products	NY	Confectioners	2.90	7,500
138	Sammons Enterprises	TX	Conglomerates	2.90	3,800
139	Schneider National	WI	Trucking	2.90	16,730
140	Southwire	GA	Industrial Equipment & Components	2.90 ²	3,900
141	Parsons	CA	Heavy Construction	2.87	11,869
142	NBTY	NY	Drug Related Products	2.87 ^e	14,000
143	G-I Holdings	NJ	General Building Materials	2.87 ^e	3,700
144	OSI Group	IL	Meat Products	2.87 ^e	10,000
145	Drummond	AL	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining	2.85	6,300
146	Maines Paper & Food Service	NY	Food Wholesale	2.80	1,975
147	Ben E Keith	TX	Food Wholesale	2.80 ^e	3,690
148	General Parts	NC	Auto Parts Stores	2.79	15,300
149	Ashley Furniture Industries	WI	Home Furnishings & Fixtures	2.77 ^e	13,000
150	Boston Consulting Group	MA	Research Services	2.75	6,500
151	LPL Investment Holdings	MA	Investment Brokerage - National	2.75	2,400
152	Structure Tone	NY	General Contractors	2.73	1,400
153	Quality King Distributors	NY	Drugs Wholesale	2.72 ^e	900
154	Brightstar	FL	Communication Equipment	2.72	2,100
155	Follett	IL	Specialty Retail, Other	2.72	8,000
156	Black & Veatch	KS	Heavy Construction	2.70	8,600
157	Central National-Gottesman	NY	Paper & Paper Products	2.70	850
158	Petco Animal Supplies	CA	Specialty Retail, Other	2.70 ^e	23,200
159	Biomet	IN	Medical Instruments & Supplies	2.70	3,453
160	Houchens Industries	KY	Grocery Stores	2.67	15,000
161	Discount Tire	AZ	Auto Parts Stores	2.66	11,825
162	Services Group of America	AZ	Food Wholesale	2.65	4,000
163	Golden Living	AR	Home Health Care	2.65	42,000
164	WL Gore & Associates	DE	Textile - Apparel Clothing	2.60 ²	9,000
165	Leprino Foods	CO	Dairy Products	2.60 ^e	3,600
166	Swift Transportation	AZ	Trucks & Other Vehicles	2.60	15,500
167	Hostess Brands	TX	Food Wholesale	2.56 ^e	20,500
168	Iasis Healthcare	TN	Hospitals	2.52 ^e	11,000
169	Rosen's Diversified	MN	Meat Products	2.51 ^e	3,975
170	Burger King	FL	Restaurants	2.50	38,884
171	Bausch + Lomb	NY	Medical Appliances & Equipment	2.50 ²	11,000
172	JELD-WEN	OR	General Building Materials	2.50 ^e	19,000
173	Mary Kay	TX	Cleaning Products	2.50	5,000
174	Schnuck Markets	MO	Grocery Stores	2.50 ²	15,600
175	J M Smith	SC	Drugs Wholesale	2.50	1,103
176	Vizio	CA	Electronic Equipment	2.47	162
177	Smart & Final	CA	Food Wholesale	2.45 ^e	53,000
178	Life Care Centers of America	TN	Long-Term Care Facilities	2.44 ^e	38,000
179	AMC Entertainment	MO	General Entertainment	2.42	16,800
180	D&H Distributing	PA	Computers Wholesale	2.40	982
181	Academy Sports & Outdoors	TX	Sporting Goods Stores	2.40 ²	15,000
182	M A Mortenson	MN	Heavy Construction	2.39	2,200
183	Asplundh Tree Expert	PA	Business Services	2.38	26,802
184	West Corp	NE	Diversified Communication Services	2.38	41,000
185	Genesis HealthCare	PA	Home Health Care	2.35 ^e	37,000
186	JE Dunn Construction Group	MO	Heavy Construction	2.35	2,700
187	SHI International	NJ	Electronics Wholesale	2.33	1,500
188	SAS	NC	Business Software & Services	2.31	11,189
189	Bi-Lo Holdings	SC	Grocery Stores	2.30 ^e	15,500
190	Ebsco Industries	AL	Conglomerates	2.30	5,750
191	Newegg.com	CA	Specialty Retail, Other	2.30	2,168
192	Truman Arnold Cos	TX	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	2.30 ²	450
193	Brookshire Grocery	TX	Grocery Stores	2.27 ^e	12,000
194	Flex-N-Gate	IL	Auto Parts	2.25 ^e	9,500
195	Travelport	NY	Consumer Services	2.25	5,380
196	Forever 21	CA	Apparel Stores	2.20 ^e	25,610
197	Foster Farms	CA	Meat Products	2.20 ^e	10,000
198	Hobby Lobby Stores	OK	Toy & Hobby Stores	2.20 ^e	19,000
199	HP Hood	MA	Dairy Products	2.20 ²	4,500
200	Wilbur-Ellis	CA	Agricultural Chemicals	2.20 ^e	3,100
201	World Wide Technology	MO	Computers Wholesale	2.20	1,205
202	Bose	MA	Electronic Equipment	2.18 ^e	9,300
203	American Tire Distributors Holdings	NC	Auto Parts	2.17	2,300
204	Delaware North Cos	NY	Specialty Eateries	2.15	50,000
205	ICC Industries	NY	Specialty Chemicals	2.15 ²	1,708
206	Day & Zimmermann	PA	Heavy Construction	2.14	26,400
207	Hunt Construction Group	AZ	Heavy Construction	2.14	675
208	Young's Market	CA	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	2.12 ²	2,130
209	Reader's Digest Association	NY	Publishing - Periodicals	2.10	2,400
210	Andersen	MN	General Building Materials	2.10 ^e	9,000
211	Fry's Electronics	CA	Specialty Retail, Other	2.10 ^e	14,000
212	Ma Labs	CA	Electronics Wholesale	2.10	1,300
213	Skadden, Arps	NY	Business Services	2.10 ²	4,130
214	Sun Products	CT	Cleaning Products	2.10	3,300
215	Brasfield & Gorrie	AL	General Contractors	2.03	2,495
216	Sequa	NY	Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified	2.03 ^e	9,400
217	Guitar Center	CA	Music & Video Stores	2.00 ^e	9,540
218	Heico Cos	IL	Industrial Equipment & Components	2.00 ^e	8,000
219	JM Huber	NJ	Specialty Chemicals	2.00 ²	3,000
220	Koch Foods	IL	Meat Products	2.00	14,000
221	Plastipak Holdings	MI	Packaging & Containers	2.00 ²	4,500
222	Roll International	CA	Conglomerates	2.00 ^e	4,000
223	ShopKo Stores	WI	Discount, Variety Stores	2.00 ^e	15,750

Cargill

Farm Products

109.84 ^e

130,500

Koch Industries

Chemicals - Major Diversified

100.00 ^e

70,000

Bechtel

Heavy Construction

30.80

49,000

HCA

Hospitals

30.05

190,000

Mars

Confectioners

28.00

65,000

Chrysler

Auto Manufacturers - Major

27.90 ^e

41,200

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Business Services

26.57

161,718

Publix Super Markets

Grocery Stores

24.32

142,000

Ernst & Young

Business Services

21.26

141,000

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Food Wholesale

20.40 ^e

16,600

US Foodservice

Food - Major Diversified

18.96

25,000

Pilot Flying J

Grocery Stores

17.00

23,000

HE Butt Grocery

Grocery Stores

15.10 ^e

75,000

Cox Enterprises

Entertainment - Diversified

14.70

66,000

Meijer

Grocery Stores

14.25 ^e

72,200

Toys "R" Us

Toy & Hobby Stores

13.57

68,000

Enterprise Holdings

Rental & Leasing Services

12.60

68,000

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

Lodging

12.60 ²

6,700

Aramark

Business Services

12.54 ^e

255,000

Reyes Holdings

Food Wholesale

12.50

10,300

Fidelity Investments

Asset Management

11.49

37,000

TransMontaigne

Oil & Gas Pipelines

10.23 ^e

815

Performance Food Group

Food Wholesale

10.10

9,800

Kiewit Corporation

Heavy Construction

9.99

25,900

Energy Future Holdings

Electric Utilities

9.55

9,030

First Data

Business Services

9.31

24,900

SC Johnson & Son

Personal Products

8.96 ^e

12,000

Harrah's Entertainment

Gaming Activities

8.91

69,000

Giant Eagle

Grocery Stores

8.61

36,000

Southern Wine & Spirits

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

8.60

11,100

Platinum Equity

Conglomerates

8.50 ^e

50,000

Amway

Personal Products

8.40

13,000

JM Family Enterprises

Auto Manufacturers - Major

8.40

3,800

Tenaska Energy

Diversified Utilities

7.90

727

Capital Group Cos

Asset Management

7.53 ^e

7,500

Hilton Worldwide

Lodging

7.50 ^e

130,000

QuikTrip

Grocery Stores

7.30

11,236

CDW

Computer Based Systems

7.16

6,150

Gordon Food Service

Food Wholesale

7.14 ^e

11,640

Menard

Home Improvement Stores

6.95 ^e

40,000

Hy-Vee

Grocery Stores

6.80 ^e

55,000

Sinclair Oil

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

6.80 ^e

7,000

McKinsey & Co

Research Services

6.60 ^e

17,000

Cumberland Farms

Grocery Stores

6.57 ^e

6,000

Keystone Foods

Meat Products

6.43

12,900

Bloomberg

Information & Delivery Services

6.25 ^e

10,600

Advance Publications

Publishing - Newspapers

6.25 ^e

27,200

Momentive Specialty Chemicals

Specialty Chemicals

6.11 ¹

10,450

MBM

Food Wholesale

5.99 ^e

3,300

Wawa

Grocery Stores

5.89

16,289

SunGard Data Systems

Business Software & Services

5.51

20,700

CH2M Hill Cos

Heavy Construction

5.50

23,500

Transammonia

Agricultural Chemicals

5.49

390

Kinray

Drugs Wholesale

5.30

1,100

Wegmans Food Markets

Grocery Stores

5.15

38,697

Booz Allen Hamilton

Technical Services

5.10

23,000

Avaya

Communication Equipment

4.90 ^e

19,000

Save Mart Supermarkets

Grocery Stores

4.90 ^e

20,580

Clark Enterprises

General Contractors

4.90

3,700

Allegis Group

Information Technology Services

4.88

8,000

Renco Group

Steel & Iron

4.75 ^e

12,100

DeBruce Grain

Farm Products

4.75

559

RaceTrac Petroleum

Grocery Stores

4.70

4,880

Kohler

General Building Materials

4.68 ^e

27,000

WinCo Foods

Grocery Stores

4.63

13,000

Perdue

Meat Products

4.60 ²

20,000

JR Simplot

Farm Products

4.50

10,000

Guardian Industries

Auto Parts

4.48 ^e

17,300

ABC Supply

Building Materials Wholesale

4.40 ¹

7,000

Graybar Electric

Electronics Wholesale

4.38

6,900

Republic National Distributing Company

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

4.37 ^e

5,000

Manor Care

Hospitals

4.31 ^e

61,500

Mansfield Oil

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

4.20 ²

350

Berry Plastics

Rubber & Plastics

4.14 ^e

16,000

Levi Strauss & Co

Textile - Apparel Clothing

4.11

11,800

Gulf States Toyota

Auto Manufacturers - Major

4.10 ^e

1,200

Kingston Technology Company

Semiconductor- Memory Chips

4.10

4,000

Red Apple Group

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

4.02 ^e

7,600

Sheetz

Grocery Stores

4.01

12,880

Golden State Foods

Farm Products

4.00

3,000

Unisource Worldwide

Packaging & Containers

4.00

5,000

HT Hackney

Food Wholesale

3.98

3,400

Carlson

Lodging

3.90 ^e

50,700

Michaels Stores

Specialty Retail, Other

3.89

38,000

Hearst

Publishing - Newspapers

3.85 ^e

15,000

Ergon

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

3.83 ^e

3,000

Colonial Group

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

3.80 ²

900

Roundy's Supermarkets

Grocery Stores

3.80

18,000

Charmer Sunbelt Group

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

3.76 ^e

7,000

Hallmark Cards

Entertainment - Diversified

3.72 ^e

13,240

Eby-Brown

Food Wholesale

3.70 ^e

2,300

Oxbow

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

3.70

1,200

Neiman Marcus Group

Department Stores

3.69

15,000

Schwan Food

Dairy Products

3.67 ^e

17,000

McJunkin Red Man

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

3.66

3,690

Bass Pro Shops

Sporting Goods Stores

3.65 ^e

18,000

Stater Bros

Grocery Stores

3.62 ^e

17,500

OSI Restaurant Partners

Restaurants

3.60

95,000

Medline Industries

Medical Instruments & Supplies

3.60

7,366

100

VWR Funding

Scientific & Technical Instruments

3.56

6,700

101

Apex Oil

Wholesale, Other

3.56 ^e

700

102

Edward Jones

Investment Brokerage - National

3.55

40,500

103

US Oncology

Hospitals

3.51

10,000

104

Freescale Semiconductor

Semiconductor - Specialized

3.51

18,000

105

Scoular

Farm Products

3.50

625

106

Whiting-Turner Contracting

Heavy Construction

3.50 ^e

1,940

107

Consolidated Elec Distributors

Wholesale, Other

3.40 ^e

5,920

108

Dot Foods

Food Wholesale

3.40

3,159

109

Vanguard Health Systems

Hospitals

3.38

20,100

110

Belk

Department Stores

3.35

23,880

111

Walsh Group

General Contractors

3.32

10,300

112

Golub

Grocery Stores

3.30 ²

23,003

113

ServiceMaster

Business Services

3.24

27,000

114

Demoulas Super Markets

Grocery Stores

3.20 ²

18,500

115

International Automotive Components

Auto Parts

3.20 ²

23,000

116

InterTech Group

Synthetics

3.20 ^e

15,000

117

ProBuild Holdings

Building Materials Wholesale

3.20

11,315

118

Raley's

Grocery Stores

3.20 ^e

13,400

119

International Data Group

Publishing - Periodicals

3.16 ²

13,150

120

Gilbane

Heavy Construction

3.14

1,806

121

Diversey

Cleaning Products

3.11

10,400

122

NewPage

Paper & Paper Products

3.11

7,500

123

McCarthy Holdings

Heavy Construction

3.10

2,500

124

Schreiber Foods

Dairy Products

3.10 ^e

5,000

125

Tribune Company

Entertainment - Diversified

3.10 ^e

13,000

126

Burlington Coat Factory

Apparel Stores

3.06 ^e

28,000

127

Sports Authority

Sporting Goods Stores

3.05 ^e

14,240

128

Grocers Supply

Food Wholesale

3.01 ^e

9,550

129

Alex Lee

Food Wholesale

3.00 ²

10,500

130

E&J Gallo Winery

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

3.00 ^e

5,000

131

Glazer's Wholesale Drug

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

3.00

5,500

132

Holiday Companies

Grocery Stores

3.00

4,600

133

Quintiles

Medical Laboratories & Research

3.00 ²

20,000

134

Sabre Holdings

Consumer Services

3.00

9,000

135

Aleris International

Metal Fabrication

3.00

7,000

136

Hensel Phelps Construction

Heavy Construction

2.95

2,286

137

Rich Products

Confectioners

2.90

7,500

138

Sammons Enterprises

Conglomerates

2.90

3,800

139

Schneider National

Trucking

2.90

16,730

140

Southwire

Industrial Equipment & Components

2.90 ²

3,900

141

Parsons

Heavy Construction

2.87

11,869

142

NBTY

Drug Related Products

2.87 ^e

14,000

143

G-I Holdings

General Building Materials

2.87 ^e

3,700

144

OSI Group

Meat Products

2.87 ^e

10,000

145

Drummond

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

2.85

6,300

146

Maines Paper & Food Service

Food Wholesale

2.80

1,975

147

Ben E Keith

Food Wholesale

2.80 ^e

3,690

148

General Parts

Auto Parts Stores

2.79

15,300

149

Ashley Furniture Industries

Home Furnishings & Fixtures

2.77 ^e

13,000

150

Boston Consulting Group

Research Services

2.75

6,500

151

LPL Investment Holdings

Investment Brokerage - National

2.75

2,400

152

Structure Tone

General Contractors

2.73

1,400

153

Quality King Distributors

Drugs Wholesale

2.72 ^e

900

154

Brightstar

Communication Equipment

2.72

2,100

155

Follett

Specialty Retail, Other

2.72

8,000

156

Black & Veatch

Heavy Construction

2.70

8,600

157

Central National-Gottesman

Paper & Paper Products

2.70

850

158

Petco Animal Supplies

Specialty Retail, Other

2.70 ^e

23,200

159

Biomet

Medical Instruments & Supplies

2.70

3,453

160

Houchens Industries

Grocery Stores

2.67

15,000

161

Discount Tire

Auto Parts Stores

2.66

11,825

162

Services Group of America

Food Wholesale

2.65

4,000

163

Golden Living

Home Health Care

2.65

42,000

164

WL Gore & Associates

Textile - Apparel Clothing

2.60 ²

9,000

165

Leprino Foods

Dairy Products

2.60 ^e

3,600

166

Swift Transportation

Trucks & Other Vehicles

2.60

15,500

167

Hostess Brands

Food Wholesale

2.56 ^e

20,500

168

Iasis Healthcare

Hospitals

2.52 ^e

11,000

169

Rosen's Diversified

Meat Products

2.51 ^e

3,975

170

Burger King

Restaurants

2.50

38,884

171

Bausch + Lomb

Medical Appliances & Equipment

2.50 ²

11,000

172

JELD-WEN

General Building Materials

2.50 ^e

19,000

173

Mary Kay

Cleaning Products

2.50

5,000

174

Schnuck Markets

Grocery Stores

2.50 ²

15,600

175

J M Smith

Drugs Wholesale

2.50

1,103

176

Vizio

Electronic Equipment

2.47

162

177

Smart & Final

Food Wholesale

2.45 ^e

53,000

178

Life Care Centers of America

Long-Term Care Facilities

2.44 ^e

38,000

179

AMC Entertainment

General Entertainment

2.42

16,800

180

D&H Distributing

Computers Wholesale

2.40

982

181

Academy Sports & Outdoors

Sporting Goods Stores

2.40 ²

15,000

182

M A Mortenson

Heavy Construction

2.39

2,200

183

Asplundh Tree Expert

Business Services

2.38

26,802

184

West Corp

Diversified Communication Services

2.38

41,000

185

Genesis HealthCare

Home Health Care

2.35 ^e

37,000

186

JE Dunn Construction Group

Heavy Construction

2.35

2,700

187

SHI International

Electronics Wholesale

2.33

1,500

188

SAS

Business Software & Services

2.31

11,189

189

Bi-Lo Holdings

Grocery Stores

2.30 ^e

15,500

190

Ebsco Industries

Conglomerates

2.30

5,750

191

Newegg.com

Specialty Retail, Other

2.30

2,168

192

Truman Arnold Cos

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

2.30 ²

450

193

Brookshire Grocery

Grocery Stores

2.27 ^e

12,000

194

Flex-N-Gate

Auto Parts

2.25 ^e

9,500

195

Travelport

Consumer Services

2.25

5,380

196

Forever 21

Apparel Stores

2.20 ^e

25,610

197

Foster Farms

Meat Products

2.20 ^e

10,000

198

Hobby Lobby Stores

Toy & Hobby Stores

2.20 ^e

19,000

199

HP Hood

Dairy Products

2.20 ²

4,500

200

Wilbur-Ellis

Agricultural Chemicals

2.20 ^e

3,100

201

World Wide Technology

Computers Wholesale

2.20

1,205

202

Bose

Electronic Equipment

2.18 ^e

9,300

203

American Tire Distributors Holdings

Auto Parts

2.17

2,300

204

Delaware North Cos

Specialty Eateries

2.15

50,000

205

ICC Industries

Specialty Chemicals

2.15 ²

1,708

206

Day & Zimmermann

Heavy Construction

2.14

26,400

207

Hunt Construction Group

Heavy Construction

2.14

675

208

Young's Market

Beverages - Wineries & Distillers

2.12 ²

2,130

209

Reader's Digest Association

Publishing - Periodicals

2.10

2,400

210

Andersen

General Building Materials

2.10 ^e

9,000

211

Fry's Electronics

Specialty Retail, Other

2.10 ^e

14,000

212

Ma Labs

Electronics Wholesale

2.10

1,300

213

Skadden, Arps

Business Services

2.10 ²

4,130

214

Sun Products

Cleaning Products

2.10

3,300

215

Brasfield & Gorrie

General Contractors

2.03

2,495

216

Sequa

Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified

2.03 ^e

9,400

217

Guitar Center

Music & Video Stores

2.00 ^e

9,540

218

Heico Cos

Industrial Equipment & Components

2.00 ^e

8,000

219

JM Huber

Specialty Chemicals

2.00 ²

3,000

220

Koch Foods

Meat Products

2.00

14,000

221

Plastipak Holdings

Packaging & Containers

2.00 ²

4,500

222

Roll International

Conglomerates

2.00 ^e

4,000

223

ShopKo Stores

Discount, Variety Stores

2.00 ^e

15,750

Revenues exclude excise taxes where applicable, public subsidiaries and sales from discontinued operations. Revenues are worldwide figures.

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Cargill takes the top spot in Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies, the same as it has for 8 of the past 10 years.

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