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Knoxville-Area Logistics, Transportation & Distribution Companies Ranked By Number of Employees

Rank '17	Company	Phone Website	Local employees	Industries served	Facility HQ	Top local executive Founded locally
1	United Parcel Service (UPS)1 500 Callahan Drive Knoxville, TN 37912	800-742-5877 ups.com	1,450	All	Branch Atlanta, Ga.	Charlene Thomas President, Mid South district 1967
2	Old Dominion Freight Line 3608 Roy Messer Highway White Pine, TN 37890	865-674-6151 odfl.com	1,140	All	Service Center Thomasville, N.C.	David Gibbs Manager, sales and service 1988
3	Flying J Transportation2 5508 Lonas Drive Knoxville, TN 37909	865-588-7487 pilotflyingj.com	763	Fuel transport	HQ Knoxville	Jimmy Haslam CEO 1958
4	Monterey Mushrooms 19748 Highway 72 North Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-4611 montereymushrooms.com	570	Cultivation and distribution of mushrooms	Branch Watsonville, Calif.	Dirk Cox Regional general manager 1977
5	CVS Pharmacy Distribution Center 10008 Parkside Drive 3 Knoxville, TN 37922	865-670-1758 cvs.com	530	Pharmaceutical and personal care items	NA Woonsocket, R.I.	NA NA 19674
6	Norfolk Southern Corp. 7208 Old Rutledge Pike Knoxville, TN 37914	865-521-1449 nscorp.com	4505	All	Branch Norfolk, Va.	Steven Guinn Assistant superintendent, central division 1982
6	Crete Carrier Corp. 2229 Buttermilk Road Lenoir City, TN 37771	800-251-9120 cretecarrier.com	450	All	Branch Lincoln, Neb.	Jeff Hazelwood Terminal manager 1966
6	FedEx (Express, Freight and Ground)1 3610 Hacks Cross Road Memphis, TN 38125	865-546-0294 fedex.com	450	All	Branch Memphis, Tenn.	James Kibodeaux Senior manager 1998
9	Knoxville Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 807 N. 21st St. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-546-6020 www.cokeconsolidated.com	382	Beverage - soft drinks	NA Charlotte, N.C.	Grey Brewington Director, retail sales 1967
10	House-Hasson Hardware Co.1 3125 Water Plant Road Knoxville, TN 37914	865-525-0471 househasson.com	350	Hardware distribution	HQ Knoxville	Don Hasson President 1906
10	Melaleuca6 5301 N. National Drive Knoxville, TN 37914	865-523-6600 melaleuca.com	350	Personal care and household items	Branch Idaho Falls, Idaho	Teri Williams Vice president, East Coast operations 1985
10	U.S. Foods7 269 Kings Court Alcoa, TN 37701	800-458-9529 usfoods.com	350	Foodservice	NA Rosemont, Ill.	Dolph Reissig Division president NA
13	Reinhart Foodservice8 4721 Singleton Station Road Louisville, TN 37777	865-970-7800 rfsdelivers.com	344	Foodservice	NA Rosemont, Ill.	Gary Rose Division president 2008
14	The H.T. Hackney Co.1 2500 Buttermilk Road W. Lenoir City, TN 37771	865-717-6800 hthackney.com	340	Foodservice	HQ Knoxville	William B. Sansom Chairman 1891
15	Morristown Drivers Service 1111 Gateway Service Park Road Morristown, TN 37813	423-581-6048 mdstrucking.com	250	General freight, foodservice, grocery, produce, refrigerated food, automotive, building materials, paper products	HQ Morristown	Bob Jenkins President 1980
15	American Book Co. 403 E. Old Andrew Johnson Highway Jefferson City, TN 37760	865-262-0204 americanbookco.com	250	Wholesale book industry, transportation/logistics, third-party logistics and distribution	Service Center Knoxville	Patrick O'Connor President 1997
15	Landair 1110 Myers St. Greeneville, TN 37743	423-783-1300 landair.com	250	Transportation, warehousing, brokerage	HQ Greeneville	John Tweed President, CEO 1981

1 Source declined to participate. Information from Knoxville Chamber; 2 Information from Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development; 3 Also 3400 Huntington Park, Loudon; 4 Knoxville; 2003 Loudon; 5 Information from 2016 survey; 6 Source declined to participate. Information from corporate website; 7 Source declined to participate. Information from Blount Partnership; 8 Source declined to participate. Information from Blount Partnership
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company websites. NA=not applicable or not available. Knoxville area includes: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties. This list and other Knoxville-area market data are available as Excel spreadsheets at knoxvillebiz.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Hayley Choy at 865-342-6494 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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