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Top 25 Food importers based in the United States

Name: Food importers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 2,081 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,081 food importers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 121,596 professional contacts across them, including 34,800 with verified work emails. Miami is the largest hub.

This list covers food importers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest food importers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,081 food importers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food importers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	SYSCO	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	26,405 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Gordon Food Service	Partial evidence	Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	9,445 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food service distributor in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897-being passionately…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Mclane Company, INC	Indirect evidence	Temple, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	7,938 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	UNFI	Indirect evidence	Providence, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	7,933 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At UNFI, we bring our retail customers a wide assortment of natural, organic, specialty, fresh and conventional products, along with tailored data, insights, and services, to help…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	C&s Wholesale Grocers	Partial evidence	Keene, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	5,890 contacts →
	Partial evidence “C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is a leader in food solutions across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Kehe Distributors	Indirect evidence	Naperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,713 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At KeHE, we’re all about goodness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Performance Foodservice	Partial evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Performance Foodservice delivers more than food, we deliver partnership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Golden State Foods	Partial evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,574 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Golden State Foods, we’re proud to be one of the largest diversified suppliers in the foodservice industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Seneca Foods Corporation	Partial evidence	Fairport, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Seneca Foods is one of North America’s leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	The Chefs' Warehouse	Partial evidence	Ridgefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,347 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Chefs' Warehouse, North America's top specialty food distributor since 1985, offers over premium products to elite restaurants, hotels, and gourmet shops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	The Sygma Network	Indirect evidence	Dublin, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,273 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The SYGMA Network is dedicated to helping our customers succeed by exclusively offering our products and services to chain restaurants across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Freshpoint, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,096 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FreshPoint is North America’s largest exclusively owned produce distributor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	OSI Group	Partial evidence	Aurora, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	927 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OSI is the premier global supplier of custom value-added food products to the world’s leading foodservice and retail food brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Lipari Foods	Partial evidence	Warren, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	914 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Lipari Foods is a leading independent distributor built around global and specialty foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Sunopta	Indirect evidence	Eden Prairie, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	910 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SunOpta Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	BEN E. Keith Company	Indirect evidence	Fort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	891 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ben E.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Dole Fresh Fruit International, LTD	Indirect evidence	Monterey, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	831 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Industry's #1 producer, maritime transporter, processor and supplier of fresh and canned fruits, vegetables, salads worldwide with operations in all continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Baldor Specialty Foods, INC	Strong evidence	Bronx, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	796 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Baldor is one of the largest importers and distributors of fresh produce and specialty foods in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Swiss Chalet Fine Foods	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	771 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Swiss Chalet Fine Foods has provided food service professionals with unique, premium quality products from Europe and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Kehe & DPI Specialty Foods	Partial evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	719 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The team at DPI Specialty Foods has worked for decades to become the premier Western United States distributor of specialty food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Labatt Food Service	Partial evidence	San Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	696 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Labatt Food Service, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas is the ninth largest foodservice distributor in the nation, serving food-away-from-home customers in five states.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Charlie's Produce	Indirect evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	659 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Charlie’s Produce is a full service produce company, supplying restaurants, grocery stores, institutions, wholesalers and the marine industry with a full range of conventional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Quirch Foods	Partial evidence	Coral Gables, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	492 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Quirch Foods is a food distribution company servicing ethnic and national grocers as well as foodservice distribution customers across the United States, the Caribbean, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Mission Produce	Indirect evidence	Oxnard, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	489 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mission Produce® is a global leader in the worldwide avocado business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	The Wasserstrom Company	Indirect evidence	Columbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	488 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From the independent operator to the largest foodservice brands in the world, we help our customers run their businesses more profitably and efficiently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food importers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names food importers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food importers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food importers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Food importers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

28.6%Verified-email coverage

58.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

6.3%Largest-city concentration · Miami

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

809

11-50

694

51-200

346

201-500

119

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 2,081 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food importers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “food importers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food importers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food importers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 34,800 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food importers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food importers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,081 food importers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

SYSCO, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food importers?

Miami leads with 131 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (69) and New York (60).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 34,800 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,081 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.