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Top 25 Food suppliers to restaurants based in the United States

Name: Food suppliers to restaurants based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,468 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,468 food suppliers to restaurants headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 139,293 professional contacts across them, including 39,538 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.

This list covers food suppliers to restaurants 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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139,293Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest food suppliers to restaurants based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,468 food suppliers to restaurants based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food suppliers to restaurants: 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 19, 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 19, 2026
2	US Foods	Strong evidence	Rosemont, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	19,536 contacts →
	Strong evidence “US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately restaurants and foodservice operators to help their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Gordon Food Service	Partial evidence	Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
4	Mclane Company, INC	Indirect evidence	Temple, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	7,938 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	UNFI	Indirect evidence	Providence, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
6	Performance Food Group	Partial evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	6,885 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Performance Food Group is an industry leader and one of the largest food and foodservice distribution companies in North America with more than 150 locations in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Core-Mark International	Indirect evidence	Westlake, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,712 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Core-Mark, being Driven to Deliver means taking extreme ownership and turning commitment into action-every customer, every order, every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Performance Foodservice	Partial evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Performance Foodservice delivers more than food, we deliver partnership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Reinhart Foodservice	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,870 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Reinhart Foodservice is part of Performance Foodservice and together we are one of the largest broadline foodservice distributors in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Webstaurantstore	Indirect evidence	Lititz, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,850 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since WebstaurantStore's start in 2004, we have worked hard to build an innovative, easy-to-use website that meets the purchasing needs of foodservice professionals throughout the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Golden State Foods	Strong evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,574 contacts →
	Strong 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 19, 2026
12	BEN E. Keith Foods	Indirect evidence	Fort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,474 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ben E.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Food Services Of America	Partial evidence	Scottsdale, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,436 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Food Services of America (FSA) is one of the nation's largest broadline foodservice distributors, serving customers throughout the mid-west, west and Alaska from our regional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	The Chefs' Warehouse	Strong evidence	Ridgefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,347 contacts →
	Strong 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 19, 2026
15	The Sygma Network	Partial evidence	Dublin, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,273 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
16	Reyes Holdings	Partial evidence	Rosemont, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	1,140 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Reyes Holdings is a global leader in the production and distribution of food and beverage products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Edward DON & Company	Partial evidence	Woodridge, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,139 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Edward Don & Company, is the nation’s leading distributor of foodservice equipment and supplies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Freshpoint, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
19	Clark Associates	Strong evidence	Lancaster, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	826 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Clark Associates, a collective of dynamic companies and the core services that support them, leads the food service industry in equipment, supplies and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Baldor Specialty Foods, INC	Partial evidence	Bronx, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	796 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
21	Labatt Food Service	Partial evidence	San Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
22	Charlie's Produce	Partial evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	659 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
23	Maines Paper And Food Service, INC	Indirect evidence	Conklin, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	626 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Combining a time-tested “customer comes first” mentality with forward-thinking technology and service, Maines is one of the largest independent foodservice distributors in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Bargreen Ellingson	Indirect evidence	Tacoma, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	518 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1960 and based out of Tacoma, Washington, Bargreen Ellingson has remained a family owned business since its inception and is now served by the third generation of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Nicholas And Company Inc. Foodservice	Partial evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	504 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nicholas and Company is a third generation, family owned, independent broadline food distributor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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 suppliers to restaurants. 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 suppliers to restaurants.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food suppliers to restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food suppliers to restaurants. 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 suppliers to restaurants based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

28.4%Verified-email coverage

94.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

2.5%Largest-city concentration · Chicago

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

517

11-50

500

51-200

258

201-500

100

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 1,468 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 suppliers to restaurants, 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 suppliers to restaurants”. 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 suppliers to restaurants), 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 suppliers to restaurants, 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, 39,538 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 19, 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.

Food suppliers to restaurants by metro

Food suppliers to restaurants in Chicago37
Food suppliers to restaurants in Houston32
Food suppliers to restaurants in New York31
Food suppliers to restaurants in Miami30

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 suppliers to restaurants, 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 suppliers to restaurants are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,468 food suppliers to restaurants 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 suppliers to restaurants?

Chicago leads with 37 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (32) and New York (31).

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 39,538 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,468 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 19, 2026.

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About this data

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.