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Top 25 Specialty food distributors based in the United States

Name: Specialty food distributors based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 1,261 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,261 specialty food distributors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 50,183 professional contacts across them, including 15,715 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty food distributors 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 18, 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 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest specialty food distributors based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,261 specialty food distributors based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty food distributors: 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	Gordon Food Service	Strong evidence	Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	10001+	9,445 contacts →
	Strong 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 18, 2026
2	Kehe Distributors	Indirect evidence	Naperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,713 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At KeHE, we’re all about goodness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	Performance Foodservice	Partial evidence	Richmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Performance Foodservice delivers more than food, we deliver partnership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	Cheney Brothers, INC	Partial evidence	Riviera Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,425 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cheney Brothers is a family owned and operated broadline distributor offering over stocked items from gourmet to everyday.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	The Chefs' Warehouse	Strong evidence	Ridgefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
6	The Sygma Network	Indirect evidence	Dublin, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
7	Freshpoint, INC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,096 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FreshPoint is North America’s largest exclusively owned produce distributor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	Lipari Foods	Strong evidence	Warren, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	914 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Lipari Foods is a leading independent distributor built around global and specialty foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9	Baldor Specialty Foods, INC	Strong evidence	Bronx, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
10	Swiss Chalet Fine Foods	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
11	Kehe & DPI Specialty Foods	Strong evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	719 contacts →
	Strong 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 18, 2026
12	Labatt Food Service	Strong evidence	San Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	696 contacts →
	Strong 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 18, 2026
13	Dietz And Watson	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	608 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dietz and Watson was founded in 1939 by Gottlieb Dietz, a talented young German sausage maker.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14	Nicholas And Company Inc. Foodservice	Strong evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	504 contacts →
	Strong 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 18, 2026
15	Quirch Foods	Partial evidence	Coral Gables, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
16	The Wasserstrom Company	Indirect evidence	Columbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
17	Greco And Sons, INC	Strong evidence	Bartlett, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	456 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since 1990, Greco and Sons have been a part of the food service industry as an importer, distributor, and manufacturer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18	Merchants Foodservice	Indirect evidence	Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	318 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In the foodservice industry, great taste must be delivered on time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19	Fortune Fish & Gourmet	Strong evidence	Bensenville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	305 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Fortune Fish and Gourmet is a founder-run importer, processor, and distributor of premium seafood, specialty meat and gourmet food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	Dorothy Lane Market	Indirect evidence	Dayton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	299 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dorothy Lane Market is the Midwest's award-winning gourmet grocer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	297 contacts →
	Strong evidence “In April 2017, Harvest Food Distributors of National City, California and Sherwood Food Distributors of Detroit, Michigan merged to form Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors - the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Ferraro Foods	Partial evidence	Piscataway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1975 in Green Brook, New Jersey, Ferraro Foods initially operated out of a small garage with just a single truck.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	Nassau Candy Distributors, INC	Strong evidence	Hicksville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nassau Candy is one of North America's largest and most respected wholesale candy distributors, fine food suppliers, and private label manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24	HOS Global Foods	Strong evidence	Lake Success, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	276 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HOS Global Foods is the leading South Asian Food importer and distributor in the USA and has been delivering pure and quality products for over 50 years with 200+ employees at 10…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25	Harbor Wholesale	Indirect evidence	Lacey, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	267 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Harbor Wholesale is dedicated to supporting our local entrepreneurs that provide jobs in their communities, bring convenience to busy lives, and invite us all to experience life…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 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: specialty food distributors. 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 specialty food distributors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty food distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty food distributors. 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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Specialty food distributors based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

31.3%Verified-email coverage

39.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.3%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

473

11-50

419

51-200

238

201-500

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 1,261 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 specialty food distributors, 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 “specialty food distributors”. 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 specialty food distributors), 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 specialty food distributors, 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, 15,715 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 18, 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 specialty food distributors, 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 specialty food distributors are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,261 specialty food distributors 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?

Gordon Food Service, headquartered in Grand Rapids, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty food distributors?

New York leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (31) and Miami (29).

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 15,715 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,261 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 18, 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.