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Best 3PL Companies in the US (2026)

This list ranks 10 third-party logistics companies that each run warehouses in at least 3 US states, and each company's warehouse locations were checked on its own website. They are compared on warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services, and the ranking runs from 1 to 10, with the facts for each company in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • Updated September 2026

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Top 3PLs in the US at a glance

  1. 1ProductivBrands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory
  2. 2ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions
  3. 3StordHigh-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software
  4. 4Smart WarehousingFood and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL
  5. 5Staci AmericasOmnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon
  6. 6Cart.comMid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and online
  7. 7GEODISBrands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses
  8. 8Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space
  9. 9Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  10. 10DHL Supply ChainEnterprise contract logistics; IDS arm for growing ecommerce brands

Compare the US 3PLs side by side

Local warehouses, network size, order minimums and pricing model for every company on the list.

#CompanyBest forNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1ProductivBrands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions51 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3StordHigh-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software20 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Smart WarehousingFood and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL35 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Staci AmericasOmnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon16 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Cart.comMid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and online14 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7GEODISBrands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses150 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10DHL Supply ChainEnterprise contract logistics; IDS arm for growing ecommerce brands529 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in the US

1

Productiv

Brands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory

Visit getproductiv.com

Five warehouse buildings at three sites: two on a 500,000+ sq ft Grapevine, Texas campus that is FDA registered, two on a Charlotte campus of about 250,000 sq ft with inbound container receiving and transloading, and one partner-run building in Sparks, Nevada, managed on Productiv's own WMS. It suits brands that ship DTC, wholesale and big-box retail orders from one inventory pool and want kitting, POP displays and retailer EDI in the same program.

Strengths

  • Pre-wired EDI to 100+ retailers, with new retailer connections in 2 to 4 weeks
  • Published kitting rates: $0.04 to $0.08 per item placed plus a $0.25 to $0.75 base kit fee
  • Chargeback promise: its error, its credit, with the root cause fixed

Worth knowing

  • No cold storage published; operations are built for shelf-stable and ambient goods
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Contract packaging
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • International
2

ShipBob

DTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions

Visit shipbob.com

51 US fulfillment centers in 10 states, the most in California (13), Texas (10) and Illinois (8), plus 5 regional receiving hubs that take inbound stock. It suits DTC brands that want inventory split across US regions, with ShipBob's own software routing each order to the nearest center.

Strengths

  • Dashboard software and 50+ turnkey integrations at no extra cost
  • EDI through SPS Commerce, plus FBA prep orders placed from the dashboard
  • Headquartered in Chicago; founded 2014

Worth knowing

  • Kitting and B2B or wholesale orders are billed as extras
  • Exact center addresses are shown only in the merchant dashboard
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
  • Value-added services
3

Stord

High-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software

Visit stord.com

20+ omnichannel nodes, including a 640,000 sq ft center in Hebron, Kentucky, bought from Pitney Bowes in 2024, a 280,000 sq ft Dallas site opened in 2024 and a 177,238 sq ft Las Vegas building. It suits high-volume DTC and B2B brands that want fulfillment run on Stord's own order and warehouse management software.

Strengths

  • States 99.5% 1 to 2 day ground coverage
  • Cold storage, LTL, drayage and parcel services under one company
  • Integrations include Shopify, Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, Faire and NetSuite

Worth knowing

  • Facility addresses not published; some nodes are listed only by state
  • Pricing is set after a call; no rates published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cold chain
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
4

Smart Warehousing

Food and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL

Visit smartwarehousing.com

35+ warehouse locations in 15 markets with 15M+ sq ft, 3.7M+ sq ft of it temperature-controlled, including cold storage near JAXPORT in Jacksonville rated from -40F to 38F and an underground multi-temperature site in Independence, Missouri. It suits food and consumer brands that need ambient, refrigerated and frozen space from one 3PL.

Strengths

  • Retail compliance work with 200+ retailers, per the company
  • Proprietary SWIMS WMS, with integrations from Shopify and Amazon to SAP and SPS Commerce
  • Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas; founded 2001

Worth knowing

  • Street addresses for the Jacksonville and Reno cold storage sites are not published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Value-added services
5

Staci Americas

Omnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon

Visit staciamericas.com

16 US locations and 2.3M sq ft under management, with campuses near Phoenix, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Reno, central New Jersey and Dallas; the Suwanee, Georgia building alone has 100 dock doors and pick-to-light modules. It suits omnichannel brands selling DTC, into retail and on Amazon, with FBA prep, FBM and Seller Fulfilled Prime support.

Strengths

  • On-site retail compliance team at every distribution center
  • EDI through SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce, plus Walmart and Target connections
  • ISO 27001 certification at Suwanee, Georgia

Worth knowing

  • Co-branding as Paxon since February 2026, so the company name is changing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Returns
6

Cart.com

Mid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and online

Visit cart.com

14 fulfillment centers with 6M+ sq ft at sites named in 9 states, including two Groveport, Ohio centers totaling 2.3M sq ft and a 765,798 sq ft Terrell, Texas site that picks with autonomous mobile robots. It suits mid-market and enterprise brands that want fulfillment tied to Cart.com's own order management system plus its marketplace, marketing and customer-service offerings.

Strengths

  • Retail and wholesale orders built to routing guides, plus FBA prep
  • Returns refurbishing at Hebron, Ohio, near Columbus
  • Temperature-controlled storage at sites including Goodyear, Arizona, Temecula, California and Florence, New Jersey

Worth knowing

  • No street addresses published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
7

GEODIS

Brands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses

Visit geodis.com

150+ US facilities covering 50M+ sq ft, 20+ of them multi-client campuses where brands share labor and space. It suits brands selling B2B, DTC and on marketplaces from a single inventory pool, with direct Amazon Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Vendor Central and Shopify integration.

Strengths

  • 50M+ kits assembled a year, per the company
  • ISO 9001 certified and FDA registered
  • Temperature-controlled storage and cross-dock services

Worth knowing

  • Its locator gives addresses only, with no site sizes and no split between multi-client and single-client buildings
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
  • Cold chain
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
8

Barrett Distribution Centers

Omnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space

Visit barrettdistribution.com

25+ US facilities with 6M+ sq ft, from its Franklin, Massachusetts headquarters to a 650,000 sq ft Memphis building served by BNSF, CN and UP rail. It suits omnichannel brands that need retail routing-guide compliance, food-grade space or hazmat storage from a family-owned 3PL founded in 1941.

Strengths

  • Serves 150+ retailers with a routing-guide compliance team and managed EDI
  • Foreign trade zone at the Franklin, Massachusetts site
  • Hazmat storage in Bridgewater, Massachusetts for class 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 goods

Worth knowing

  • Some sites, including Fresno, California, Sterling, Virginia and one Memphis building, are dedicated to a single client
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
9

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

46 warehouse locations totaling 31M sq ft, including a 2,279,000 sq ft site in Lakeland, Florida, where the company is headquartered, plus a private fleet of 440 trucks. It suits retailers and brands that need shared or dedicated distribution space in several states and trucking from the same company.

Strengths

  • Freight brokerage for truckload, LTL and intermodal
  • FDA, USDA, BRC and AIB certifications at select food-grade facilities
  • Operating since 1966

Worth knowing

  • No ecommerce platform integration list published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
10

DHL Supply Chain

Enterprise contract logistics; IDS arm for growing ecommerce brands

Visit dhl.com

IDS, powered by DHL, the multi-client ecommerce arm it acquired in May 2025, runs 1.3M+ sq ft of shared fulfillment space in Plainfield and Indianapolis, Indiana, Salt Lake City and Atlanta. It suits growing ecommerce brands through IDS, and enterprise shippers through DHL Supply Chain's contract logistics business, a 161M+ sq ft North American footprint as of 2023.

Strengths

  • Temperature-controlled, FDA-registered and organic-certified IDS sites
  • FBA prep, subscription kits and retail compliance at IDS
  • AIB food safety standards at the Salt Lake City site

Worth knowing

  • IDS does not publish how many buildings it runs in each metro
  • Main DHL Supply Chain pages are aimed at enterprise-sized organizations
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Food grade
  • Cold chain
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
  • International
  • Last mile

Why brands fulfill from the US

US retail ecommerce sales reached $340.2 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up 12.2% from a year earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, and ecommerce made up 17.1% of total US retail sales, against 16.3% in the second quarter of 2025. For the full year, US ecommerce sales totaled $1,233.7 billion in 2025, 5.4% more than in 2024.

Goods imports rose as well: the US imported $3,438.4 billion of goods in 2025, $143.2 billion more than in 2024. On the warehouse side, the US warehousing and storage industry employed about 1.84 million people each month from May to August 2026, its private establishments rose from 23,190 in the second quarter of 2025 to 23,848 in the first quarter of 2026, and its employees averaged $26.74 an hour in July 2026.

Across the 10 networks here, Dallas-Fort Worth is where they overlap most: 9 run at least one building in the metro. The Los Angeles area follows with 7, Atlanta and Reno-Sparks have 6 each, Phoenix has 5 and Chicago has 4, while Salt Lake City and Las Vegas have 3 each. If you plan to start from one warehouse, those metros give you the most providers to quote against each other.

Questions to ask a US 3PL

  1. Which of your buildings would hold my stock, and is it a multi-client site or one dedicated to a single customer?
  2. Do you split inventory across regions by default, and what does each transfer between buildings cost?
  3. Which site receives my inbound containers, and how many days pass from dock to sellable stock?
  4. Are storage and pick-and-pack rates the same in every region, or priced building by building?
  5. Which retailers are you already connected to by EDI, and how long does a new connection take?
  6. Which certifications (FDA, AIB, organic, ISO) does the specific building you are quoting hold?

the US 3PL FAQ

How much does a national 3PL cost?

Every company on this list prices by custom quote, and none of the 10 publishes a fulfillment rate card. The only published rates cover kitting: Productiv lists $0.04 to $0.08 per item placed plus a $0.25 to $0.75 base kit fee, billed per unit rather than by the hour.

How many warehouses do national 3PLs have?

Stated network sizes on this list run from 5 buildings to 150+ US facilities. GEODIS states 150+ US facilities, ShipBob 51 US fulfillment centers, Saddle Creek 46 warehouse locations and Smart Warehousing 35+, while Productiv runs 5 buildings at 3 sites. DHL Supply Chain states its size for all of North America instead: 529 facilities as of 2024 and a 161M+ sq ft footprint as of 2023.

Which national 3PLs offer Amazon FBA prep?

6 of the 10 list FBA prep: Productiv, ShipBob, DHL Supply Chain through IDS, Barrett Distribution Centers, Staci Americas and Cart.com. ShipBob takes FBA prep orders through its dashboard, and Productiv corrects and reships at no charge any FBA shipment rejected for its own prep errors.

Which 3PLs on this list have cold storage?

5 of the 10 list cold chain services: Saddle Creek, DHL Supply Chain, GEODIS, Smart Warehousing and Stord. Smart Warehousing states 3.7M+ sq ft of temperature-controlled space, and Stord's temperature-controlled facilities are GMP certified and FDA registered.

Can one 3PL ship both ecommerce and retail orders?

Yes: all 10 list DTC ecommerce, B2B retail fulfillment and retail EDI compliance. Productiv and GEODIS both state that they run DTC and B2B orders from a single inventory pool.

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