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Best 3PL Companies in Boston (2026)

This list ranks 10 third-party logistics companies that run at least one warehouse in the Boston metro, from Everett, Woburn and Billerica to Franklin, Mansfield, Taunton, Devens, Haverhill and Londonderry, NH. Each firm's Boston-area location was checked on its own website, and the firms are compared on local warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services. Ranks run top to bottom, and the table and ranked cards show each firm's figures on those points.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 15 warehouses in Boston between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the editorial team · How we rank

Illustration: warehouse aisle lined with tall pallet racking

Top 3PLs in Boston at a glance

  1. 1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  2. 2Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space
  3. 3AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  4. 4Tighe Logistics GroupFood, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space
  5. 5NEPW LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space
  6. 6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together
  7. 7Northeast 3PLSmall and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller
  8. 8Fulfillment AmericaBrands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions
  9. 9Medallion Fulfillment & LogisticsStartups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node
  10. 10National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Compare Boston 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn BostonNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports3 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space2 warehouses25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale1 warehouse192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Tighe Logistics GroupFood, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space3 warehouses6 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5NEPW LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space1 warehouse13 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
7Northeast 3PLSmall and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Fulfillment AmericaBrands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
9Medallion Fulfillment & LogisticsStartups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node1 warehouse2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Boston

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Lineage runs three cold storage regional distribution centers in the metro: Everett (219,609 sq ft), Avon (163,266 sq ft) and Taunton (115,661 sq ft). Everett is typed as a port location with drayage and a railcar siding, which fits food importers landing chilled or frozen cargo.

Strengths

  • LTL consolidation and BRCGS accreditation at all three sites
  • 480+ warehouses stated worldwide
  • Amazon, Walmart.com and Costco.com connections for D2C orders

Worth knowing

  • Built for food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • Quote-only pricing
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Subscription boxes
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Contract packaging
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • International
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
2

Barrett Distribution Centers

Omnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space

Visit barrettdistribution.com

Barrett runs two food-grade public warehousing and fulfillment buildings here: its 260,000 sq ft Franklin headquarters site with a Foreign Trade Zone, and a 205,000 sq ft CSX rail-served building in Mansfield. It fits omnichannel brands shipping to retailers and to consumers from one inventory.

Strengths

  • FDA and AIB certification at both Boston-area buildings
  • Routing-guide compliance team for 150+ retailers
  • Synapse WMS; EDI by XML, AS2, flat file or FTP

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing
  • Some network sites serve one client only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
3

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Americold's Taunton warehouse on John Hancock Road holds cooler and freezer zones, with rail access and a drop lot. It suits food producers and retailers that need chilled and frozen forward distribution.

Strengths

  • 192 warehouses across the US and Canada
  • USDA inspection on site at many facilities
  • In-house WMS with an i-3PL customer portal

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published
  • Food and temperature-controlled focus
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • International
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
4

Tighe Logistics Group

Food, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space

Visit tighe-co.com

Tighe runs Woburn (200,000 sq ft, 7 rail doors, refrigerated space), Mansfield (276,000 sq ft, 9 rail doors, CSX) and Avon (76,000 sq ft), and the Mansfield and Avon buildings are food grade. It fits food, building-materials and retail brands that want rail-served Boston space and a local truck fleet.

Strengths

  • Six Massachusetts warehouses and 1 million+ sq ft stated
  • Own fleet of 25+ trucks
  • FDA registered and AIB certified; SnapFulfil WMS

Worth knowing

  • All buildings in Massachusetts; nothing outside New England
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
5

NEPW Logistics

Manufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space

Visit nepw.com

NEPW's Devens building on Saratoga Boulevard has 81,000 sq ft, 10 rail doors and 35 ft ceilings, runs 24/7 and sits 8 miles from I-495. It fits manufacturers and brands that want rail-served space with DTC and wholesale fulfillment.

Strengths

  • 1.6 million+ sq ft across 13 New England locations
  • Port drayage and transloading
  • Shopify, Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy integrations

Worth knowing

  • Devens is its only Massachusetts building; the rest of the network is in Maine
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
6

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

Crane's Boston office and warehouse in Haverhill has 104,000 sq ft, 16 loading docks and 25 trailer spaces, with value-added services. It fits importers that want freight forwarding, customs brokerage and warehousing from one company.

Strengths

  • In-house customs brokerage
  • Air, ocean, rail and trucking alongside contract logistics
  • Crane WMS with API and EDI connections

Worth knowing

  • Freight forwarding is the core business
  • No ecommerce platform integrations published
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Hazmat
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
7

Northeast 3PL

Small and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller

Visit 3plne.com

Northeast 3PL's FDA-registered fulfillment center sits next to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Londonderry, NH, about an hour from Boston. It fits small and mid-size brands that need kitting, small assembly, testing or product rework alongside pick and pack.

Strengths

  • Locally owned; operating since 1996
  • IATA and DOT certified hazmat shipping
  • Serial number capture in its in-house WMS

Worth knowing

  • One building; square footage not published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Hazmat
  • International
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
8

Fulfillment America

Brands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions

Visit fulfillmentamerica.com

Fulfillment America's Billerica headquarters pairs fulfillment with onsite print-on-demand and bindery, and the firm states 185,000+ sq ft of climate-controlled warehouse and production space across its Boston and Dallas sites. It fits brands that ship orders alongside printed kits, influencer and PR boxes or subscriptions.

Strengths

  • Founded 1992
  • Subscription boxes, sampling kits and retail-ready packaging
  • Shopify, NetSuite, Salesforce and SPS Commerce integrations

Worth knowing

  • Dallas location has no published address
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Value-added services
9

Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics

Startups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node

Visit medallionenterprises.com

Medallion's East Coast warehouse on Fisher Street in Franklin has a temperature-controlled zone for goods such as chocolates and cosmetics. It fits startups and small online sellers that want one East Coast and one West Coast node, since stock can sit in Franklin and in Chatsworth, CA under one fulfillment fee.

Strengths

  • Flat-rate Starter Program for startups and new sellers
  • Amazon stock replenishment plus subscription and continuity fulfillment
  • Family business incorporated in 1994

Worth knowing

  • Warehouse sizes not published
  • Custom quotes; no price list
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
10

National Delivery Systems

Suppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Visit national-delivery.com

NDS's Boston terminal on Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton has 68,000 sq ft of operational space and 12 dock doors, used for storage, fulfillment and retail pool distribution. It fits suppliers that replenish retail chain stores on the East Coast through NDS's own delivery network.

Strengths

  • 900,000+ sq ft of warehouse space across 8 terminals
  • EDI 204, 210 and 214
  • LTL cartage, pool distribution and line haul

Worth knowing

  • Primarily an LTL and delivery carrier
  • Quote-only pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile

Why brands fulfill from Boston

Conley Terminal is the Port of Boston’s container gateway and the only full-service container terminal in New England. It handles ships of 12,000 to 16,000 TEU and connects the region to more than 30 ports worldwide. Its berths are 50 feet deep and truck turn times run about 30 minutes, the time a drayage truck spends inside the terminal per visit, and Massport says the port is the choice of more than 2,500 New England importers and exporters.

By air, Boston Logan ranked 33rd among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025, at about 884 million lbs, in FAA preliminary data. That puts it well behind JFK in New York City, which ranked 9th at about 4.42 billion lbs. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, under 50 miles north of Boston, ranked 37th at about 679 million lbs, up 4.9%; it is New England’s third largest cargo airport, with UPS, FedEx and Amazon Air among its cargo carriers.

The metro reaches north into New Hampshire, taking in Salem, Nashua and Londonderry, and New Hampshire has no sales tax and no inventory tax, per the state’s business and economic affairs department.

Questions to ask a Boston 3PL

  1. Which of your Boston-area buildings would hold my stock, and how far is it from my main customer base?
  2. Do you pick up containers from Conley Terminal with your own trucks?
  3. Is the building rail served, and by which railroad?
  4. Do you have space in southern New Hampshire as well as Massachusetts?
  5. Is the quoted building food grade, and which audit covers it?
  6. How do you staff peak season at this building?

Boston 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Boston cost?

Expect a custom quote: all 10 firms on this list price that way. Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics offers a flat-rate Starter Program for startups and new sellers, and its fees page says it publishes no price list.

Which 3PLs are headquartered in the Boston area?

4 of the 10: Barrett Distribution Centers in Franklin, Tighe Logistics Group in Woburn, Fulfillment America in Billerica and Northeast 3PL in Londonderry, NH.

Which Boston 3PLs have rail-served warehouses?

5 of the 10: Barrett Distribution Centers (Mansfield, CSX), Tighe Logistics Group (Woburn and Mansfield), NEPW Logistics (Devens, 10 rail doors), Americold (Taunton) and Lineage (Everett, railcar siding).

Which Boston 3PLs offer Amazon FBA prep?

2 of the 10 list FBA prep: Barrett Distribution Centers and Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics.

Is there cold storage 3PL space around Boston?

Yes: Lineage runs cold storage in Everett, Avon and Taunton, and Americold has a cooler and freezer warehouse in Taunton. Tighe Logistics Group lists refrigerated space at its Woburn building.

Can a New Hampshire warehouse serve Boston customers?

Yes: Northeast 3PL runs its fulfillment center in Londonderry, NH, next to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and about an hour from Boston, and it is the one New Hampshire building on this list.

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