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Best 3PL Companies in Chicago (2026)

The 10 third-party logistics companies ranked here each run at least one warehouse in the Chicago metro, in towns from Joliet, Elwood and Romeoville to Aurora, Bensenville and Kenosha, Wisconsin, and every warehouse location was checked on the firm's own website. Ranks weigh local warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services; the comparison table and the ranked cards carry each firm's figures.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 47 warehouses in Chicago between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the editorial team · How we rank

Illustration: rail intermodal yard with containers stacked on railcars

Top 3PLs in Chicago at a glance

  1. 1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions
  2. 2Staci AmericasOmnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon
  3. 3LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  4. 4ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers
  5. 5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  6. 6RJW Logistics GroupCPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers
  7. 7Symbia LogisticsPublishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center
  8. 8Logistics PlusBrands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight
  9. 9RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight
  10. 10Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Compare Chicago 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn ChicagoNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions9 warehouses51 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Staci AmericasOmnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon2 warehouses16 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports10 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers2 warehouses24 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking2 warehouses46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6RJW Logistics GroupCPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers15 warehouses22 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Symbia LogisticsPublishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center1 warehouse5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Logistics PlusBrands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight1 warehouse18 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight1 warehouse320 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation4 warehouses21 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Chicago

1

ShipBob

DTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions

Visit shipbob.com

Eight fulfillment centers in the metro, three in Bolingbrook, two in Elwood and one each in Aurora, St. Charles and Kenosha, Wisconsin, plus a Midwest receiving hub on Melissa Lane in Aurora; Chicago is also its headquarters. It suits DTC brands that want stock split across US regions, with each order routed to the nearest of 51 US fulfillment centers.

Strengths

  • 51 US fulfillment centers on one network
  • Dashboard and turnkey integrations at no extra cost
  • EDI through SPS Commerce; FBA prep ordered from the dashboard

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing; kitting and B2B orders billed as extras
  • Street addresses 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
2

Staci Americas

Omnichannel brands selling DTC, retail and Amazon

Visit staciamericas.com

A two-building Chicago campus, 106,627 sq ft in Bolingbrook and 86,000 sq ft in Batavia, filling ecommerce orders and creating and fulfilling marketing materials. It suits omnichannel brands selling DTC, through retailers and on Amazon, and companies that send out marketing materials.

Strengths

  • FBA prep, FBM and Seller Fulfilled Prime support
  • Retail compliance team on site at every DC
  • Shopify, NetSuite, Walmart, Target and TikTok integrations

Worth knowing

  • Co-branding as Paxon since February 2026
  • No published rates or order minimum
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Returns
3

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

10 cold storage regional distribution centers in the metro, the largest an 802,806 sq ft Joliet building, with others in Chicago, Bedford Park, Batavia, Bolingbrook and University Park, where multivendor LTL consolidation runs. It suits food companies that need frozen or chilled space, with blast freezing, bonded storage and LTL consolidation available in the metro.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing at University Park and on South Western Avenue in Chicago
  • Bonded space at Joliet, University Park and Bolingbrook
  • 480+ warehouses stated worldwide

Worth knowing

  • Food and temperature-sensitive products focus
  • 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
4

ODW Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers

Visit odwlogistics.com

Two shared Romeoville buildings: 193,000 sq ft certified BRC, USDA and CFIA, and 167,000 sq ft certified FDA, with shared dry and frozen services listed for the Chicago site. It suits food, beverage and CPG brands shipping to both retailers and consumers.

Strengths

  • 24 distribution centers and 8.5M sq ft stated, with sizes published per site
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon, Walmart and Target integrations
  • Retail consolidation plus an asset-based Midwest fleet

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing; no published minimum
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
5

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

Two Joliet buildings: 1,115,000 sq ft on Logistics Drive, with 130 truck doors, and 990,140 sq ft on Brandon Road, both offering warehousing and omnichannel fulfillment. It suits retailers and brands that need million-square-foot scale with trucking attached, from a network of 46 warehouse locations.

Strengths

  • 31M sq ft of warehouse space stated across the network
  • Private fleet of 440 trucks plus truckload, LTL and intermodal brokerage
  • Food-grade and temperature-controlled space at select sites

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing
  • No ecommerce platform integration list published
  • 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
6

RJW Logistics Group

CPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers

Visit rjwgroup.com

14 listed warehouses in Romeoville, Joliet, Woodridge, Lockport and Bolingbrook, plus a 788,320 sq ft Plainfield building acquired in June 2026 that it says will support about 300 CPG customers. It suits consumer packaged goods suppliers shipping consolidated loads into big-box retailer DCs, from a firm headquartered in Woodridge.

Strengths

  • Retail consolidation for 150+ retailers; 98% on-time and 99% in-full stated
  • More than 10 million sq ft in Illinois, per its June 2026 release
  • Own truck fleet; labeling, repackaging, kitting and display assembly

Worth knowing

  • B2B retail replenishment only; no DTC ecommerce service described
  • Quote-only pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • LTL and FTL freight
7

Symbia Logistics

Publishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center

Visit symbia.com

Chicago Fulfillment Center II in Bolingbrook, part of a Chicago operation it puts at 460,000 sq ft of Class A space with FDA cGMP and SQF-Organic options. It suits CPG, food and beverage, and health and beauty brands that need cGMP handling in the Midwest.

Strengths

  • cGMP certified in Chicago, Nashville and Houston
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Amazon, Walmart and Square integrations
  • FBA prep, retail EDI and kitting

Worth knowing

  • One Chicago street address published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
8

Logistics Plus

Brands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight

Visit logisticsplus.com

A Chicago warehouse at 220 N York Road in Bensenville, near O'Hare, with more than 425,000 sq ft of storage and fulfillment space, an alcohol license and a 4,000 sq ft temperature-controlled unit (40 to 60 F) added in 2023. It suits importers and brands that want storage and pick, pack and ship alongside freight forwarding and customs from one company.

Strengths

  • Licensed for alcohol warehousing and fulfillment
  • In-house freight forwarding, brokerage and customs
  • Nearly 12 million sq ft of North American warehousing stated (2026)

Worth knowing

  • Freight forwarding and brokerage are the core business
  • Quote-only pricing; no published order minimum
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Bulky and heavy
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
  • Last mile
9

Ryder

Omnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight

Visit ryder.com

A 400,000 sq ft multiclient DC in Aurora, opened in August 2023 on a six-building, 2.4 million sq ft campus, with food-grade certifications and ambient temperature control. It suits CPG, food and beverage shippers that want omnichannel fulfillment tied to Ryder's own fleet and freight brokerage.

Strengths

  • About 320 warehouses and 100M+ sq ft in North America (Aug 2026)
  • C-TPAT and AEO certified
  • Ryder Last Mile big-and-bulky delivery

Worth knowing

  • In 2023, 23 of its 34 Chicagoland warehouses were single-client
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Value-added services
  • Contract packaging
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Last mile
  • Bulky and heavy
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
10

Hub Group

CPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Visit hubgroup.com

Consolidation and fulfillment facilities in Bolingbrook, Joliet and Romeoville, plus a second Romeoville warehouse on Pinnacle Drive, run by a firm headquartered in Oak Brook. It suits CPG brands shipping into retailer consolidation programs that also want ecommerce orders filled.

Strengths

  • Formal consolidation programs for Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger and Target
  • Over 9 million sq ft of consolidation and fulfillment capacity stated
  • DTC and B2B ecommerce fulfillment from the TAGG Logistics acquisition

Worth knowing

  • Network mixes owned and partner facilities without saying which is which
  • Quote-only pricing; no published minimums
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight

Why brands fulfill from Chicago

About one in four US freight trains passes through Chicago, roughly 500 a day, and nearly half of the nation’s intermodal trains cross the region each year. Illinois is the only state where all six Class I railroads meet, and its interstate highway system is the third-largest by mileage. 83% of the continental US population lives within a two-day truck drive of the state.

By air, O’Hare ranked 6th among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025, at about 8.48 billion lbs, up 3.97% in FAA preliminary data. Elsewhere in Illinois, Chicago Rockford placed 12th in the same table, at about 3.43 billion lbs. Compared with Indianapolis, whose airport ranked 10th at about 4.33 billion lbs, O’Hare landed nearly twice the cargo weight.

On the ground, Chicago holds the largest inventory of big-box warehouse space in North America, more than 610 million sq ft in buildings of 200,000 sq ft or more. The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro employs about 931,700 people in trade, transportation and utilities (August 2026, preliminary), and its unemployment rate was 4.9% in July 2026 (preliminary).

Questions to ask a Chicago 3PL

  1. Which building would hold my inventory, and how far is it from O'Hare and the rail ramps?
  2. Is the space shared with other clients or set aside for one?
  3. Which certifications cover my product in that building: FDA, cGMP, BRC, SQF or USDA?
  4. Can you consolidate my retail orders with other suppliers' freight into Walmart, Target or Kroger DCs?
  5. How do you add labor and dock hours for the holiday peak?
  6. Do you move containers from the Chicago rail ramps yourselves, or through a partner?

Chicago 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Chicago cost?

All 10 companies on this list price by quote, so the cost comes from proposals rather than rate cards. ShipBob's standard fees, for example, cover implementation, receiving, storage and an all-in pick, pack and ship fee, with kitting and B2B orders billed on top.

How many 3PLs have warehouses in Chicago?

This list ranks 10, each with at least one warehouse in the Chicago metro checked on its own site. 3 are headquartered in Illinois: ShipBob in Chicago, RJW Logistics Group in Woodridge and Hub Group in Oak Brook.

Can one Chicago warehouse reach the whole country?

It reaches most of it by truck within two days: 83% of the continental US population is within a two-day truck drive of Illinois, per the Illinois Economic Development Corporation. If you want stock closer to both coasts, ShipBob splits inventory across 51 US fulfillment centers and routes each order to the nearest one.

Which Chicago 3PLs do Amazon FBA prep?

5 of the 10 list FBA prep: ShipBob, ODW Logistics, Staci Americas, Symbia Logistics and Logistics Plus. Staci Americas also supports FBM and Seller Fulfilled Prime.

Is there cold storage 3PL space in Chicago?

Yes: Lineage runs 10 cold storage distribution centers in the metro, the largest 802,806 sq ft in Joliet, and ODW Logistics lists shared dry and frozen services in Romeoville. Logistics Plus added a 4,000 sq ft temperature-controlled unit in Bensenville in 2023.

Which Chicago 3PLs run retail consolidation for big-box stores?

RJW Logistics Group, Hub Group and ODW Logistics all list retail consolidation. RJW consolidates for 150+ retailers, Hub Group runs formal programs for Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger and Target, and ODW pairs consolidation with its own Midwest fleet.

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