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Best 3PL Companies in Ohio (2026)

This list ranks 10 third-party logistics companies that run at least one warehouse in Ohio, 8 of them with buildings around Columbus and others near Cincinnati, Dayton and Defiance, and each warehouse location was checked on the firm's own website. Ranks weigh Ohio warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services, and the table and ranked cards carry every firm's figures.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 34 warehouses in Ohio between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the editorial team · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Ohio at a glance

  1. 1Cart.comMid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and online
  2. 2Verst LogisticsMid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment
  3. 3ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers
  4. 4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  5. 5Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing
  6. 6Keller LogisticsFood and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing
  7. 7Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together
  8. 8RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight
  9. 9World Distribution Services (WDS)Importers landing containers at Savannah, Norfolk or Tacoma
  10. 10Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Compare Ohio 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn OhioNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1Cart.comMid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and online3 warehouses14 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Verst LogisticsMid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment3 warehouses25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers7 warehouses24 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale5 warehouses192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing4 warehouses114 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Keller LogisticsFood and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing6 warehouses19 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
8RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight2 warehouses320 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9World Distribution Services (WDS)Importers landing containers at Savannah, Norfolk or Tacoma1 warehouse5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation2 warehouses21 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Ohio

1

Cart.com

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

Visit cart.com

Three fulfillment centers around Columbus: two in Groveport totaling 2.3 million sq ft and a 400,522 sq ft site in Hebron, Ohio, equipped for returns and refurbishing. It suits mid-market and enterprise brands selling DTC, wholesale and on marketplaces that want fulfillment tied to an order management system.

Strengths

  • 14 fulfillment centers and 6M+ sq ft stated
  • Retail and wholesale orders built to routing guides; FBA prep and kitting
  • Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok, NetSuite and SAP integrations

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
2

Verst Logistics

Mid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment

Visit verstlogistics.com

A 268,800 sq ft rail-served, AIB-certified multi-client warehouse in West Chester, north of Cincinnati, with 25 dock doors and cross-docking. It suits CPG brands that want Ohio space from a family-owned firm whose headquarters and fulfillment centers sit in Walton and Hebron, Kentucky.

Strengths

  • 25 warehouse locations and 8M sq ft stated
  • Locus robots and Korber WMS; 99.7% order accuracy stated
  • Contract packaging and shrink sleeve labeling

Worth knowing

  • Fulfillment aimed at about 1,000+ orders per day
  • West Chester building is ambient and non-hazmat
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
3

ODW Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers

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Seven shared (multi-client) Ohio buildings: six around Columbus, from 275,500 sq ft to a 1,000,000 sq ft retail consolidation center, and a 181,000 sq ft Englewood site near Dayton. It suits food, beverage, health and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers, from a Columbus-headquartered firm founded in 1971.

Strengths

  • 24 distribution centers and 8.5M sq ft stated, with sizes published per site
  • Dry, temperature-controlled and frozen storage; AIB, FDA, SQF, BRC and USDA credentials at named sites
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, Amazon, Walmart and Target integrations

Worth knowing

  • Many of its other sites are dedicated to single clients
  • Quote-only pricing
  • 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
4

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Two rail-served forward distribution cold stores: Columbus, with cooler and freezer zones, and Fairfield near Cincinnati, with cooler, freezer and deep freeze. It suits food producers that want cold storage near both Columbus and Cincinnati, from a firm with 192 warehouses across the US and Canada.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing and a drop lot in Columbus and Fairfield
  • Zones from ambient to deep freeze across its network
  • Amazon and Shopify integrations; SmarTrakr tracking for DTC orders

Worth knowing

  • Food and temperature-controlled focus
  • No square footage published per site
  • 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
5

Maersk Warehousing & Distribution

Importers pairing ocean freight with US warehousing

Visit maersk.com

Four Ohio warehouses: three around Cincinnati, the largest a 400,000 sq ft West Chester building with 34 dock doors, and an 86,337 sq ft site in Groveport near Columbus. It fits importers moving containers into the Midwest that want deconsolidation and distribution from their ocean carrier.

Strengths

  • About 114 US warehouses listed with addresses and sizes
  • Transload, retail distribution and ecommerce fulfillment in shared buildings
  • C-TPAT at select facilities; in-house WMS

Worth knowing

  • Some buildings serve a single customer
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cold chain
  • Hazmat
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Returns
6

Keller Logistics

Food and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing

Visit kellerlogistics.com

Six Ohio warehouse addresses in Defiance, Napoleon, Archbold and West Jefferson, including a four-building, 415,000 sq ft food-grade Defiance campus with SQF, FDA and USDA certification. It suits food and CPG manufacturers that want storage, co-packing and trucking from a family-owned firm headquartered in Defiance.

Strengths

  • Co-packing in Napoleon, OH and Covington, KY: variety packs, shrink bundling, displays and rework
  • Keller Trucking fleet plus brokerage for LTL, drayage and heavy haul
  • Manhattan SCALE WMS; Cleo EDI

Worth knowing

  • No DTC ecommerce fulfillment described
  • Many sites outside Ohio are dedicated to one client
  • B2B and retail
  • Contract packaging
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Food grade
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Bulky and heavy
7

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

A 325,000 sq ft Groveport warehouse near Rickenbacker airport, with a 100,000 sq ft climate-monitored area, bonded storage and dangerous goods handling. It suits importers that want air and ocean forwarding, customs brokerage and warehousing from one provider.

Strengths

  • In-house customs brokerage; FTZ sites in Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Nashville and Savannah
  • 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
8

Ryder

Omnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight

Visit ryder.com

A multiclient omnichannel center of nearly 440,000 sq ft in Etna, east of Columbus, with robot-assisted picking, opened in 2022 as its third multiclient warehouse in the Columbus area. It suits omnichannel brands that want fulfillment from Ryder E-commerce by Whiplash with Ryder's own fleet and freight services behind it.

Strengths

  • About 320 warehouses and 100M+ sq ft across the US, Canada and Mexico
  • Own truck fleet, freight brokerage and cross-border drayage
  • C-TPAT and AEO certified

Worth knowing

  • Much of the network is dedicated to single clients
  • 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
9

World Distribution Services (WDS)

Importers landing containers at Savannah, Norfolk or Tacoma

Visit worldds.net

A 250,000 sq ft Columbus warehouse within 15 miles of CSX and Norfolk Southern rail ramps, FDA and hazmat certified, with a bonded container freight station. It suits importers bringing containers inland that want cross-docking and B2B or B2C fulfillment from a Cleveland-headquartered firm.

Strengths

  • FDA exam site at the Columbus building
  • Synapse WMS; EDI and Shopify integrations
  • Two Savannah buildings totaling over 530,000 sq ft

Worth knowing

  • 30,000 sq ft available in Columbus as of September 2026
  • Port and import focus; ecommerce is one service line
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Value-added services
10

Hub Group

CPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Visit hubgroup.com

Two consolidation and fulfillment facilities in Fairfield, north of Cincinnati. It suits CPG suppliers that ship through retailer consolidation programs; Hub Group runs formal ones for Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger and Target.

Strengths

  • 9M+ sq ft of consolidation and fulfillment capacity stated
  • DTC and B2B fulfillment from its TAGG Logistics acquisition
  • 21 US warehouses and consolidation sites on its locations page

Worth knowing

  • No size or services published for either Fairfield building
  • Mix of Hub-run and partner-run facilities
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight

Why brands fulfill from Ohio

Ohio puts 60% of US and Canadian customers within a day’s drive, per JobsOhio, the state’s economic development corporation, and it has the nation’s 5th largest interstate highway system and the 4th largest network of operating railroads in the US. The state also had the 4th largest truck transportation workforce in the nation in 2024, at 70,719 workers.

Near Columbus, Rickenbacker International is a cargo-focused airport that international carriers fly to regularly from Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and it is a one-day truck drive from nearly half of the US population, per the Columbus Regional Airport Authority.

Cincinnati is served by Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, KY, which ranked 5th among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025 in FAA preliminary data.

Statewide, Ohio counted about 1,050,600 trade, transportation and utilities jobs and a 3.3% unemployment rate in August 2026, both preliminary.

Questions to ask an Ohio 3PL

  1. Which Ohio building would hold my stock: Columbus, Groveport, Lockbourne, West Chester, Fairfield or Defiance?
  2. How far is it from Rickenbacker or CVG, and which carriers pick up daily?
  3. Is the building rail-served, or how far is it from the CSX and Norfolk Southern ramps?
  4. Is the space shared with other clients or dedicated to one?
  5. Which food credentials apply at that site: SQF, AIB, FDA, USDA or Ohio Department of Agriculture registration?
  6. Do you run your own trucks out of Ohio, or broker the freight?

Ohio 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Ohio cost?

All 10 companies on this list price by quote, and none publishes a rate card. Verst Logistics is the only one to state a volume guide, aiming its fulfillment at clients shipping about 1,000 or more orders a day.

How many 3PLs have warehouses in Ohio?

This list ranks 10, each with at least one Ohio warehouse checked on its own site. 3 are headquartered in the state: ODW Logistics in Columbus, Keller Logistics in Defiance and World Distribution Services in Cleveland.

Where are most 3PL warehouses in Ohio?

Around Columbus: 8 of the 10 have a building in Columbus, Groveport, Lockbourne, Etna, Hebron (Ohio) or West Jefferson. 4 have space near Cincinnati, in West Chester or Fairfield.

Is there cold storage 3PL space in Ohio?

Yes: Americold runs rail-served cold stores in Columbus, with cooler and freezer zones, and Fairfield, which adds deep freeze. ODW Logistics lists temperature-controlled and frozen storage in its network, and one of Cart.com's Groveport centers has temperature-controlled storage.

Which Ohio 3PLs do Amazon FBA prep?

2 of the 10 list FBA prep: ODW Logistics and Cart.com. Both also integrate with Amazon, as do Verst Logistics and Americold.

Which Ohio 3PLs handle hazmat?

World Distribution Services' Columbus warehouse is hazmat certified, and Crane Worldwide Logistics handles dangerous goods at its Groveport building. Maersk lists hazmat among its services.

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