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Best 3PL Companies in Richmond (2026)

The 8 third-party logistics companies ranked here each run at least one warehouse in the Richmond metro, from Ashland and Glen Allen to Sandston, Chester and Hopewell, and every warehouse address was checked on the firm's own site. They are ranked on local warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services, and the comparison table and ranked cards give you each firm's facts on those points.

  • 8 companies ranked
  • 20 warehouses in Richmond between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the editorial team ยท How we rank

Illustration: interstate interchange with freight trucks passing a warehouse park

Top 3PLs in Richmond at a glance

  1. 1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  2. 2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship
  3. 3Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail
  4. 4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  5. 5Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking
  6. 6Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond
  7. 7National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast
  8. 8Direct SolutionsRichmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping

Compare Richmond 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn RichmondNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports4 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship2 warehouses2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network1 warehouse58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking9 warehouses9 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
7National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Direct SolutionsRichmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote

The 8 best 3PL companies in Richmond

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Cold storage buildings in Richmond, Sandston and Chester, from 107,511 to 182,457 sq ft each, inside a network Lineage puts at 480+ warehouses. It fits food companies that need frozen or chilled space with drayage listed at three of its Richmond-area sites and customs brokerage at two.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing at 5501 Corrugated Road, Sandston
  • Co-pack, kitting and LTL consolidation at the Cofer Road site in Richmond
  • Facility pages publish square footage and cubic capacity

Worth knowing

  • Food and temperature-sensitive product 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
2

Shipvine

Apparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship

Visit shipvine.com

Two Richmond fulfillment centers of about 70,000 sq ft each, three minutes apart, the main one near the Manchester area. Built for apparel, accessories and small consumer goods brands that sell DTC and drop ship to retailers.

Strengths

  • EDI drop ship and replenishment for Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Home Depot, Macy's and Tractor Supply
  • Own software, with a free direct Shopify integration
  • Most orders placed by noon ET ship the same day

Worth knowing

  • Every inventory item must carry a barcode
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • International
  • Value-added services
3

Orbit Fulfillment

Food, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail

Visit orbit-fulfillment.com

One Ashland building with 157,824 sq ft of high-bay racking, a 25,000 sq ft co-pack area and 34,120 sq ft of cross-dock, FDA registered for food and beverage. It fits food, beverage and CPG brands splitting orders across DTC, Amazon and big-box retail.

Strengths

  • Lot, expiration date, FEFO and FIFO control
  • Small parcel orders received by 2:00 PM ship the same day
  • Retail EDI and routing guide compliance via SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce

Worth knowing

  • One published warehouse address, in Ashland
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Contract packaging
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Value-added services
4

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

2,500 sq ft of warehousing, distribution and fulfillment space inside Averitt's LTL service center at 2400 Galena Ave. It fits shippers with small Richmond volumes who want pick and pack tied to Averitt's own LTL and truckload network.

Strengths

  • Pick and pack and Shopify ecommerce fulfillment on an Extensiv WMS
  • Contract-free short-term, seasonal and overflow warehousing
  • 58 warehousing locations stated across the network

Worth knowing

  • Richmond space is 2,500 sq ft inside an LTL terminal
  • No West Coast or Northeast warehouse locations listed
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile
  • Food grade
  • Bulky and heavy
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
5

Riverside Logistics

Manufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking

Visit riversidelogistics.com

Nine warehouses in Richmond, Henrico, Glen Allen and Hopewell, with about 1,000,000 sq ft managed across the Richmond and Henrico areas and its own trucking behind them. It fits manufacturers and distributors that want storage and transport from one Richmond company, and it is licensed to ship medical products into more than 25 states that require it.

Strengths

  • Headquartered in Richmond; founded 1996
  • Clean room inside one of its main warehouses
  • In-house owner-operators, truck brokerage, drayage and freight audit

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing, no published rates
  • No ecommerce platform integrations named
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
6

Motleys Logistics Systems

Manufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Visit motleyslogistics.com

530,000 sq ft of Grade A storage on Deepwater Terminal Road in south Richmond, with CSX rail service and drayage to and from the Port of Richmond. It fits manufacturers and paper-product shippers that need rail-served space on public or contract terms, long or short.

Strengths

  • Slip-sheet and roll-clamp handling for paper products
  • Forklifts rated from 2,000 to 12,000 lbs
  • Local cartage across Central Virginia

Worth knowing

  • No ecommerce or parcel fulfillment services listed
  • Quote-only pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
7

National Delivery Systems

Suppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Visit national-delivery.com

A Richmond terminal on Eubank Road that pairs warehousing and fulfillment with LTL cartage, pool distribution, line haul and same-day courier. It fits suppliers replenishing retail chain stores along the East Coast.

Strengths

  • Own delivery network for pool distribution and chain-store delivery
  • EDI 204, 210 and 214 plus flat-file and CSV integration
  • Eight terminals in its network

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published for the Richmond terminal
  • Primarily an LTL and delivery carrier
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile
8

Direct Solutions

Richmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping

Visit directsolutionsrva.com

A Richmond warehouse on Carolina Avenue that receives, stores, assembles, packages, labels and ships inventory for client companies. It fits Richmond businesses that want storage and custom labeling from one local supplier.

Strengths

  • In-house label design and production through sister company Virginia Label Co.
  • Returns handling alongside assembly and packaging
  • Locally owned, established in Richmond in 2002

Worth knowing

  • Warehouse size not published
  • Labeling and packaging supply is the main business; no ecommerce integrations published
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Value-added services

Why brands fulfill from Richmond

Richmond is where Interstates 64, 95, 85 and 295 converge, and about 45% of the US population lives within a one-day delivery drive of the metro. CSX and Norfolk Southern both run rail freight service in the region.

Richmond Marine Terminal is a 121-acre Port of Virginia terminal on the James River, with three barges in rotation to Hampton Roads (500 FEU combined), 19,640 ft of rail track and 300,000 sq ft of covered and uncovered storage. Import containers can reach the metro by water, and the last leg to a warehouse is local drayage.

For air freight, Richmond International Airport handled about 223 million pounds of cargo in 2025, its third straight annual record, and Foreign Trade Zone 207 at the airport lets you defer customs duties until goods leave the zone.

Compared with the rest of Virginia, where the container terminals sit in Hampton Roads and I-81 runs through the west, Richmond is the interstate crossroads, with more than 53,000 supply chain workers and over 1.3 million residents in the region. Against Raleigh-Durham, whose closest port is Wilmington, Richmond has a Port of Virginia terminal of its own.

Questions to ask a Richmond 3PL

  1. Which of your Richmond-area buildings would my inventory sit in, and what else is stored there?
  2. Do you pull containers from Richmond Marine Terminal, or only from the Hampton Roads terminals?
  3. Is the space you are quoting rail-served, and by CSX or Norfolk Southern?
  4. Can you move goods in and out of Foreign Trade Zone 207 at Richmond International Airport?
  5. How do you staff peak season, and how much of that labor is temporary?
  6. What is your same-day cutoff, and which parcel and LTL carriers collect daily?

Richmond 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Richmond cost?

Every company on this list prices by quote: none of the 8 publishes a rate card or an order minimum. Ask each for receiving, storage, pick and pack and packaging as separate line items so the quotes compare.

How many 3PLs have warehouses in Richmond?

This list ranks 8, each with a Richmond-area warehouse address checked on its own site. 5 are headquartered in Richmond, and 3 run their Richmond buildings as part of networks that reach other states.

Can one Richmond warehouse ship to most of the US?

It reaches about 45% of the US population within a one-day delivery drive. If most of your customers are further away, 3 of the 8 also run warehouses outside Virginia.

Which Richmond 3PLs do Amazon FBA prep?

2 of the 8 list FBA prep: Orbit Fulfillment in Ashland and Shipvine in Richmond. Both also handle retail EDI and Shopify orders.

Is there cold storage 3PL space in Richmond?

Yes. Lineage runs cold storage buildings in Richmond, Sandston and Chester, from 107,511 to 182,457 sq ft each, and Orbit Fulfillment's Ashland warehouse is FDA registered with climate-controlled storage.

Which Richmond 3PLs handle B2B and retail distribution?

7 of the 8 list B2B or retail distribution, and 3 of those also list retail EDI compliance. National Delivery Systems adds its own pool distribution and chain-store delivery from its Richmond terminal.

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