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Best 3PL Companies in Tennessee (2026)

This list ranks the 10 third-party logistics companies that run at least one warehouse in Tennessee, from Memphis and the Nashville suburbs to Chattanooga, Cookeville, Elizabethton and Sweetwater, and each warehouse location was checked on the firm's own website. The ranking compares Tennessee warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services, and the comparison table and ranked cards list those facts for every firm.

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

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Top 3PLs in Tennessee at a glance

  1. 1Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space
  2. 2Red Stag FulfillmentBrands shipping products over 10 lbs by parcel and pallet
  3. 3FulexSmall and mid-size DTC brands wanting a San Diego node in a network
  4. 4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  5. 5AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  6. 6Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing
  7. 7Symbia LogisticsPublishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center
  8. 8NovEx Supply ChainSupplement and personal care brands needing FDA-registered storage
  9. 9FidelitoneWellness and consumer brands needing fulfillment and bulky delivery
  10. 10Interstate WarehousingFrozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice

Compare Tennessee 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn TennesseeNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space2 warehouses25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Red Stag FulfillmentBrands shipping products over 10 lbs by parcel and pallet1 warehouse2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3FulexSmall and mid-size DTC brands wanting a San Diego node in a network1 warehouse5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network3 warehouses58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale2 warehouses192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing1 warehouse114 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Symbia LogisticsPublishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center1 warehouse5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8NovEx Supply ChainSupplement and personal care brands needing FDA-registered storage1 warehouse2 totalNo minimumCustom quote
9FidelitoneWellness and consumer brands needing fulfillment and bulky delivery2 warehouses8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Interstate WarehousingFrozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Tennessee

1

Barrett Distribution Centers

Omnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space

Visit barrettdistribution.com

Two public warehousing and fulfillment centers in Memphis: 650,000 sq ft on Hickory Hill Road, rail served and food grade, and 377,000 sq ft on Citation Drive. It fits omnichannel brands selling to retailers and consumers that want Memphis space from a firm stating 25+ US facilities and 6M+ sq ft.

Strengths

  • Routing-guide compliance and managed EDI for over 150 retailers
  • FDA and AIB certified food-grade space at Hickory Hill Road
  • Synapse WMS; Shopify, NetSuite and Salesforce integrations

Worth knowing

  • Quote-only pricing; no published order minimum
  • Some Barrett sites serve a single client and are not shared
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
2

Red Stag Fulfillment

Brands shipping products over 10 lbs by parcel and pallet

Visit redstagfulfillment.com

A 700,000 sq ft flagship fulfillment center in Sweetwater, in the Knoxville area at the I-75 and I-40 intersection, taking parcel and pallet orders with rail and truck inbound. It fits brands whose products are bigger than a toaster or weigh over 10 lbs, including Amazon sellers using Seller Fulfilled Prime for extra-large items.

Strengths

  • Published guarantees on shrinkage, on-time shipping and order accuracy, backed by credits or reimbursement
  • Receiving in as little as 1 hour
  • Integrations include Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, Target and Costco Wholesale

Worth knowing

  • Two fulfillment centers only, in Tennessee and Utah
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Value-added services
3

Fulex

Small and mid-size DTC brands wanting a San Diego node in a network

Visit fulex.com

A fulfillment center on Riverside Drive in Chattanooga, one of 5 Fulex runs across California, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas and Delaware. It fits small and mid-size DTC brands in apparel, pet, and beauty and wellness, including food and supplement sellers that need FDA-registered handling.

Strengths

  • Stated 99.8% order accuracy and 99.2% on-time shipping
  • FDA registered; USDA Certified Organic Handler
  • Shopify, Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime, Walmart, Target.com and TikTok integrations

Worth knowing

  • Chattanooga building size not published
  • Quote-only, all-inclusive pricing set per client
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Food grade
4

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

A 290,000 sq ft multi-tenant distribution and fulfillment center in Lebanon, near Nashville, plus warehouse space of 16,000 sq ft in Chattanooga and 10,000 sq ft in Cookeville, the carrier's headquarters city. It fits shippers that want Tennessee storage tied to one company's LTL and truckload network, with contract-free overflow space.

Strengths

  • 75 dock doors at the Lebanon center
  • Short-term, seasonal and overflow warehousing without a contract
  • Own drayage fleet with 1,000+ chassis

Worth knowing

  • Network covers the South and Central US only
  • Quote-only pricing
  • 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

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Cold storage in Lebanon, with ambient, cooler, freezer and deep-freeze zones, rail service and blast freezing, and in Murfreesboro, with cooler and freezer space, both near Nashville. It fits food producers, retailers and food service suppliers that need frozen, chilled and ambient stock in a network of 192 US and Canada warehouses.

Strengths

  • SQF certification at 90%+ of US and Canada sites
  • DTC cold-chain fulfillment with SmarTrakr tracking from 5 US sites
  • Amazon, Shopify and EDI connections

Worth knowing

  • Food and temperature-controlled focus
  • No square footage published; quote-only pricing
  • 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
6

Maersk Warehousing & Distribution

Importers pairing ocean freight with US warehousing

Visit maersk.com

A 330,253 sq ft warehouse on Distriplex Drive in Memphis; Maersk also lists an 18,000 sq ft Winbrook Drive site in Memphis and a 35,520 sq ft site on Heil Quaker Blvd in La Vergne, near Nashville. It fits importers that pair ocean freight with inland storage in Memphis.

Strengths

  • 68 dock doors and 7,400 sq ft of dangerous goods storage on Distriplex Drive
  • Transload, deconsolidation, retail distribution and ecommerce fulfillment in the same buildings
  • About 114 US warehouses listed with addresses and sizes

Worth knowing

  • La Vergne site listed with a size only, no services
  • 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
7

Symbia Logistics

Publishers and CPG brands wanting a Nashville cGMP fulfillment center

Visit symbia.com

A 110,000 sq ft Class A, cGMP-certified fulfillment center in Nashville's Antioch area, with room to double capacity. It fits publishers, education distributors and small-parcel shippers, and CPG and health and beauty brands that need cGMP handling.

Strengths

  • cGMP in Nashville, Chicago and Houston; SQF in Denver and Reno
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Amazon, Walmart and Square integrations
  • FBA prep and retail EDI

Worth knowing

  • Nashville building pitched at publishing, education and small-parcel work
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
8

NovEx Supply Chain

Supplement and personal care brands needing FDA-registered storage

Visit novexit.com

A 200,000+ sq ft FDA-registered fulfillment hub in Memphis with temperature-controlled storage, paired with a 250,000+ sq ft site in Salt Lake City. It fits supplement, personal care and medical device brands that need lot and expiration control from 2 nodes.

Strengths

  • No order minimums or fixed fees; short-term agreements
  • Lot control and FEFO rotation
  • Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, eBay and NetSuite integrations

Worth knowing

  • No Memphis street address published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Value-added services
9

Fidelitone

Wellness and consumer brands needing fulfillment and bulky delivery

Visit fidelitone.com

Two multi-client D2C and B2B fulfillment centers, one in Lebanon near Nashville and one in Elizabethton. It fits consumer brands that want orders filled from two Tennessee sites and bulky goods delivered through the same company's last mile hubs.

Strengths

  • 8 published order fulfillment centers in 5 states
  • White glove, room of choice, threshold and front step delivery
  • Shopify, NetSuite and SPS Commerce integrations

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published for any site
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Contract packaging
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Value-added services
10

Interstate Warehousing

Frozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice

Visit tippmanngroup.com

A 507,000 sq ft SQF-certified cold storage building on I-24 in Murfreesboro, with 68,000 pallet positions and 83 dock doors. It fits frozen and refrigerated food makers that ship consolidated loads to grocery and foodservice customers.

Strengths

  • 21.2 million cu ft of capacity
  • Opened in 2006; expanded in 2011, 2015 and 2019
  • Calls itself North America's 5th largest public refrigerated warehouse company

Worth knowing

  • Food only; no ecommerce parcel fulfillment described
  • Quote-only pricing
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • B2B and retail

Why brands fulfill from Tennessee

Tennessee has more than 1,200 miles of interstate, and 67% of the US population is within a one-day truck drive of the state. Its distribution and logistics sector employs more than 332,600 Tennesseans at more than 17,200 companies, with jobs up 21% since 2019, and the state ranks second in the US for employment concentration in distribution and logistics.

In Memphis, the airport ranked 3rd among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025, at about 16.3 billion lbs in FAA preliminary data, and the International Port of Memphis is the second-largest inland port on the shallow-draft Mississippi River and the sixth-largest inland port in the US.

Nashville is one of six US cities where three major interstates converge, I-24, I-40 and I-65, and CSX runs two major rail yards and an intermodal terminal there. For imports, Georgia Tech research released by the Georgia Ports Authority in April 2026 found the Port of Savannah saves shippers more than $1,000 per container to both Memphis and Nashville compared with West Coast gateways. Statewide, trade, transportation and utilities employ about 684,600 people (August 2026, preliminary).

Questions to ask a Tennessee 3PL

  1. Which Tennessee building would hold my stock, and how far is it from my largest customer regions?
  2. Do Savannah containers reach your building by rail or by truck, and who books the move?
  3. Is the space food-grade or temperature-controlled, and which certification covers it?
  4. Do you run Foreign Trade Zone or bonded space in the state?
  5. If I outgrow one site, can you split my stock between Memphis, the Nashville area and East Tennessee?
  6. How do you add labor for the holiday peak?

Tennessee 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Tennessee cost?

All 10 companies on this list price by quote, so you compare proposals, not rate cards. Red Stag Fulfillment's quote form asks for package weight, monthly package and pallet volume and SKU count; sending those numbers to every firm makes the quotes comparable.

How many 3PLs have warehouses in Tennessee?

This list ranks 10, each with at least one Tennessee warehouse checked on its own site. 2 are headquartered in the state: Averitt Express in Cookeville and Red Stag Fulfillment in Knoxville.

Is there cold storage 3PL space in Tennessee?

Yes, mainly near Nashville: Interstate Warehousing runs a 507,000 sq ft SQF-certified cold storage building in Murfreesboro, and Americold has cold sites in Lebanon and Murfreesboro. In Memphis, NovEx Supply Chain's 200,000+ sq ft hub has temperature-controlled storage.

Which Tennessee 3PLs handle big and heavy products?

Red Stag Fulfillment specializes in them: its 700,000 sq ft Sweetwater center ships products bigger than a toaster or over 10 lbs by parcel and pallet. Fidelitone, Averitt Express and NovEx Supply Chain also list bulky and heavy goods.

Which Tennessee 3PLs do Amazon FBA prep?

4 of the 10 list FBA prep: Barrett Distribution Centers, Red Stag Fulfillment, Symbia Logistics and Fulex. Red Stag also runs Seller Fulfilled Prime for Amazon extra-large items.

Do any Tennessee 3PLs publish accuracy or shrinkage guarantees?

Red Stag Fulfillment does: it guarantees zero shrinkage, on-time shipping and order accuracy, reimbursing lost or damaged items at cost and crediting late parcels. Fulex states 99.8% order accuracy and 99.2% on-time shipping.

3PL lists in Tennessee and nearby