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Best 3PL Companies in Virginia (2026)

This list ranks the 10 third-party logistics companies that run at least one warehouse in Virginia, from Winchester and Southwest Virginia to Richmond and the Hampton Roads ports, with every warehouse address checked on the firm's own site. The ranking weighs Virginia warehouses, network size, order minimums, pricing model and services, and the comparison table and ranked cards set out those facts firm by firm.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 38 warehouses in Virginia between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the editorial team · How we rank

Illustration: interstate interchange with freight trucks passing a warehouse park

Top 3PLs in Virginia 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. 3Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  4. 4Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail
  5. 5RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers
  6. 6Camrett LogisticsFood and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space
  7. 7Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking
  8. 8WCS LogisticsFrozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers
  9. 9GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia
  10. 10Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Compare Virginia 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn VirginiaNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports8 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship2 warehouses2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network2 warehouses58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
5RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers3 warehouses14 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Camrett LogisticsFood and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space8 warehouses8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking9 warehouses9 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8WCS LogisticsFrozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers3 warehouses3 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
10Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Virginia

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Cold storage in Richmond, Sandston and Chester plus Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Smithfield, inside a network Lineage puts at 480+ warehouses. It fits food companies that need frozen or chilled space both near the ports and inland around Richmond.

Strengths

  • Bonded warehouse and customs brokerage in Chesapeake
  • Automated warehouse with blast freezing in Portsmouth
  • Railcar siding and LTL consolidation in Norfolk

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, running on Shipvine's own software. It fits apparel, accessories and small-goods brands that combine Shopify orders with retail drop ship.

Strengths

  • Retail EDI drop ship for Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Home Depot, Macy's and Tractor Supply
  • FBA prep, kitting and subscription boxes
  • Free direct Shopify integration

Worth knowing

  • Barcodes required on every inventory item
  • 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

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

A distribution and fulfillment center at 1005 Enterprise Circle in Chesapeake serving the Norfolk area, plus 2,500 sq ft inside its Richmond service center. It fits shippers who want Virginia warehousing tied to Averitt's LTL, truckload and drayage network.

Strengths

  • Contract-free short-term, seasonal and overflow warehousing
  • Extensiv WMS with a Shopify integration
  • 58 warehousing locations stated across the South and Central US

Worth knowing

  • Richmond space is 2,500 sq ft inside an LTL service center
  • 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
4

Orbit Fulfillment

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

Visit orbit-fulfillment.com

An FDA-registered Ashland warehouse whose area table lists 157,824 sq ft of high-bay pallet rack, 25,000 sq ft of co-pack and production and 34,120 sq ft of cross-dock. It fits food, beverage and CPG brands running DTC, Amazon and big-box retail orders out of one Virginia building.

Strengths

  • Handles 10 to 1,000 orders a day, per its FAQ
  • Same-day shipping for small parcel orders received by 2:00 PM
  • Amazon Seller Central, Vendor Central and Shopify connections

Worth knowing

  • Ashland is its only published warehouse
  • 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
5

Radial

Mid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers

Visit radial.com

Three fulfillment centers in Martinsville, part of 14 US fulfillment centers and 15M+ sq ft of stated capacity. It fits mid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers that also want payments, fraud prevention and tax services from the same provider.

Strengths

  • States 99% of the US reached within three business days
  • Shopify Plus and Salesforce Commerce Cloud integrations
  • FBA prep, returns and FTZ fulfillment

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published for the Martinsville buildings
  • Quote-only pricing
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Returns
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Last mile
6

Camrett Logistics

Food and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space

Visit camrett.com

Eight warehouses in Southwest and Western Virginia, from Buena Vista and Roanoke to Dublin, Wytheville and Bluefield, with Riverbend in Fairlawn the largest; four are AIB-recognized for food storage. It fits food and industrial shippers that want space in the west of the state, with truckload and LTL from the same company.

Strengths

  • ISO 9001 certified
  • Small parcel fulfillment, kitting, POP display assembly and returns
  • Headquartered in Wytheville

Worth knowing

  • No facilities in Richmond, Hampton Roads or Northern Virginia
  • Quote-only pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
7

Riverside Logistics

Manufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking

Visit riversidelogistics.com

All nine of its warehouses are in the Richmond area (Richmond, Henrico, Glen Allen, Hopewell), with about 1,000,000 sq ft managed across Richmond and Henrico. It fits distributors and manufacturers that want Richmond storage and in-house trucking from one company.

Strengths

  • Licensed to ship medical products to more than 25 states that require it
  • Clean room in one main warehouse
  • Drayage, truck brokerage and freight audit in-house

Worth knowing

  • No warehouses outside the Richmond area
  • No ecommerce integrations named
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
8

WCS Logistics

Frozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers

Visit wcslogistics.com

Three Winchester cold storage sites, one about a mile off I-81 exit 317, including an 83,000 sq ft freezer building opened in January 2025. It fits food brands that need freezer, cooler and ambient space in the Shenandoah Valley.

Strengths

  • BRC certified for storage and distribution since 2017
  • Blast freezing and USDA export inspection
  • CCOF certified organic areas

Worth knowing

  • B2B storage focus; no ecommerce integrations published
  • Quote-only pricing
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Value-added services
9

Givens

Importers and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia

Visit givens.com

Class A warehousing based in Chesapeake near Norfolk and the Port of Virginia, with Foreign Trade Zone and customs bonded space. It fits importers and exporters that want storage, container drayage, transloading and export crating from one operator near the port.

Strengths

  • C-TPAT compliant and hazmat certified
  • Own fleet of 170+ trucks draying at the Ports of Virginia and Savannah
  • In business since 1957

Worth knowing

  • Import, industrial and export focus, with ecommerce as one service among many
  • Quote-only pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Hazmat
  • Drayage
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
10

Motleys Logistics Systems

Manufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Visit motleyslogistics.com

530,000 sq ft of stated Grade A storage in south Richmond, served by CSX rail and linked to the Port of Richmond by drayage. It fits manufacturers that want rail-served Central Virginia storage on public or contract terms.

Strengths

  • Paper-product handling with slip-sheets and roll clamps
  • Cartage across Central Virginia
  • Long or short term, on public lease or contract

Worth knowing

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

Why brands fulfill from Virginia

The Port of Virginia finished dredging its 55-foot shipping channel in February 2026, making it the deepest port on the US East Coast. It handled 3,499,639 TEUs in fiscal 2024, with rail containers up 13% to 784,597, and it leads all East Coast ports in its share of cargo moved by rail.

Inland, Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal is a 161-acre intermodal terminal served by Norfolk Southern, with 78,000 TEU capacity and US Customs port of entry status. In Central Virginia, the Richmond metro connects to the Hampton Roads container terminals by barge, with three barges carrying 500 FEU combined out of Richmond Marine Terminal.

In the west, Interstate 81 runs 325 miles through Virginia, the corridor for this list’s Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia warehouses. The state had 8.88 million residents on July 1, 2025, the 12th most of any state.

Questions to ask a Virginia 3PL

  1. Which of your Virginia buildings would hold my inventory: near the ports, around Richmond or out west?
  2. Do you dray containers from the Hampton Roads terminals with your own trucks?
  3. Can you receive rail containers through Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal?
  4. Do you have Foreign Trade Zone or customs bonded space in Virginia?
  5. For food, which certifications does that exact building hold: AIB, BRC, SQF or FDA registration?
  6. What is the same-day order cutoff at the Virginia building that would ship my orders?

Virginia 3PL FAQ

How much does a 3PL in Virginia cost?

All 10 companies on this list price by quote, and none publishes a rate card or an order minimum. Request receiving, storage, handling and packaging as separate lines so the quotes line up.

Which Virginia 3PLs are near the Port of Virginia?

3 of the 10 run warehouses in Chesapeake, Norfolk or Portsmouth: Givens, Lineage and Averitt Express. Givens adds Foreign Trade Zone and customs bonded space, and Lineage runs a bonded warehouse in Chesapeake.

Are there cold storage 3PLs in Virginia?

2 of the 10 are cold storage operators: Lineage, with buildings around Richmond and near the ports, and WCS Logistics, with three sites in Winchester. Camrett Logistics also runs four AIB-recognized food-grade warehouses.

Which Virginia 3PLs offer Amazon FBA prep?

3 of the 10: Orbit Fulfillment in Ashland, Shipvine in Richmond and Radial in Martinsville.

How many of these 3PLs are based in Virginia?

7 of the 10 are headquartered in Virginia, in Richmond, Chesapeake, Winchester and Wytheville. The other 3 run their Virginia buildings as part of national networks.

Can one Virginia warehouse reach most of the US?

From the Richmond area, about 45% of the US population is within a one-day delivery drive. For wider reach, 4 of the 10 also run warehouses outside Virginia.

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