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Top 3PLs in Boston: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Each company here runs a warehouse somewhere in greater Boston, 10 in all, from Everett, Woburn and Haverhill to Franklin, Avon, Taunton and Devens, with one just over the state line in Londonderry, NH, and we confirmed every location on the company's own website. Weigh them on local space, network reach, order minimums, pricing model and services; the order is the ranking, and the table and company cards hold the details.

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

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Boston at a glance

  1. 1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  2. 2Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space
  3. 3Tighe Logistics GroupFood, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space
  4. 4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  5. 5NEPW LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space
  6. 6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together
  7. 7Northeast 3PLSmall and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller
  8. 8Fulfillment AmericaBrands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions
  9. 9Medallion Fulfillment & LogisticsStartups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node
  10. 10National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Compare Boston 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn BostonNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports3 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Barrett Distribution CentersOmnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space2 warehouses25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Tighe Logistics GroupFood, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space3 warehouses6 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale1 warehouse192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5NEPW LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space1 warehouse13 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
7Northeast 3PLSmall and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Fulfillment AmericaBrands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
9Medallion Fulfillment & LogisticsStartups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node1 warehouse2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Boston

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Everett, Avon and Taunton each have a Lineage cold store, the largest the 219,609 sq ft Everett site on Commercial Street, typed as a port location with drayage, I-House and a railcar siding. Food brands can consolidate LTL shipments at all three.

Strengths

  • BRCGS accreditation at Everett, Avon and Taunton
  • 7,380,878 cu ft of capacity at Everett
  • Nine D2C cold-chain fulfillment centers in its network

Worth knowing

  • Set up for food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • No rates published
  • 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

Barrett Distribution Centers

Omnichannel brands needing retail compliance and multi-site space

Visit barrettdistribution.com

Franklin is home to Barrett's headquarters and a 260,000 sq ft warehouse with a Foreign Trade Zone, and its 205,000 sq ft building in Mansfield is served by CSX rail. If you sell to big retailers and online from the same stock, both buildings are food grade and run public warehousing and fulfillment.

Strengths

  • Managed EDI for more than 150 retailers
  • FBA prep, returns and kitting
  • Family-owned, in business since 1941

Worth knowing

  • Rates by quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
3

Tighe Logistics Group

Food, building-materials and retail brands needing Boston space

Visit tighe-co.com

Woburn, Mansfield and Avon hold Tighe's Boston-area buildings: 200,000 sq ft with refrigerated space at the Woburn headquarters, 276,000 sq ft with 32 dock doors in Mansfield and 76,000 sq ft in Avon. Food brands get food-grade space at Mansfield and Avon, and rail cars can unload at Woburn and Mansfield.

Strengths

  • More than 160 years in business, per the firm
  • SnapFulfil and RAMP Systems WMS
  • SAP, QuickBooks, EDI and API connections

Worth knowing

  • Massachusetts only
  • No published rates
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
4

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

John Hancock Road in Taunton holds Americold's Boston-area warehouse, with cooler and freezer zones, rail access and a drop lot for trailers. Food producers and retailers moving chilled and frozen goods are the fit.

Strengths

  • In operation since 1903
  • SQF at 90%+ of its US and Canada sites, per the firm
  • SmarTrakr tracking for DTC cold-chain orders

Worth knowing

  • Building size not published
  • Set up for temperature-controlled food
  • 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

NEPW Logistics

Manufacturers and brands wanting rail-served New England space

Visit nepw.com

Devens holds NEPW's Massachusetts building: 81,000 sq ft on Saratoga Boulevard with 10 rail doors, 35 ft ceilings and round-the-clock operation, 8 miles from I-495. If you receive by rail and ship DTC and wholesale orders, one site covers both, along with kitting and subscription boxes.

Strengths

  • Operating since 1987; part of Hyde Park Holdings
  • Barcode and RFID tracking in its WMS
  • Magento, eBay and Walmart integrations

Worth knowing

  • Only one building in Massachusetts
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
6

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

Research Drive in Haverhill is home to Crane's Boston office and warehouse: 104,000 sq ft with 16 loading docks, 25 trailer spaces and pick and pack. If you import, the same company books air and ocean freight and clears customs before goods reach the shelf.

Strengths

  • 150+ locations in 36 countries
  • FTZ sites in Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Nashville and Savannah
  • Hazmat handling available

Worth knowing

  • Warehousing is one service line of a freight forwarder
  • No Shopify or marketplace connections 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
7

Northeast 3PL

Small and mid-size brands wanting a southern New Hampshire fulfiller

Visit 3plne.com

Londonderry, NH, next to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is where Northeast 3PL runs its one FDA-registered fulfillment center, about an hour from Boston. If your products need assembly, testing or rework before they ship, that work happens in the same building as pick and pack.

Strengths

  • Hazmat shipping by air and ground, IATA and DOT certified
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento and UltraCart connections
  • Subscription boxes and returns

Worth knowing

  • Building size not published
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Hazmat
  • International
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
8

Fulfillment America

Brands pairing fulfillment with printed kits, POD and subscriptions

Visit fulfillmentamerica.com

Billerica, on Progress Road, is Fulfillment America's headquarters, where printing and bindery happen on site and feed straight into kitting and order fulfillment. If you send influencer boxes, sampling kits or subscriptions with printed inserts, one company prints and packs them.

Strengths

  • 185,000+ sq ft of climate-controlled space across its two sites
  • Retail EDI through SPS Commerce
  • Magento, WooCommerce, Amazon and eBay connections

Worth knowing

  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Value-added services
9

Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics

Startups and small online sellers wanting one East and one West node

Visit medallionenterprises.com

Fisher Street in Franklin is where Medallion keeps its East Coast fulfillment warehouse, sprinklered and alarmed, with a temperature-controlled zone for items like chocolate and cosmetics. If you are just starting to sell, its Starter Program charges a flat rate, and your stock can also sit in its Chatsworth, CA warehouse under the same fulfillment fee.

Strengths

  • FBA prep and Amazon replenishment
  • Etsy, eBay and TikTok Shop connections
  • Order software shared across both warehouses

Worth knowing

  • Only two warehouses in the network
  • Building size not published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
10

National Delivery Systems

Suppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Visit national-delivery.com

Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton is where NDS runs its Boston terminal: 68,000 sq ft of operational space, 12 dock doors and 40+ trailer spots for storage, fulfillment and pool distribution. If you restock retail stores, its own trucks handle the deliveries.

Strengths

  • Line haul to retail chain stores
  • Flat-file and CSV integration
  • Founded 2001

Worth knowing

  • Warehousing is offered at its trucking terminals
  • Rates by quote
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile

Shipping from Boston: what the location gives you

Part of the Boston metro sits in New Hampshire, in Salem, Nashua and Londonderry, and New Hampshire charges no sales tax and no inventory tax, according to its business and economic affairs department. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, less than 50 miles north of Boston, is New England’s third largest cargo airport, and UPS, FedEx and Amazon Air all fly cargo there. It placed 37th among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025, at about 679 million lbs, up 4.9%, in the FAA’s preliminary figures, and Boston Logan came 33rd at about 884 million lbs.

If you import by sea, your containers come through Conley Terminal, New England’s only full-service container terminal, which takes ships in the 12,000 to 16,000 TEU range with direct links to 30+ ports worldwide. Its berths run 50 feet deep, trucks turn in about 30 minutes, and Massport counts more than 2,500 New England importers and exporters that choose the Port of Boston.

For scale, the Port of New York and New Jersey serving New York City is the largest port on the US East Coast and handled 8.9 million TEUs in 2025, while Conley is the one terminal of its kind in New England.

What to ask before you sign with a Boston 3PL

  1. Is your building north of Boston, south toward Taunton or over the line in New Hampshire, and how does that change delivery times to my customers?
  2. How long does a container take to get from Conley Terminal to your dock?
  3. Can I use your rail doors for inbound loads, and which railroad serves them?
  4. Do you offer a starter or flat-rate plan for brands with low order volume?
  5. Can you keep heat-sensitive products like chocolate or cosmetics in a temperature-controlled zone?
  6. Which retailers do you already ship to from your Boston-area building?

Boston 3PL FAQ

What does a Boston fulfillment company charge?

You will need quotes: all 10 companies here set prices per client. Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics lets you keep stock in both its Franklin and Chatsworth, CA warehouses under one fulfillment fee.

Do Boston 3PLs have order minimums?

None of the 10 publishes an order minimum, and Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics runs a flat-rate Starter Program for startups and new sellers.

Which Boston 3PLs pack subscription boxes?

5 of the 10 list subscription box fulfillment: Fulfillment America, Medallion Fulfillment & Logistics, Northeast 3PL, Lineage and NEPW Logistics.

Which Boston 3PLs offer food-grade storage?

5 of the 10 do: Barrett Distribution Centers, Tighe Logistics Group, Lineage, Americold and NEPW Logistics. Barrett's Franklin and Mansfield buildings are food grade with FDA and AIB certification, and Tighe's Mansfield and Avon buildings are food grade.

Which Boston 3PLs ship hazardous materials?

3 of the 10 list hazmat: Barrett Distribution Centers, Crane Worldwide Logistics and Northeast 3PL, which is IATA and DOT certified for hazmat shipping.

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