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Top 3PLs in California: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Each fulfillment company on this page runs at least one California warehouse, 10 in all, spread from Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and San Diego up to the Bay Area and the Central Valley, and we confirmed every California address on the company's own site. Weigh them on the buildings they run in the state, how far their network reaches, order minimums, pricing and services. They are in ranked order, with each company's details in the table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 101 warehouses in California between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

Illustration: container port with gantry cranes over stacked shipping containers

Top 3PLs in California at a glance

  1. 1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions
  2. 2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  3. 3Weber LogisticsFood and consumer brands distributing to West Coast retailers
  4. 4Buske LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing
  5. 5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  6. 6PRISM LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping pallets and cases in NorCal
  7. 7Dependable Supply Chain ServicesImporters needing port warehousing, drayage and West Coast freight
  8. 8AP ExpressBrands wanting a large Las Vegas warehouse plus own trucking to California
  9. 9GEODISBrands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses
  10. 10Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Compare California 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn CaliforniaNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions14 warehouses51 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports27 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Weber LogisticsFood and consumer brands distributing to West Coast retailers16 warehouses16 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Buske LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing3 warehouses44 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking3 warehouses46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6PRISM LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping pallets and cases in NorCal7 warehouses7 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Dependable Supply Chain ServicesImporters needing port warehousing, drayage and West Coast freight6 warehouses12 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8AP ExpressBrands wanting a large Las Vegas warehouse plus own trucking to California2 warehouses3 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9GEODISBrands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses20 warehouses150 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together3 warehousesNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in California

1

ShipBob

DTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions

Visit shipbob.com

ShipBob's California fulfillment centers are all in the south: 13 of them, 9 spread across the Inland Empire from Ontario to Redlands and pairs in Carson and Rancho Dominguez, plus a receiving hub for inbound stock at March Air Reserve Base. You can start a DTC brand in one region and let ShipBob route each order to its nearest building as you add others.

Strengths

  • Connections to Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart Marketplace and Amazon
  • Subscription boxes, kitting and returns
  • Automated EDI through SPS Commerce

Worth knowing

  • Kitting and wholesale orders cost extra; quotes only
  • Addresses visible only in the merchant dashboard
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
  • Value-added services
2

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

If your product is frozen or chilled, Lineage has 27 California cold storage sites of the public, regional distribution or port type: 12 in Vernon and others in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Oxnard, Watsonville, Moss Landing, San Leandro and Manteca. Oxnard, Moss Landing, Watsonville and Manteca are among the sites that offer blast freezing.

Strengths

  • Rail sidings at Oxnard, Manteca, Moss Landing and Watsonville
  • Amazon, Walmart.com and Costco.com connections
  • Lineage Link customer portal

Worth knowing

  • Built around food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • No published rates or minimum
  • 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
3

Weber Logistics

Food and consumer brands distributing to West Coast retailers

Visit weberlogistics.com

Weber is headquartered in Santa Fe Springs and runs 16 warehouses across California, 13 in the southern half of the state and 3 in Stockton and Union City. You can keep food on AIB-rated, food-grade floors, store chemicals in its Chino and Santa Fe Springs hazmat space, or bring imports into its Moreno Valley Foreign Trade Zone building, which has 235 container and trailer spots.

Strengths

  • Shared public warehousing with no long-term commitment
  • Dry and refrigerated delivery on its own fleet
  • Shopify, Magento Commerce and Brightpearl connections

Worth knowing

  • No rates or minimum published
  • No warehouses named outside California
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • FTZ and bonded
4

Buske Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing

Visit buske.com

Buske's three California warehouses are in Fairfield, Vacaville and West Sacramento. Food and drink brands can use the 106,000 sq ft Vacaville building, FDA approved with 18 dock doors, or the 27,285 sq ft West Sacramento site for cross-docking; a separate Fairfield distribution center of more than 1 million sq ft mostly serves glass maker Ardagh.

Strengths

  • Founded in 1923; headquartered in Edwardsville, Illinois
  • Subscription boxes, returns and FBA prep
  • Shopify, Amazon and WooCommerce connections

Worth knowing

  • Fairfield's largest building works mainly for Ardagh
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
5

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

Saddle Creek has two Southern California buildings, 630,000 sq ft on Knott Avenue in Buena Park and 433,000 sq ft on East Philadelphia Street in Ontario, plus 172,500 sq ft in Modesto with 40 truck doors and a regional fleet for Northern California. If you plan to open more regions, the same company runs warehouses in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Strengths

  • Operating since 1966, based in Lakeland, Florida
  • Truckload, LTL and intermodal through its brokerage
  • Subscription boxes, kitting and returns

Worth knowing

  • Food-grade and temperature-controlled space varies by building
  • Rates by quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
6

PRISM Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG brands shipping pallets and cases in NorCal

Visit prismlogistics.com

PRISM's seven warehouses are all in Northern California: Hayward near the Port of Oakland, Lathrop and Stockton in the San Joaquin Valley, and West Sacramento. If you sell food, beverages or packaged goods to grocers, most of its buildings have temperature-controlled space, all are organic certified, and Lathrop and Stockton have rail access, with delivery on PRISM's own trucks at a discounted rate for warehouse clients.

Strengths

  • Family owned, operating since 1993
  • Retail EDI through ANSI X12
  • ABC licensed and pharmaceutical certified

Worth knowing

  • No Southern California warehouse
  • Rates by quote
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
7

Dependable Supply Chain Services

Importers needing port warehousing, drayage and West Coast freight

Visit godependable.com

Dependable has warehouses at both ends of the state. In the south, its head office on East Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles sits in a building bought from Sears in 1993 as a 1.5 million sq ft warehouse, with more sites in Commerce and Rancho Dominguez; in the north, it runs three San Leandro sites. Importers get drayage and truckload from the same company, and brands selling to Hawaii or Guam get island consolidation.

Strengths

  • Commerce warehouse bought in 2001 as a grocery and natural food specialist
  • ISO 9001:2015 certified through DHX
  • EPA SmartWay Transport Partner

Worth knowing

  • Ecommerce pages name no platform connections
  • Rates by quote; LTL business sold to Knight-Swift in 2024
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Food grade
  • Cold chain
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
8

AP Express

Brands wanting a large Las Vegas warehouse plus own trucking to California

Visit apexpress.com

AP Express lists its Irwindale warehouse as its Los Angeles location and runs a second in Corona, with 74 of its own trucks moving freight. Brands selling on Amazon and to retailers can use its FBA prep and EDI work, and add its Las Vegas warehouse, which ships same day on orders in before 12 pm.

Strengths

  • Family owned; founded in 1992
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and NetSuite connections
  • Cross-dock, returns and last-mile delivery

Worth knowing

  • No warehouses outside California and Nevada
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
  • Last mile
9

GEODIS

Brands wanting omnichannel fulfillment on US multi-client campuses

Visit geodis.com

GEODIS's California site on this list is its Carson port gateway: 250,000+ sq ft, 50+ dock positions and 300+ trailer spots, inside a port campus of six-plus buildings and over 1 million sq ft where labor is shared and Foreign Trade Zone options are available. You can run store, direct and marketplace orders from one stock pool there.

Strengths

  • Direct Amazon Seller-Fulfilled Prime and Vendor Central integration
  • States 50M+ kits a year, plus subscription box assembly
  • Temperature-controlled storage offered

Worth knowing

  • Rates by quote; no minimum published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
  • Cold chain
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
10

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

Crane runs warehouses in both of the state's port regions: 315,000 sq ft in Chino for retail compliance and distribution, 109,000 sq ft in Commerce and 70,000+ sq ft in Hayward. Based in Houston and founded in 2008, it books air, ocean, rail and truck freight and clears customs, so one provider can handle imported stock from booking to storage.

Strengths

  • Customs brokerage done in-house
  • Returns, kitting and value-added work
  • Its own Crane WMS

Worth knowing

  • Forwarding comes first; warehousing is one service line
  • 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

Shipping from California: what the location gives you

Where your buyers live decides where your stock should sit. About 39,593,000 people lived in California on January 1, 2026, and 10 counties each hold more than a million. In the south, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties make up the Los Angeles market, while San Diego County forms the San Diego market. In the north, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa anchor the Bay Area, with Sacramento and Fresno further inland.

For imported goods, the state has a container port at each end. Stock for Southern California can come through the Port of Los Angeles, which moved 10,239,318 TEUs in 2025, with air shipments through LAX, at 2,229,898 tons of air freight for the year. Up north, the Port of Oakland moved 2,253,976 TEUs and takes almost all of Northern California’s container traffic, so a Bay Area or Central Valley warehouse is fed through Oakland.

Hiring draws on roughly 3,067,800 Californians in trade, transportation and utilities jobs (preliminary, August 2026). If you sell into Mexico, it is California’s biggest export market, buying $34.9 billion of the $188.4 billion in goods the state exported in 2025, the second-highest total of any state.

What to ask before you sign with a California 3PL

  1. Given where my customers are, should my inventory sit in Southern California, Northern California or both?
  2. Can I see the exact building my stock would go into, and do other clients share it?
  3. What monthly volume do you need to take me on, and what does setup cost?
  4. Which of my sales channels plug straight into your system?
  5. When a container lands at Los Angeles or Oakland, how long until my stock is on your shelves?
  6. If I sell food, which of your California buildings are food grade or refrigerated?

California 3PL FAQ

What does a California fulfillment company cost?

You will need quotes: all 10 companies here price that way, and none posts a rate card or an order minimum. Weber Logistics offers its shared public warehousing without long-term commitments.

Can I split inventory between Northern and Southern California with one 3PL?

Yes, with 5 of the 10: Weber Logistics, Dependable Supply Chain Services, Saddle Creek, Crane Worldwide Logistics and Lineage run warehouses in both halves of the state. PRISM Logistics and Buske Logistics are north only, ShipBob and AP Express south only, and GEODIS's listed site is in Carson.

Which California 3PLs do Amazon FBA prep?

3 of the 10 list FBA prep: ShipBob, Buske Logistics and AP Express.

Which California 3PLs connect to Shopify?

5 of the 10 name a Shopify integration: Weber Logistics, ShipBob, Buske Logistics, AP Express and GEODIS.

Do California 3PLs have warehouses in other states?

8 of the 10 do, so you can add a region outside California with the same provider. Weber Logistics and PRISM Logistics keep every warehouse in the state, and AP Express adds only Las Vegas.

3PL lists in California and nearby