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Top 3PLs in Charlotte: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Each of the 10 companies here keeps a warehouse somewhere in the Charlotte metro, on either side of the North Carolina and South Carolina line, and we confirmed every location on the company's own website. You can weigh them on what they run locally, the size of their wider network, order minimums, pricing model and services, in ranked order, with each firm's facts in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 18 warehouses in Charlotte between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Charlotte at a glance

  1. 1ProductivBrands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory
  2. 2Bonded LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting Charlotte storage plus co-packing
  3. 3LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  4. 4NXTPoint LogisticsSoutheast and Texas warehousing plus white-glove final mile
  5. 5Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  6. 6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together
  7. 7NewlAmazon sellers and importers wanting a small Charlotte hub
  8. 8Logistics PlusBrands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight
  9. 9Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery
  10. 10H&H Distribution ServicesCPG and food brands wanting a family-run Charlotte warehouse

Compare Charlotte 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn CharlotteNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1ProductivBrands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory2 warehouses5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Bonded LogisticsManufacturers and brands wanting Charlotte storage plus co-packing7 warehouses8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports2 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4NXTPoint LogisticsSoutheast and Texas warehousing plus white-glove final mile1 warehouse30 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network1 warehouse58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
7NewlAmazon sellers and importers wanting a small Charlotte hub1 warehouse2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Logistics PlusBrands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight1 warehouse18 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery1 warehouse4 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10H&H Distribution ServicesCPG and food brands wanting a family-run Charlotte warehouse1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Charlotte

1

Productiv

Brands shipping DTC, wholesale and big-box retail from one inventory

Visit getproductiv.com

Productiv's Charlotte campus is two Class A buildings on Brookford Street and Carowinds Boulevard, about 250,000 sq ft together, where containers are received and transloaded and a retail compliance team works on site. If you sell direct, wholesale and into big-box stores, you can fill all three from one stock pool, with kits and POP displays assembled alongside the orders.

Strengths

  • Kitting priced in the open: $0.04 to $0.08 per item plus a $0.25 to $0.75 base fee per kit
  • Chargeback promise: its error, its credit, with the root cause fixed
  • Connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon and Recharge

Worth knowing

  • No cold storage published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Contract packaging
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • International
2

Bonded Logistics

Manufacturers and brands wanting Charlotte storage plus co-packing

Visit bondedlogistics.com

Founded in 1972 and headquartered on North Graham Street, Bonded Logistics lists seven warehouses across Charlotte and Concord, the largest a 495,000 sq ft building on Gibbon Road that also houses its Bonded Pac contract packaging division. Manufacturers and food and beverage brands that want storage, variety packs, retail displays and truck bookings from one local company are the fit.

Strengths

  • Variety packs and retail POP displays built by Bonded Pac
  • Brokerage for truckload, LTL, drayage and air and ocean freight
  • Cadence WMS from Cadre Technologies

Worth knowing

  • North Carolina warehouses only
  • No Shopify or marketplace integrations named; priced by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Returns
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Contract packaging
  • Food grade
  • Hazmat
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
  • Value-added services
3

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Lineage's General Drive site, a regional distribution center for cold goods, covers 359,412 sq ft and holds almost 11.9 million cubic feet, and its public warehouse in Statesville adds another 140,876 sq ft. Frozen and chilled food brands that need blast freezing or drayage near Charlotte are who it serves.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing and drayage offered in Statesville
  • A network stated at 480+ warehouses
  • SQF, BRCGS and GFSI certifications across the network

Worth knowing

  • Set up for food and temperature-sensitive products
  • 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
4

NXTPoint Logistics

Southeast and Texas warehousing plus white-glove final mile

Visit nxtpointlogistics.com

NXTPoint's Charlotte warehouse on Tar Heel Road is a 50,000 sq ft, military-approved Class A building with 5 dock doors and a 28 ft ceiling, within 10 miles of Charlotte Douglas. Brands selling furniture or other bulky goods that need room-of-choice or white glove delivery, and projects that need FF&E installation, fit its model.

Strengths

  • Shopify and Amazon connections, plus EDI, API and flat-file
  • 30+ owned facilities, as part of The Suddath Companies
  • Korber One WMS

Worth knowing

  • Rates and minimums by consultation only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Last mile
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
5

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

Averitt's Charlotte center on Ridge Creek Drive is shared, multi-tenant space of over 120,000 sq ft where it picks, packs and ships e-commerce orders and cross-docks freight. Growing brands that want seasonal or overflow space without a contract, and that ship LTL or truckload, can keep storage and transport with one carrier.

Strengths

  • No contract; you pay for the space and time you use
  • Shopify orders run through Extensiv
  • 58 warehousing locations stated across the South and Central US

Worth knowing

  • Warehouses in the South and Central US only
  • Priced by quote
  • 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
6

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

Crane Worldwide runs a 160,000 sq ft contract logistics and 3PL warehouse on Entrance Drive, with a yard for staging and transloading. If you import and would rather book forwarding, customs clearance and storage with one company, that is its model.

Strengths

  • Customs brokerage run in-house
  • Air, ocean, rail and trucking within the same company
  • Its own Crane WMS, linked by API or EDI

Worth knowing

  • A freight forwarder first
  • No Shopify or marketplace integrations published; priced by quote
  • 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

Newl

Amazon sellers and importers wanting a small Charlotte hub

Visit newlgroup.com

Newl's US hub is a racked 35,000 sq ft unit on Sandy Porter Road, where it stores pallets, preps FBA shipments, picks and packs orders and unloads import containers. Amazon sellers and importers whose containers come through Charleston or Savannah are the fit, and brands selling in both countries can move stock down from its Mississauga, Ontario hub.

Strengths

  • Seven sales channels connected, from Shopify and WooCommerce to TikTok Shop and Walmart Marketplace
  • Container devanning in the same building
  • B2B distribution next to marketplace orders

Worth knowing

  • A single US building
  • Requirements set per account; pricing by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Value-added services
8

Logistics Plus

Brands needing large-format warehousing plus global freight

Visit logisticsplus.com

Logistics Plus names its Rock Hill, South Carolina building at 2601 David Hutchison Road as its Charlotte warehouse: 500,000 sq ft of storage and fulfillment space, opened in July 2022 just south of the city. Brands that need large-format space and also ship internationally can book warehousing, forwarding and customs together.

Strengths

  • Licensed for alcohol products at Rock Hill
  • Other large sites in Glendale, Arizona and Millstone, New Jersey
  • Freight forwarding, brokerage and project cargo in-house

Worth knowing

  • The local warehouse is across the state line in South Carolina
  • Rates and minimums not published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Bulky and heavy
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
  • Last mile
9

Guardian Logistics Solutions

Brands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery

Visit teamguardian.com

Guardian's Charlotte building sits on Old Dowd Road close to the airport: 180,000 sq ft, 41 dock doors and an approved customs-bonded container freight station. Brands that import by air or ocean and want e-commerce orders packed, kits built and deliveries run across both Carolinas can keep all of it with a company that also operates a Durham warehouse.

Strengths

  • Runs its own trucks for pickups, final-mile drops and white glove delivery
  • Pay for storage as you need it, with no long-term lease
  • Further warehouses in Durham, Charleston and Greer

Worth knowing

  • Much of its work is airfreight and container station handling
  • Priced by quote, with no platform integrations listed
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
10

H&H Distribution Services

CPG and food brands wanting a family-run Charlotte warehouse

Visit hhdist.com

H&H, a Charlotte family business dating to 1985, runs a food-grade warehouse on Wilkinson Boulevard with shared and single-client space. Food and consumer goods brands that need case picking, EDI orders, contract packaging and customs brokerage near the city get them from one site.

Strengths

  • Approved by the FDA, AIB and USDA; ISO 9001 certified
  • Cross-docking and returns handling
  • Customs brokerage for imports

Worth knowing

  • Building size not published
  • No ecommerce platforms named
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Contract packaging
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Value-added services

Shipping from Charlotte: what the location gives you

From a Charlotte warehouse, the ports of Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah are all within 250 miles, so your import containers have three East Coast gateways to choose from. Boxes landing at Wilmington can come the rest of the way by train, because NC Ports’ Queen City Express carries them on intermodal rail to the Charlotte Inland Port.

For orders heading out, I-77, I-85, I-40 and I-485 all run through the region, and CSX and Norfolk Southern both serve it by rail. Air freight goes through Charlotte Douglas, which moved 205,700 tons of cargo in 2024, 7.3% more than the year before. Its all-cargo landed weight rose 9.3% in 2025 to 814.7 million lbs, 34th in the US in the FAA’s preliminary count, and the airport runs an on-site intermodal facility. With 53.6 million passengers in 2025 and nonstop flights to more than 194 destinations, you can also fly in to walk through your 3PL’s building before you sign.

Next to the rest of North Carolina, Charlotte is one of two places in the state with an inland port terminal, the other being Greensboro, while the state’s seaports sit on the coast at Wilmington and Morehead City. Compared with Raleigh-Durham, where the city of Raleigh passed 500,000 residents in 2024, the city of Charlotte had 945,000 people by July 1, 2024, after adding about 70,000 since 2020, a larger customer base inside city limits.

What to ask before you sign with a Charlotte 3PL

  1. If my containers land in Charleston or Savannah, do you truck them in, or would routing through Wilmington and the inland port cost me less?
  2. Is your building in North Carolina or across the line in South Carolina?
  3. What is your same-day cutoff, and does it move in November and December?
  4. Can I start on seasonal or month-to-month space before committing to a longer contract?
  5. Which of my sales channels connect to your system without custom work?
  6. Can I tour the building my stock would go to?

Charlotte 3PL FAQ

What does fulfillment in Charlotte cost?

You will be working from quotes: every one of the 10 firms here prices per account instead of posting a full rate card. Send each the same profile (orders a month, units per order, pallets stored, packaging) so the numbers line up.

Will a Charlotte 3PL work with a small brand?

None of the 10 publishes a numeric order minimum. Newl reviews requirements account by account, while Productiv says brands doing a few hundred basic pick-and-pack orders a month sit outside its fit.

Which Charlotte fulfillment companies integrate with Shopify?

4 of the 10 name a Shopify integration: Productiv, Newl, NXTPoint Logistics and Averitt Express.

Where can I get food-grade warehousing in Charlotte?

H&H Distribution Services on Wilkinson Blvd holds ISO 9001 certification plus FDA, AIB and USDA approvals. Bonded Logistics' packaging operation holds SQF, AIB and FDA credentials, and Lineage has cold space on General Drive and in Statesville.

Are any Charlotte-area 3PL warehouses in South Carolina?

Yes, 1 of the 10: Logistics Plus runs its 500,000 sq ft Charlotte-area warehouse in Rock Hill, SC. The other 9 keep their local buildings on the North Carolina side, in Charlotte, Concord and Statesville.

Can I store inventory short term in Charlotte without a contract?

Yes. Averitt Express rents out seasonal, overflow and short-term space with no contract at its Ridge Creek Drive center, billed for the space and time used, and Guardian Logistics Solutions bills storage as needed with no long-term lease.

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