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Top 3PLs in Cincinnati: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

The 10 companies on this page all keep warehouse space in the Cincinnati metro, spread between Northern Kentucky (Hebron, Walton, Richwood, Florence, Erlanger and Covington) and Ohio (Cincinnati, West Chester, Fairfield and Hamilton), and we confirmed every location on the company's own website. They are ranked on what each runs locally, how far its network reaches, order minimums, how it prices and which services it offers, and the comparison table and company cards carry the numbers side by side.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 19 warehouses in Cincinnati between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Cincinnati at a glance

  1. 1Verst LogisticsMid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment
  2. 2Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing
  3. 3StordHigh-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software
  4. 4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  5. 5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  6. 6AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  7. 7Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation
  8. 8Keller LogisticsFood and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing
  9. 9RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers
  10. 10Interstate WarehousingFrozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice

Compare Cincinnati 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn CincinnatiNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1Verst LogisticsMid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment6 warehouses25 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing3 warehouses114 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3StordHigh-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software1 warehouse20 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network2 warehouses58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking1 warehouse46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale1 warehouse192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation2 warehouses21 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Keller LogisticsFood and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing1 warehouse19 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers1 warehouse14 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Interstate WarehousingFrozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Cincinnati

1

Verst Logistics

Mid-size and large CPG brands needing Midwest omnichannel fulfillment

Visit verstlogistics.com

Verst is based in Walton, where its 235,000 sq ft headquarters warehouse has 30 dock doors and rail service, and its Cincinnati-area buildings also include a 396,000 sq ft fulfillment center in Hebron and a 268,800 sq ft multi-client warehouse in West Chester. If you ship around 1,000 orders a day or more and also need contract packaging or shrink sleeve labels, the same company handles both.

Strengths

  • Family-owned since 1966; 25 warehouse locations and 8M sq ft stated
  • FDA, USDA, AIB and ISO certifications across its network
  • Subscription boxes, kitting and returns

Worth knowing

  • Aimed at clients shipping about 1,000 or more orders a day
  • Rates by quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Subscription boxes
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
2

Maersk Warehousing & Distribution

Importers pairing ocean freight with US warehousing

Visit maersk.com

Maersk's Cincinnati buildings sit north of the city: two on Meridian Way in West Chester, the larger at 400,000 sq ft with 34 dock doors and the other 52,600 sq ft, and a 225,668 sq ft warehouse on Seaward Road in Fairfield. If you import by ocean, you can keep the container, the transload and the onward distribution with one company.

Strengths

  • Part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, headquartered in Copenhagen
  • Cold chain and hazmat among listed services
  • Returns and kitting alongside retail distribution

Worth knowing

  • Not every building is shared; some serve one customer
  • Pricing by quote
  • 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
3

Stord

High-volume DTC and B2B brands wanting fulfillment plus OMS software

Visit stord.com

Stord's building here is in Hebron: a 640,000 sq ft fulfillment center it bought from Pitney Bowes in 2024, with climate-controlled storage and robotic automation. If you sell across Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy and Faire, Stord's own order management system connects to all of them.

Strengths

  • Founded 2015; headquartered in Atlanta
  • EDI links to retail partners, plus drayage and LTL
  • GMP-certified, FDA-registered temperature-controlled facilities from its ProPack acquisition

Worth knowing

  • Pricing set after a call; no rates posted
  • No street address given for Hebron
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cold chain
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
4

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

Averitt's Cincinnati warehouses are both in Northern Kentucky and both multi-tenant: Warehouse #1 at 7625 Empire Dr. in Florence is 105,000 sq ft with food-grade space, and Warehouse #2 at 3818 Turfway Rd. in Erlanger is 20,000 sq ft. If your volume swings with the seasons, you can rent space short-term without a contract and pay only for the space and time you use.

Strengths

  • Headquartered in Cookeville, Tennessee; founded 1971
  • 58 warehousing locations and 3.1M+ sq ft stated
  • Bonded container freight stations and transload in its network

Worth knowing

  • Warehouses only in the South and Central US
  • No rates published
  • 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

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

Saddle Creek's Cincinnati-area site is a 544,320 sq ft omnichannel building in Walton, KY, with 36-foot ceilings, close to I-71, I-75 and a major parcel hub. If you need retail distribution and your own truck capacity together, it runs a private fleet of 440 trucks.

Strengths

  • Headquartered in Lakeland, Florida; founded 1966
  • Food-grade and temperature-controlled space at select sites
  • Retail EDI compliance and B2B distribution

Worth knowing

  • Rates quoted per project
  • Food-grade and cold capability varies by building
  • 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

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Americold's Fairfield warehouse, at 3110 Homeward Way, is a rail-served cold store with cooler, freezer and deep-freeze rooms, blast freezing and a drop lot. If you make frozen or chilled food and trade across borders, the site also handles import and export freight.

Strengths

  • 192 warehouses across the US and Canada, stated
  • Two-day reach of 99.5% of the US population stated for DTC cold chain
  • Amazon, Shopify and EDI connections

Worth knowing

  • Set up for food and temperature-controlled goods
  • Rates and minimums not published
  • 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
7

Hub Group

CPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Visit hubgroup.com

Hub Group lists two consolidation and fulfillment facilities in Fairfield, Ohio, at 8580 Seward Road and 4487 LeSaint Court. If you supply Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger or Target, its consolidation programs combine your freight with other suppliers' loads headed to those retailers.

Strengths

  • Intermodal and trucking network run by the same company
  • Ecommerce fulfillment for DTC and B2B orders
  • Retail EDI compliance

Worth knowing

  • Building sizes and services not listed for Fairfield
  • Some network sites are run by partners, and the pages don't say which
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
8

Keller Logistics

Food and CPG manufacturers needing warehousing plus co-packing

Visit kellerlogistics.com

Keller's Cincinnati-area building is on the Kentucky side at 4101 Winston Ave. in Covington: 197,000 sq ft, food grade and heated, five minutes from I-275, and listed among its co-packing facilities. If you make food or consumer goods, you can have variety packs, shrink bundles and displays built there and ship on Keller's own trucks.

Strengths

  • Family-owned; headquartered in Defiance, Ohio
  • Heavy haul, LTL and drayage through Keller Trucking and its brokerage
  • Cleo EDI connections

Worth knowing

  • Built for manufacturers and B2B; no DTC fulfillment described
  • Pricing by free quote
  • B2B and retail
  • Contract packaging
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Food grade
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Bulky and heavy
9

Radial

Mid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers

Visit radial.com

Radial's two buildings here are at 30 Transport Dr in Walton and 40 Logistics Boulevard in Richwood, both in Northern Kentucky. If you want to try a 3PL without a long commitment, its Fast Track program states no upfront costs and no long-term contract.

Strengths

  • Payments, fraud prevention and tax compliance services
  • Amazon FBA prep and retail EDI
  • Owned by bpost

Worth knowing

  • Now moving to the Paxon name
  • Custom quotes; no rate card
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Returns
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Last mile
10

Interstate Warehousing

Frozen and refrigerated food brands shipping to retail and foodservice

Visit tippmanngroup.com

Interstate's Cincinnati location is at 110 Distribution Drive in Hamilton: 444,000 sq ft of SQF-certified frozen storage with 83 dock doors. If you ship frozen food to foodservice customers, the building runs freight consolidation for that channel.

Strengths

  • Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • SQF certification listed at 7 of its 8 locations
  • Part of the family-owned Tippmann Group

Worth knowing

  • Frozen and refrigerated food only
  • No rate card
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • B2B and retail

Shipping from Cincinnati: what the location gives you

CVG, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport in Hebron, KY, is where Amazon runs its primary US Air Hub and DHL its global super hub for the Americas. It moved 2.1 million tons of cargo in 2023 and placed 5th among US airports for all-cargo landed weight in 2025, about 8.55 billion lbs, in the FAA’s preliminary figures.

Measured from the airport, half of the US population lives within 600 miles; measured across Ohio as a whole, JobsOhio puts 60% of US and Canadian customers within a day’s drive. By truck and train, you work from a region where three major interstate highways, two Class A railways and two rivers meet, and if you import, it has two active foreign trade zones.

For hiring, the Cincinnati metro counts about 223,000 trade, transportation and utilities jobs (August 2026, preliminary) and 3.7% unemployment in July 2026. Indianapolis is a similar-sized pool, with about 238,900 people in the same sector and 3.4% unemployment the same month.

What to ask before you sign with a Cincinnati 3PL

  1. Which town is the building in, and how many minutes is it from CVG?
  2. What time does the last parcel pickup leave each day, and which carriers collect?
  3. Is the building inside one of the region's foreign trade zones, and would my imports qualify?
  4. How many other clients share the building, and do any of them store food or chemicals?
  5. What is the smallest monthly volume or fee you accept?
  6. If my freight arrives by rail, can this building receive it?

Cincinnati 3PL FAQ

What does a Cincinnati fulfillment company charge?

You get a quote from all 10; none posts a rate card. Averitt Express rents Cincinnati space without a contract, charging only for the space and time you use, and Radial's Fast Track program states no upfront costs.

Can a small brand use a Cincinnati 3PL?

Most do not rule you out: 9 of the 10 publish no order minimum, and the exception, Verst Logistics, builds its fulfillment for clients shipping about 1,000 or more orders a day. Radial's Fast Track program also states no long-term contract.

Where are the 3PL warehouses around Cincinnati?

Mostly in Northern Kentucky: 6 of the 10 have a building in Hebron, Walton, Richwood, Florence, Erlanger or Covington. On the Ohio side, Maersk, Hub Group and Americold are in Fairfield, Maersk and Verst Logistics are in West Chester, and Interstate Warehousing is in Hamilton.

Which Cincinnati 3PLs connect to Shopify?

5 of the 10 name a Shopify integration: Verst Logistics, Stord, Radial (through Shopify Plus), Americold and Averitt Express.

Which Cincinnati 3PLs ship to retail stores?

All 10 list B2B retail distribution, and 7 list retail EDI compliance. Hub Group runs consolidation programs for Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger and Target, and Interstate Warehousing consolidates frozen freight for retail and foodservice.

Which Cincinnati 3PLs offer co-packing?

Keller Logistics and Verst Logistics: Keller's 197,000 sq ft Covington building is one of its co-packing facilities, and Verst lists contract packaging and shrink sleeve labeling among its services.

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