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Top 3PLs in Illinois: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Every company here runs at least one Illinois warehouse, 10 in all, with most of the space in and around Chicago and the rest in Peoria, Rochelle, Decatur and Edwardsville, and we confirmed each location on the company's own website. You can compare them on what they run in the state, how far their network reaches, order minimums, pricing model and services, in ranked order, with each company's facts in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 56 warehouses in Illinois between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

Illustration: rail intermodal yard with containers stacked on railcars

Top 3PLs in Illinois at a glance

  1. 1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions
  2. 2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  3. 3RJW Logistics GroupCPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers
  4. 4Buske LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing
  5. 5ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers
  6. 6Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  7. 7Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation
  8. 8RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight
  9. 9Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing
  10. 10Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Compare Illinois 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn IllinoisNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1ShipBobDTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions9 warehouses51 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports19 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3RJW Logistics GroupCPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers15 warehouses22 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Buske LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing1 warehouse44 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5ODW LogisticsFood, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers2 warehouses24 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking2 warehouses46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Hub GroupCPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation4 warehouses21 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8RyderOmnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight2 warehouses320 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing1 warehouse114 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network1 warehouse58 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Illinois

1

ShipBob

DTC brands splitting inventory across several US regions

Visit shipbob.com

ShipBob's Illinois footprint is eight fulfillment centers, three of them in Bolingbrook, two in Elwood and one each in Aurora, St. Charles and Yorkville, with inbound stock received at 1998 Melissa Lane in Aurora. If you sell online, each order routes to the nearest center in its US network, and the dashboard and turnkey integrations come free.

Strengths

  • Headquartered in Chicago
  • EDI through SPS Commerce
  • FBA prep booked in the dashboard

Worth knowing

  • Custom quotes; B2B and kitting cost extra
  • Fulfillment center addresses shown 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

Lineage has 19 cold stores in Illinois, most around Chicago, including Joliet at 802,806 sq ft and Geneva at 660,795 sq ft, plus two in Rochelle and a Decatur site listed as a public warehouse. If you ship frozen or chilled food, Geneva adds blast freezing and last mile delivery, and University Park runs multivendor LTL consolidation.

Strengths

  • Bonded space at Joliet, University Park and Bolingbrook
  • Customs brokerage at 9 of its 19 Illinois sites
  • Co-pack and re-pack services

Worth knowing

  • Built for food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • Priced by quote
  • 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

RJW Logistics Group

CPG suppliers shipping consolidated loads to big-box retailers

Visit rjwgroup.com

RJW is based in Woodridge and has more than 10 million sq ft in Illinois: 14 addressed warehouses in Romeoville, Joliet, Woodridge, Lockport and Bolingbrook, and the Plainfield building of 788,320 sq ft it took over in June 2026. If you supply CPG goods to big-box retailers, it consolidates shipments to 150+ of them and hauls them on its own trucks.

Strengths

  • Display assembly, labeling and repackaging
  • EPA SmartWay participant
  • 22 facilities stated company-wide

Worth knowing

  • Set up for retail replenishment, not DTC
  • Quote-based pricing
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • LTL and FTL freight
4

Buske Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG shippers needing food-grade warehousing

Visit buske.com

Buske's headquarters warehouse, 780,000 sq ft at 7 Gateway Commerce Center Dr W in Edwardsville, sits just outside St. Louis and holds FDA approval and ISO 9001 certification. If you ship CPG, beverage or alcohol products, you can add co-packing and kitting to storage there.

Strengths

  • Made4Net WMS with NetSuite
  • Cross-dock, returns and kitting
  • In business since 1923

Worth knowing

  • Rates on request only
  • 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

ODW Logistics

Food, beverage and CPG brands shipping to retailers and consumers

Visit odwlogistics.com

ODW's Illinois space is 360,000 sq ft across two shared Romeoville buildings, one holding BRC, USDA and CFIA certification and the other FDA certification. If you run a food, beverage or health brand, you get dry and frozen storage plus retail consolidation and ODW's own Midwest trucks.

Strengths

  • Magento and WooCommerce connections
  • 24 DCs with sizes published per site
  • Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio

Worth knowing

  • Rates and minimums by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
6

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

Saddle Creek's Illinois space is in Joliet: 2550 Logistics Drive, 1,115,000 sq ft with 130 truck doors, and 3351 Brandon Road, 990,140 sq ft. If you need room for retail and omnichannel orders at that size, its 440-truck fleet and brokerage can move the freight.

Strengths

  • 46 warehouse locations and 31M sq ft stated
  • FDA, USDA, BRC and AIB certifications at select food-grade sites
  • Cross-dock and transload

Worth knowing

  • No ecommerce platform integration list
  • Custom quotes through sales
  • 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
7

Hub Group

CPG brands shipping into Walmart, Target and Kroger consolidation

Visit hubgroup.com

Hub Group, based in Oak Brook, lists four Illinois sites: consolidation and fulfillment buildings on E S Frontage Road in Bolingbrook, Crossroads Drive in Joliet and Crossroads Parkway in Romeoville, and a warehouse on S. Pinnacle Drive in Romeoville. If your goods go to Walmart, Sam's Club, Kroger or Target, you can ship through its formal consolidation programs.

Strengths

  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Truckload and LTL freight
  • DTC and B2B ecommerce orders filled

Worth knowing

  • Some capacity run by partner providers
  • Quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
8

Ryder

Omnichannel brands wanting fulfillment plus Ryder freight

Visit ryder.com

Ryder's two Illinois multiclient DCs are in the Aurora area: the North Aurora building, nearly 550,000 sq ft, has rail ramp access and 54 cross-dock positions, and the Aurora building of 400,000 sq ft stands on a six-building campus. If you ship CPG, food or beverage goods, both are food-grade certified, and Ryder can move your freight on its own fleet.

Strengths

  • C-TPAT and AEO certified
  • Around 320 North American warehouses
  • Freight brokerage alongside its fleet

Worth knowing

  • In 2023, 23 of 34 Chicagoland sites were single-client
  • No published rates
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Value-added services
  • Contract packaging
  • Food grade
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Last mile
  • Bulky and heavy
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
9

Maersk Warehousing & Distribution

Importers pairing ocean freight with US warehousing

Visit maersk.com

Maersk's Illinois warehouse, in Elwood at 20200 Ira Morgan Road, covers 500,000 sq ft. If you already book ocean freight with Maersk, you can keep inland storage with the same company, which lists about 114 US sites.

Strengths

  • Hazmat and cold-chain services in its network
  • Deconsolidation and transload offered
  • Maersk Warehouse Management System, built in-house

Worth knowing

  • Services at Elwood not listed
  • Some Maersk buildings serve one customer
  • 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
10

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

Averitt runs two Peoria warehouses, the larger about 200,000 sq ft and the smaller about 9,000, and publishes one address, 5701 West Smithville Road. If you need central Illinois space for a season or for overflow, you can rent it without a contract and be billed only for the room you take and how long you keep it.

Strengths

  • LTL and truckload from the same company
  • 58 warehousing locations and 3.1M+ sq ft stated
  • Headquartered in Cookeville, Tennessee

Worth knowing

  • No West Coast or Northeast warehouses
  • Pricing 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

Shipping from Illinois: what the location gives you

From an Illinois warehouse, a two-day truck drive reaches 83% of the continental US population, over the country’s third-largest interstate network by mileage. For rail, all six Class I railroads come together in Illinois, at two locations, which no other state can claim.

8 of the 10 firms here have warehouses around Chicago, where half of US intermodal trains and a quarter of all US freight trains run through, and O’Hare placed 6th nationally on 2025 all-cargo landed weight, with about 8.48 billion lbs. The state’s second top-12 cargo airport, Chicago Rockford, placed 12th with about 3.43 billion lbs, a 9.21% gain, in the FAA’s preliminary count.

If your goods travel by water, Illinois reaches the Great Lakes, the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico through 19 public port districts and about 1,100 miles of inland waterway. For staffing, more than 346,000 people work for the state’s 21,300+ transportation, distribution and logistics firms. Trade, transportation and utilities jobs number about 1,217,500 statewide (August 2026, preliminary), and state unemployment stood at 4.7%.

What to ask before you sign with an Illinois 3PL

  1. Should my stock sit near Chicago, in central Illinois or in the Metro East by St. Louis, given where my customers are?
  2. Can my containers reach your building by rail, and who books the move from the ramp?
  3. Which of my sales channels and marketplaces do you already connect to?
  4. Can I rent short-term or seasonal space before committing to a contract?
  5. Will my products share a building with other brands, and how is my stock kept separate?
  6. What order volume or monthly spend do you need before you take on a new brand?

Illinois 3PL FAQ

What does an Illinois fulfillment company charge?

Every company here quotes per account, and none posts a rate card. Saddle Creek Logistics Services, for example, engineers each solution to order and quotes it through its sales team.

Can a small brand use an Illinois 3PL?

Yes: none of the 10 publishes an order minimum, and Averitt Express rents space for a season or for overflow with no contract. 4 connect to Shopify: ShipBob, Buske Logistics, ODW Logistics and Averitt Express.

Which Illinois 3PLs are food-grade?

6 of the 10 list food-grade services: Lineage, Ryder, Saddle Creek Logistics Services, Buske Logistics, ODW Logistics and Averitt Express. In the state, Buske's Edwardsville warehouse is FDA approved, ODW's Romeoville RO1 is BRC, USDA and CFIA certified, and both Ryder DCs hold food-grade certification.

Do Illinois 3PLs handle import containers?

Yes: 8 of the 10 list cross-dock or transload services, and Lineage offers customs brokerage at 9 of its 19 Illinois sites.

Which Illinois 3PLs ship to big-box retailers?

All 10 list B2B retail distribution. RJW Logistics Group consolidates for 150+ retailers with stated 98% on-time and 99% in-full performance, and ODW Logistics also runs retail consolidation.

3PL lists in Illinois and nearby