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Top 3PLs in Kansas City: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

The 10 fulfillment companies here all run warehouses in greater Kansas City, whether on the Kansas side in Kansas City, KS, Edgerton, Olathe or Lenexa or on the Missouri side in Kansas City, Independence, Grandview or North Kansas City, and we confirmed each location on the company's own website. They are ranked on what they run locally, the size of their wider network, order minimums, pricing model and services, with every firm's facts laid out in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 28 warehouses in Kansas City between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Kansas City at a glance

  1. 1Smart WarehousingFood and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL
  2. 2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  3. 3M&M Quality SolutionsOmnichannel brands needing ambient and frozen storage in KC
  4. 4MetroPark WarehousesFood, beverage, alcohol and CPG brands shipping to retail
  5. 5Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing
  6. 6Fast FulfillmentDTC and Amazon brands wanting central-US ground reach
  7. 7Midpoint NationalBrands wanting a long-running, family-owned KC 3PL
  8. 8AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  9. 9Wake LogisticsSmall and mid-size brands wanting a hands-on Kansas City 3PL
  10. 10FulfillMeEcommerce and Amazon sellers wanting a South Florida node

Compare Kansas City 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn Kansas CityNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1Smart WarehousingFood and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL7 warehouses35 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports4 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3M&M Quality SolutionsOmnichannel brands needing ambient and frozen storage in KC3 warehouses5 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4MetroPark WarehousesFood, beverage, alcohol and CPG brands shipping to retail7 warehouses7 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Maersk Warehousing & DistributionImporters pairing ocean freight with US warehousing2 warehouses114 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Fast FulfillmentDTC and Amazon brands wanting central-US ground reach1 warehouse1 total100+ orders/moCustom quote
7Midpoint NationalBrands wanting a long-running, family-owned KC 3PL1 warehouse2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale1 warehouse192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
9Wake LogisticsSmall and mid-size brands wanting a hands-on Kansas City 3PL1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10FulfillMeEcommerce and Amazon sellers wanting a South Florida node1 warehouse3 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Kansas City

1

Smart Warehousing

Food and consumer brands needing ambient and cold space in one 3PL

Visit smartwarehousing.com

Smart Warehousing, based in Overland Park, runs five buildings in Edgerton and one on E 94th St in Kansas City, MO, and keeps refrigerated, frozen and sub-zero goods in underground caves in Independence. If you sell food or consumer goods and need ambient and cold space from one company, that mix is its model, and its Kill Creek Rd building in Edgerton is AIB-audited and FDA-registered.

Strengths

  • Connects to Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, BigCommerce and Goldbelly
  • Retail compliance work with 200+ retailers, per the firm
  • Bulky and heavy goods, drayage and returns handled

Worth knowing

  • Rates and minimums by quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Value-added services
2

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Lineage runs four cold storage sites on the Kansas side of the metro: S Erickson St in Olathe (437,353 sq ft, automated), a second Olathe site on 159th St, Edwardsville (656,122 sq ft) and a public warehouse in Edgerton with its own railcar siding. If you make frozen or chilled food, you get blast freezing at Olathe and Edwardsville, and co-packing, kitting, customs brokerage and drayage at Edgerton.

Strengths

  • SQF, BRCGS and GFSI certification across the network, per facility pages
  • Nine D2C cold-chain fulfillment centers with a packaging lab
  • Bonded space and customs brokerage in the same company

Worth knowing

  • Focused on food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • Rates 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

M&M Quality Solutions

Omnichannel brands needing ambient and frozen storage in KC

Visit mmqualitysolutions.com

M&M Quality Solutions added cold and frozen storage in the SubTropolis caves in October 2025, with Foreign-Trade Zone approval, and also runs warehouses on N Congress Ave in Kansas City, MO and Fairfax Trafficway in Kansas City, KS. If you sell in stores and online and need frozen, refrigerated and ambient space, the caves hold all three.

Strengths

  • Kansas City sites plus York, PA and Salt Lake City
  • Shopify, Amazon, Walmart and QuickBooks connections
  • Subscription boxes, returns and cross-docking

Worth knowing

  • Building sizes not on its website
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Cold chain
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Value-added services
4

MetroPark Warehouses

Food, beverage, alcohol and CPG brands shipping to retail

Visit metroparkwarehouses.com

MetroPark has run public warehouses in Kansas City since 1970 and now operates seven buildings on both sides of the state line, the largest 409,172 sq ft on Executive Dr. If you ship food, drinks, wine and spirits or pharmaceuticals to retailers by the pallet, its rail-served, bonded and food-grade buildings are set up for that.

Strengths

  • Rail service from CPKC or BNSF at six of the seven buildings
  • Temperature-controlled space in four buildings
  • Drop-trailer lot at Executive Dr and drayage service

Worth knowing

  • Parcel pick and pack only at its Grandview building
  • Priced by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Food grade
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • Cross-dock and transload
5

Maersk Warehousing & Distribution

Importers pairing ocean freight with US warehousing

Visit maersk.com

Maersk, the ocean carrier, lists two Kansas City warehouses: Building 151 on W 185th St in Edgerton at 210,482 sq ft with 26 dock doors, and 24,000 sq ft on N Seymour Ave in Kansas City, MO. If you import by container, its network can transload and deconsolidate your freight, then ship your retail and ecommerce orders.

Strengths

  • US network of about 114 warehouses with published sizes
  • Retail EDI compliance, kitting and cross-docking offered
  • C-TPAT certification at select facilities

Worth knowing

  • Not every building is shared; some serve one customer
  • Priced 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
6

Fast Fulfillment

DTC and Amazon brands wanting central-US ground reach

Visit fastfulfillment.com

Fast Fulfillment works from one building at 11011 Lackman Rd in Lenexa, with FDA-registered ambient food-grade storage. If your orders reach it by 12 PM Central on a weekday, they ship the same day, and it says it suits brands sending 100 or more orders a month.

Strengths

  • Pay-for-what-you-use pricing, itemized by receiving, storage, pick and pack and shipping
  • Connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, eBay, Square and Squarespace
  • Lot tracking and FIFO or FEFO rotation for dated goods

Worth knowing

  • No refrigerated or frozen space
  • Building size not published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Food grade
7

Midpoint National

Brands wanting a long-running, family-owned KC 3PL

Visit midpt.com

Midpoint National started in 1988 as a book distributor and runs a 70,000+ sq ft building at 1263 Southwest Blvd in Kansas City, KS, with 22-ft ceilings, conveyors and 3,500 flow-rail pick locations. If you sell online and on Amazon, you can have FBA prep, kitting and contract packaging done here, with a 100,000 sq ft backup warehouse holding overflow stock.

Strengths

  • Storage billed per rack or flow location, not per cubic foot
  • No peak-season surcharges
  • Takes orders by API, EDI, CSV or flat file

Worth knowing

  • One distribution center; the backup warehouse address is unpublished
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
8

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Americold's Kansas City warehouse on E 147th St runs ambient, cooler, freezer and deep-freeze zones in one building, with import, export and bonded services. If you need several temperatures for one product line, or plan to move frozen goods in or out of the country, you can keep them all at this one address.

Strengths

  • Founded in 1903
  • Amazon, Shopify, EDI and ERP connections
  • Stated two-day reach of 99.5% of the US population for DTC cold-chain orders

Worth knowing

  • Building size not on its facility page
  • Rates by quote
  • 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
9

Wake Logistics

Small and mid-size brands wanting a hands-on Kansas City 3PL

Visit wakelogistics.com

Wake Logistics runs its warehouse and headquarters at 940 Osage Ave in Kansas City, KS, with pallet racking, shelving and bulk storage. If you are a smaller brand starting to sell into stores, it handles EDI purchase orders, ASNs and GS1 labels on RAMP WMS alongside your DTC and subscription orders.

Strengths

  • 99.9% order accuracy, which it guarantees
  • Account managers on site and a live client portal
  • FBA prep, returns and gift wrap

Worth knowing

  • One building, size not published
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
10

FulfillMe

Ecommerce and Amazon sellers wanting a South Florida node

Visit fulfillme.com

FulfillMe's Midwest fulfillment center is at 1595 Erie St in North Kansas City; its other two are in Florida and Tennessee. If you sell through Shopify Plus, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop or Temu, you can split stock across three regions with one provider.

Strengths

  • In ecommerce fulfillment since 2006
  • Promotes 2-day guaranteed fulfillment on its location pages
  • Wholesale orders labeled, palletized and routed to retailer rules

Worth knowing

  • Building size not on its website
  • Rates by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns

Shipping from Kansas City: what the location gives you

From a Kansas City warehouse, 90% of the contiguous US is within two days or less, according to KC SmartPort, the region’s industrial business attraction group. Your trucks leave on one of four major interstates, in a metro KC SmartPort puts 30% ahead of any other major US metro on interstate miles per capita.

If you import, you can hold goods in a foreign-trade zone without leaving the region: the Kansas City zone spans 32 counties and 450 million sq ft of approved space, with about $3 billion in goods passing through each year. Containers can come in by train, since the region has four Class I railroads and four intermodal parks, and air shipments go through Kansas City International, which KC SmartPort says handles more air cargo than any airport in its six-state region.

For peak-season hiring, about 230,500 people work in trade, transportation and utilities across the Kansas City MO-KS metro (August 2026, preliminary), and KC SmartPort counts 205,000+ manufacturing and logistics workers in what it ranks as a top 15 US industrial market. St. Louis has the bigger pool, about 258,600 in the same sector, and all six North American Class I railroads to Kansas City’s four.

What to ask before you sign with a Kansas City 3PL

  1. Which of your buildings would hold my products, and can I tour it before signing?
  2. What time does an order need to reach you to leave the same day?
  3. Do you hold refrigerated or frozen goods in your own space, and in which building?
  4. If I import, can my goods sit in the foreign-trade zone until they ship out?
  5. Which of my sales channels plug into your system without custom work?
  6. How do you staff up for November and December, and do your rates change in peak season?

Kansas City 3PL FAQ

What does a Kansas City fulfillment company charge?

You will get a custom quote: none of the 10 firms here posts a rate card. Pricing models differ, though, from Fast Fulfillment's itemized pay-for-what-you-use billing to Midpoint National's storage fee per rack or flow location.

Is there a minimum order volume for Kansas City 3PLs?

Only 1 of the 10 names one: Fast Fulfillment says it works best with brands shipping 100+ orders a month. The other 9 publish no order minimum.

Which Kansas City 3PLs connect to Shopify?

7 of the 10 name a Shopify integration: Smart Warehousing, Americold, M&M Quality Solutions, Midpoint National, Fast Fulfillment, Wake Logistics and FulfillMe, which lists Shopify Plus.

Do any Kansas City warehouses store goods underground?

Yes, 2 of the 10 use caves: Smart Warehousing runs a multi-temperature underground site in Independence, and M&M Quality Solutions keeps cold and frozen stock in the SubTropolis caves.

Can I ship subscription boxes from Kansas City?

Yes, 6 of the 10 list subscription box fulfillment: Lineage, M&M Quality Solutions, Midpoint National, Fast Fulfillment, Wake Logistics and FulfillMe.

Which Kansas City 3PLs store food and alcohol?

5 of the 10 list food-grade storage: Smart Warehousing, MetroPark Warehouses, Lineage, Americold and Fast Fulfillment. For wine and spirits, MetroPark is TTB bonded at four of its buildings.

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