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Top 3PLs in North Carolina: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Every company here runs at least one North Carolina warehouse, 10 in all, spread from the Charlotte area and the Triangle to the Triad and the eastern part of the state, and we confirmed each location on the company's own website. Weigh them on what they run in the state, how far their network reaches, order minimums, pricing model and services, in ranked order, with each one's facts in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 28 warehouses in North Carolina between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

Illustration: interstate interchange with freight trucks passing a warehouse park

Top 3PLs in North Carolina 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. 3Kanban LogisticsFood, pharma and industrial brands wanting FTZ and rail near I-95
  4. 4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale
  5. 5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking
  6. 6Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery
  7. 7Massood LogisticsFurniture and home goods brands shipping bulky items to homes
  8. 8Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together
  9. 9MD LogisticsPharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage
  10. 10GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia

Compare North Carolina 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn North CarolinaNetworkOrder 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-packing8 warehouses8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Kanban LogisticsFood, pharma and industrial brands wanting FTZ and rail near I-953 warehouses9 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4AmericoldFood brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale6 warehouses192 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Saddle Creek Logistics ServicesRetailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking2 warehouses46 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery2 warehouses4 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Massood LogisticsFurniture and home goods brands shipping bulky items to homes2 warehouses2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Crane Worldwide LogisticsImporters wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
9MD LogisticsPharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage1 warehouse6 totalNot publishedCustom quote
10GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in North Carolina

1

Productiv

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

Visit getproductiv.com

Productiv's North Carolina space is its Charlotte campus: two Class A buildings on Brookford Street and Carowinds Boulevard, about 250,000 sq ft between them, with container transloading and a retail compliance team. Brands selling direct, wholesale and to big-box stores can run all three from one inventory, with kits and POP displays assembled alongside the orders.

Strengths

  • Retailer EDI pre-wired to more than 100 retailers
  • Chargeback promise: its error, its credit
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, NetSuite and SAP integrations

Worth knowing

  • Not the right fit, by its own statement, for simple pick-and-pack brands with a few hundred orders a month
  • 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

Bonded Logistics keeps eight North Carolina warehouses, seven around Charlotte and Concord and one in Claremont, about 1.73 million sq ft in all. Food and beverage brands can use its packaging operation, which holds SQF, AIB and FDA credentials, and manufacturers can mix shared public space with single-client buildings.

Strengths

  • Bonded Pac builds variety packs and retail POP displays
  • Hazardous and temperature-controlled storage available
  • Charlotte headquarters; founded 1972

Worth knowing

  • North Carolina only
  • Priced by quote; no Shopify or marketplace links named
  • 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

Kanban Logistics

Food, pharma and industrial brands wanting FTZ and rail near I-95

Visit kanbanlogistics.com

Kanban Logistics works from Tarboro, where it has seven warehouses, from Rocky Mount, where its building is in a general purpose FTZ, with a rail siding and CSX transload yard, and from Plymouth, with 160,000 sq ft. Food, pharma and aerospace suppliers get AIB-rated food-grade space and AS9100D certification, and new ecommerce stores can start small.

Strengths

  • Variable rates for seasonal volume
  • Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento and Amazon connections
  • C-TPAT certified

Worth knowing

  • Located in the east, away from Charlotte and Raleigh
  • Much of its work is inbound logistics for factories
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Food grade
  • Cold chain
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • LTL and FTL freight
4

Americold

Food brands needing frozen, chilled or ambient storage at scale

Visit americold.com

Americold's six North Carolina forward distribution sites are in Charlotte, Goldsboro, Lumberton, Sanford, Benson and Dunn, and every one offers blast freezing and export services. Food producers, retailers and food service suppliers get freezer zones at Charlotte, Goldsboro and Lumberton, rail at four of the six and bonded space at Goldsboro.

Strengths

  • Rail service at 4 of its 6 North Carolina sites
  • 1.4 billion refrigerated cubic feet worldwide
  • SQF certification stated for 90%+ of its US and Canada facilities

Worth knowing

  • Benson site lists ambient storage only
  • No square footage published for its buildings
  • 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
5

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Retailers and brands needing large multi-state DCs plus trucking

Visit sclogistics.com

Saddle Creek lists its Harrisburg building, 656,000 sq ft, as its Charlotte location, and it runs a second North Carolina building of 301,000 sq ft in Troutman, both with shared or single-client space. Retailers and brands that need distribution centers in several states, plus a truck fleet to link them, are the fit.

Strengths

  • 440 trucks in its private fleet
  • Subscription box and omnichannel fulfillment
  • 31M sq ft across 46 warehouse locations stated

Worth knowing

  • Food-grade and cold space varies by site
  • Priced by quote
  • 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

Guardian Logistics Solutions

Brands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery

Visit teamguardian.com

Guardian Logistics Solutions has warehouses in Durham and Charlotte, 103,500 and 180,000 sq ft, each with a customs-bonded container freight station. If you import by air and want stock split between the Triangle and Charlotte, with local delivery by the same company, that is the combination it offers.

Strengths

  • Box trucks and trailers of its own for local delivery
  • Kitting, subscription boxes and returns
  • Storage billed only as you need it

Worth knowing

  • Much of its work is airfreight handling
  • No storefront 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
7

Massood Logistics

Furniture and home goods brands shipping bulky items to homes

Visit massoodlogistics.com

Massood Logistics works from Archdale, where its 300,000 sq ft headquarters opened in December 2020, and from Eden, with over 800,000 sq ft between the two in North Carolina's furniture belt. Furniture and home goods sellers can have bulky pieces drop-shipped or picked and packed, then delivered, placed in the home and assembled.

Strengths

  • White glove and threshold home delivery
  • Private label shipping for retailers and e-tailers
  • A trucking division of its own

Worth knowing

  • Built around furniture and home furnishings
  • Priced by quote; no ecommerce integrations named
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Last mile
  • Kitting and assembly
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
8

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Importers wanting forwarding, customs and warehousing together

Visit craneww.com

Crane Worldwide's North Carolina warehouse is 160,000 sq ft on Entrance Drive in Charlotte, with a yard for staging and transloading. If you import and want forwarding, customs clearance and warehousing booked with one company, that is its model.

Strengths

  • Customs brokerage run in-house
  • FTZ warehouses in Savannah, Nashville and Texas
  • API and EDI links to its own WMS

Worth knowing

  • Warehousing is one service line next to forwarding
  • Rates 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
9

MD Logistics

Pharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage

Visit mdlogistics.com

MD Logistics' Garner 2000 center is 240,000 sq ft of cGMP pharmaceutical space shared by multiple clients, with refrigerated 2 to 8°C and 15 to 25°C zones, quarantine compliance and backup power. Pharma, OTC and consumer health brands shipping to retailers and consumers can add it to MD's Indiana and Nevada warehouses.

Strengths

  • NABP Drug Distributor Accreditation
  • Repackaging and relabeling under an FDA license
  • Owned by Nippon Express

Worth knowing

  • Pharmaceutical products only at Garner
  • No rates published
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Cold chain
  • FTZ and bonded
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Value-added services
10

Givens

Importers and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia

Visit givens.com

Givens holds more than 500,000 sq ft of warehouse space in Greensboro, across more than one facility and minutes from the Piedmont Triad airport, covering food-grade storage registered with the FDA, ambient storage, transloading and cross-docking. Importers who also move freight through the Ports of Virginia and Savannah can keep drayage and storage with the same company.

Strengths

  • More than 170 trucks in its fleet
  • C-TPAT compliant; hazardous material certified
  • Headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia; founded 1957

Worth knowing

  • Ecommerce is one service among many
  • Rates by quote
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Hazmat
  • Drayage
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services

Shipping from North Carolina: what the location gives you

North Carolina gives an importer two seaports, Wilmington and Morehead City, and two inland terminals, in Charlotte and Greensboro. Wilmington’s container terminal has capacity for 600,000 TEU behind a 42-foot channel, and more than 70% of the US industrial base lies within 700 miles of it.

From Wilmington, NC Ports moves containers inland by train: to the Charlotte Inland Port for warehouses in the Charlotte area, and to Rocky Mount in the east, home of CSX’s Carolina Connector terminal. Three airports lead the state for air cargo: in the FAA’s preliminary 2025 count, Greensboro’s airport logged 1.13 billion lbs of all-cargo landed weight and Charlotte’s 815 million lbs, and in the Triangle, the Raleigh-Durham airport logged 419 million lbs, all three inside the US top 60.

On the road, NCDOT looks after nearly 80,000 miles, and only one other state maintains a larger highway system. Your customer base in the state keeps growing: 11.2 million people lived in North Carolina on July 1, 2025, ninth among the states, after a net gain of 84,000 domestic migrants in a single year, the most of any state.

What to ask before you sign with a North Carolina 3PL

  1. Is my stock going to Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad or the east, and why that site?
  2. If I import through Wilmington, how do my containers reach you, and who books the move?
  3. What order volume do you need to see from me in the first year?
  4. Which of my sales channels plug into your system today?
  5. What happens to my pricing between an off-peak month and December?
  6. Can I see the building before I sign?

North Carolina 3PL FAQ

What will a North Carolina 3PL charge me?

You will get a custom quote from any of the 10, since none publishes a full rate card. Productiv lists a kitting base fee of $0.25 to $0.75 per kit, plus $0.04 to $0.08 for each item placed.

Do North Carolina 3PLs take small ecommerce brands?

Some do: none of the 10 publishes an order minimum, and Kanban Logistics says it will start small with new ecommerce stores. Guardian Logistics Solutions bills storage as needed, with no long-term lease.

Where are the 3PL warehouses in North Carolina?

They sit around Charlotte in Charlotte, Concord, Harrisburg and Troutman; in the Triangle in Durham and Garner; in the Triad in Greensboro, Archdale and Eden; and in eastern towns including Tarboro, Rocky Mount, Plymouth and Goldsboro.

Which North Carolina 3PLs are food-grade?

Bonded Logistics, Kanban Logistics and Givens all publish food-grade credentials for their North Carolina space: SQF, AIB and FDA for Bonded's packaging operation, an AIB Superior rating at Kanban and FDA registration at Givens in Greensboro.

Do any North Carolina 3PLs have rail access?

Yes. 4 of Americold's 6 North Carolina forward distribution sites have rail service, and Kanban Logistics' Rocky Mount warehouse has a rail siding and a CSX transload yard.

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