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Top 3PLs in Raleigh-Durham: 8 Fulfillment Companies Compared

All 8 companies on this page run a warehouse in the Triangle or out along the I-40/I-85 corridor to Burlington, and we checked each location against the company's own site. Compare them on local space, how big their network is, minimums, pricing and services: they appear in ranked order, with the details for each in the table and on its card.

  • 8 companies ranked
  • 8 warehouses in Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham at a glance

  1. 1Carolina Prep & ShipAmazon and Walmart sellers wanting per-unit prep pricing
  2. 2ElitePrepWareMarketplace sellers wanting published prep and pick-pack rates
  3. 3Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery
  4. 4MD LogisticsPharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage
  5. 5Shaw 3PLAmazon FBA sellers and small DTC brands wanting hands-on service
  6. 6C&O WarehousingManufacturers and growing online brands needing Durham storage
  7. 7Burton LogisticsShippers wanting Triangle-area storage tied to their own trucking
  8. 8National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Compare Raleigh-Durham 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn Raleigh-DurhamNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1Carolina Prep & ShipAmazon and Walmart sellers wanting per-unit prep pricing1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedPublished rates
2ElitePrepWareMarketplace sellers wanting published prep and pick-pack rates1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedPublished rates
3Guardian Logistics SolutionsBrands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery1 warehouse4 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4MD LogisticsPharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage1 warehouse6 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Shaw 3PLAmazon FBA sellers and small DTC brands wanting hands-on service1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6C&O WarehousingManufacturers and growing online brands needing Durham storage1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7Burton LogisticsShippers wanting Triangle-area storage tied to their own trucking1 warehouse1 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 8 best 3PL companies in Raleigh-Durham

1

Carolina Prep & Ship

Amazon and Walmart sellers wanting per-unit prep pricing

Visit carolinaprepship.com

Carolina Prep & Ship is a family business in Apex that took Suite 103 in a new 55,000 sq ft building on Gateway Drive. Its owners sold on Amazon themselves before opening, and the center preps FBA inventory and handles orders for Walmart, eBay, DTC and B2B buyers, with prep priced per unit on its site.

Strengths

  • $0.65 a unit covers receiving, inspection, FNSKU labels and box packing
  • Posted add-on prices for poly bagging and bundling
  • Walmart and eBay orders as well as Amazon

Worth knowing

  • Storage is quoted, not posted
  • Built around Amazon FBA prep
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
2

ElitePrepWare

Marketplace sellers wanting published prep and pick-pack rates

Visit eliteprepware.com

ElitePrepWare's Apex prep center has climate control, dock-high bays and 24/7 surveillance, and it processes orders the day they arrive. Marketplace sellers on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, TikTok Shop or Temu can see posted rates for storage, prep, pick and pack and returns before they call.

Strengths

  • Pallet storage at $45 a month
  • Pick and pack from $2 an order, $0.40 per extra item
  • Returns processed at $1.75 a unit

Worth knowing

  • The $2 pick and pack rate needs 100 orders a day
  • Building address and size not published
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
3

Guardian Logistics Solutions

Brands and forwarders needing Carolinas storage plus local delivery

Visit teamguardian.com

Guardian's Triangle warehouse is on Hamlin Road in Durham: 103,500 sq ft behind 19 dock doors, with a container freight station that is customs-bonded and staff who are TSA-compliant. If you bring goods in by air or ocean and want them stored, packed and delivered around the Carolinas by one company, it runs its own trucks for the local legs.

Strengths

  • Other warehouses in Charlotte, Charleston and Greer
  • Kitting, subscription boxes and returns among its services
  • No long-term lease; storage billed as you use it

Worth knowing

  • Much of its work is airfreight and container station handling
  • No platform integrations listed; pricing by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • FTZ and bonded
  • International
  • Last mile
  • Value-added services
4

MD Logistics

Pharma, OTC and consumer health brands needing cGMP storage

Visit mdlogistics.com

MD Logistics' Garner building is a cGMP pharmaceutical warehouse of 240,000 sq ft that several clients share, with refrigerated 2 to 8°C and controlled 15 to 25°C storage and backup power. It serves consumer health, OTC and life science brands, with retail compliance labeling, ASNs and direct-to-consumer orders among its services.

Strengths

  • FDA-licensed repackager and relabeler
  • MD Net client portal on a JDA/RedPrairie WMS
  • Part of Nippon Express

Worth knowing

  • Pharmaceutical and consumer health products only
  • Rates by quote
  • 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
5

Shaw 3PL

Amazon FBA sellers and small DTC brands wanting hands-on service

Visit shaw3pl.com

Shaw 3PL works out of 7,000 sq ft on Garner Station Boulevard in Raleigh, and its founder sold on Amazon for more than 11 years before starting it. Small brands that sell on Amazon and Shopify, and have begun shipping to retailers, get FBA prep, same-day DTC orders and routing-guide work in one building.

Strengths

  • Each client gets its own Slack channel
  • AWD cross-docking and FNSKU labeling
  • Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon connections

Worth knowing

  • 7,000 sq ft, one location
  • Pricing by quote
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Cross-dock and transload
6

C&O Warehousing

Manufacturers and growing online brands needing Durham storage

Visit candowarehousing.com

C&O Warehousing, family-owned in Durham since 1968, runs one Fay Street building of roughly 92,800 sq ft with racking, floor storage and climate-controlled areas. Manufacturers and growing online brands can take short-term or long-term space and add order picking, kits, repacks and returns, with a web portal to watch stock levels.

Strengths

  • Short-term or long-term storage terms
  • Online inventory portal
  • Cross-docking with dock-height and ground-level doors

Worth knowing

  • Not set up for refrigerated, perishable or hazardous goods
  • No Shopify or marketplace integrations named
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Value-added services
7

Burton Logistics

Shippers wanting Triangle-area storage tied to their own trucking

Visit burtonls.com

Burton, a family-owned Burlington company founded in 1986, stores and ships from a hub on Anthony Road between Durham and Greensboro, with climate-controlled sections, its own trucks and a freight brokerage. Shippers who want pallets stored, kits built and loads moved short haul or long haul by the same company are the fit.

Strengths

  • Its own short-haul and long-haul fleet
  • Light assembly, repackaging and labeling
  • Returns processing and cross-docking

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published
  • Much of its business is trucking
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Value-added services
8

National Delivery Systems

Suppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Visit national-delivery.com

National Delivery Systems keeps its Raleigh terminal at 9257 US Hwy 70 in Clayton: 20,000 sq ft with 6 dock doors, where it stores and fulfills goods next to its LTL and pool distribution runs. Suppliers restocking retail chain stores along the East Coast can pair storage with delivery on the same carrier's trucks.

Strengths

  • Line haul, LTL cartage and pool distribution on its own network
  • EDI 204, 210 and 214 links
  • Operating since 2001

Worth knowing

  • A carrier first, with warehousing at its terminals
  • Rates by quote; fuel surcharge table published
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile

Shipping from Raleigh-Durham: what the location gives you

Stock kept in the Triangle sits close to a growing population. Raleigh passed 500,000 residents in 2024, 33,000 more than in 2020, and Durham, Cary and Wake Forest added 17,000, 13,000 and 11,000 people over the same years, among the largest gains of any North Carolina municipality.

Your trucks leave on I-40, the main connector through Wake County, while traffic circles Raleigh on the I-440 beltline and the outer I-540 loop. Freight railroads from CSX and Norfolk Southern to the Raleigh & Fayetteville, the Carolina Coastal and the North Carolina Railroad, run freight to industries on roughly 130 miles of mainline track in the county.

For imports, Wilmington is the closest port for Raleigh-Durham along the I-85 corridor, and its daily trains to Rocky Mount, where CSX runs the Carolina Connector terminal, give your containers a rail option. RDU lists more than 90 nonstop destinations, and a $1.1 billion project is giving it a 10,639-foot primary runway. Its all-cargo landed weight for 2025 came to 419.2 million lbs.

If you rely on air freight, Greensboro and Charlotte both log more all-cargo landed weight than RDU among North Carolina airports. Brands importing by rail can also weigh Charlotte, where NC Ports’ Queen City Express ends at the Charlotte Inland Port.

What to ask before you sign with a Raleigh-Durham 3PL

  1. What time does an order have to reach you to ship the same day?
  2. Can I start with a few pallets and grow into more space without a long contract?
  3. Which of my channels, such as Shopify, Walmart or TikTok Shop, connect to your system today?
  4. If I start selling to retailers, can you follow their routing guides and send ASNs?
  5. Who do I talk to day to day, and how: email, phone or a shared Slack channel?
  6. Is the warehouse climate-controlled all year?

Raleigh-Durham 3PL FAQ

Can I find published 3PL prices in the Triangle?

Yes, from 2 of the 8 firms, both in Apex. ElitePrepWare posts storage, pick and pack, labeling and returns rates, and Carolina Prep & Ship posts FBA prep at $0.65 per unit plus add-ons; the other 6 quote per account.

Which Triangle fulfillment companies connect to Shopify?

2 of the 8 name Shopify: Shaw 3PL and ElitePrepWare. Carolina Prep & Ship connects to Amazon, Walmart and eBay.

Is there a 3PL near Raleigh for B2B and retail orders?

7 of the 8 list B2B or retail distribution, and 2 list retail EDI compliance: MD Logistics and Shaw 3PL. National Delivery Systems also delivers to retail chain stores from its Clayton terminal.

Which Raleigh-Durham 3PLs are based locally?

6 of the 8 have their headquarters in the area: Guardian Logistics Solutions and C&O Warehousing in Durham, ElitePrepWare and Carolina Prep & Ship in Apex, Shaw 3PL in Raleigh and Burton Logistics in Burlington.

What is the largest 3PL warehouse in Raleigh-Durham?

MD Logistics' 240,000 sq ft Garner center is the largest on this list, followed by Guardian Logistics Solutions' 103,500 sq ft Durham building. Burton Logistics and ElitePrepWare do not publish a size.

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