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Top 3PLs in Richmond: 8 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Every company on this page has a warehouse in the Richmond metro whose address we confirmed on its own website, 8 in all, spread from Ashland and Glen Allen down to Chester and Hopewell. You can weigh them on what they run locally, how large their wider network is, order minimums, pricing model and services, in ranked order, with each firm's facts in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 8 companies ranked
  • 20 warehouses in Richmond between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Richmond at a glance

  1. 1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports
  2. 2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship
  3. 3Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking
  4. 4Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail
  5. 5Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  6. 6Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond
  7. 7Direct SolutionsRichmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping
  8. 8National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Compare Richmond 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn RichmondNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports4 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship2 warehouses2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking9 warehouses9 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
5Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network1 warehouse58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
7Direct SolutionsRichmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
8National Delivery SystemsSuppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast1 warehouse8 totalNot publishedCustom quote

The 8 best 3PL companies in Richmond

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Lineage's temperature-controlled buildings around Richmond are on Cofer Road in the city, on Corrugated Road in Sandston and on West Hundred Road in Chester, ranging from 107,511 to 182,457 sq ft. Frozen and chilled food brands that also want drayage, customs brokerage or co-packing close to the metro are the natural match.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing in Sandston
  • LTL consolidation and kitting at Cofer Road
  • A network stated at 480+ warehouses

Worth knowing

  • Set up for food and temperature-sensitive goods
  • No published rates or minimum
  • 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
2

Shipvine

Apparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship

Visit shipvine.com

Shipvine runs two warehouses of roughly 70,000 sq ft each in Richmond, both partially climate controlled, with the second three minutes from the main one. Apparel and small-goods brands that sell on Shopify and drop ship to retailers such as Nordstrom and Macy's are who it is set up for, and it takes on startups shipping a few hundred orders a month.

Strengths

  • Retail EDI drop ship, replenishment and on-demand RFID labels
  • Shopify connection at no extra charge
  • Orders in by noon ET mostly leave that day

Worth knowing

  • Barcodes required on every item
  • Small-to-medium consumer goods focus
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • International
  • Value-added services
3

Riverside Logistics

Manufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking

Visit riversidelogistics.com

Riverside's nine warehouses sit in Henrico, Glen Allen, Hopewell and the city itself, adding up to about 1,000,000 sq ft in the Richmond and Henrico areas. If you ship pallets to distributors or medical products to hospitals and physicians and want one company to store and truck them, this is the profile; it holds licensing to ship medical products to more than 25 states that require it.

Strengths

  • Clean room in one of its main buildings
  • Company-run trucking: owner-operators, brokerage, drayage
  • Operating since 1996

Worth knowing

  • No rate card; pricing by quote
  • Distribution focus, with no named Shopify or marketplace connections
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
4

Orbit Fulfillment

Food, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail

Visit orbit-fulfillment.com

Orbit works from a single FDA-registered building in Ashland, where 157,824 sq ft of high-bay racking sits beside space set aside for co-packing and cross-docking. Food, beverage and CPG brands that ship to consumers, to Amazon and into big-box stores from one inventory pool are the fit.

Strengths

  • Scales from 10 to 1,000 orders a day, per its FAQ
  • Shopify, Amazon Seller Central and Vendor Central connections
  • FEFO, FIFO, lot and expiry tracking

Worth knowing

  • Ashland is the only published address
  • Pricing by quote only
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Subscription boxes
  • Returns
  • Food grade
  • Contract packaging
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Value-added services
5

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

Averitt keeps 2,500 sq ft of warehousing, distribution and fulfillment space inside its Galena Avenue LTL service center. A brand with modest Richmond volume that already ships LTL or truckload with Averitt can add pick and pack there, and take short-term storage without signing a contract.

Strengths

  • Shopify ecommerce fulfillment on Extensiv
  • Seasonal and overflow space, billed for space and time used
  • 54,500 sq ft across its Virginia facilities

Worth knowing

  • Small Richmond footprint of 2,500 sq ft
  • Priced 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
6

Motleys Logistics Systems

Manufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Visit motleyslogistics.com

Motleys holds 530,000 sq ft of storage on Deepwater Terminal Road in south Richmond, with CSX rail on hand and drayage running to and from the Port of Richmond. Manufacturers moving pallets, paper-goods shippers in particular, can take space on a public lease or a contract, for the short or long term.

Strengths

  • CSX-served rail access
  • Roll clamps and slip-sheets for paper
  • Cartage around Central Virginia

Worth knowing

  • Storage and distribution focus; no parcel or ecommerce fulfillment listed
  • Rates by quote
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
7

Direct Solutions

Richmond companies wanting local storage, assembly and shipping

Visit directsolutionsrva.com

Direct Solutions stores and ships client inventory from its Carolina Avenue warehouse in Richmond, with receiving, assembly, packaging, labeling and returns offered there too. Local companies that already buy custom labels or packaging can keep their stock with the same supplier.

Strengths

  • Label design and printing via sister company Virginia Label Co.
  • Receiving, storage, assembly and shipping in one Richmond warehouse
  • A Richmond business since 2002

Worth knowing

  • No square footage published
  • No ecommerce integrations published; labels and packaging are the core business
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Value-added services
8

National Delivery Systems

Suppliers replenishing retail chain stores across the East Coast

Visit national-delivery.com

National Delivery Systems runs its Richmond terminal from Eubank Road, with warehousing and fulfillment next to LTL cartage, pool distribution, line haul and same-day courier. Suppliers restocking retail chain stores up and down the East Coast get storage and store delivery from one carrier.

Strengths

  • Pool distribution to retail chains on its own trucks
  • EDI 204, 210, 214, flat-file and CSV links
  • Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland; operating since 2001

Worth knowing

  • Richmond warehouse size not published
  • A carrier first, with warehousing at its terminals
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Last mile

Shipping from Richmond: what the location gives you

From a Richmond warehouse, about 45% of the US population is within a one-day delivery drive, and I-64, I-95, I-85 and I-295 all meet in the metro. CSX and Norfolk Southern both serve the region by rail, and more than 53,000 people work in its supply chain industry, the labor pool a local 3PL staffs from.

Imports can come up the James River or in by air. Richmond Marine Terminal, the Port of Virginia’s 121-acre site, keeps three barges rotating to Hampton Roads with room for 500 FEU between them, plus 19,640 ft of rail track and 300,000 sq ft of covered and uncovered storage. Richmond International Airport moved about 223 million pounds of cargo in 2025, a record for the third year running, and goods held in Foreign Trade Zone 207 at the airport owe no customs duties until they leave the zone.

Against the rest of Virginia, Richmond is the Central Virginia option: inland from the Hampton Roads container terminals, tied to them by barge, and home to over 1.3 million residents of its own. Next to Raleigh-Durham, where I-40 is the main connector, you get four interstates meeting in one metro.

What to ask before you sign with a Richmond 3PL

  1. What time do orders have to reach you to ship the same day, and does that cutoff move in November and December?
  2. Can I walk through the building my stock would go to before I sign?
  3. If I import, will my containers come up by barge to Richmond Marine Terminal or by truck from Hampton Roads, and who books that leg?
  4. Is any of your space climate controlled or food grade, and which building is it in?
  5. If I start selling to retailers, can you handle their EDI orders and routing guides?
  6. What does your quote include: receiving, storage per pallet, pick fees, packaging, returns?

Richmond 3PL FAQ

What does 3PL fulfillment in Richmond cost?

You will need quotes, because all 8 companies here price by quote and none posts rates. Give each one the same order profile (monthly orders, units per order, pallets in storage, packaging) so the numbers line up.

Will a Richmond 3PL take on a small or new brand?

None of the 8 publishes an order minimum. Shipvine works with startup brands shipping a few hundred orders a month, and Orbit Fulfillment states its facilities scale from 10 to 1,000 orders a day.

Which Richmond fulfillment companies connect to Shopify?

3 of the 8 name a Shopify integration: Orbit Fulfillment, Shipvine and Averitt Express. 5 of the 8 list ecommerce fulfillment among their services.

Can I get Amazon FBA prep in Richmond?

Yes, from 2 of the 8: Shipvine in Richmond and Orbit Fulfillment in Ashland.

Do Richmond 3PLs handle port drayage and rail freight?

4 of the 8 list drayage among their services. Motleys Logistics Systems adds CSX rail service at its south Richmond warehouse, with drayage to and from the Port of Richmond.

Where in the Richmond area are the 3PL warehouses?

They are spread across Richmond, Henrico, Glen Allen, Ashland, Sandston, Chester and Hopewell. 5 of the 8 companies run one site here, and the other 3 run between 2 and 9.

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