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Top 3PLs in Virginia: 10 Fulfillment Companies Compared

Each of the 10 companies here has at least one Virginia warehouse whose address we confirmed on its own website, whether near the Hampton Roads ports, around Richmond, in Winchester, in Martinsville or in Southwest Virginia. You can compare them in ranked order on what they run in the state, the size of their wider network, order minimums, pricing model and services, with each firm's facts in the comparison table and on its card.

  • 10 companies ranked
  • 38 warehouses in Virginia between them
  • Updated September 2026

By the research desk · How we rank

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Top 3PLs in Virginia 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. 3Camrett LogisticsFood and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space
  4. 4WCS LogisticsFrozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers
  5. 5Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking
  6. 6Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network
  7. 7RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers
  8. 8Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail
  9. 9GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia
  10. 10Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Compare Virginia 3PLs side by side

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

#CompanyBest forIn VirginiaNetworkOrder minimumPricing
1LineageFood companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports8 warehouses480 totalNot publishedCustom quote
2ShipvineApparel and small-goods brands selling DTC plus retail drop ship2 warehouses2 totalNot publishedCustom quote
3Camrett LogisticsFood and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space8 warehouses8 totalNot publishedCustom quote
4WCS LogisticsFrozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers3 warehouses3 totalNot publishedCustom quote
5Riverside LogisticsManufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking9 warehouses9 totalNot publishedCustom quote
6Averitt ExpressShippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network2 warehouses58 totalNot publishedCustom quote
7RadialMid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers3 warehouses14 totalNot publishedCustom quote
8Orbit FulfillmentFood, beverage and CPG brands selling DTC, Amazon and big-box retail1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
9GivensImporters and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote
10Motleys Logistics SystemsManufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond1 warehouseNot publishedNot publishedCustom quote

The 10 best 3PL companies in Virginia

1

Lineage

Food companies needing frozen or chilled space near ports

Visit onelineage.com

Lineage's Virginia cold storage is split between the Richmond area (Richmond, Sandston, Chester) and the port side, in Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Smithfield. Frozen and chilled food brands that import through Hampton Roads and distribute inland can keep stock in one network.

Strengths

  • Blast freezing in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Smithfield and Sandston
  • Customs brokerage and bonded space in Chesapeake
  • 480+ warehouses stated network-wide

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 ships from two Richmond warehouses of roughly 70,000 sq ft each, both partially climate controlled, using software it writes itself. Apparel and small-goods brands that sell on Shopify and drop ship to Nordstrom, Macy's or Home Depot are the fit, including startups shipping a few hundred orders a month.

Strengths

  • On-demand RFID labels for retail EDI
  • Shopify and SPS Commerce connections at no extra charge
  • Noon ET cutoff for same-day shipping on most orders

Worth knowing

  • Every item needs a barcode
  • 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

Camrett Logistics

Food and industrial shippers needing I-81 warehouse space

Visit camrett.com

Camrett's eight warehouses are all in Southwest and Western Virginia, spread from Buena Vista and Roanoke down to Dublin, Wytheville and Bluefield, and four carry AIB recognition for food. If you ship food or industrial goods from the western half of the state and want small parcel orders, kitting and POP display assembly handled too, this is the regional option.

Strengths

  • Riverbend in Fairlawn is its largest building
  • ISO 9001 certification
  • Truckload and LTL service alongside storage

Worth knowing

  • Nothing in Richmond, Hampton Roads or Northern Virginia
  • Rates by quote only
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Returns
  • Contract packaging
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • International
  • Food grade
  • Value-added services
4

WCS Logistics

Frozen and chilled food brands shipping to Mid-Atlantic grocers

Visit wcslogistics.com

WCS runs three cold storage sites in Winchester and opened an 83,000 sq ft freezer building on Brooke Road in January 2025. Food brands that need frozen, cooler and ambient storage in the Shenandoah Valley, with blast freezing available, are the fit.

Strengths

  • Over 13,000 pallet positions in the 2025 freezer
  • BRC certified since 2017, with CCOF organic areas
  • Camelot 3PL warehouse software

Worth knowing

  • Business-to-business storage; no ecommerce integrations published
  • Priced by quote
  • Cold chain
  • Food grade
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • International
  • Value-added services
5

Riverside Logistics

Manufacturers and distributors needing Richmond space plus trucking

Visit riversidelogistics.com

Riverside keeps all nine of its warehouses in the Richmond area, in Henrico, Glen Allen, Hopewell and the city itself, and manages about 1,000,000 sq ft across Richmond and Henrico. If you distribute pallets or medical products from Central Virginia and want one company to store and truck them, it fits, and it is licensed to ship medical products into more than 25 states that require it.

Strengths

  • Clean room in a main warehouse
  • Own owner-operators and truck brokerage
  • Operating since 1996

Worth knowing

  • Richmond area only
  • No named Shopify or marketplace integrations
  • B2B and retail
  • DTC ecommerce
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • LTL and FTL freight
  • Drayage
  • International
6

Averitt Express

Shippers wanting warehousing tied to an LTL and truckload network

Visit averitt.com

Averitt's Virginia warehousing centers on 1005 Enterprise Circle in Chesapeake, serving the Norfolk area, with another 2,500 sq ft inside its Richmond service center. If you already ship LTL or truckload with Averitt, you can add short-term, seasonal or overflow storage without a contract.

Strengths

  • 54,500 sq ft across its Virginia facilities
  • Extensiv WMS and Shopify fulfillment
  • 1,000+ chassis for drayage

Worth knowing

  • Richmond space is small at 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
7

Radial

Mid-size and enterprise brands shipping DTC and to retailers

Visit radial.com

Radial operates three fulfillment centers in Martinsville, part of a 14-site US network with 15M+ sq ft of stated capacity. Mid-size and larger ecommerce brands that sell direct and to retailers, and want payments, fraud prevention and tax services from the same provider, are its market.

Strengths

  • Fast Track program: no upfront costs, no long-term contracts
  • 99% of the US within three business days, per Radial
  • Shopify Plus and Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Worth knowing

  • No Martinsville square footage published
  • No published rates
  • DTC ecommerce
  • B2B and retail
  • Retail EDI compliance
  • Amazon FBA prep
  • Returns
  • FTZ and bonded
  • Last mile
8

Orbit Fulfillment

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

Visit orbit-fulfillment.com

Orbit Fulfillment works from one FDA-registered building in Ashland: 157,824 sq ft of high-bay racking, with 25,000 sq ft set aside for co-packing and 34,120 sq ft for cross-docking. Growing food, beverage and CPG brands selling direct, on Amazon and into big-box retail can run all three channels from that one inventory.

Strengths

  • Small parcel orders in by 2:00 PM ship the same day
  • SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce for retail EDI
  • FEFO and FIFO control for dated goods

Worth knowing

  • Single published address, in Ashland
  • Rates by quote
  • 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
9

Givens

Importers and exporters moving freight through the Port of Virginia

Visit givens.com

Givens is headquartered in Chesapeake, with Class A space near Norfolk and the Port of Virginia that includes Foreign Trade Zone and customs bonded areas. Brands importing through Hampton Roads can have containers drayed, transloaded, stored and crated for export by the same company.

Strengths

  • Over 170 trucks of its own; drays at the Ports of Virginia and Savannah
  • C-TPAT compliant, hazmat certified, ISO 9001
  • Operating since 1957

Worth knowing

  • Built around import, industrial and export freight more than ecommerce
  • No rate card
  • 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
10

Motleys Logistics Systems

Manufacturers needing rail-served storage near the Port of Richmond

Visit motleyslogistics.com

Motleys runs public and contract warehousing on Deepwater Terminal Road in south Richmond, 530,000 sq ft of storage by its own count, with CSX rail and drayage to and from the Port of Richmond. It suits manufacturers, paper-goods shippers especially, who want rail-served space in Central Virginia.

Strengths

  • Forklifts from 2,000 to 12,000 lbs
  • Roll clamps and slip-sheets for paper
  • Short or long term, public or contract

Worth knowing

  • No ecommerce or small parcel service listed
  • Quote-only rates
  • B2B and retail
  • Cross-dock and transload
  • Drayage
  • Kitting and assembly
  • Value-added services

Shipping from Virginia: what the location gives you

Warehouses on this list sit near the ports in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Portsmouth, around Richmond, in Winchester, in Martinsville and across Southwest and Western Virginia. Which part of the state suits you comes down to how your freight arrives and where your customers are.

For imports by sea, the Port of Virginia completed its 55-foot channel in February 2026 and is now the deepest port on the East Coast. It moved 3,499,639 TEUs in fiscal 2024, and rail containers grew 13% to 784,597, and no East Coast port sends a larger share of its cargo by rail.

Rail and water carry containers inland. Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal covers 161 acres on Norfolk Southern and holds 78,000 TEU of capacity, and it is a US Customs port of entry. In Central Virginia, three barges with 500 FEU of combined capacity run between Hampton Roads and Richmond Marine Terminal, so a Richmond warehouse can take import containers by water.

For western Virginia, I-81 carries freight for 325 miles through the state, and the Winchester and Southwest Virginia warehouses on this list sit along that side. Virginia’s own market counts 8.88 million residents as of July 1, 2025, 12th among the states.

What to ask before you sign with a Virginia 3PL

  1. Where in Virginia is your warehouse, and how far is it from the customers I ship to most?
  2. If my containers land at the Port of Virginia, who moves them to your building and what does that leg cost?
  3. Can I start with a small volume and take more space in the same building as I grow?
  4. Do you keep frozen, chilled and ambient stock under one roof?
  5. Which ecommerce platforms and marketplaces do you connect to today?
  6. Where does my inventory go if your building runs out of space in peak season?

Virginia 3PL FAQ

What do Virginia fulfillment companies charge?

Expect to request a quote from each, since none of the 10 here publishes rates or an order minimum. Averitt Express offers contract-free warehousing billed for the space and time used, and Radial's Fast Track program states no upfront costs.

Which Virginia 3PLs ship DTC ecommerce orders?

8 of the 10 list ecommerce fulfillment, and 4 name a Shopify connection: Orbit Fulfillment, Shipvine, Averitt Express and Radial (Shopify Plus).

Can I store frozen food with a Virginia 3PL?

Yes. Lineage runs cold storage around Richmond and near the Hampton Roads ports, and WCS Logistics runs freezer, cooler and ambient space in Winchester, including a freezer building opened in January 2025.

Do any Virginia 3PLs have Foreign Trade Zone space?

Yes. Givens has Foreign Trade Zone and customs bonded space in Chesapeake, and Lineage runs a bonded warehouse there too. 4 of the 10 list FTZ or bonded services somewhere in their networks.

Do Virginia 3PLs take on small brands?

None of the 10 sets a published order minimum. Shipvine takes startups shipping a few hundred orders a month, and Orbit Fulfillment scales from 10 to 1,000 orders a day.

Where in Virginia should I put a fulfillment warehouse?

Near the ports in Chesapeake or Norfolk if you import by sea, around Richmond if you want four interstates and a barge link to Hampton Roads, and in Winchester or Southwest Virginia if your freight moves on I-81.

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