Those boxes piling up on your doorstep over the holidays don’t ship from Santa’s workshop. As Americans spend more money shopping online, real estate developers are sinking record amounts of money into new warehouse space, building bigger, taller structures to meet the needs of e-commerce — and the robots that help it along.
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Logistics 50 | Freight Brokerage | Dry Storage Warehousing | Refrigerated Warehousing | Dedicated | Ocean Freight | Airfreight
Top Dry Storage Warehousing Firms
Rank | Company | Total Space (Millions of Sq.Ft.) | No. of Warehouses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | DHL Supply Chain | 121.0 | 430 |
2 | XPO Logistics | 90.0 | 400 |
3 | Ryder Supply Chain Solutions | 54.4 | 304 |
4 | Geodis (North America) | 50.0 | 176 |
5 | NFI | 49.6 | 134 |
6 | Americold Logistics | 37.0 | 155 |
7 | FedEx Logistics | 35.4 | 127 |
8 | Kenco Group | 26.0 | 90 |
9 | Neovia Logistics | 24.0 | 112 |
10 | DB Schenker (North America) | 23.7 | 91 |
11 | DSC Logistics | 23.0 | 50 |
12 | Kuehne + Nagel Americas | 22.8 | 98 |
13 | Saddle Creek Logistics Services | 19.2 | 62 |
14 | Ceva Logistics (North America) | 18.1 | 119 |
15 | UPS Supply Chain Solutions | 17.3 | 144 |
16 | Penske Logistics | 15.4 | 98 |
17 | Warehouse Services Inc. | 14.0 | 30 |
18 | WSI Freight Solutions | 14.0 | 52 |
19 | APL Logistics (North America) | 12.0 | 35 |
20 | Radial | 11.7 | 21 |
21 | Expeditors International of Washington | 11.5 | 117 |
22 | Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services | 10.4 | 38 |
23 | Universal Logistics Holdings | 9.3 | 40 |
24 | Performance Team | 8.5 | 25 |
25 | Blue Ribbon Transport | 8.3 | 20 |
26 | FW Logistics | 7.8 | 16 |
27 | Peoples Services Inc. | 7.8 | 42 |
28 | CJ Logistics America | 7.7 | 45 |
29 | DSV A/S (North America) | 7.0 | 38 |
30 | Schneider | 7.0 | 35 |
31 | Syncreon | 7.0 | 44 |
32 | Technicolor Global Logistics | 6.5 | 12 |
33 | Verst Group Logistics | 6.4 | 21 |
34 | Legacy Supply Chain Services | 6.3 | 36 |
35 | Port Logistics Group | 6.3 | 16 |
36 | Crane Worldwide Logistics | 6.0 | 56 |
37 | Kane Is Able Inc. | 6.0 | 25 |
38 | WOW Logistics | 6.0 | 19 |
39 | Nippon Express (North America) | 5.9 | 86 |
40 | Hub Group | 5.8 | 15 |
41 | Reo Logistics | 5.0 | 6 |
42 | United Facilities | 5.0 | 9 |
43 | Atlanta Bonded Warehouse | 4.5 | 14 |
44 | The Shippers Group | 4.5 | 11 |
45 | Comprehensive Logistics | 4.3 | 17 |
46 | Wagner Logistics | 4.2 | 16 |
47 | ODW Logistics | 4.1 | 17 |
48 | Acme Distribution Centers | 4.0 | 5 |
49 | Barrett Distribution | 4.0 | 20 |
50 | LeSaint Logistics | 4.0 | 14 |
51 | Xpedient Logistics | 4.0 | 5 |
52 | Damco International | 3.9 | 18 |
53 | Odyssey Logistics & Technology | 3.8 | 49 |
54 | SCI Group | 3.4 | 27 |
55 | Hitachi Transport System | 3.3 | 49 |
56 | Grupo Porteo | 3.2 | 27 |
57 | Pilot Freight Services | 3.1 | 82 |
58 | D+S Distribution | 3.0 | 21 |
59 | Keller Logistics Group | 3.0 | 9 |
60 | Laney & Duke Logistics | 3.0 | 4 |
61 | Network Global Logistics | 3.0 | 13 |
62 | RGL Logistics | 3.0 | 26 |
63 | We Pack Logistics | 2.7 | 18 |
64 | ACCEL Logistica | 2.6 | 22 |
65 | Bonded Logistics | 2.6 | 11 |
66 | A. Duie Pyle | 2.5 | 10 |
67 | Evans Distribution Systems | 2.5 | 8 |
68 | Weber Logistics | 2.5 | 10 |
69 | Regal Logistics | 2.4 | 8 |
70 | Ascent Global Logistics | 2.3 | 5 |
71 | A & R Logistics | 2.2 | 10 |
72 | Covenant Logistics Group | 2.2 | 16 |
73 | Amware Fulfillment/STACI U.S. | 2.0 | 15 |
74 | Commercial Warehouse & Cartage | 2.0 | 8 |
75 | Fidelitone | 2.0 | 33 |
76 | Logistics Plus | 2.0 | 11 |
77 | Mallory Alexander International Logistics | 2.0 | 10 |
78 | Onest Logistics | 2.0 | 29 |
79 | Patterson Warehouses | 2.0 | 6 |
80 | The Terminal Corp. | 2.0 | 9 |
81 | Commercial Warehousing | 1.9 | 16 |
82 | Integrated Distribution Services | 1.9 | 7 |
Top 50 Logistics Companies provide logistics services, including freight brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing and dedicated contract carriage in North America and are ranked on the basis of annual gross revenue. Some sector rankings may have been updated since their print publication. To be included in the Top 50 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 50 list.
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