3PL Companies in Los Angeles, CA
The San Pedro Bay port complex - Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach combined - cleared 20.1 million TEUs in 2025, handling 31% of all containerized waterborne trade entering the United States. No other metropolitan area processes import volume at this scale.
Los Angeles 3PL picks by specialty
Ten Los Angeles 3PLs our team picked, each matched to the kind of brand it suits. The full list of LA fulfillment companies follows below.
Komar Distribution: Best for apparel brands with retail compliance needs
Komar Distribution Services is a 3PL started by apparel operators, not logistics lifers — which is why they're sharp on fashion, retail compliance, and the import side of things. They run warehouses in California, Georgia, and Oklahoma, a few of them port-adjacent and set up as Foreign Trade Zones. The sites lean heavily on automation. They'll handle B2C, B2B, small parcel, and cosmetics.
Smart Warehousing: Best for cold chain fulfillment & Seller Fulfilled Prime
Smart Warehousing runs 18 warehouses nationwide. Their LA facility is FDA registered and handles cold chain fulfillment down to -20°F, which works for food & beverage, beauty & cosmetics, and anything else that needs temperature control. They're also a Seller Fulfilled Prime partner, so brands running Prime orders off Amazon's own network can hit the SLAs. Smart Warehousing is one of the most versatile 3PLs on our network and one of the few that can flex across this many product types under one roof.
AP Express: Best for enterprise big & bulky and apparel
AP Express is a West Coast 3PL with warehouses in California and Las Vegas. They do DTC, B2B, and Amazon. Where they really shine is big & bulky, but they'll handle smaller items too. Owning their own truck fleet and having refrigerated storage on site opens up some options you don't get with most 3PLs.
Selery Fulfillment: Best for omnichannel apparel & supplements
Selery Fulfillment is backed by Mark Cuban, which is how they ended up running all the Dallas Mavericks merch. They also handle fulfillment for a bunch of other high volume omnichannel brands. Their six US warehouses include one in LA, and several of them came from acquiring existing 3PLs rather than building greenfield. Most of their book is apparel and supplement brands running DTC, Amazon FBM, FBA, and B2B.
Mobix Logistics: Best for enterprise big & bulky and furniture
Mobix Logistics was spun out of a furniture brand, which tells you most of what you need to know about how they approach enterprise big & bulky. Their warehouses are in California and South Carolina. The South Carolina site is close enough to Charleston that they can pull drayage straight from the port and they run ocean freight in-house instead of outsourcing it. Furniture isn't the only category they move though. One of their bigger accounts is a leading apparel brand on Walmart.
One Worldwide Logistics: Best for medical devices & temperature-controlled freight
One Worldwide Logistics (OWL) is one of the few 3PLs certified to handle medical devices and temperature-controlled freight. That's thanks to ISO 13485 and GDP certifications stacked on top of the standard ISO 9001, which knocks most 3PLs out of the conversation for this kind of work. They're also a certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise, which matters if you're scoring vendors against supplier diversity goals. They run four warehouses in California, Texas, and Ohio, and cover the full stack: air, ocean, ground, cold chain, white glove, and customs brokerage.
PB&J Fulfillment: Best for small & growing Amazon and DTC brands
PB&J Fulfillment is built for the kind of small or growing brand that wants an actual human on the other end of the phone, not a ticket queue. That's the whole pitch of their boutique model. The founders had been in fulfillment for decades before launching PB&J in 2014 to help brands scale on Amazon and DTC. They work out of Van Nuys, California, and a lot of what they do day-to-day is kitting, assembly, and container unloading.
Ops Engine: Best for boutique apparel & lifestyle brands
Ops Engine is one of the rare 3PLs run by someone who built a brand's fulfillment operation from the inside. Founder Arsen Janikyan was VP of Operations at Buck Mason and took them from a 500 sq ft office to a 55,000 sq ft warehouse before going out on his own. Most of their clients are in apparel, home goods, supplements, health & beauty, or games. They recently moved into a new 40,000 square foot facility and tend to be the right fit for boutique brands that want a hands-on partner.
ShipLogix: Best for low-SKU, high-volume DTC brands
ShipLogix runs its own shipping platform on top of fulfillment, which lets them pass enterprise-level rates through to their brand clients and, interestingly, to other 3PLs too. The fulfillment operation itself is based in Southern California and focused on low SKU count, high volume brands, usually ones doing a few hundred to 1,000+ orders a month and scaling up. They handle B2B, retail, and Amazon too. Worth noting: they recently rebranded from Eco Fulfillment.
3PLGuys: Best for supplements, peptides & nutraceuticals
3PLGuys runs an FDA registered, temperature controlled, lot tracked warehouse, which is what lets them take on peptides, supplements, and nutraceuticals. They're also 13 miles from the Ports of LA and Long Beach, which helps a lot if you're importing. They ship six days a week with a 3 PM PST cut-off and cover Amazon across FBA, FBM, Vendor Central, and DSV, along with DTC and B2B.
Methodology: how we found and evaluated the best LA 3PLs
To land on this list, a 3PL had to operate a real warehouse somewhere in the LA area, whether that's LA County, the South Bay, or the port corridor. We also needed to see live ecommerce or retail clients and enough operating history to actually check the work. Freight brokers, 4PLs, and anyone without physical LA facilities weren't considered.
Each provider got scored across six buckets: LA-area facilities and capacity, service specializations, tech stack and integrations, client feedback and marketplace performance, pricing, and operating history. The data comes from our internal marketplace, public reviews, integration partner confirmations, and industry certifications.
Picks last reviewed April 22, 2026.
All Fulfillment Companies in Los Angeles, CA
Mobix Logistics
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Komar Distribution Services, Inc.
Aarya Logistics
Cajun Prep
Cold Chain 3PL
GoBolt
Great Central Transport
Logistics Plus
My FBA Prep
QuickBox Fulfillment
SEKO Logistics
ShipBob
ShipCalm
Smart Warehousing
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Staci Americas
Triple Arm
Uppership
Verde Fulfillment USA
Wayfindr (formerly CBIP)
Dart Entities
EMO Trans
Expak Logistics
Fillogic
FreezPak Logistics
GPA Logistics
GVA
Global Warehouse Solutions
Ice Mobility
Portal Warehousing
QX Logistix
R+L Fulfillment
Routed Parcel Distribution
SHWExpress
Ship Essential
ShipDazzle
Shipping Butler
Taylored
US CARGO GROUP
Xpedite Fulfillment
ShipLogix
6G Logistic
Airlyle Network
CA3PL
Dependable Supply Chain Services
Desert Empire Transfer & Storage
Flexport
FLO Distribution
GlobalShopEx
iDrive Fulfillment
La Bodeguita Warehousing
Logisticom
Prep Center LA
ShipJoy
TRG Fulfillment
Vizion Logistics
Western Post
Windmill Operations
Your Logistics
34N Pack Co.
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ACK Trading Co
BWEagle Prep & Shipping
Dgistics
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Fulfillment in Los Angeles, CA
Port of Los Angeles recorded 10.2 million TEUs in 2025, holding its position as the nation's busiest container port for 26 consecutive years. Directly adjacent, Port of Long Beach set its own record at 9.9 million TEUs. Together, the San Pedro Bay complex clears nearly one in three containers arriving by ocean in the United States. The twin-port configuration means brands can split vessel bookings between terminals operated by different stevedores, providing a hedge against labor actions or terminal-specific congestion that has historically disrupted single-port operations.
The Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile below-grade dedicated freight rail line, connects both port complexes to the transcontinental rail network without crossing a single at-grade road intersection. BNSF handles roughly 40% of corridor volume and Union Pacific the remaining 60%, feeding intermodal yards that reach Chicago in approximately 60 hours by double-stack train. On the truck side, the I-710 freight corridor moves 40,000 to 50,000 trucks per day near the terminals, linking port drayage to the I-5, I-10, and I-605 interchange network that distributes containers across Southern California and beyond.
Los Angeles serves as the primary fulfillment hub for product categories where proximity to the port reduces landed cost. The LA Fashion District - 100 city blocks and 4,000-plus businesses - accounts for 83% of national cut-and-sew apparel production. Beauty, electronics, and consumer packaged goods importers also cluster near the port to minimize drayage and enable rapid inspection, relabeling, and distribution of ocean containers. LAX processed 2.23 million tons of air cargo in 2025, supporting high-value and time-sensitive categories that require air transit from Asia-Pacific origins.
The cost reality in Los Angeles is significant: warehouse rates averaged $15.96 per square foot NNN in Q4 2025, carrying a 34% premium over the Inland Empire at $11.65 per square foot. That spread pushes many 3PLs to operate a split model - receiving containers at port-adjacent cross-docks in Wilmington or Carson, then shuttling inventory 60 miles east to lower-cost Inland Empire facilities for storage and fulfillment. Brands evaluating LA-based 3PLs should understand whether the provider operates at the port, in the IE, or across both zones, as that distinction materially affects per-unit cost and transit time to end consumers in the 12.7-million-person metro.
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Why does the San Pedro Bay port complex handle a third of all US container imports?
Geography and infrastructure created a compounding advantage. San Pedro Bay sits on the shortest Pacific Ocean transit route from Asian manufacturing hubs, and the Alameda Corridor provides dedicated rail access to transcontinental networks. Decades of investment made it cheaper to scale existing capacity than to build competing infrastructure elsewhere.
What is the difference between using a 3PL in Los Angeles vs the Inland Empire?
LA-based 3PLs near the ports offer faster container receiving and lower drayage costs, typically $350-500 per container versus $800-1,200 for Inland Empire drayage. But warehouse rates run $15.96/sqft in LA compared to $11.65/sqft in the IE - a 34% premium. Many providers operate split models, cross-docking at port-adjacent facilities and storing inventory in the IE.
Which product categories are best suited for LA-based fulfillment?
Apparel and fashion brands benefit most, given the LA Fashion District's 83% share of national cut-and-sew production and direct proximity to port receiving. Beauty products, consumer electronics, and any high-SKU import category where container deconsolidation and relabeling occur near the port also favor LA. Brands shipping primarily to West Coast consumers gain the additional advantage of same-day or next-day ground delivery across Southern California.
How does the Alameda Corridor rail system connect the ports to national freight networks?
The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile below-grade freight rail trench connecting San Pedro Bay terminals to the BNSF and Union Pacific transcontinental rail yards near downtown Los Angeles. Because it has zero at-grade crossings, trains move without road traffic interference. Double-stack container trains departing the corridor reach Chicago in roughly 60 hours and can connect onward to East Coast destinations.
How does Fulfill.com help brands find Los Angeles fulfillment providers?
Fulfill.com lists Los Angeles-area 3PLs. The directory distinguishes between port-adjacent providers in Wilmington, Carson, and Long Beach and those operating in the Inland Empire - a critical distinction for cost modeling. Brands can filter by product category, integration capabilities, and monthly order volume to identify providers matched to their import and fulfillment requirements.
How do I think about West Coast port strike risk when my 3PL sits next to LA/Long Beach?
You plan for it, not around it. The 2022–23 ILWU fight genuinely did push volume to the East Coast and there will be another contract cycle. Ask any LA 3PL what they did last time: can they re-route inbound to a backup port, will they carry extra safety stock during the negotiating window, who calls the shots.
Can I really run my whole US fulfillment out of an LA warehouse and hit 2-day delivery?
Not on ground, no. One LA warehouse gets you 2-day ground to California, Arizona, Utah, and a slice of Nevada. That's it. Anything past the Rockies is 3–5 days unless you're paying for air. If you want true 2-day nationwide from a single node, you don't have one, you have two.
Does storing my inventory in LA put me on the hook for Prop 65 even if I'm an out-of-state brand?
Prop 65 is about where the product gets sold, not where it sits. If you ship to a California customer from Texas, you already needed compliant warnings. Moving the inventory to LA doesn't change that calculation, it just means more of your outbound volume is going to CA buyers who need the warning.
What does "port-adjacent" actually mean, and does it matter?
There's no official definition, but in practice people mean roughly 5 to 15 miles from the Port of LA or Long Beach. Close enough matters. You release containers faster, return empties same day, and your demurrage bill stays small. A warehouse sitting 30+ miles out in IE still does drayage, it just costs more per load.