Commercial warehousing revenue in the United States will reach $50 billion this year, according to analysis conducted by Armstrong & Associates, a supply chain management market research and consulting firm.
Contract and public warehousing combined are expected to exceed 2008 revenues by 2% after declining in 2009. The contract and public commercial warehousing market now constitutes 45% of the total U.S. market.
Of the top 12 contract warehousing and distribution companies in North America, 11 are based in the United States. Germany based DHL/Exel is the largest contract third-party logistics provider (3PL) in North America, in terms of number of warehouses, total square feet and net revenues from contract warehousing. Many like Jacobson (#2), GENCO (#3), OHL (#4) and Kenco (#7) are privately-held. In general, U.S. based companies still have headquarters in their original hometowns.
| Company | Home Office | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 |
| DHL/Exel | Bonn, Germany | 491 | 94.6 | 2,317 |
| Jacobson | Des Moines, IA | 145 | 35.0 | 447 |
| GENCO | Pittsburgh, PA | 115 | 34.7 | 812 |
| OHL | Brentwood, TN | 127 | 30.1 | 393 |
| Cat Logistics | Morton, IL | 130 | 29.0 | 2,300 |
| Americold | Atlanta, GA | 104 | 27.0 | 761 |
| Kenco | Chattanooga, TN | 79 | 25.0 | 300 |
| UTi | Long Beach, CA | 234 | 24.3 | 539 |
| UPS SCS | Alpharetta, GA | 100 | 20.0 | 1,643 |
| Menlo | San Mateo, CA | 120 | 18.0 | 514 |
| NFI | Cherry Hill, NJ | 51 | 18.0 | 262 |
| DSC | Des Plaines, IL | 36 | 15.2 | 225 |
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