Best Freight Forwarders Companies in China
The 109 best Freight Forwarders companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: J&T Jitu Express.
China's freight forwarders are where the money is moving right now, and this directory ranks the best of them by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum across 109 tracked companies. Total disclosed capital sits at $4.4B, though that number tells you almost nothing until you look at who's pulling the weight. J&T Jitu Express commands $3.5B of it alone, followed by Anneng at $620M and Jiayou International at $133M. The global freight forwarding market was valued at roughly $192.5B in 2021 and is forecast to reach $285.1B by 2031, a 4.3% CAGR driven hard by e-commerce volume and digital transformation in supply chains. Stricter environmental regulations are also reshaping routing decisions across Chinese logistics operators, quietly raising compliance costs.
So what's the live signal this quarter? Freight-focused apps are clocking median install growth of around 17% year-on-year across 18 package and delivery platforms, which tells you consumer-side demand isn't softening. Hot coverage themes right now include container freight rates, transpacific shipping, and port-centric logistics. I'd also note the broader capital story: digital freight forwarders are still pulling fresh investment, and even IPO pipelines in the sector are oversubscribed. If you're evaluating partners or investment targets in China specifically, the gap between the top three funded companies and the rest of this list is worth your attention.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
Our analysis of 100 Freight Forwarders companies
$9.9b in tracked funding; 81% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J&T Jitu Express Provider of delivery, multi modal freight forwarders, and cross-border logistics services | $3.5B | 55 mo ago | Public | Jet Lee Lee Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | Apple iCloud MailChart.jsanime.js+9 | — | — |
| 2 | Anneng Logistics service provider for LTL deliveries | $620M | 64 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2010 | NginxHammer.jsZepto+2 | — | — |
| 3 | Jiayou International Provider of diversified freight forwarding and logistics services | $133M | 54 mo ago | Series D | Meng Lian CEO | 2005 | Windows ServerAnimate.cssBootstrap+5 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 4 | Weijie City Distribution Provider of warehousing, storage, and logistics services | $32M | 75 mo ago | Series B | Wang Qi CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Buyandship Provider of ship based transportation and delivery services | $18M | 5 mo ago | Series C | Wong Ming Co-Founder | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 6 | Shanghai Yanxi Import and Export Provider of warehousing services | $12M | 86 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Topway Tianhai International Logistics Provider of multi model freight forwarding services | — | 25 mo ago | Series A | David - Owner | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsWindows Server+9 | — | — |
| 8 | NextSmartShip Provider of order fulfillment solutions for eCommerce | — | 38 mo ago | Series A | William Yu Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | — | — |
Top 12 Freight Forwarders companies in China
#1
Series C · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 220 employees$18.2Mraised▾
Provider of ship based transportation and delivery services
- Jan 2026Series C$12M
- Jun 2024Series B$6M
- Sep 2023Series B$10M
- Jun 2019Series A$2.2M
#2
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 400000 employees$3.5Braised▾
Provider of delivery, multi modal freight forwarders, and cross-border logistics services
- Nov 2021Series C$2.5B
- Aug 2021Series C$250M
- Apr 2021Series C$2B
#3
Acquired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010 · 3563 employees$620Mraised▾
ANE operates distribution centres and franchised stores for smaller "less-than-a-truckload" deliveries of goods between 15 kg (33 lb) to 3 tonnes. Has established a robust national delivery network through self-operated sorting centers, contracted line-haul trucks and franchised pickup-and-delivery stores. The company currently has about 5,000 franchised stores nationwide. Is one of the fastest growing chinese companies in logistics space.
- Feb 2021Series F—
- Jan 2020Series F$300M
- Jan 2016Series E$150M
- Jun 2015Series D$170M
#4
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2005$133.3Mraised▾
Provider of diversified freight forwarding and logistics services
- Dec 2021Series D$133.3M
#5
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014$32.2Mraised▾
Provider of warehousing, storage, and logistics services
- Feb 2020Series B$14.1M
- Mar 2019Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2018Series B$18.1M
- Dec 2016Series A—
#6
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 1200 employees$11.9Mraised▾
Operator of an e-commerce platform designed to provide building materials to Africa. The company develops self-operated supply chain and logistics system to provide users with comprehensive building materials and product solutions for housing, home appliances and furniture, enabling users to purchase home supplies with a great quality in an efficient manner.
- Apr 2019Series A$11.9M
- 2018Series A—
#7
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2008—raised▾
Provider of multi model freight forwarding services
- Apr 2024Series A—
- Jun 2022Series A—
#8
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2019 · 27 employees—raised▾
Provider of order fulfillment solutions for eCommerce. It offers solutions for eCommerce fulfillment, crowdfunding fulfillment, subscription box fulfillment, FBA services, and more. Its features include order synchronization, shipping status update, real-time tracking, inventory management, and more.
- Apr 2023Series A—
#9
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015 · 32 employees—raised▾
Developer of a cloud based global e-commerce logistic platform designed to centralize and automate orders management and fulfillment. The company's platform offers multi-sales channel, multi-warehousing, order management system, inventory management system, shipping and dedicated brand manager which helps in better control over logistics workflow and expand business to other countries enabling the companies avail comprehensive, efficient, reliable, fast and affordable supply chain management solutions to facilitate e-commerce business.
- Nov 2022Seed—
#10
Late Stage · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1999 · 12592 employees—raised▾
Shanghai Yunda Express is a provider of transportation and logistics services. The company specializes in express delivery throughout China. Additionally, the company also offers services for reverse logistics, warehousing, project logistics, and more.
- Apr 2020Post IPO—
#11
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017—raised▾
Container yard management solutions.It offers tools for fleets, freight forwarders, terminals, shipping companies, customs brokers, collects container cargo, and trade information. It provides container yard management solutions with integrated platforms for cargo owner, fleet and driver. Image recognition technology is used to inspect the condition of container boxes and the scanning equipment screens the container condition, and the data was uploaded to the yard.
- Dec 2019Seed—
- Sep 2019Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 1963 · 654 employees—raised▾
Provider of global technology-enabled supply chain and logistics execution. It offers air and sea freight, road freight, and contract logistics services. The platform integrates warehousing, fulfillment, and value-added services. It utilizes software modules spanning the product lifecycle. This facilitates the movement of goods, data, and funds securely and sustainably. The company supports various industries with end-to-end supply chain solutions.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Freight Forwarders coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.