Best Freight Forwarders Companies in Netherlands
The 143 best Freight Forwarders companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CEVA Logistics.
Tracking the best Freight Forwarders companies in Netherlands by disclosed equity funding, this directory covers 143 operators with a combined $1.1B raised, and almost all of that sits with one name. Ceva Logistics accounts for the full $1.1B; Samskip, GVT, Trifleet, Vos Logistics, and Danser Group round out the top six with no disclosed rounds. Zero unicorns so far. 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 heavily by e-commerce volume and digital transformation. Stricter environmental regulations are already reshaping fleet investment decisions across Dutch operators, and that pressure isn't letting up.
The momentum signals are real. Freight and package delivery apps are clocking a median install growth of roughly 17% year-over-year across 18 tracked platforms, which tells you demand-side awareness is moving fast. Globally, capital is clearly chasing this space too: digital forwarder Wiz Freight just pulled in fresh venture debt, and Om Freight Forwarders' IPO closed 3.58x subscribed. I'd call that a sector with visible investor conviction. Hot coverage themes right now include container freight rates, port-centric logistics, and transpacific shipping, all of which flow directly through Netherlands hubs.
- 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 Netherlands
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CEVA Logistics Provider of multi-modal freight forwarding, logistic, and value added services | $1.1B | 92 mo ago | Acquired | Delphine Otzenberger Chief Of Staff To Deputy Ceo | 2006 | SentryNode.jsSalesforce+29 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 2 | Samskip Internet first provider of multi modal freight forwarding services | — | 32 mo ago | Funding Raised | Kari Laaksonen CEO | 1990 | WordPressPleskMySQL+27 | — |
| 3 | GVT Provider of road freight forwarding and logistics services | — | 63 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1957 | — | — |
| 4 | Trifleet Global tank container leasing company offers modern tank containers and industry experience for sustainable… | — | 125 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1990 | Craft CMSPHPYii+23 | — |
| 5 | Vos Logistics Provider of warehousing and distribution services | — | 128 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | DrupalPHPCentOS+19 | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Danser Group Provider of transportation & freight forwarding services | — | 146 mo ago | Acquired | Ben Maelissa CEO | 1982 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 7 | Euroports Maritime supply-chain solutions and multi modal freight forwarding services provider | — | 149 mo ago | Acquired | Charles Menkhorst CEO | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+43 | — |
| 8 | A2B online Provider of road transport services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 1 job opening · 1 expansion |
Top 7 Freight Forwarders companies in Netherlands
#1
Acquired · Hoofddorp, North Holland · founded 2006 · 26 employees$1.1Braised▾
Provider of multi-modal freight forwarding, logistic, and value added services
- Sep 2018Conventional Debt$1.1B
- May 2018Series A—
- Feb 2018Conventional Debt$50M
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$9.3K
#2
Funding Raised · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 1990—raised▾
Internet first provider of multi modal freight forwarding services
#3
Acquired · Tilburg, North Brabant · founded 1957 · 750 employees—raised▾
Provider of road freight forwarding and logistics services
#4
Acquired · Dordrecht, South Holland · founded 1990 · 31 employees—raised▾
Trifleet is a global tank container leasing company that offers modern tank containers and industry experience. They are committed to sustainable excellence and provide solutions for transport and storage.
#5
Acquired · Oss, North Brabant · founded 1998 · 37 employees—raised▾
Provider of warehousing and distribution services
#6
Acquired · Sliedrecht, South Holland · founded 1982 · 45 employees—raised▾
Provider of transportation & freight forwarding services
#7
Acquired · Hoofddorp, North Holland · founded 2006 · 3000 employees—raised▾
Maritime supply-chain solutions and multi modal freight forwarding services provider
- Jan 2014Grant (prize money)—
- Jul 2009Series B—
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
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 66 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology34
- Eindhoven University of Technology7
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research5
- University of Groningen3
- Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights3
- Fleet management6
- Scheduling (production processes)4
- Supply chain optimization3
- Routing (electronic design automation)3
- Idle2
- Fleet management4→10
- Transport engineering6
- Fleet management5
- Service (business)4
- Reservation2
- Biofuel1
Where logistics supply chain is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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.