Radar · Freight Forwarders in New Zealand
Best Freight Forwarders Companies in New Zealand
The 32 best Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
32companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
Sources & further reading
- futuremarketinsights.com
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FREIGHT FORWARDERS × NEW ZEALAND
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.
100companies analysed
81%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2001median founding year
90kcombined LinkedIn audience
81%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Stage | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toll NZ Provider of transport and logistics services in New Zealand. | — | 3,700 | 1888 | Private | — | — | — |
| 2 | Mainfreight Provider of diversified freight forwarding services | — | 1,865 | 1978 | Public | Google MapsVue.jsAzure+16 | Top 500k | — |
| 3 | Safe Air Provider of aviation maintenance services. The company is engaged in the design and production of aircraft. | — | 1,001 | 1950 | Acquired | — | — | — |
| 4 | PBT Group (New Zealand) At PBT we are focused on Working Together to be NZ’s leading Express Freight Network. | — | 800 | 1972 | Private | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fliway Group Provider of freight forwarding and logistics services | — | 450 | 1977 | Acquired | BootstrapKnockout.jsHandlebars+8 | Top 5M | — |
| 6 | HW Richardson Group Privately-owned transport company, focuses on providing game-changing transport solutions | — | 337 | 1916 | Unfunded | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailPHP+16 | Top 5M | — |
| 7 | Reach Logistics Company that provides freight forwarding services and logistics solutions, with expertise in international… | — | 321 | 2013 | Unfunded | — | — | — |
| 8 | MOVe Logistics Internet first provider of multi modal freight forwarding and logistics services | — | 186 | 2010 | Public | StatamicApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+17 | Top 5M | — |
Top 1 Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand
#1
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1978 · 1865 employees—raised▾
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1978 · 1865 employees
Provider of diversified freight forwarding services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 63k LinkedIn followers — 70.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Investors
AMCIL, Djerriwarrh
Tech stack
AlgoliaAzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · New Zealand · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,107,301 docs
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
RESEARCH SIGNALS · New Zealand
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in New Zealand
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 5 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
top research entities
- University of Auckland3
- University of Waikato1
- Auckland University of Technology1
- Ministry of Education1
leading researchers
Jørgen Laake · Abraham Zhang · Tao Liu · Avishai Ceder · Subeh Chowdhury · Fei Ying · Michael J. O’Sullivan · Ivo Adan
▲
Breakthroughs3 · 60%
0%→0% share
6 median citations33% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (0%→0% of field), led by Integer programming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Integer programming2
- Scheduling (production processes)2
- Charter1
- Strategic planning1
- Joint (building)1
Landmark Integrated public transport timetable synchronization with vehicle scheduling · 34 cites
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Advancements2 · 40%
0%→0% share
1 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (0%→0% of field), led by Integrated logistics support.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Integrated logistics support1
- Traffic management1
- Resource (disambiguation)1
- Pre-construction services1
- Humanitarian Logistics1
Landmark Simulation of Vehicle Movements for Planning Construction Logistics Centres · 2 cites
Common questions
How many Freight Forwarders companies are there in New Zealand?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Freight Forwarders companies headquartered in New Zealand that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand?
The Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in New Zealand?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand.
How many Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand are funded?
0 of the 32 Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Freight Forwarders unicorns are there in New Zealand?
None of the Freight Forwarders companies in New Zealand on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New Zealand Freight Forwarders companies?
The most active investors in New Zealand Freight Forwarders companies on this list include AMCIL, CPE Capital, Djerriwarrh, New Zealand Green Investment Finance.
Riya SenguptaFinancials
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.