Radar · Freight Forwarders in Virginia
Best Freight Forwarders Companies in Virginia, United States
The 32 best Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SG Holdings.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
32companies tracked
$88Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FREIGHT FORWARDERS × VIRGINIA
Our analysis of 50 Freight Forwarders companies
$8.3b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
50companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
2001median founding year
45median Fliar Index™
78kcombined LinkedIn audience
77%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Holdings Provider of logistics services 72Growth top 25%News top 26%Funding top 32%Innovation top 44% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Newstop 26% Fundingtop 32% Innovationtop 44% Producttop 45% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 25% Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 19 tracked, 6 types) · +75% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $55M | 31 mo ago | Series C | Matt Ryan CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Wayforth Provider of freight forwarding services 29Talent top 38%Product top 40%Growth top 45%Market top 47% All 11 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Producttop 40% Growthtop 45% Markettop 47% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 43% Moatbottom 42% Globalbottom 33% Patentsbottom 29% Newsbottom 27% Innovationbottom 4% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Product: 1 published app (300 installs) · Company stage: Series C rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $32M | 63 mo ago | Series C | Craig Shealy Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16 | 2 patents Digital platform for organizing and managing personal property and assets | — |
| 3 | Cargo Transport Provider of road freight forwarding, warehousing, and other services 10Growth bottom 42%Funding bottom 36%Global bottom 29%Market bottom 22% All 4 signals ▾Growthbottom 42% Fundingbottom 36% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Headcount 29 → 29 (+0%) across vintages Funding: Raised $1.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 17 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 10/100 | $1M | 206 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Abilene Motor Express Provider of truck transportation services | — | — | Acquired | — | 1986 | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — |
| 5 | AJ Moving & Delivery Moving company offering local and long-distance residential and commercial moving services, warehouse… | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 6 | American Lumper Services Scalable labor management solutions for supply chain optimization and workforce flexibility | — | — | Unfunded | Jason Montgomery Chief Executive Officer | 2012 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+27 | — | — |
| 7 | APRO Provider of cargo freight forwarding services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Camrett Logistics Provider of 3PL services and warehousing/distribution solutions since 1995. | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1995 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+16 | — | — |
Top 3 Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia
#1
Series C · Harrisonburg, Virginia$55Mraised▾
Series C · Harrisonburg, Virginia
Provider of logistics services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 25%News
top 26%Funding
top 32%Innovation
top 44%Product
top 45%Talent
bottom 45%Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 19 tracked, 6 types) · +75% YoY · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $55.0M · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round round (Mar 2024)
Founders & team
#2
Series C · Richmond, Virginia · founded 2016 · 430 employees$32Mraised▾
Series C · Richmond, Virginia · founded 2016 · 430 employees
Provider of freight forwarding services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Product
top 40%Growth
top 45%Market
top 47%Funding
top 49%Tech
bottom 43%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Product: 1 published app (300 installs) · Company stage: Series C
Growth: Headcount 376 → 430 (+14%) across vintages
Funding rounds
- Aug 2021Series C$32M
Founders & team
Investors
GLP Capital Partners
#3
Funding Raised · Dulles, Virginia · founded 2000 · 29 employees$1Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Dulles, Virginia · founded 2000 · 29 employees
Provider of road freight forwarding, warehousing, and other services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 10how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
bottom 42%Funding
bottom 36%Global
bottom 29%Market
bottom 22%Growth: Headcount 29 → 29 (+0%) across vintages
Funding: Raised $1.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 17 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Aug 2009)
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
- Aug 2009Grant (prize money)$81.6K
- Aug 2009Grant (prize money)$963.5K
Investors
United States Department of Agriculture
Funding & investor landscape
$88Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 641,863 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 FROM Virginia · institutions
What Virginia researches in logistics supply chain
21 papersstance +0.5710% breakthrough5% concern
local research themes
Vehicle emissions and performanceTransportation Planning and OptimizationTransportation and Mobility InnovationsTraffic and Road SafetyAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchTraffic control and management
top institutions
- University of Virginia8
- Virginia Tech6
- West Virginia University4
- Virginia Commonwealth University3
- Virginia State University1
Common questions
How many Freight Forwarders companies are there in Virginia, United States?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Freight Forwarders companies headquartered in Virginia, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States?
The Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States on this list have raised a combined $88M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in Virginia, United States?
SG Holdings is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in Virginia, United States, with $55M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States are funded?
3 of the 32 Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Freight Forwarders unicorns are there in Virginia, United States?
None of the Freight Forwarders companies in Virginia, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Virginia, United States Freight Forwarders companies?
The most active investors in Virginia, United States Freight Forwarders companies on this list include Envest Private Equity, GLP Capital Partners, United States Department of Agriculture.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
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.