Radar · Transportation and Logistics in Maryland
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Maryland, United States
The 85 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wildpack Beverages.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
85companies tracked
$36.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × MARYLAND
Our analysis of 50 Transportation and Logistics companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1996median founding year
57median Fliar Index™
236kcombined LinkedIn audience
89%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildpack Beverages Provider of warehousing and storage services | $25M | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mitch Barnard CEO | 2021 | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryCart Functionality+40 | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Horizon Coach Lines Coach bus operators | $10M | 141 mo ago | Funding Raised | Frank Sherman CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 3 | ICAT Provider of diversified freight forwarding services 45Tech top 34%Growth top 36%Moat top 38%Product top 46% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 34% Growthtop 36% Moattop 38% Producttop 46% Patentsbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 47% Newsbottom 45% Innovationbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Growth: Headcount 38 → 51 (+34%) across vintages · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $2M | — | Acquired | Rick Campbell Founder & CEO | 1993 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | 38 patents Reconfigurable pipelined processor architectures for high‑throughput computing | 1 partnership |
| 4 | Towne Park Provider of exceptional parking, mobility, and valet services | — | 204 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Kerin CEO | 1988 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 5 | 495 Movers Provider of moving and storage services | — | — | Unfunded | Moti Kachlon Owner | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | ABSI Provider of aerospace and defense management services | — | — | Unfunded | Christopher Sacco CEO | 2009 | — | 5 patents Wireless broadcast and delivery of multimedia content to mobile devices | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Accela Worldwide Solutions Provider of end-to-end supply chain, trucking, and warehousing solutions | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1985 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Advance Relo Moving and Storage Company Baltimore | Advance Relocation Systems MD | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2002 | — | — | — |
Top 4 Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland
#1
Funding Raised · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 2021 · 105 employees$25Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 2021 · 105 employees
Provider of warehousing and storage services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: Account Manager, 3rd Shift Maintenance Technician
Funding rounds
- May 2023Conventional Debt$25M
Founders & team
Investors
Sandton Capital Partners
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnime.JsCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#2
Funding Raised · Ashton Sandy Spring, Maryland · founded 2011 · 201 employees$10Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Ashton Sandy Spring, Maryland · founded 2011 · 201 employees
Provider of bus charters, local sightseeing tours, contract services, cruise-related shuttles and convention shuttles. The company services include transportation for group with a fleet that includes luxury and standard motor coaches, transit and minibusses.
Funding rounds
- Sep 2014Conventional Debt$10M
Founders & team
Investors
Siena Lending Group
#3
Acquired · Elkridge, Maryland · founded 1993 · 51 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Acquired · Elkridge, Maryland · founded 1993 · 51 employees
Provider of diversified freight forwarding services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 34%Growth
top 36%Moat
top 38%Product
top 46%Patents
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Growth: Headcount 38 → 51 (+34%) across vintages · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 38 patents · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. ICAT) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Conventional Debt$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Prudent Capital, Midwest Mezzanine Funds, Lightspring Capital Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflare
#4
Acquired · Annapolis, Maryland · founded 1988 · 11000 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Annapolis, Maryland · founded 1988 · 11000 employees
Provider of exceptional parking, mobility, and valet services. Its services include self parking, healthcare support solutions, shuttle services, revenue optimization services. Their expert solution includes door and bell services, concierge, transportation, greeter and patient transport.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 42k LinkedIn followers — 17.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- 2009Conventional Debt—
- 2008Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Investors
NewStar Financial, Ares Capital Corporation, HarbourVest Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWpbakeryYoast SeoNginx
Funding & investor landscape
$36.5Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Mitch Barnard
CEO · Wildpack Beverages
Frank Sherman
CEO · Horizon Coach Lines
Rick Campbell
Founder & CEO · ICAT
Andrew Kerin
CEO · Towne Park
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,880,697 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in the United States
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 637 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 29% → 41% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette28
- Georgia Institute of Technology21
- National Laboratory of the Rockies20
- Idaho National Laboratory18
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology16
leading researchers
Fengqi You · William Crossley · Stephen Schey · Jim Francfort · Kara M. Kockelman · Dajun Yue · Tao Lin · Luis F. Rodríguez
▲
Breakthroughs113 · 18%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (15%→18% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fleet management16→21
- Scalability4→9
- Key (lock)1→6
- Supply chain management1→4
- Automotive engineering1→4
Landmark DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning · 167 cites
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Advancements360 · 57%
▲ 55%→57% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (55%→57% of field), led by Supply chain management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management5→21
- Scheduling (production processes)8→22
- Sustainability1→11
- Supply chain risk management1→10
- Electric vehicle3→11
Newly emergingAnalytics 0→8 · Big data 0→7 · Battery (electricity) 0→6
Landmark Life Cycle Optimization of Biomass-to-Liquid Supply Chains with Distributed–Centralized Processing Networks · 343 cites
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Concerns101 · 16%
▲ 14%→18% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (14%→18% of field), led by Supply chain management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management2→11
- Fleet management16→24
- Transport engineering3→10
- Supply chain optimization4→9
- Sustainability1→5
Newly emergingElectrification 0→9 · Resilience (materials science) 0→6 · Agency (philosophy) 0→6
Landmark Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure · 312 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where logistics supply chain is researched across United States
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.
Boston31 · +0.55
Chicago21 · +0.61
Atlanta21 · +0.50
SF Bay Area18 · +0.54
Ann Arbor16 · +0.46
New York10 · +0.34
Austin10 · +0.38
Pittsburgh9 · +0.63
Seattle6 · +0.48
Los Angeles5 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in the United States
United States logistics supply chain patent filing is accelerating — 946 filings from 617 assignees (2016–2025), led by Amsted RAIL, Crown Equip, UBER Technologies; annual filings 68→95.
946 filings617 assigneespeak 140/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Amsted RAIL93
- Crown Equip69
- UBER Technologies65
- Kochanowski George E49
- Miner Enterprises37
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System35
- R & L Carriers29
- Strong Force VCN Portfolio 201923
Common questions
How many Transportation and Logistics companies are there in Maryland, United States?
Radar tracks 85 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in Maryland, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States on this list have raised a combined $36.5M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Maryland, United States?
Wildpack Beverages is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Maryland, United States, with $25M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States are funded?
3 of the 85 Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in Maryland, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in Maryland, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Maryland, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in Maryland, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include Acrisure, Ares Capital Corporation, HarbourVest Partners, Leading Ridge Capital Partners, Lightspring Capital Partners.
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.