Walpole

What Walpole does

Walpole, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned bulk freight transportation company founded in 1952 in Lake Worth, Florida, and now headquartered in Okeechobee, Florida. The company operates a four-terminal network across the Southeast United States (Okeechobee corporate office plus terminals in Tampa, West Palm Beach/Riviera Beach, and Birmingham, Alabama) and provides over-the-road bulk trucking, local transport, refrigerated transport, and certified hazardous materials handling to B2B shippers in the region. Walpole monetizes primarily through custom-quoted, contract-based freight charges with multi-year terms, supported by direct sales and a quote-request channel on its corporate website.

The underlying operating platform combines a modern fleet, rigorous maintenance standards, and a technology stack that includes telematics, GPS tracking, automated dispatch and billing systems, and a big data analytics layer used for predictive maintenance, route optimization, and demand forecasting. These technology capabilities are described as operational differentiators rather than as proprietary AI or software products, and no external API, SDK, or developer ecosystem is offered. Driver recruitment and retention are treated as a strategic priority, with on-site recruitment teams at each terminal, multi-channel job-board listings, and employer branding on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Walpole's customer base is described generically as Southeast US B2B freight customers with no publicly disclosed logos, contract values, or concentration data. The company emphasizes multigenerational customer relationships dating to its founding as a retention mechanism and markets itself as "preferred by drivers" to secure CDL-A labor in a tight trucking market. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A transactions, institutional investors, or leadership changes in the available data; ownership remains with the founding family.

Name

Walpole

Legal name

Walpole, Inc.

Website

https://walpoleinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Walpole, Inc. is a family-owned bulk freight transportation company founded in 1952, operating four terminals across the Southeast US to deliver OTR, local, refrigerated, and hazardous-materials trucking services to B2B shippers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bulk Freight Transportation

NAICS

Specialized Freight Trucking (4842), General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance (48412)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquid Hazmat / Chemical Tank Transport (DOT/ADR tankers) (TLADAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hazmat Bulk Tank, ISO Tank & Tank Container Transport (TLACANAJ)

Keywords

• Bulk freight transportation
• Refrigerated trucking services
• Hazardous material transport
• OTR trucking services
• Freight logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Okeechobee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Bulk Freight Transportation Services: Walpole, Inc. generates revenue through providing bulk freight transportation services to businesses. Services include over-the-road (OTR) trucking, local transport, refrigerated transport, and hazardous material handling. Revenue is earned through contract-based arrangements and transactional freight charges based on distance, cargo type, and service requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Walpole, Inc. is a family-owned bulk freight transportation carrier operating across the Southeast United States. The company hauls bulk cargo via over-the-road, regional, and local trucking services, with specialized offerings in refrigerated transport for temperature-sensitive goods and hazardous material handling for regulated commodities. Operations are supported by a fleet managed through telematics, GPS tracking, automated dispatch and billing, and big data analytics.

Product overview

Walpole, Inc. is a family-owned and operated bulk carrier providing transportation solutions for over 70 years. The company operates a single unified service offering centered on bulk freight transportation, augmented by specialized services including refrigerated transport and hazardous material handling. Technology-enabled capabilities include telematics and GPS tracking for real-time shipment monitoring, automated dispatch and billing systems, and big data analytics. The company primarily serves customers in the Southeast United States through a network of terminals in Alabama and Florida.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bulk Freight Transportation Services Family-owned bulk carrier providing transportation services for over 70 years, focused on bulk freight hauling across the Southeast United States via over-the-road, regional, and local trucking services.
• Refrigerated Transport Specialized temperature-controlled transportation for perishable goods, offered as part of Walpole's diverse shipping solutions for customers requiring cold-chain freight handling.
• Hazardous Material Handling Certified hazardous material transport services meeting safety regulations for handling and shipping dangerous goods, provided as a specialized offering within Walpole's freight portfolio.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trimac Transportation: Canadian-based bulk liquid and dry bulk carrier with significant US operations, specializing in chemical, food-grade, and hazmat transport via tanker fleet. Highly comparable to Walpole's pneumatic tank liquid bulk and hazmat capabilities, though Trimac operates at a larger scale across North America.
• Grammer Logistics: Specialty bulk chemical and hazmat trucking carrier operating tank trailers across the US. Closely aligned with Walpole's liquid bulk and hazardous materials handling capabilities, serving similar chemical and industrial shippers.
• Quality Distribution / Boasso Global: Provider of ISO tank container, bulk liquid chemical, and intermodal services with strong hazmat focus. Comparable to Walpole on liquid bulk tanker operations and hazmat certification, though with a broader intermodal footprint.
• Prime Inc. Privately-held diversified truckload carrier with refrigerated, flatbed, and tanker divisions plus a dedicated driver training program. Comparable to Walpole on refrigerated transport capability and family/private ownership culture.
• Foodliner / Quality Logistics: Food-grade liquid bulk carrier with tanker fleets serving food and beverage shippers. Comparable to Walpole's pneumatic tank liquid bulk capability, particularly for shippers requiring temperature-controlled or food-grade handling in the Southeast.

Broad incumbents

• Heartland Express: Public truckload carrier focused on long-haul dry van freight across the US. Represents a broader incumbent that competes for general freight lanes Walpole also serves, but does not match its bulk/liquid/hazmat specialization.
• Schneider National: Large diversified public carrier with truckload, intermodal, and logistics services. Represents a broad incumbent with overlapping general freight presence; Walpole's hazmat/liquid bulk niche differentiates it from Schneider's generalist portfolio.
• Werner Enterprises: Public long-haul and dedicated truckload carrier operating a large fleet across the US. Overlaps with Walpole on long-distance trucking but lacks the pneumatic/liquid bulk specialization that is Walpole's core capability.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Largest US publicly-traded carrier with intermodal, dedicated, and truckload services. Broad incumbent that touches Walpole's addressable market but at materially larger scale and with a different mix of intermodal vs. specialized bulk.
• Knight-Swift Transportation: Largest US truckload carrier by revenue, formed through consolidation of Knight Transportation and Swift Transportation. Represents the scale benchmark against which a regional carrier like Walpole competes; its national reach and capital access are a structural contrast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/walpoleinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/walpole-inc.
• Instagraminstagram.com/walpole.inc
• Xx.com/WalpoleInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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