Brothers Freight Management

What Brothers Freight Management does

Brothers Freight Management, LLC is a privately held third-party logistics (3PL) provider headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina, operating since 2004. The company functions simultaneously as a freight broker, freight forwarder, and asset-based carrier, serving shippers across all 48 continental U.S. states with a customer base of more than 10,000 businesses. Service offerings span domestic and international freight, less-than-truckload (LTL) and full-truckload (FTL) transportation, rail intermodal, dry and cold storage warehousing, and fulfillment center operations.

The company's operating platform combines brokerage with an owned asset base of more than 100 over-the-road trucks, 75 van trailers, 50 refrigerated units, and 20 rail trailers, supported by eight strategically placed warehouses in Matthews (NC), Rochester (NY), Ontario (CA), Sacramento (CA), Pensacola (FL), Atlanta (GA), and Phoenix (AZ). The Ontario, CA facility provides up to 100,000 square feet of cross-dock, storage, and fulfillment capacity. Carrier onboarding and shipper integration are handled through DAT (onboard.dat.com/bfmllc), a third-party freight marketplace platform. The technology stack is otherwise undisclosed: no proprietary TMS, AI/ML systems, APIs, or data products are referenced, and the company does not publish customer-facing software beyond email-based inquiry channels.

Brothers Freight Management operates on a transaction-fee revenue model, earning brokerage spreads on loads arranged between shippers and carriers, fees on freight forwarding, and storage/fulfillment fees on warehouse services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is direct B2B sales to shippers, supplemented by 24/7 concierge service staffed by a small team of dedicated service specialists. The company is founder/owner-operated, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent entity, and no management team, board, or leadership changes are documented in available sources.

Name

Brothers Freight Management

Legal name

Brothers Freight Management, LLC

Website

https://brothersfreightmanagement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brothers Freight Management is a privately held, asset-based 3PL in Matthews, NC offering freight brokerage, LTL/FTL trucking, international forwarding, and dry/cold warehousing across eight U.S. facilities to 10,000+ business shippers in the 48 continental states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Third-Party Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Specialized Freight Trucking (4842)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Freight Brokerage (Truckload/LTL/Intermodal) (TLAIANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transportation Management & Managed Freight (Dedicated Transport, Brokerage-Managed) (TLAIAAAE)

Keywords

• Freight brokerage services
• Third-party logistics
• Warehousing and fulfillment
• Freight forwarding
• Transportation management

Headquarters

HQ city

Matthews

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Brokering Services: Act as intermediary between shippers and carriers, earning transaction fees for arranging transportation of freight. Services cover dry goods, storage, produce, truckload, rail lines, and LTL operations.
2. Warehousing and Fulfillment: Revenue from short and long-term dry storage, cold storage, and fulfillment center services including product storage, processing, and shipping.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Brothers Freight Management is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider that brokers and manages freight transportation across the United States. The company arranges truckload, refrigerated, and rail freight movement through a network of carriers, and operates eight warehouses supporting storage, warehousing, and fulfillment services for shippers in 48 continental states.

Product overview

Brothers Freight Management is a third-party logistics (3PL) company offering a unified freight management platform that combines freight brokerage, freight forwarding, LTL shipping, and full-truckload transportation services. The company operates a dedicated truck fleet with over 100 trucks, 75 van trailers, 50 refrigerated units, and 20 rail trailers, supported by eight strategically placed dry and cold storage warehouses across the United States (Charlotte, New York/Rochester, Ontario/CA, Sacramento, Pensacola, Atlanta, and Phoenix). Services include domestic and international freight, dedicated fleet operations, warehousing, fulfillment, dry and cold storage. The company serves over 10,000 customers in the 48 continental states through carrier network brokering and its own fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Freight Brokerage Arrangement of truckload freight transportation connecting shippers with carriers across 48 continental U.S. states, supported by a fleet of 100+ trucks, 75 van trailers, 50 refrigerated units, and 20 rail trailers.
• Freight Forwarding Coordination and movement of freight shipments for shippers requiring managed transportation services across multiple modes and regions.
• Warehousing Storage services operated across eight warehouse facilities in the United States for shippers requiring inventory holding and distribution support.
• Fulfillment Order fulfillment and distribution services supporting shippers managing inventory flow out of the company's warehouse network.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DAT (onboard.dat.com)operationalTechnology or IntegrationBFM uses DAT's carrier and shipper onboarding platforms (onboard.dat.com/bfmllc) for digital carrier qualification and shipper integration. DAT provides the technology infrastructure for managing carrier relationships and load matching.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Schneider National: Large asset-based truckload, intermodal, and logistics provider with significant brokerage operations. Schneider's intermodal and brokerage businesses overlap BFM's rail-trailer and freight brokerage offerings.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Large multi-modal carrier with significant intermodal, dedicated, ICS brokerage, and final-mile services. J.B. Hunt is a much larger incumbent competing across the full spectrum of services BFM provides, particularly in intermodal and brokerage.
• Knight-Swift Transportation: Largest truckload carrier in North America with significant LTL (AAA Cooper, U.S. Xpress) and logistics operations. Knight-Swift's asset-heavy fleet competes with BFM's owned trucks while its logistics arm competes with BFM's brokerage.
• XPO Inc. Less-than-truckload focused carrier (post-RXO spin-off) with North American LTL operations. XPO is a larger incumbent in adjacent LTL services that BFM also offers to its shipper customers.

Direct peers

• CH Robinson Worldwide: The largest North American non-asset-based freight broker and 3PL, offering truckload, LTL, intermodal, and global forwarding. CH Robinson is the most direct competitor to BFM's brokerage and forwarding business and serves the same SMB-to-enterprise shipper segment.
• RXO Inc. Tech-enabled freight brokerage and last-mile provider spun off from XPO Logistics. RXO competes head-to-head with BFM in truckload brokerage, LTL coordination, and managed transportation, and is a benchmark for digital broker economics.
• Echo Global Logistics: Non-asset-based 3PL providing truckload, LTL, intermodal, and managed transportation services. Echo's technology-led brokerage model and broad service portfolio directly overlap BFM's offering for mid-market shippers.
• Landstar System: Asset-light freight transportation services company that uses a network of independent agents and owner-operators. Landstar's variable-cost model and broad truckload/LTL offering compete with BFM in the same shipper segments.
• Hub Group: Asset-based intermodal and 3PL provider with truckload brokerage, dedicated, and logistics services. Hub Group's intermodal capability and brokerage business directly mirror BFM's rail-trailer and brokerage offerings.
• ArcBest: Asset-based logistics company combining LTL carrier ABF Freight with asset-light 3PL services. ArcBest's integrated LTL-plus-brokerage model competes with BFM's full-truckload and LTL offering to the same shipper base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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