Hollywood Delivery Service

What Hollywood Delivery Service does

Hollywood Delivery Service, Inc. (HDS) is a privately held regional less-than-truckload (LTL) and trucking carrier founded circa 1940 and headquartered at 2828 S. Willow Ave., Bloomington, California. The company operates from a single 86-door cross dock facility in the Inland Empire and provides next-day LTL, full truckload, same-day, early-AM, vendor consolidation, COD, and liftgate services to shippers across Southern California, including the Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and surrounding county markets. On the technology side, HDS runs a web-based shipment tracking and rate-quote portal (tracking.shiphds.com), exposes an online density calculator and pickup-request workflow, and maintains internal business applications built on C# and the modern .NET framework, as evidenced by an active Computer Programmer job posting.

HDS generates revenue through transactional freight charges plus a dynamic fuel surcharge (currently 38%, indexed to the DOE weekly California fuel price and updated every Tuesday) that scales from 15% to 47.5% depending on diesel price bands. Pricing is quote-based rather than published, and the company acquires customers through inbound phone calls (toll-free 800-252-9297 and local 909-428-0100) and a self-serve tracking portal, with very limited digital marketing presence. The customer base is horizontal — Southern California businesses ranging from single-carton shippers to full truckload customers — and no named anchor accounts, channel partners, or institutional investors are disclosed. The company is closely held, with 101–250 employees, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, no acquisitions, and no patents or formal certifications on record.

Name

Hollywood Delivery Service

Legal name

Hollywood Delivery Service, Inc.

Website

https://shiphds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hollywood Delivery Service is a privately held regional LTL and trucking carrier operating from an 86-door cross dock in Bloomington, California, serving Southern California businesses with next-day LTL, truckload, same-day, and consolidation services for over 80 years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Freight & Logistics Services

NAICS

Couriers and Messengers (492), Couriers and Express Delivery Services (4921)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Next-Day LTL Carriers (TLADAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intrastate LTL Carriers (TLADAEAD), Expedited LTL (Guaranteed/Time-Definite LTL) (TLADANAC)

Keywords

• Less-than-truckload shipping
• Regional freight delivery
• Same-day delivery services
• Vendor consolidation
• Cross-dock logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Transportation Services: Core revenue from freight transportation, shipping, and delivery services within Southern California. Services include next day LTL (Less Than Truckload), truckload, and same day delivery services. Pricing includes a fuel surcharge component.
2. Fuel Surcharge: Dynamic fuel surcharge added to shipments, currently at 38%, based on Department of Energy weekly Fuel Cost Index for California, updated every Tuesday after 2:00 PM.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hollywood Delivery Service operates a regional less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight delivery business from an 86-door cross-dock facility in Bloomington, California, serving shippers across Southern California. The company provides next-day LTL, truckload, same-day, and early-AM delivery services, supported by vendor consolidation, COD handling, and liftgate capability, and exposes online tracking, quoting, and pickup-request tools for customer self-service.

Product overview

Hollywood Delivery Service (HDS) operates as a freight transportation and delivery service platform serving Southern California for over 80 years. The core offering is Next Day LTL (Less Than Truckload) service, supplemented by Truckload and Same Day services. The company operates an 86-door cross dock facility in the Inland Empire enabling efficient single-location serving of the entire Southland with reduced re-handling. Additional services include Early AM Deliveries, Liftgate Pick Up and Delivery (at no charge), Vendor Consolidation, and COD Services. The product portfolio also includes digital tools such as Shipment Tracking, Rate Quotes, Pickup Scheduling, and a Density Calculator accessible through their tracking portal at tracking.shiphds.com. Supporting documentation includes downloadable forms for Bill of Lading, Claims, Credit Application, Blind Shipment, and Delivery Authorization without Signature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Next Day LTL Service

Quantifiable outcome

• On time, complete and damage free deliveries

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Saia Inc. Public LTL carrier with deep Western US (including Southern California) terminal density. Closest publicly traded comparable to HDS's regional next-day LTL model, with similar multi-service offerings (LTL, truckload, value-added services) and comparable end markets.
• Dependable Highway Express: Los Angeles-based regional LTL and logistics provider serving Southern California with comparable next-day service, terminal operations and small/mid-shipper focus. Closely mirrors HDS's regional carrier profile and Inland Empire-area footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Old Dominion Freight Line: Largest LTL carrier in the US, with terminals across California and broad next-day service capability. Competes with HDS for SoCal shipper volume but operates at vastly greater scale and network density.
• XPO: National LTL operator with significant Western US terminal presence, including service centers in the Inland Empire and broader SoCal. Direct service-line overlap with HDS but at much larger scale and broader geography.
• Estes Express Lines: Privately held, top-tier US LTL carrier with terminals across the Western US. Competes head-to-head with HDS on SoCal next-day LTL while also serving national accounts beyond the region.
• ABF Freight (ArcBest): National LTL subsidiary of ArcBest operating across the Western US, including SoCal service centers. Overlaps with HDS on next-day regional LTL and competes for many of the same Southern California shippers.
• R+L Carriers: Privately held national LTL carrier with Western US terminal coverage including California. Overlaps with HDS on next-day LTL and value-added services while operating a far larger network.

Regional players

• Southeastern Freight Lines: Privately held regional LTL carrier serving the Southeastern US with a comparable next-day, single-region, high-service positioning. Directly comparable as a regional LTL business model but geographically non-overlapping with HDS.
• PITT OHIO: Privately held regional LTL carrier serving the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic with a similar next-day service model, terminal-based operations and value-added services. Strong analog for HDS's regional operating philosophy, though in a different geography.
• AAA Cooper Transportation: Privately held regional LTL carrier serving the Southeastern US with comparable next-day, terminal-network operating model. Useful benchmark for regional LTL economics though it does not directly compete in the SoCal market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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