Dart Entities

What Dart Entities does

Dart Entities is a privately held, family-owned third-party logistics (3PL) provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1938 by Rod Dedeaux as a single-truck operation and now operating 29 facilities across 11 U.S. states with approximately 16 million square feet of managed warehouse capacity (4 million sq ft owned, 7 million sq ft managed per company solutions material). The company serves national brands, major retail chains, and large grocery operators, providing end-to-end supply-chain services including secure warehousing and storage, order fulfillment (picking, packing, shipping, returns), and integrated multi-modal transportation covering truckload, intermodal, and drayage. Specialized service modules include a high-velocity Import Center Model and an integrated Store Replenishment Service that processes 5,000–10,000 pallets weekly with MABD compliance for grocery customers.

Dart's technology layer is built on EDI-based data exchange for real-time interoperability with retail trading partners, a customer-facing HighJump Portal (operated by Körber) for order management, shipment tracking, and inventory visibility, and a network of ADC (Automatic Distribution Center) and DWC (Distribution Warehouse Center) facilities. The Los Angeles Eastman Campus functions as a flagship import center, processing 100+ containers, dry vans, and intermodal units daily, and case-study evidence documents 43% delivery-time improvement and 42% downstream productivity gains for major retail and grocery clients.

Revenue is generated through managed-services contracts for warehousing/storage, transactional/per-order fees for fulfillment, and transportation fees tied to volume, distance, and service complexity, all structured as multi-year enterprise agreements with national brands. Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise field sales supported by case-study-driven content marketing and a "Talk to an Expert" inbound funnel, with no channel partners, resellers, or self-serve SMB motion. The company remains closely held, with no disclosed institutional investors, no M&A activity, and a lean publicly visible leadership (Rod Dedeaux as Founder; Patti Permann as VP, Business Development and Administration).

Name

Dart Entities

Legal name

Dart Entities

Website

https://dartentities.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dart Entities is a family-owned U.S. third-party logistics (3PL) provider founded in 1938, operating 29 facilities across 11 states with 16 million square feet of warehouse capacity. It delivers warehousing, fulfillment, and multi-modal transportation services to national retail chains, grocery operators, and large brands under multi-year enterprise contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Warehousing and Fulfillment

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Asset-Based 3PL Services (TLAIAAAM)

Keywords

• Third-party logistics
• Warehousing services
• Fulfillment services
• Supply chain management
• Distribution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Warehousing and Storage Services: Dart provides secure, expert-managed warehouse space including owned (4 million sq ft) and managed (7 million sq ft) facilities. Revenue is generated through long-term contractual warehousing agreements with national brands, offering inventory storage, security, and management services.
2. Fulfillment and Distribution Services: Comprehensive fulfillment services covering order processing, picking, packing, shipping, and returns management. Revenue generated through per-order or transactional fulfillment fees, supporting client scalability and reliable customer delivery.
3. Transportation and Logistics Services: Integrated transportation solutions including multi-modal transport (truckload, intermodal, drayage), store replenishment, and import center operations. Revenue generated through transportation fees based on volume, distance, and service complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dart Entities is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider that delivers end-to-end supply chain solutions including secure warehousing (owning 4 million sq ft and managing 7 million sq ft), order fulfillment (inventory management, picking, packing, shipping, returns), and multi-modal transportation (truckload, intermodal, drayage). The company operates 29 facilities across 11 U.S. states with 16 million sq ft of total managed warehouse capacity, serving national brands and major retail chains under long-term enterprise contracts.

Product overview

Dart Entities is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider offering a unified platform of warehousing and fulfillment services. The core offering consists of Warehousing Services (owning 4 million sq ft and managing 7 million sq ft of warehouse space) and Fulfillment Services (handling the complete order lifecycle from inventory through returns). These are supplemented by specialized service modules including the Import Center Model for retail supply chain optimization and Store Replenishment Services for grocery chains. The company operates 29 facilities across 11 states with 16 million square feet of capacity, providing integrated warehousing, transportation, and distribution capabilities under a single 3PL partnership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Warehousing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 43% improvement in delivery times after restructuring fulfillment strategy for a major retailer
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HighJump (Körber)coreTechnology or IntegrationDart Entities utilizes the HighJump Portal platform (operated by Körber) as their customer-facing technology portal for order management, shipment tracking, and inventory visibility. This integration enables real-time operational visibility for clients.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NFI Industries: Family-owned, asset-based 3PL offering dedicated warehousing, drayage, intermodal, and transportation across the U.S.—the closest analog to Dart's profile, with similar private ownership and asset-heavy model. Operates comparable retail and grocery customer relationships and competes for the same multi-modal import center work.
• Kenco Logistics: Privately held, U.S.-focused 3PL providing dedicated and multi-client warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation management for retail and consumer goods customers. Comparable in scale, geographic concentration, and customer mix to Dart, especially in retail distribution and import deconsolidation work.
• ProTrans (a TFI International company): U.S. subsidiary of TFI International providing dedicated warehousing, distribution, and transportation management for retail and consumer brands. Similar mid-market scale and customer overlap with Dart, particularly in multi-site retail distribution and import deconsolidation.
• Ryder Supply Chain Solutions: Operates dedicated warehousing, multi-modal transportation, and retail fulfillment services for national brands, directly overlapping with Dart's warehousing + fulfillment + transportation offering. Ryder is a closer functional peer than GXO on dedicated, large-format retail and grocery 3PL work in North America.
• Hub Group: Asset-based intermodal, drayage, truckload, and logistics services provider with dedicated trucking and warehousing capabilities overlapping Dart's multi-modal offering. Particularly comparable on the Los Angeles port drayage and intermodal import center use case.

Broad incumbents

• JB Hunt Transport Services: Publicly traded multimodal carrier with a large Intermodal and Dedicated Contract Services (DCS) business that overlaps with Dart's drayage and dedicated distribution offering. While more transportation-focused, JB Hunt competes for similar large retail and grocery dedicated distribution contracts.
• DHL Supply Chain: Global contract logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL, providing warehousing, fulfillment, and transport management to retail and consumer brands. A broad incumbent that competes with Dart on enterprise retail and grocery contracts while offering international scope that Dart does not match.
• GXO Logistics: Publicly traded contract logistics leader with a global warehousing and fulfillment footprint serving many of the same national retail and consumer goods customers as Dart. GXO is a broad incumbent that competes with Dart on large enterprise 3PL mandates while offering a wider portfolio including reverse logistics and value-added services.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global contract logistics and freight forwarding leader with significant North American warehousing and retail/grocery fulfillment operations. Competes with Dart for large national retail and grocery 3PL mandates and offers broader international reach.

Emerging players

• AIT Worldwide Logistics: Privately held freight forwarder and 3PL expanding its North American contract logistics footprint through M&A and organic build-out. Comparable to Dart as a privately held, growing mid-market 3PL pursuing national retail and consumer brand customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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