Witte Bros Exchange

Name

Witte Bros Exchange

Legal name

Witte Bros. Exchange, Inc.

Website

https://wittebros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Logistics

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120), Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (48423), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Chain 3PL (Temperature-Controlled Logistics) (TLAIAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cold Chain Asset-Based Logistics (Reefer Fleet & Temp-Control Facilities) (TLAIAMAF), Cold Chain Cross-Docking, Transloading & Temperature-Controlled Drayage (TLAIAIAM), Meat, Poultry & Seafood Cold Chain Logistics (TLAIAIAG)

Keywords

• Refrigerated transportation services
• Cold storage warehousing
• Cold chain logistics
• LTL freight services
• Temperature-controlled shipping

Headquarters

HQ city

Troy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

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. Temperature-Controlled Transportation Services: Refrigerated LTL and truckload shipping services across the 48 continental United States. Combines multiple LTL shipments into optimized truckloads for cost-effective delivery. Services include dry, refrigerated, and frozen carriage.
2. Cold Storage Warehousing: Food-grade cold storage warehouse services with inventory management, case picking, order consolidation, and storage. Charges based on pallet positions and services rendered. Low-inventory, high-throughput strategy.
3. Witte Freight Management (WFM): Third-party freight management service coordinating temperature-controlled LTL and truckload service through select carrier network. Expands service coverage nationwide through partner carriers.
4. Truck Driving School: CDL training program ($225 tuition) that generates revenue while creating pipeline of trained drivers. Includes classroom instruction and over-the-road training phases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Witte Bros Exchange is a vertically integrated third-party logistics (3PL) provider specializing in temperature-controlled transportation and cold chain management. The company operates an owned fleet of 200 tractors and 275 trailers for refrigerated LTL and truckload services across the continental United States, alongside a BRCGS-certified cold storage warehouse with 34,000+ pallet positions in Troy, Missouri. They also offer Witte Freight Management (WFM), which extends nationwide coverage through a select partner carrier network, providing end-to-end cold chain solutions from manufacturing pickup to final delivery.

Product overview

Witte Bros Exchange operates as a third-party logistics (3PL) company specializing in cold chain logistics with a vertically integrated model. The company owns and operates its own transportation assets (200 tractors, 275 trailers) alongside its cold storage warehouse, offering Truckload and LTL Transportation Services, Temperature-Controlled Shipping, Cold Chain Management, and Witte Freight Management (WFM) as core offerings. The portfolio is complemented by a Cold Storage Warehouse with BRCGS certification, an internal Truck Driving School for CDL training, Company Driver and Team Truck Driving employment services, and an in-house Truck Service Center for fleet maintenance. This integrated approach allows Witte to handle the complete product lifecycle from manufacturing pickup through cold storage to final LTL delivery, distinguishing them from brokers who rely on third-party carriers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Transportation Services
• Truckload Transportation Services
• Temperature-Controlled Shipping
• Cold Chain Management End-to-end cold chain solutions encompassing temperature-controlled shipping, cold storage warehousing, order picking, consolidation, and distribution from manufacturing to end customer, serving food manufacturers, food service providers, and retailers.
• Witte Freight Management (WFM) Third-party freight management service that expands temperature-controlled LTL and truckload pickup service nationwide through a select network of quality refrigerated carriers, coordinated by Witte Bros while maintaining service-level standards.
• Cold Storage Warehouse BRCGS-certified 100% food-grade cold storage facility in Troy, MO with over 34,000 pallet positions across approximately 220,000 square feet, offering 24-hour temperature monitoring, case picking, order consolidation, and inventory management services.
• Truck Driving School CDL training program offering Class A Commercial Driver's License training with classroom instruction and over-the-road training phases, with tuition of $225 and guaranteed employment upon completion, designed to develop the company's driver workforce.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99%+ on-time delivery performance
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Witte Freight Management (WFM) Carrier NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWFM is a division of Witte Bros that partners with select quality refrigerated carriers to expand 48-state temperature-controlled LTL and truckload service coverage. Carriers are screened through multiple step process ensuring service levels match Witte standards. Product never offered to carriers outside the select quality group.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Burris Logistics: Burris operates temperature-controlled warehousing plus refrigerated transportation (Burris Express) for food producers, retailers and food-service customers on the East Coast. Closely mirrors Witte's integrated cold storage + reefer transportation + cross-dock operating model.
• Stevens Transport: Stevens Transport is one of the largest privately-held refrigerated trucking and logistics companies in the US, operating a large reefer fleet and dedicated cold-chain services. Direct mid-to-large privately-held peer in temperature-controlled trucking with overlapping customer segments in frozen food and food service.
• United States Cold Storage (USCS): USCS (now part of Lineage) operated a large temperature-controlled public warehousing network serving food manufacturers and retailers, with a comparable BRCGS-style food-safety positioning. Highly comparable cold-storage operator competing for the same frozen-food manufacturer RFPs as Witte.
• Marten Transport: Marten Transport is a publicly-traded refrigerated trucking specialist offering temperature-controlled truckload and intermodal services across North America. Comparable reefer asset model to Witte's owned tractor-trailer fleet, though scaled larger and without Witte's BRCGS-certified owned warehouse.
• Lineage Logistics: Lineage is the largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics operator in North America, offering both cold storage and integrated transportation services. Direct structural analog to Witte's combined warehouse + reefer transportation model, but at vastly larger scale and as a public/private-equity-backed platform.
• Bay & Bay Transportation: Bay & Bay is a privately-held asset-based refrigerated carrier and logistics provider based in the Midwest, offering reefer LTL, truckload, and dedicated temperature-controlled services. Highly comparable mid-sized privately-held direct competitor with a similar business mix to Witte.
• Americold Logistics: Americold operates the world's largest publicly-traded cold storage network with extensive transportation solutions. Closest publicly-comparable peer to Witte's BRCGS-certified cold storage + temperature-controlled distribution offering, particularly for food manufacturers and retailers.

Broad incumbents

• Kuehne+Nagel: Kuehne+Nagel is one of the world's largest freight forwarders and integrated logistics providers with significant cold-chain capability, including KN PharmaChain and temperature-controlled food logistics. Comparable at the product level (cold chain logistics) but operates globally at much larger scale and does not specialize in the US mid-market.
• DHL Supply Chain: DHL Supply Chain operates a global cold-chain and life-sciences logistics business alongside its broader contract logistics portfolio. Comparable on integrated cold-chain services, including refrigerated warehousing and temperature-controlled transportation, but much broader and larger than Witte's mid-market US focus.

Emerging players

• Cloverleaf Cold Storage: Cloverleaf Cold Storage is a growing private cold-storage operator focused on the Midwest serving food manufacturers and distributors. Smaller-scale but directly comparable cold-storage-plus-distribution player competing for some of the same regional frozen-food customers as Witte.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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