Name

Evolve Trade Services

Website

https://evolvescs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Evolve Trade Services is a licensed U.S. customs brokerage firm specializing in high-volume ecommerce customs clearance for cross-border merchants, operating as a separate entity under Zonos following its April 2026 acquisition to serve as the brokerage behind Zonos Brokerage Services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Customs Brokerage Services

NAICS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (4251)

akta.pro primary industry

Customs Declaration & Filing (Import/Export Entry) Platforms (TLAEAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trade Facilitation & Customs Modernization (BPADAMAB)

Keywords

• Customs brokerage services
• Ecommerce customs clearance
• Cross-border trade compliance
• U.S. postal entry filing
• Supply chain solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Evolve Trade Services is a licensed U.S. customs brokerage that files customs entries and clears high-volume ecommerce parcels on behalf of merchants and shippers moving goods into the United States. After being acquired by Zonos in April 2026, it continues to operate as a separate entity and serves as the licensed brokerage behind the Zonos Brokerage Services offering, helping merchants comply with U.S. postal entry requirements and incoming regulatory changes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Customs Brokerage Services Licensed U.S. customs brokerage services specializing in high-volume ecommerce clearance, enabling merchants to file customs entries and comply with U.S. postal entry requirements for cross-border parcels at scale.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZonoscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026Zonos, an AI operating system for cross-border trade, acquired Evolve Trade Services. The acquisition enables the launch of Zonos Brokerage Services. Evolve Trade Services continues operating as a separate entity under Zonos, serving as the licensed brokerage behind the new offering.

Scale indicators1 record

Emerging players

• Hurricane Commerce: Hurricane Commerce offers cross-border ecommerce compliance tools including duty/tax calculation and data cleansing that integrate with carrier and customs workflows. It is an emerging player competing with Evolve/Zonos in the cross-border ecommerce compliance layer adjacent to customs clearance.
• ClearCustoms: ClearCustoms is a digital customs broker focused on cross-border ecommerce imports into the U.S. It competes with Evolve in the same niche of high-volume ecommerce clearance, offering online entry filing and duty/tax calculation.

Broad incumbents

• C.H. Robinson: C.H. Robinson is one of the largest U.S. logistics and customs brokerage providers, offering licensed customs clearance across modes and commodity types. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Evolve on licensed entry filing, but at vastly greater scale and across many non-ecommerce verticals.
• Maersk Customs Services: Maersk's customs services division offers licensed brokerage integrated with its ocean and end-to-end logistics offerings. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Evolve in cross-border ecommerce clearance, with global reach and bundled transportation services.
• DHL Global Forwarding: DHL Global Forwarding operates one of the world's largest customs brokerage and cross-border logistics networks. It competes with Evolve on licensed U.S. customs clearance for ecommerce merchants, but as part of a global integrator's portfolio.
• Avalara: Avalara provides automated tax and cross-border compliance software, including duties, tariffs, and import tax calculation. It is an adjacent, broader incumbent that competes with parts of the Zonos/Evolve stack on cross-border compliance rather than acting as a licensed broker.
• Expeditors International: Expeditors International is a global logistics company with a sizable customs brokerage practice. It competes with Evolve as a broad incumbent offering licensed customs clearance, particularly for ecommerce and high-volume importers, but within a much wider freight forwarding portfolio.

Direct peers

• Flexport: Flexport is a digital freight forwarder that offers customs brokerage and cross-border ecommerce clearance as part of its platform. It directly competes with Evolve on licensed customs clearance for high-volume ecommerce merchants, with a much larger technology and operational footprint.
• KlearNow: KlearNow provides an AI-driven customs clearance platform focused on simplifying entry filing for importers and brokers. It is one of the most direct digital-native competitors to Evolve's licensed ecommerce clearance model, applying automation to similar entry workflows.
• Zonos: Zonos is Evolve's parent company and operates an AI-powered cross-border trade platform serving 50,000+ merchants and 70 postal operators. Evolve now functions as the licensed customs brokerage layer within Zonos Brokerage Services, making Zonos the closest functional comparable — particularly as a cross-border operating system with embedded clearance.

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Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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