The Shippers Group

The Shippers Group is a leading national third-party logistics (3PL) company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1901, the company provides warehousing, co-packaging, fulfillment, and transportation management services across 12 locations totaling over 5 million square feet of space. The Shippers Group serves brand leaders and market innovators in industries including food, consumer packaged goods, and retail. The company was acquired by Kenco Group in December 2023. Client integrations are handled via EDI connections and logistics technology partnerships with warehouse management systems and transportation management systems.

The Shippers Group publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Third Party Logistics, Warehousing, Fulfillment, Supply Chain, and Transportation Management.

The The Shippers Group catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

The Shippers Group’s developer surface includes code examples and 13 more developer resources.

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17.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
Third Party LogisticsWarehousingFulfillmentSupply ChainTransportation ManagementCo-PackagingConsumer Packaged Goods

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 17.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 4.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13
Contract Governance 3.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

The Shippers Group Logistics Operations

The Shippers Group provides third-party logistics services including warehousing, co-packaging, fulfillment, and transportation management. As a national 3PL provider operating ...

Kenco Group (Parent Company)

Kenco Group acquired The Shippers Group in December 2023. Kenco is a leading 3PL provider offering warehousing, distribution, transportation management, and material handling eq...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Shippers Group Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Shippers Group Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Shippers Group Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Shippers Group Context

33 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

The Shippers Group API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Warehouse

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Shippers Group Warehouse Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Shippers Group Warehouse Example

13 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Shippers Group Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

FulfillmentServices
FulfillmentServices

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure
JSONStructure
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples
Examples

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Services
Services
 WarehousingServices
WarehousingServices
 CoPackagingServices
CoPackagingServices
 TransportationServices
TransportationServices
 ParentCompany
ParentCompany

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: shippers-group
name: The Shippers Group
description: The Shippers Group is a leading national third-party logistics (3PL) company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
  Founded in 1901, the company provides warehousing, co-packaging, fulfillment, and transportation management services across
  12 locations totaling over 5 million square feet of space. The Shippers Group serves brand leaders and market innovators
  in industries including food, consumer packaged goods, and retail. The company was acquired by Kenco Group in December 2023.
  Client integrations are handled via EDI connections and logistics technology partnerships with warehouse management systems
  and transportation management systems.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/shippers-group.png
tags:
- Third Party Logistics
- Warehousing
- Fulfillment
- Supply Chain
- Transportation Management
- Co-Packaging
- Consumer Packaged Goods
tags_raw:
- Third-Party Logistics
- Warehousing
- Fulfillment
- Supply Chain
- Transportation Management
- Co-Packaging
- Consumer Packaged Goods
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shippers-group/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: shippers-group:shippers-group-logistics
  name: The Shippers Group Logistics Operations
  description: The Shippers Group provides third-party logistics services including warehousing, co-packaging, fulfillment,
    and transportation management. As a national 3PL provider operating across 12 US locations, the company manages supply
    chain operations for consumer packaged goods, food, and retail brands. Client integrations are handled through established
    EDI connections and logistics technology partnerships. No public developer API is currently available; all integrations
    are conducted via EDI (850, 856, 810 transaction sets) and WMS/TMS integration agreements.
  humanURL: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/
  tags:
  - Third Party Logistics
  - Warehousing
  - Fulfillment
  - Supply Chain
  - Co-Packaging
  tags_raw:
  - Third-Party Logistics
  - Warehousing
  - Fulfillment
  - Supply Chain
  - Co-Packaging
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/
- aid: shippers-group:kenco-group
  name: Kenco Group (Parent Company)
  description: Kenco Group acquired The Shippers Group in December 2023. Kenco is a leading 3PL provider offering warehousing,
    distribution, transportation management, and material handling equipment services. Kenco's technology platform includes
    WMS, TMS, and analytics capabilities that now extend to Shippers Group operations.
  humanURL: https://www.kencogroup.com/
  tags:
  - Third Party Logistics
  - Warehousing
  - Distribution
  - Supply Chain
  tags_raw:
  - Third-Party Logistics
  - Warehousing
  - Distribution
  - Supply Chain
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.kencogroup.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.kencogroup.com/services/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shippers-group-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/
- type: Services
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/
- type: WarehousingServices
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/warehousing/
- type: FulfillmentServices
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/fulfillment/
- type: CoPackagingServices
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/co-packaging/
- type: TransportationServices
  url: https://www.theshippersgroup.com/services/transportation/
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://www.kencogroup.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-shippers-group/
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/shippers-group-warehouse-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/shippers-group-warehouse-structure.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/shippers-group-context.jsonld
- type: Examples
  url: examples/shippers-group-warehouse-example.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/shippers-group-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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