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 no API. The 2 entries listed on the APIs.io network are product areas recorded for completeness, each marked as not an API. 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 16 more developer resources.

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15.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 2/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemiumNo public API

2 Not an API

Third Party Logistics Warehousing Fulfillment Supply Chain Transportation ManagementCo-PackagingConsumer Packaged Goods

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 15.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 3.7 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17

Access Clarity 1.1 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.8 / 11

Contract Governance 2.4 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 2/100 · 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document Ask about this →
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Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →

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APIs 2

This provider publishes no API. The entries below are product areas listed for completeness. Each one is marked NOT AN API and is not counted.

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 ...

NOT AN API

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...

NOT AN API

The Shippers Group API pricing

Not yet checked against The Shippers Group's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against The Shippers Group's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

The Shippers Group Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

The Shippers Group Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

The 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. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

The Shippers Group — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warn-severity 2 info-severity

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.

The Shippers Group Warehouse Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

The Shippers Group Warehouse Example

13 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

The 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

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

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)

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
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: private
  gated_source:
  - apis
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  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
  x-published: false
  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
  x-published: false
  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: Plans
  url: plans/shippers-group-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/shippers-group-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/shippers-group-finops.yml
- 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

The Shippers Group API — frequently asked questions

Does The Shippers Group have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from The Shippers Group, including The Shippers Group Logistics Operations and Kenco Group (Parent Company).

How much does the The Shippers Group API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for The Shippers Group, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the The Shippers Group API ready for AI agents?

The Shippers Group has a Kin Score of 15.4 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 1.9 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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