C.H. Robinson named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Third-Party Logistics

Eden Prairie, Minn., March 5, 2026 - C.H. Robinson has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant™ for Third Party Logistics (3PL), for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Third-Party Logistics is one of the most widely referenced and respected benchmarks for evaluating global logistics providers.

"We believe this recognition confirms what sets us apart as a company," said Mike Short, C.H. Robinson President of Global Freight Forwarding. "We combine the latest AI tools with the best experts in logistics and a broad presence across modes and geographies, and work with our customers to unlock solutions that help them transform their businesses. We believe we are the global logistics leader at moving freight around the world, but your supply chain is more than just transportation. We want it to be a real, tangible advantage in the marketplace."

C.H. Robinson is the only company to be positioned in all three Magic Quadrants for the global logistics sector, including this 3PL recognition as well as the 2025 Magic Quadrant for Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) and the 2025 Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS; 14 consecutive years).

In recent years, C.H. Robinson, which manages 37 million shipments annually and connects 75,000 customers and 450,000 contract carriers worldwide, has transformed itself into a strategic solutioning partner for its customers as well as an innovation leader that is disrupting the logistics sector from within with its Lean AI approach, and is widely acknowledged as such by customers, analysts, and competitors alike.

Lean AI combines Lean management practices, the focused application of technology, human expertise, and the biggest real-life logistics data set in the world to systematically eliminate inefficiencies and drive value for shippers and carriers.

Thanks to its disciplined application of AI, C.H. Robinson has:

• Automated millions of tasks, deploying agentic AI developed in-house to reduce activities that used to take hours or days to just seconds or minutes, enabling a 11% faster speed to market and 7% increase in on-time pickup
• Launched breakthrough offerings such as Agentic Supply Chains and the Always-on Logistics Planner™, which help orchestrate logistics operations from end-to-end
• Achieved a greater than 40 percent productivity increase, freeing up human experts to support customers with higher-value tasks

As a result, the 120-year old company now works smarter, better and faster than ever before, offering customers a full menu of 3PL, 4PL solutions and a TMS that is unrivaled in scope. "Working with C.H. Robinson, you don't have to choose between execution, strategy, or technology," said Michael Castagnetto, C.H. Robinson's President of North American Surface Transportation. "Our experts work with you to mix and match the exact solution that is best for you. We can run your supply chain, optimize it end-to-end, and improve it continuously through Lean AI-all on one platform, with one accountable partner."

In a business that is driven by trust, collaboration and creative problem-solving as much as technology, the combination of scale, AI and human ingenuity is an advantage that is impossible to replicate. For C.H. Robinson, it has yielded eight consecutive quarters of financial outperformance. For customers, it means faster speed-to-market, more reliable service, and optimized supply chains.

"We combine a builder's mindset with disciplined execution and the capacity to scale up with the customer," said Mike Short. "To us, this recognition from Gartner underscores the impact of that approach. Our goal is clear: we will continue to transform the logistics industry with end-to-end orchestration that sets a new standard. We're not waiting for the future, we're building it."

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