LeadQuasar's Logistics category holds 1,116 contacts. Almost all of them, 1,066 (96%), have a phone number, but only 303 (27%) have an email address. That makes it a phone-first list: plan to call, and use email as the follow-up for the minority who have one.
What sits in a Logistics list
"Logistics" covers a wide set of businesses that move goods without necessarily owning the trucks: third-party logistics providers (3PLs), freight brokers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, fulfillment and warehousing operators, and last-mile delivery firms. They buy differently from carriers, and they are pitched differently.
The category has no job-title breakdown, but 80% of records carry a person's name. You will usually know who you are asking for when you call, even without a title. The company website, present on 68% of records, fills in the rest: whether the firm is a broker, a warehouse operator or a forwarder, and roughly how big it is.
If your real target is carriers, the companies that own trucks and employ drivers, this is the wrong starting point. LeadQuasar keeps those in trucking and in the much wider Transportation & Storage category.
Why phone beats email here
Logistics runs on the phone. Brokers and dispatchers spend the day calling carriers and shippers, and they pick up. A cold email to a logistics firm often lands in a shared inbox that someone skims between load updates. A call at the right time gets a real person.
The numbers support it. In every state in the list, phone coverage is far higher than email:
| State | Contacts | With phone | With email |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 128 | 122 | 34 |
| Ohio | 105 | 105 | 41 |
| Texas | 105 | 105 | 43 |
| Florida | 90 | 82 | 24 |
| New York | 89 | 83 | 18 |
| North Carolina | 71 | 68 | 19 |
New Jersey (51), Virginia (50), Georgia (46) and Arizona (42) also have pages. Georgia is the most phone-heavy of all: 43 of its 46 records have a phone and only 5 an email. Indiana (36) and Minnesota (27) have records but no page yet.
The list covers 38 states, but thinly. Treat it as a spread of firms across the country rather than dense coverage of any one market. The largest city clusters are small: New York (58), Atlanta (43), Miami (40) and Raleigh (26).
Timing your calls
Logistics has predictable busy periods, and they are the wrong moments to call.
- Avoid the morning scramble. Early morning is when loads get covered and trucks get dispatched. Late morning, once the day is running, is better.
- Avoid month-end and quarter-end. Shippers push volume to hit numbers, and brokers are buried.
- Watch peak season. The run-up to the holidays is the busiest stretch for freight and fulfillment. Sell before it, not during.
When you reach someone, ask what their biggest headache is this month. It will usually be one of a few things: capacity, carrier reliability, cash flow, claims or visibility.
What logistics firms buy
The companies that sell to 3PLs, brokers and forwarders tend to offer:
- Transportation and warehouse software. TMS, WMS, load boards, tracking and visibility tools.
- Factoring and payment services. Brokers carry a lot of receivables and pay carriers before shippers pay them.
- Insurance. Cargo, contingent auto and general liability.
- Carrier vetting and compliance tools. Fraud and double brokering are real concerns.
- Staffing. Warehouse labor and experienced brokers.
- Equipment. Forklifts, racking and packaging for warehouse operators.
Name the specific pain on the call. A broker who just lost a load to a no-show carrier will listen to a vetting pitch. The same broker will hang up on a generic "partnership" call.
A phone-first sequence
- Browse logistics leads by state and city. Search and filtering are free.
- Check the website to sort brokers from warehouses and forwarders.
- Call first. Ask for the named contact.
- Email the 27% who have one as a follow-up, referencing the call. Follow CAN-SPAM and any state rules that apply.
- Log a callback date and keep to it.
The tiers here are mixed: 298 CONNECTED, 774 STANDARD and 44 LEAN. Every record shows a quality score and tier before you unlock it, so start with CONNECTED. A free account unlocks 50 contacts a day with no card, enough to fill a day of calls. To load a whole region into your dialer, go unlimited for $3.99/month and export to CSV. For more on putting the list together, see how to build a B2B lead list.
Frequently asked questions
How many logistics contacts does LeadQuasar have?
The Logistics category has 1,116 contacts across 38 states. 1,066 have a phone number, 303 have an email and 897 carry a person's name.
Does the list include email addresses?
Some. 27% of records have an email address, compared with 96% that have a phone number. Plan to call first and email as a follow-up.
Is this the same as a trucking list?
No. Logistics covers firms such as brokers, 3PLs and forwarders. Carriers that own trucks are mostly in LeadQuasar's Trucking and Transportation & Storage categories.
Which states have the most logistics companies in the list?
California (128), Ohio (105), Texas (105), Florida (90) and New York (89) lead.
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