The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) released the association’s annual Global Top 25 List of its largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics members. Accompanying the Global Top 25 is the GCCA North American Top 25 Warehouse Member List and a list of the largest operators in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The lists are determined by total capacity of temperature-controlled space in GCCA membership.
GCCA warehouse members currently own or operate 6.64 billion cubic feet (188 million cubic meters). A total capacity of 982 million cubic feet was added to the Global Top 25 since the publication of the 2020 lists, due in most part to frequent mergers and acquisitions activity. This does not suggest the general industry grew at this pace.
“The Coronavirus pandemic showed the world just how important the cold chain industry really is. GCCA Members continue to expand into developing markets, and we are also seeing growth in emerging markets where cold chain services are most needed,” said GCCA President & CEO Matthew R. Ott. “As evidenced by this year’s Top 25 List, consolidation continues to play a major role in the growth of the largest players in the cold storage industry.”
The Global Top 25 currently operates 6.05 billion cubic feet (170 million cubic meters).
The North American Top 25 operates 4.23 billion cubic feet (120 million cubic meters).
The European Top 10 operates 1.04 billion cubic feet (29 million cubic meters).
The Latin American Top 10 operates 412 million cubic feet (10 million cubic meters).
The IARW Global Top 25 List of the largest refrigerated warehousing
| N | Company | Capacity ft3 | Capacity m3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lineage Logistics | 2,595,591,444 | 73,498,895 |
| 2 | Americold Logistics | 1,411,281,320 | 39,962,999 |
| 3 | United States Cold Storage, Inc. | 423,328,669 | 11,987,322 |
| 4 | NewCold Cooperatief U.A. | 215,124,000 | 6,091,628 |
| 5 | Nichirei Logistics Group, Inc. | 199,145,220 | 5,639,159 |
| 6 | Interstate Warehousing, Inc. | 115,735,371 | 3,277,258 |
| 7 | Frialsa Frigorificos S.A. De C.V. | 108,613,318 | 3,075,584 |
| 8 | VersaCold Logistics Services | 105,530,974 | 2,988,302 |
| 9 | VX Cold Chain Logistics | 97,710,919 | 2,766,862 |
| 10 | Constellation Cold Logistics | 87,840,968 | 2,487,377 |
| 11 | Superfrio Logistica Frigorificada | 75,763,988 | 2,145,395 |
| 12 | Serbom Armazen Gerais Frigorificos | 67,922,752 | 1,923,356 |
| 13 | Conestoga Cold Storage | 64,313,826 | 1,821,163 |
| 14 | Congebec Logistics, Inc. | 60,866,880 | 1,723,556 |
| 15 | RLS Logistics | 59,028,604 | 1,671,502 |
| 16 | Burris Logistics | 58,887,444 | 1,667,505 |
| 17 | Emergent Cold LatAm | 47,063,960 | 1,332,702 |
| 18 | Friozem Armazens Frigorificos Ltda. | 37,292,288 | 1,055,999 |
| 19 | Magnavale Ltd | 36,543,970 | 1,034,809 |
| 20 | Confederation Freezers – Brampton | 34,495,000 | 976,789 |
| 21 | Trenton Cold Storage, Inc. | 34,277,373 | 970,626 |
| 22 | Nor-Am Cold Storage | 34,071,792 | 964,805 |
| 23 | Agri-Norcold A/S | 30,547,875 | 865,019 |
| 24 | Frigoscandia | 28,874,100 | 817,623 |
| 25 | METCOLD Supply Network Management Limited | 26,337,519 | 745,795 |