Box supply for Columbus shippers

Columbus is one of the Midwest's distribution hubs. The metro had 34,200 warehousing jobs in 2025, 3.6 percent of its private jobs, with Franklin, Madison and Licking counties the leaders.

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What Columbus buyers order

Fulfilment and retail buildings buy stock RSCs, mailers and large boxes. Dairy (3,229 jobs, 2.7 times the national share) and beverage makers (3,154) buy cases.

Where the warehouses are

Lockbourne (43137) and Groveport (43125), around Rickenbacker airport, have the most warehousing establishments, then west Columbus, south Columbus and Grove City.

Boxes for Columbus: ask for a price

Give the delivery ZIP, each inside size with its grade and count, and any receiving window or dock limit.

Inside size: length x width x depth, in inches
Style: RSC, full overlap, telescope, die-cut or bulk
Wall and grade: read it off the stamp on your current box
Count: boxes per order, and how often you reorder
Packed weight: box plus contents
ZIP: where the boxes are delivered

After you send it

We reply by email, usually with questions first if anything is unclear
You confirm the specification, and a sample or drawing if it is a new design
We send the price, the delivery window and the count tolerance
On approval the order is scheduled and shipped to your dock

Worth knowing in Columbus

Columbus distribution has grown rapidly around Rickenbacker and along I-71 and I-70, and the new semiconductor plant east of the city is bringing suppliers that need clean, specification-driven packaging. Food and beverage plants, bakeries, breweries and dairy, buy cases steadily. Central Ohio's winters are cold enough that board should rest indoors before being erected.

Rickenbacker airport south of the city is a cargo airport with an intermodal rail yard beside it, and distribution buildings fill the land around both.

We quote delivery to every ZIP in all 10 counties of the Columbus metro area, among them Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and Hocking, not only the warehouse districts. The ZIPs with the most warehouses are 43137 Lockbourne, 43125 Groveport, 43228 Columbus, 43207 Columbus and 43123 Grove City, and the most warehousing jobs are in Franklin, Madison and Licking counties.

Trades here and the boxes they order

Dairy product manufacturing: Cheese, butter and ice cream cases for cold rooms
Warehousing and storage: Stock RSC ranges, mailers and large cartons replaced by the pallet
Beverage manufacturing: Cases and partitions for bottles and cans

Sources: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; Census ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023.